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is that post about you wanting to discriminate against immigrants a meme? or????

It sounds like you're referring to this post, which you're right, is pretty jarring without the context of the bitter but serious joke being made there.

In the wake of the psychic trauma of the 2016 election and Hillary Clinton's electoral loss to Donald Trump, a librarian named Kristin Garvey came up with the following sign:

In this house, we believe: Black Lives Matter. Women’s rights are human rights. No human is illegal. Science is real. Love is love. Kindness is everything.

Basically saying, "Unlike those people who supported and support Trump, we are reasonable people who have basic human decency and right opinions," and presumably these people vote for the most progressive Democrat they can in every election.

But pretty quickly the sign was mocked and satirized by others, especially on the political Right. On the Left, though, this was often done by noticing how such people tended to also be wealthy white liberals who would suddenly grow very reactionary when an issue moved away from platitudes to something material like greater housing density near them, sending their own children to public schools, or non-carceral government responses to immigrants or visibly homeless people. Even the opening phrase "in this house" tells you that you're talking about a certain kind of person with a certain kind of wealth because to be able to plant a yard sign you both need a yard and have the authority to put something on it, which renters rarely have.

So let's go back to @papasmoke's post, riffing on that:

In this house we believe in Housing de-regulation A strong border wall Discriminatory immigration policies Infinite funding for the police Rhodesia 2's right to rape, murder, and conquer A maximally lethal military Loving who you love ❤️

This is a reference to the current state of the Democratic Party under presidential nominee Kamala Harris, and specifically her speech at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22, 2024 (the day before papasmoke's post was made).

Now, we may be differing with @/papasmoke here in that "housing de-regulation" in the sense of ending shit like single-family zoning probably is actually a good thing. But the point we'd agree on is that Democrats aren't talking about using the federal government to step up dense, public housing projects like they did in the mid-20th century. It's just, "We're going to solve the problem!" as an applause line.

On the border, Harris is criticizing Trump for not being as strong on "border security" as she will be.

On police, since 2020, the Biden regime, and surely Harris as well, will continue to push for more federal resources for cops around the country. The spigot will be turned on for the publicly-funded thugs doing the attacks on unhoused people but not so much for the unhoused people.

In regards to "Rhodesia 2", of course we have Harris saying this about Israel:

And let me be clear. I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself — (applause) — and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself, because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused on October 7 — (applause) — including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival.

Not only is there continued material support to proceed continuously bombing Gaza for what will soon be a year, there is not even the rhetorical condemnation of Israel raping, murdering, and starving two million people, all in the name of greater living space and manifest destiny of a brutal apartheid state.

For the USA's own military, Harris says:

As commander in chief, I will ensure America always has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world. 

However, Harris does say that at stake is "the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride," which is one of the main clubs Democrats use to tell queer people in particular that if you aren't OK supporting genocide, cops, and imperialism, then you are not a serious or practical person and you deserve whatever the next Trump regime does to you.

All of this was wildly popular to that room full of people, who also chanted "U-S-A" in response to people trying to just get a Palestinian speaker on stage to have their suffering recognized.

There's an old joke about how if you ask a socialist to describe their problems with capitalism, the socialist tells you a long list of problems with capitalism. But if you ask a capitalist the problems with socialism, they just describe the status quo under capitalism.

U.S. politics is like that with progressive voters in particular. If you were to accurately describe the Biden regime's current immigration/border policy or the enabling of Israel's ongoing ethnic cleansing to a liberal in 2017-2020, they would tell you, "That's why the next election is so important to get a Democrat in office."

Then when you look at what Democrats do while in office, yeah, you can argue that it could be worse. But it could be a hell of a lot better, too, and the fundamental problem is there are tens of millions of liberals and partisan Democrats who only seem capable of imagining and working toward a better world when the opposing party is in power. Meanwhile these same people call life under their own rule the best of all possible worlds and see anyone conceiving and working toward something better than that to be actively sabotaging them.

So, that's a much longer explanation than you presumably were asking for, but that's what that post is criticizing specifically and why it's in that format, and it's also why people left of Ronald Reagan are so antagonistic toward partisan Democrats and their political class when we recognize that, yes, Donald Trump and the GOP are horrible and want horrible things for everyone they can put under their power.

