#Elon Musk is a fash

[solarbird]

I haven't been cross-posting about fascism here for a while but this is getting a crosspost because jesus FUCKING christ.

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We are so far past excuses, now: Elon Musk pays fascists, misogynists, and alt-right activists of all sorts to be active on Twitter. He pays them THOUSANDS to TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. He does so openly. It is not in contention.

If you are active on Twitter, YOU are helping fund the alt-right. YOU are helping fund, just for example, Andrew Tate, the professional woman-hating misogynist who teaches boys to be misogynists like him, and who is under indictment for rape and sex trafficking. YOU are helping fund conspiracy lunatics like DC_Draino. YOU are helping fund fascist propagandists like Ian Cheong. That’s you.

Twitter is now explicitly worse than most overtly fascist sites. If you’re still on Twitter, you are functionally contributing to the Daily Stormer. There’s no difference now.

Get. The FUCK. Off. Of. Twitter.

That’s really all I have to say. Get the fuck off twitter, get the FUCK off twitter, GET THE FUCK OFF OF TWITTER.

But since I had them, here’s some Twitter fash shit I was going to include in the next Fascism Watch:

Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation, writes the BBC. I’d’ve used a disinformation word there, since so many of them are in bed with Putin.

Twitter and Musk are doing everything they can also to keep Nazi and other racist and anti-semitic tweets up even as places like Germany bring legal action.

Finally, Elon links and boosts posts from people defending and supporting the use of racist language, because he’s a fucking white supremacist, stop pretending he’s not already.

[enki2]

every so often one of my posts will make its way over to fash tumblr (or tradcath tumblr or landlord tumblr or elon musk fanboy tumblr, which all more or less amounts to the same thing) and i'm reminded that, yes, stupid people are on the internet and sometimes there are too many of them to block

i see why people who are internet personalities for a living often burn out so hard. like, i'm nobody & yet i get these drive-by comments from absolute strangers saying the most inane drivel & it takes effort to even classify what fringe toxic ideology they subscribe to that would make them say something like that. if you're even semi-famous you probably get 1000x more of that shit, and if you associate your name and face with your "personal brand" then not only that but all the nutters have a *personal* beef with you now

i literally just repost memes from facebook. i post them after they're already stale. if you're on the internet you've probably already seen them. why are people still arguing about LDS mission policies in the notes of a meme i posted 3 years ago that was already 10 years old when i posted it?

[dwagom]

you look at how twitter is completely gutted, in the red, an utter white elephant of a company, with a userbase that's as furious as it is at the mercy of a fickle idiot, absolutely fascinating just how much of your standard-fare diet-fash orban-like populist despot elon musk really is

[kaneseatheadrest]

Just remember Jalex Aones is cares deeply for you, now try my diet pills r/CommunityAds101 on the communist site known as Reddit. Let's turn the frogs gay. By which I mean, let's help the frogs express the sweet sweet gayness they were always born with. Let me ask you, my campaign opponent, Alex Jones, has shown to act out in uncontrolled anger at even the thought of frogs that don't conform to his hyper specific concerningly supremists-like view of how society should be. Now am I say that Alex Jones is being funded by the Alt-right under the table so that it doesnt get garnished since he owes millions of dollars to courts and victims? Am I asking very leading questions again? Look, I am nothing. When you read this. Read it out loud and try to program your mind to contextualize as if it were your own original thoughts. Because a vote for Jalex Aones is a vote for everyone regardless of gender. Regardless of sex. Regardless of however you choose to express your individuality. Please vote for Jalex Aones for President of the Internet if you want us to colonize the internet away from all the nazi troll 4chan frogs. Elon Musk would rather provide a safe space for nazis, where there should be safer spaces for the transgender community and anyone who expresses or presents as gender non conforming. These groups cannot coexist online together. They want to take the fun of the internet away from everybody else. If you vote for Jalex Aones I promise you my primary concern is to trash the fash and all their propaganda off of the internet. We need a happy healthy diverse internet culture free of the hate speech of Chiya Raichik and grifters like her. One last time, I'm Jalex and together we can build a safer internet where all the gender non conforming and gay frogs can all feel comfortable expressing themselves however they want. Let's support the gay frogs. Thank you.

[nuzlockechronicles]

Pokemon Yellow Nuzlocke Ch. 2: No Gyms, No Masters

Boulder Badge in hand, we head east to Mt. Moon. Each of my compadres effortless beats back the wave of bugs, birds, and rodents, leaving a trail of once aspiring but now devastated young trainers in our wake. "Sacrifices will be necessary," Lula says solemnly, "In our search for Spring". Ramona gets her moment when she land a solid roundhouse kick on a Mankey, gaining enough conviction to evolve into Nidorina. A plucky Spearow test its mettle against Pancho, who gets a little too spirited in their scuffle and crits the birb, depriving us of another potential comrade. I cast a disapproving glare at my gutsy rat as we enter Mt. Moon. Much to my chagrin the first wayward traveler we encounter is a Zubat, who I reluctantly throw my only pokeball at but it breaks free. I shrug and let Ramona hurdle it into the ceiling. 

