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They're going to censor all our voices, and our ability to communicate with each other.
We're running out of time here.
We need to solidify resistance to what will undoubtedly be a billionaire cabal funded tyrannical regime, the confederate flag, and an upside-down bible.
gab13by13
(25,258 posts)Musk is considering buying MSNBC. I watch/listen to freespeechtv.org and I hope it doesn't get taken down.
The bill that House Magats just passed that can defund 501c's is going to stifle free speech big time.
Meowmee
(5,515 posts)I'd like to see leads concerning contact groups, both broad range and local.
This is the very thing the "right" has been doing now for some time. They're not only heavily networked online, they've been conducting all manner of preparatory and paramilitary affairs now for years.
I'm not a gun owner, and I never have been, but it's a bitter reality that the brunt of the gun culture belongs to this maga movement. The very same internet trolls that brutalize civil-minded people, are the very ones with caches of military grade weaponry, body armor and stores of ammo. I'm serious as a heart attack about that fact, and there's good reason for us all to be anxious and fearful.
I don't think people understand what the gaming industry and internet culture did to the minds of our youth. The same young men who are active in our present military have all been desensitized and aligned to identify with Trumpian ideology, and Trump is determined to wrest power away from the bastions of military honor and integrity to then infuse his own direction into the ranks.
We have to start touching bases in a concerted way, and with immediacy.
Meowmee
(5,515 posts)So count me out for this. Also, I dont think it would be a good idea to join a bunch of lists right now because who knows whos really running them etc.
JR11
(38 posts)Putting your neck out there is not a comfortable choice, and it's not a choice I would ever choose to take unless certain signs and indicators weren't clear and present.
I don't know what else to say. The foundations of our system are either purposefully coaxing these kinds of responses from a frightened population, or the situation at hand is real and robust; and our country, it's laws and freedoms, have been overpowered by a lawless regime. We're at the point where conscientious measure has been overtaken by the power of deception and money.
Grown2Hate
(2,162 posts)Just a 9mm, but going to a range to try out my friend's AR15 tomorrow AM too. I'll be goddamned if the fascists are the only ones armed.
NEVER where I wanted to be. But it's where we are. Fuck.
There's no doubt about it... network media and internet based social media are (and have been) powerful tools; now more than ever, and it appears like Blackrock - and those in tow, are behind a lot of recent acquisitions.
There really is no justification for people who make it their life's work to owning and controlling the world and the lives of nations. Greed and the pursuit of power has never been the aim of a good man.
bmichaelh
(601 posts)They will not be able to completely silence everything.
I would not be surprised Hollywood would be making movies where characters will be loosely based on Trump.
They will use past history to comment on current events.
It is already happening.
For example, according to directly Ridley Scott, the character Denzel Washington plays in Gladiator 2 is close to Trump.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ridley-scott-denzel-washington-gladiator-2-trump-1236067964/
But Trump is so delusional, he will not make the connection.
Felicita
(20 posts)as many rw companies/stations/podcasts, etc. as possible even if our communication is disrupted, as one way to resist. Most cable companies and Directv packages include Faux News and a few other rw programs, so I quit those and use an antenna (!) and stream a couple of stations. I do not want my $ supporting Faux News. I sometimes watch Lawrence, Rachel and a few others online, not live broadcasts, but you can pick what you want to watch.
usonian
(13,836 posts)In the iphone and ipad app store:
"This is the President"
$9.99, so I am NOT endorsing it here.
screenshot from the app store.
P.S. It didn't take a f*cking amendment to grant immunity.
I'll say more later.