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Captions should be added to the video itself now, and transcript available as well.

"How to Avoid a Lawsuit"

Religion News Association Conference panel talk

What Reporters are Getting Wrong: Lawsuits, Bias and the Nature of Truth” - David Johnson, a former reporter and editor at the Odessa American in Texas, was one of four Seattle-area Satanists known as “Queer Satanic” who were sued by The Satanic Temple from 2020 to 2024 in federal and state courts.

We're still working on getting a full transcript and captions generated for this, but the non-bootleg version of the talk David of @QueerSatanic gave in April is finally available.

Now, after this talk was delivered, The Satanic Temple did end up appealing its district court loss against Newsweek and its reporter Julia Duin for writing about us, so unfortunately that story has not got a happy ending yet.

Meanwhile, TST co-owner Doug Misicko ("Lucien Greaves") continues to have a very normal one, talking about the case on his Substack but without, yanno, linking back to the court case or any of the filings he references, or any outgoing links it seems like, actually. Misicko's sycophantic audience will likely not notice or care, but one would hope at some point folk would want to look at the docket and filings for themselves instead of trusting a guy who keeps losing court cases to accurately describe why his abusive religious organization keeps getting its shit kicked in.

Maybe we'll do a closer reading of Misicko's article, maybe not. But The Satanic Temple sued us repeatedly and lost repeatedly. TST sued a magazine and reporter for writing about us, and they lost. TST and its owners are as incompetent as they are malicious.

They may threaten you or even sue you for speaking out against them, even when it is actively counterproductive and dipshit move on their part, but know that they will lose if you stand up for yourself and fight back against them.

Hail Satan.

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Just smoked some shit that lets me step in the same river twice

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"How to Avoid a Lawsuit"

Religion News Association Conference panel talk

What Reporters are Getting Wrong: Lawsuits, Bias and the Nature of Truth” - David Johnson, a former reporter and editor at the Odessa American in Texas, was one of four Seattle-area Satanists known as “Queer Satanic” who were sued by The Satanic Temple from 2020 to 2024 in federal and state courts.

We're still working on getting a full transcript and captions generated for this, but the non-bootleg version of the talk David of @QueerSatanic gave in April is finally available.

Now, after this talk was delivered, The Satanic Temple did end up appealing its district court loss against Newsweek and its reporter Julia Duin for writing about us, so unfortunately that story has not got a happy ending yet.

Meanwhile, TST co-owner Doug Misicko ("Lucien Greaves") continues to have a very normal one, talking about the case on his Substack but without, yanno, linking back to the court case or any of the filings he references, or any outgoing links it seems like, actually. Misicko's sycophantic audience will likely not notice or care, but one would hope at some point folk would want to look at the docket and filings for themselves instead of trusting a guy who keeps losing court cases to accurately describe why his abusive religious organization keeps getting its shit kicked in.

Maybe we'll do a closer reading of Misicko's article, maybe not. But The Satanic Temple sued us repeatedly and lost repeatedly. TST sued a magazine and reporter for writing about us, and they lost. TST and its owners are as incompetent as they are malicious.

They may threaten you or even sue you for speaking out against them, even when it is actively counterproductive and dipshit move on their part, but know that they will lose if you stand up for yourself and fight back against them.

Hail Satan.

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There’s a lot of door knocks by the FBI happening across the country and cops are knocking on leftist’s doors asking about far right extremists. I just want ppl to understand that cooperating with the feds even to snitch on the bad guys is going to hurt us and our movement.

Do NOT TALK TO THE COPS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

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it’s not about the switch 2 being a bad console it’s about you happily giving hundreds of dollars to nintendo on release day when your close friends cant even afford groceries

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Hello, my name is Lama, and I am from Gaza City, specifically in the northern Gaza Strip. I grew up in a loving family of resilience and hope, with my parents working tirelessly to provide us with a life of dignity and opportunity. My father was our steadfast provider, and my mother was the heart of our home. I have two brothers and three sisters, the youngest of whom is just six months old. She is frail and often sick due to the lack of proper food and medicine. My siblings and I have shared dreams of education, careers and a bright future. But life in Gaza is marked by hardship, and when the war began, everything we had built was shattered. My older brother, a kind and a courageous soul, was martyred while trying to secure basic necessities for our survival, my younger sister was gravely injured, and the cost of her treatment weighs more than the universe to us, now the responsibility for my family has fallen on my shoulders.

