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BlueTsunami2018

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3. Fascists do what fascists do.

Reply to themaguffin (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 05:05 PM

Sep 15

They hate being called it but they keep doing it. We can’t allow them to cow anyone into shutting up about it.

We’re getting to the point so quickly where the choice has to be made whether to fight, for real, or knuckle under. I just worry that there isn’t enough fight in people to overcome this.

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The rapid media collapse & rapid increased attacks on free speech is like the run to the Iraq war, but much worse. [View all] themaguffin Sep 15 OP

Our overlords want a civil war, not a revolution n/t leftstreet Sep 15 #1

Yes most everyone was bloodthirsty, demanding we invade Iraq and kill people. Irish_Dem Sep 15 #2

I remember thinking just a few years later... early days of social media... wow, this could have made a difference. Nope themaguffin Sep 15 #4

Yes the propaganda would have been much worse. Irish_Dem Sep 15 #5

Fascists do what fascists do. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 15 #3