They’re worried about Overton Defenestration?
(When the Overton Window has been pushed far off balance, followed by a realization and sudden snapping back, flinging the extremists out of the window and facing a sudden long drop. e.g. the “free speech rallies” are really goddamn Nazi marches.)
The liberal vs socialist contest is longer about compromise; both sides are going for the kill, because both sides recognise that surrender is suicide.
The liberals would sell the socialists to the fascists at the first opportunity, and the socialists will not leave the power and privilege of the liberals unchallenged. So the gloves are off.
It’s a bipartisan thing. I can provide endless examples of liberal-sourced dickishness if required, but I try to avoid focusing on that stuff around here.
Wow, everything is just so black and white on these issues. Enemies around every corner. How are your local Australian politics reflecting this?
I think its fairly clear from lots of things Trump’s said that he genuinely does not believe it is possible to have a mutually beneficial deal on anything. One side has to be the loser and if he doesn’t think he’s screwed you over sufficiently, then it’s him and he won’t have that.
Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.
Unfortunately, it also makes it much easier for the government to justify your incarceration/marginalisation on mental health grounds.
Is that Mueller’s apartment?
Truth is Stranger than Fiction or Fiction is Stranger than Truth?
We’re seeing rising fascism [1], a wave of homophobic violence [2], and are being dragged into yet another stupid and unnecessary war by our hegemonic overlords [3].
Same as usual, pretty much. Oz politics tends to follow US political trends; the provinces look to Rome.
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[1] Which is very obviously driven from America. Milo is coming for a national tour in December.
[2] There was a “Straight Lives Matter” rally in Sydney a few weeks ago. That language is not coincidental.
[3] RAN warships are currently en route to Korea, and the drone strikes and spying in this half of the world are run from the US base at Pine Gap.
Fucking lying asshole.
Trump also just declared that there’s “no such thing as Obamacare anymore,” a few days after cheering for the poor performance of healthcare stocks resulting from his order to ruin Obamacare by cutting off subsidies. He’s such a lying prick that I can barely keep up with the ways he’s deliberately hurting American citizens out of spite.
“The Russian lawyer who met with top Trump campaign officials at Trump Tower brought with her a memo that echoed Kremlin talking points.”
“The man whom the memo targeted said it suggests she was acting as an “agent” of the Kremlin rather than independently.”
“The memo sheds new light on the meeting, which included Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner.”
(Hey, this popcorn is getting stale.)
The artistry there is spectacular. NK could make some good money selling these stateside.
I have hope Oz will tell Milo to fuck right off.
No idea what our government will do, but I guarantee that the Australian left will be out in force.
SIUC Chancellor Carlo Montemagno:
“SIU Carbondale encourages all members of its community to respect the flag and our national anthem,” he said in a statement to The Southern Illinoisan. “We also understand that these two important symbols stand for one of our most important Constitutional rights: freedom of speech. The university must ensure that all members of the community have the right to express their views safely and peacefully, whether or not others agree with those views or the means being used to express them.
“As an educational institution, we can help students find constructive ways to engage the campus in dialog about issues of importance. I have invited the cheerleaders to think about ways students can work with us to help build programming about racial inequalities that will contribute to awareness and understanding. I look forward to their input.”
So - “We support students’ right to protest in this way.” “We’d also really like it if they decided to protest in a way that annoys fewer people.”
Is that a fair summary?