Our home, once filled with warmth, laughter and memories, has been reduced to rubble. We have been displaced more than thirty times from place to a place with nothing but the clothes on our backs. Each time we returned, we found more destruction, we always clung to the hope of rebuilding, but in the last attack, our home was completely destroyed, we are now homeless, living in unsafe conditions with no shelter to protect us from the cold nights. The loss of our home is not just the loss of a building, it’s the loss of safety, stability, and the place where our dreams were nurtured.

With my father unemployed since the beginning of the war, we have no income to provide even the most basic necessities. Water, food, medicine, warm clothes and blankets-things that many take for granted-are beyond our reach. Every day is a battle for survival, and every night is a reminder of the dangers and struggles we face. I am determined to care for family and give my younger brothers and sisters a chance to grow up with hope. But I cannot do it alone.

I am reaching out to you with a plea for compassion and action. Your support can help us rebuild our lives, restore hope, and secure a future where my family can live in peace and safety. Every donation, no matter how small brings us closer to survival and dignity. Please for the sake of god and humanity, help us in this time of desperate need.

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saying you’re doing something ‘in minecraft’ is a) easily searchable and b) understood to mean assassination c) not fooling anybody and not a valid excuse in court and d) an old an no longer funny meme

saying you’re going to vote on something is a) hilarious due to its ambiguity and novelty and b) anti-search engine optimized

and you can scold people when they say they’re gonna vote, and tell them to work within the system instead

it probably won’t hold up in court either tho. don’t talk specific actionable violence online.

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fuck the post below me

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fuck the post above me

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realistic transition goals ❌

Tim Curry in Legend ✅✅✅

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lmao

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yes, there are some people who are relieved right now, and maybe some Catholics are even celebrating their new Deep Dish Pontiff

that's their right, sure

but let's not forget what a Pope is and what a Pope does

"it could be worse!"

it could be worse, but what it is is bad enough, and we know there is no reparation coming for the centuries of atrocities emanating from this institution.

it will not return stolen land or put its looted wealth to the purpose of helping people who need it most ‪‬ there have been good priests who used their roles to push for liberation in their communities; there have been nuns moved by their faith who were massacred by fascist gangs.

this is possible, yes

but "Liberation Theology" will never move the hulking beast that is the Catholic Church toward anything resembling justice

no amount of acknowledgement will ever return to life the Indigenous children brutalized in residential Canadian and U.S. schools, or the church land those child graves sit on

no amount of apology will cure those in sub-Saharan Africa infected with HIV/AIDS because the Catholic Church prioritized its holy rawdogging over life-saving prophylactics

no amount of prayer will return the gold and silver torn from the earth by those enslaved under Catholic empires, forced to take a Catholic mass to receive more substantial food and drink — no words in mumbled Latin will return the languages, texts, art, and histories burned around the world

there is no Pope who will ever lead his Ecclesia Catholica, glutted by millennia of horrors, to take a vow of poverty for itself and return to the people what it has took and hoarded

there is better and worse, but there is no Pope who will ever side with the masses of people against the powerful

Popes can be better or worse, it's true, but they will still always be Popes

and All Popes Are Bastards

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Though ICE is ostensibly still bound by constitutional limits, the way it has been operating (under Donald Trump) bears the hallmarks of a secret police force in the making.

As an expert on authoritarian regimes, I’ve studied historical and contemporary secret police forces extensively across Africa, Asia and Europe. They typically meet five criteria:

they’re a police force targeting political opponents and dissidents

they’re not controlled by other security agencies and answer directly to the dictator

the identity of their members and their operations are secret

they specialise in political intelligence and surveillance operations

they carry out arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, indefinite detentions, disappearances and torture.

How close is ICE to becoming a secret police force? Let’s consider each of these criteria.

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The author believe it’s not quite there yet, but it has ticked off most of the boxes. Whether or not it meets the definition depends in many ways on how one defines “political opponents” in the first line. He takes it to mean Democrats, which hasn’t quite happened yet. That, however, requires ignoring the attacks on students, protesters, and even law firms that represent his opponents.