@tshirtman @mloxton @tarheel @inthehands
agreed. in this regard, #socialMedia can be a force multiplier for good as well as what it is now: a force multiplier for #bigotry and #plutocracy
but that makes our communities a target
so we need something like #mastodon where we can squash the #trolls without the "fReEzEpEaCh!" #bigoted morons and #centralized #corporate social media indifference or tacit support for #ignorance and #hate
we need the #fediverse to grow
#Trans people, #women, people of color [#POC] are being erased
Across #Trump’s federal government, agencies have been busy scrubbing photographic and written references about women, people of color & members of the #LGBTQ+ community from their websites.
#law #USpol #RepresentationMatters #discrimation #bigotry #hate #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #racism #sexism #misogyny
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5317567/federal-websites-lgbtq-diversity-erased
Current state of affairs in my brain.
"We can always tell" used to be a form of hate speech against a tiny group of marginalized people, indicating that they can tell if you are "a boy or a girl".
Now the same hateful ideology has expanded to cover large swaths of the American population, indicating that "they can always tell" who's an "illegal" by the way they look, leading to Indigenous First Nations people being deported from their homeland as Mexican immigrants, and tattoo artists being labeled as gang members, and therefore "terrorists", for their skin art.
This expansion of hateful ideology of course, should come as no surprise to anyone. That is why you cannot allow hate to live, no matter if it affects you or not. Soon enough, it'll hit your friends, your family, and yourself.
In the spirit of calling Republican bigots "Mrs Cruz" and "Mrs Graham" I wonder what it's like to dehumanise extreme MAGA people like the Whitehouse Press Secretary - I guess it's an aberrant mole-rat now since it seems only fair to do the same to it as it does to others.
The picture of it that AI generated for me isn't pleasant, so I marked it as sensitive.
I have been logged into LinkedIn for about 3 hours now, and I haven't seen a single ultra-zionist genocide-cheering post, and I am sure it's not because of moderation. Maybe they don't post on Shabbat.
I doubt it is the city making this policy, rather it is most likely the fascist MAGA UCP made this neonazi policy and attack.
The city wouldn't accept a complaint about the library because prov funding also. The library doesn't seem prepared for handling complaints.
Purim in the second term of the #Ahasuerus / #Haman administration:
Purim calls on us to emulate Esther, our model for saving communities threatened by the #corrupt #tyrant and his scheming, evil counselor. Our tradition demands that we intervene on behalf of #refugees, #asylumseekers, #LGBT, #women, #Ukraine, #veterans, #federalemployees, and all those targeted by #hate.
בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה .
As it was then, so it is today.
these are deeply unserious people who live vicariously in #parasocial relationships with #celebrities and only know #popCulture posing
such dim, shallow people (or alternatively and innocently: children, but that's even worse in terms of them being targeted by this shit) can be worked over for the #indoctrination pipeline into #farRight #hate
it's like targeting #antivaxxers or #flatEarthers:
"ah, a complete moron, they can be made into a zombie #MAGA voter via #socialMedia"
The #Plutocrat-#Bigot #socialMedia axis takes race swapping characters in #movies seriously
Because it's a pipeline to #farRight #politics, weaponized fake outrage
And they get to engage in #racism and #hate
"#AyoEdebiri ‘got insane death threats’ after Elon #Musk shared fake report about #PiratesoftheCaribbean casting
#TheBear #actor called Musk a #fascist and an idiot after his reaction to a post from a #rightWing account that claimed she was replacing Johnny Depp"
I hate how much I hate it here right now. #hate
it's always been #bigots everywhere in large numbers
#plutocrat #socialMedia amplifies it, gooses it, celebrates it
one of the avenues we can fight back: get a new social media like #Mastodon to replace corporate centralized cesspits of trolls and #hate (i know, a big ask. one can dream)
to be clear: the root problem is #bigotry, not #technology
but bigotry is a much larger problem
so win the social media battle
and use that to further the much larger war on bigotry
@rmblaber1956 @ohmu @Kierkegaanks
everyone is aware of the #geopolitical #trollFarm #psyop on the #farRight in the #West
not many want to admit the troll farm psyop also working the #farLeft
on the right, they amplify #hate
on the left, they amplify #alienation
well, i speak from an #American perspective
in #Europe you're far more aware of the two prong approach to divide and conquer
These #Words Are Disappearing in the New #Trump Administration
As Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents.
#language #lexicon #idiocracy #law #FreeSpeech #hate #bigotry #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.jG-_.8PguMhaAVg8I&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
By now you have all read about what is going on w/ #Trump’s #Defense Dept’s anti-#DEI initiative, in which nefarious policies are birthing hilarious results. Namely, as the Associated Press reported last week, somebody at the #Pentagon produced a database flagging images depicting #diversity, #equity & #inclusion. And some dutiful search-&-replace function suggested that #military websites should jettison images of the #EnolaGay. Because, Enola “Gay.”
#idiocracy #hate
https://apnews.com/article/dei-purge-images-pentagon-diversity-women-black-8efcfaec909954f4a24bad0d49c78074
@FranceskaMann @ohmu @Kierkegaanks
certainly
#plutocracy amplifies #hate on the right and #alienation on the left on purpose
the problem is we live in a #democracy (if we can keep it) so the average person matters. their choice to #vote #maga, or not vote matters
and the reasons they don't vote or vote maga is the #plutocrat influence machine, yes
but *why* does that influence work?
#socialMedia and #media #psyop work because hate and alienation is organic
we need to fight that too
Hi #Mastodon! I am so glad to be here. #introduction
I am a #Lightworker and #spiritual #activist. My interests include: the #environment , #politics, #society, #equality , #justice , #acceptance , #trans and #women #rights, plus #religion (all kinds).
I'd like to use #Light and #healing to restore balance to #America .
I believe strongly that we must accept one another and work toward compromise to move our country forward. These days of #hate and #Darkness must end.
the #conservative mind operates on #fear
overactive amygdala
it crowds out the prefrontal cortex: reason
#plutocrat #rightWing #media and #socialMedia amplifies the imbalance on purpose
pushing lies that goose the fear, #ignorance and #hate, capturing their minds, addicting them, controlling them
as suitably brainwashed zombies, programmed like robots, they dutifully and enthusiastically go to #vote
while the #left is not so engaged
this is our problem
Simply because I am a non-binary Bishop and my daughter is transgender. They threatened to shoot up my “queer church” and to rape my “son” in front of me. They sent my wife sexually explicit messages and targeted friends and family as well. They are not the saviors of our country. They are just another branch of #hate and #bigotry. I tried to reach out to them about these individuals and they refused to even acknowledge my attempts. They support #transphobia and #violence.
#Trump signed a new #ExecutiveOrder instructing admin ofcls to alter a #StudentLoanForgiveness program for #PublicServants to exclude nonprofit groups that engage in activities that have what he erroneously called a “substantial illegal purpose.” His order targets groups supporting undocumented #immigrants, #diversity initiatives or #gender-affirming care for children, among others.
#law #USpol #bigotry #discrimination #hate #WhiteSupremacy #immigration #LGBTQIA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-executive-order-student-loan-forgiveness.html?smid=url-share
