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In all honesty? Yes most people will :/
County commissioner under fire for comment about "master race."
Trump itself is not that important on is own, is what he does it should be weary.
let face it, trump got a lot of popularity because he made the idea of breaking establish ideas intersting, there is and appeling to tell politician you dont like to fuck off(I mean, who many of us wont miss a change to tell Bannon, Pence, Mitchell, Devos or many they are awfull in public).
There is also the idea that your side is not person while your sides is, I call it overhumanization and it happen a lot with white people which is why is so dificult to have this conversation, is easy to republican to said they are just person who JUST happen to have awfull idea rather than....well, being awfull people.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
Oh, Kansas.
There arn't many avowed Nazi's but they act as a signifier-if they can get away with hate crimes in public then fence sitters are emboldened to see what they can get away with-like electing nationalists. It's a variation of the broken windows theory (the original one)-if the alt-right is seen becoming more extreme then the center shifts right as well. You can't ignore extremists, they carry more symbolic weight than their numbers might indicate.
I think there’s a global conspiracy to see who can get the most clicks on the worst lies
She/her
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is on instagram live making soup and answering constituent questions. She talked about Pelosi and is now talking about the Library of Congress. Here’s a quick recap via twitter thread.
Figure of Hourai
Is it weird that politicians seem to be taking communication lessons from livebloggers or is this just the natural extension of the concept of "fireside chats"?
She/her
I think it’s a natural evolution of the fireside chat. Rather refreshing, IMO. My congresswoman speaks exclusively in Paul Ryan approved soundbites and bland posed photos with firefighters etc.
Both and neither, I'd say. The cynical way of looking at it is that she's choosing to communicate in a way that she knows will play well with her base; maintaining the persona that got her elected. So even if the nuts and bolts are different, the intention behind them is something we see all the time in politics.
Edited by Gilphon on Nov 18th 2018 at 10:50:50 AM
It's that kind of thing which got her into office. If it ain't broke...
x3 Yeah, actually getting out and meeting with constituents in a more informal and approachable way, can get you pretty far.
Edited by megaeliz on Nov 18th 2018 at 10:53:04 AM
She/her
I believe she does/will be doing constituent town halls as well, but man, it’d be so convenient to be able to ask my congresswoman questions on social media and get real time answers. Like, I’ve emailed my Congressswoman’s office and left voicemails and I get awful, awful form letters that 90% of the time don’t even answer my question.
A procrastination in of itself
Considering her age it may also just be that that’s part of how she’s used to communicating, she’s probably had Instagram since it took off.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
All I have to say is that I pity her moderators. She's already a lightning rod for any socialist takeover conspiracy theory - I honestly cannot fathom what that comment section would look like.
Oh, bother.
Nothing attracts scumbags like a woman daring to express an opinion online.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Especially if she isn't white.
And mods doing their jobs and giving people banhammers will just lead to inevitable accusations of echo chambers, silencing dissent, etc.
Because if the Internet has accomplished nothing else, it's shown the world that there's no end to the reactionary dregs suddenly concerned about not having every platform available to them by default.
Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
Which is no excuse not to do it anyway.
It's one thing to make a spectacle. It's another to make a difference.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver takes a look at authoritarianism. Good gravy, that quote from that Trump supporter about Jesus... (shakes head)
The law in the night
Great John Oliver, that piece on weird penises might result in Elon Musk taking a picture of his and making it public to disprove your joke...
She/Her Pronouns
Oooooookay, I finally have the time to post again.
>Elon Musk: The moment I saw the picture, I knew deep down, Elon would respond at some point. He always does. The rest of the video was great, by the by.
>Ocasio-Cortez: Apparently she made a slip up about the three branches of government and now there's a bunch of people/trolls/bots going after her on Twitter. God forbid she make an error...
>Far-Right Extremism: This article shows that there was a spike in hate crimes last year, after increases the two years before. So even if they are few in number, there is an increasing trend of people willing to attack others for their race, sex, gender identity, etc.
And those are the ones that make it to the FBI for crime statistics or are reported correctly.
The I’m not sure if it was mentioned here, but did you guys know that Raking can stop forest fires
Edited by megaeliz on Nov 19th 2018 at 11:35:30 AM
Rake America Great Again!
