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- nb4
More on Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican who represents Georgia’s 14th district in the new Congress.
Last week, Media Matters reported that Greene had endorsed and promoted the lie that Parkland was a “false flag” in since-deleted Facebook posts. On Wednesday, video surfaced from 2019 of Greene harassing David Hogg, a Parkland survivor turned gun-safety activist, in Washington where he was meeting with lawmakers.
WTFWTF.
This is a leader in the Republican Party. It’s not some random voter.
If Republicans don’t remove this kind of person from their party, they are endorsing her by staying silent.
If you call yourself a Republican, this is how we see you. THIS IS WHO YOU ARE. Have shame.
- Gnash3
- This is as demented as that guy who does the Trump n' Jesus paintings.face_melter
- except there's no jesus, and there's nothing dementedmonospaced
- you know Biden's got his eyes closed and deeply smelling her hair_niko
- The restaurants in NY are opening up again, so you can discuss its merits over brunch.face_melter
- Lol, face xDGnash
- Peak boomer liberalismyuekit
- Danish-7
Political Correctness
- neverscared4
The right wing government in austria deported mothers and children the day after the ausschwitz memorial with sharp dogs and specialunits at 3 oclock in the morning.
these vampires are so out of scale..
- the banner says, she doesn´t what to live in a country where child deportation is necessary.neverscared
- neverscared1
Alexei Navalny protests: Moscow in lockdown as police detain thousands
Riot police and national guard troops close central metro stations and block off streetshttps://www.theguardian.com/worl…
there´s a war on u moron.
- Not sure how this is all going to end. Putin's consolidated so much power, he seems impossible to remove.Continuity
- nearly impossible it seems.neverscared
- vlad poisoned they guy and he came back, who know whats in the air there..neverscared
- Protesting at -40 degrees, they must really hate the tzargrafician
- Not sure how this is all going to end. Tzar Nicholas has consolidated so much power, he seems impossible to remove._niko
- ^ Point takenContinuity
- scarabin3
- I dig AOC but... that’s is not anywhere close to “precisely.”nb
- let them be as rich as they want but also close all loopholes that let them only pay $750/year in taxes_niko
- It’s precisely the wealth disparagement she is addressing, with precision.monospaced
- She’s a smart woman fighting for the common folk, and people hate thathardhat
- ********-5
- yuekit2
It looks like a coup has taken place in Myanmar after the military complained about "voter fraud" in November's election.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the first democratically elected leader in the country's history, has been arrested and TV networks have been shut down. Lots of people posting on Twitter that the internet will be cut off soon.
- kaiyohtee4
"at least eight of the people who are now facing criminal charges for their involvement in the events at the Capitol did not vote in the November 2020 presidential election"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/u…
lol
- yuekit3
This is some weird accidental performance art...Burmese woman dances to her aerobics music as military vehicles swarm the parliament building behind her.
- neverscared4
The Economy Does Much Better Under Democrats. Why?
G.D.P., jobs and other indicators have all risen more slowly under Republicans for nearly the past century.- and yet most still think the GOP is pro-growth/economy. They need to be know as "pro-re-distribution of wealth to the .01%, taking from the economy and givingformed
- handouts to the wealthiest."formed
- The stock market typically does better under democrats as well. I've had people get so mad at me for pointing this out.FNP14
- Hayoconimcsutopian
- gop: gaslight obstruct projectkaiyohtee
- neverscared2
fuck vlad
- yuekit5
It's very disturbing to see authoritarianism rising around the world and people unable to stop it.
It makes you ask, what would I do in that situation and I think the sad truth is most of us would not do anything. We were just lucky enough to be born into circumstances where the pro democracy, pro liberalism side won decades or centuries before we were born.
The general instinct of people is not to stick your neck out like Alexei Navalny, Joshua Wong in HK or Parit Chiwarak in Thailand...all of whom are now facing long prison sentences.
For every one person like that millions more are just too busy with their everyday lives and will accept whatever as long as they can collect a paycheck. Too cynical/apathetic to care or even conned into actively cheering on the authoritarian side as recent events in the USA demonstrate.
- Russia or China were already practically communist co. When you say rising authoritarianism you should actually mean Turkey, Brazil, Hungary, etc.?grafician
- It's ironic you're citing liberalism...MondoMorphic
- Why ironic? I'm talking about liberalism in the basic sense of human rights, equality, freedom of press, having independent institutions in society.yuekit
- people wont act until their daily lives are affected********
- If anything, authoritarianism has been in general decline on the planet for several hundred years nowGnash
- Admittedly, Twitter, et al, would certainly suggest otherwiseGnash
- Hmmm I dunno, difficult to generalize about the entire world. Obviously there was a pro democracy trend after the fall of communism. But most people who studyyuekit
- this stuff would say there's been a retreat within the past decade.
https://freedomhouse…yuekit - Climate vs weather.Gnash
- Well if you live in a country where democracy was just snuffed out such as Myanmar, that's not much comfort is it?yuekit
- Nope. But a cold spell doesn’t mean global warming is a lieGnash
- It doesn't but unlike climate there's nothing inevitable about democracy/ liberalization. History would certainly tell you that right?yuekit
- Anyway I wasn't trying to say we're all doomed or something. But it's surprising how resilient a lot of these authoritarian leaders are, at a time when almostyuekit
- everyone has expectation of certain basic rights and freedoms, but then in practice it's not achievable.yuekit