In our trek through the cavernous depths, Pancho chews through enough rocks to learn hyper fang, and Marcos joins Ramona in his commitment to Zapatismo, becoming Nidorino. Towards the back half of Mt. Moon I walk up to a dungeon dweller, startling him from seclusion as he throws living pollutants at my team. Lula has seen his fair share of riots, donning a gas mask to best the trio. The poindexter is starstruck by our resolve and offers up one of two fossils, so like any man of culture I accept Lord Helix into my life. We reach a light towards the end of the tunnel but a shameless anime duo shake their fists, demanding I fork over my Pokemon. Ramona and Marcos team up to rebuff their stings, smogs, and cat scratches as they send the corny triad blasting off again. Just shy of Cerulean City I encounter yet another Spearow; Pancho yells "the revolution spares no one!"  zealously murking the poor creature. Our sixth slot is feeling a little lonely right now. 

Cerulean City greets us with blue hues and memorable melodies, but I have no time to sit lakeside - we have some battling to do.  Again my memory fails me as I walk north, bumping into disgraced grandson Gary for an unexpected showdown. While I anticipated a Pigeotto, I saw nothing but a mere Ben Shaspearow, whose incessant babbling and pecking was silenced by a satisfying shock from Lula. Marcos tidied up the backbench and the battle was exceedingly unremarkable. Noticing a pattern here. Like a typical hypebeast, Gary brags on his meeting with the Kanto's Elon Musk, Bill, and I continue along the path to see what the fuss is about. Our trial on the nugget bridge nabs us bragging rights and a nice chunk of change. The challenge goes off without a hitch and I accept the prize, but Lula warns that gifts never come without strings attached; sure enough, I'm asked to join the proto-fascist Team Rocket and I show him the fine point of Marcos' horn so he gets the message. 

In the grass we bump into a Bellsprout, and with a few prodding tackles from Marcos, Rigoberta rounds out the team of six. I also bump into a distraught boy with an unruly Charmander, but I reassure him that we can give it purpose. Unsure of what to name the little guy I stick him in the PC for a rainy day. While training on Route 25, Rigoberta toughs it out with a Slowpoke, and takes a psyonic blast to its stringy neck for a 1hp survival. In horror I switch it out to let Lula clean up the rest, but the experience reassures me our plant pal is in it for the long haul. Fernando sheds his plume to become Pidgeotto, and we quickly head in to Bill's mansion to feign interest in his technobabble and sophistry. He gives us a cruise ticket for our troubles, but my mind is already on Cerulean Gym.

Initially I was less worried for Misty and her Starmie than I was Brock and his Onix. My team was comfortably leveled and I had Berta + Lula to cover most my troubles. For good measure I sent Pancho and Rigoberta out to train, and they returned as Raticate and Weepinbell respectively. I approach Misty, who asks me "What is your policy on Pokemon?" but before I can answer Lula shoves me aside and aims an accusing paw at the gym leader, promising to free her stolen starfish and demolish this unjust institution. I open with Rigoberta who lashes Staryu into submission, and I tag in Lula to face off against the dreaded Starmie. The thunderwave connects right before she lands a critical bubblebeam, leaving Lula struggling in the deep end, but not drowning. I decide to conserve his strength and swap back to Berta, who wraps the jeweled invertebrate into full paralysis, cheaply but successfully securing the Cascade badge. 

Before I leave, I circle back around to the daycare where a nurse restores a Bulbasaur back to health. Lula is a little washed out from his last scuffle, but our saurian friend needs no convincing; on the desk beside him I see a copy of "The Mewtwo Manifesto," and we exchange a mutual nod. I tuck Raul away for safekeeping, and I exit Cerulean through a small cottage, bashing the Rocket fash on the way out. Heading south on Route 6, I manage to bump into an Abra on my first encounter! The bookworm is an easy convert to Lula's cause, and I send Jose Carlos with the other reservists. At this point I realize I have a few potential teammates to level up, so I fire up the eye of the tiger and cue the training montage. By the time we're through we'll have Che the Charmander to relieve Marcos from his post. Will he sear his foes and inspire his allies in a blaze of glory? Tune in next time to find out! -Super Nerd Spencer

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[solarbird]

Link at top is to a less screamy version. This version is mine.

I keep saying that Twitter is now an alt-right/fascist disinformation and propaganda fountain, and documenting how continuing to use it supports Elon Musk in his attempts to push fash and alt-right and anti-LGBT propaganda. I keep saying this. And people I personally know keep using Twitter.

And on Friday, Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, personally recommended and promoted, on Twitter, a 95-minute long piece of anti-trans hate propaganda from an anti-LGBT hate group to tens of millions of people…

…to start PRIDE MONTH.

At time of writing, it’s pinned to the top of his profile. For me, that’s right now.

Is that rubbing it in your face hard enough yet?

If you’re still on Twitter, THAT is what you’re supporting. THAT is what you’re helping PAY FOR. And every one of you not a fascist? Every one of you who lying to yourself about “fighting back” in a bullshit game you cannot win because he controls the outcomes?

He’s laughing at every single one of you, as you help him bring in eyeballs and money, and as he works to make a lot of us die.

Do you get it now? Finally? Now that he’s personally using Twitter to personally throw not just his own but other people’s professionally produced hate propaganda into the faces of millions and millions of people? Do you get it?!

Are you finally fucking done with Twitter?

Or are you just going to throw back another fucking Chick-Fil-A sandwich and laugh along with the rest of the Nazis at the hate he’s strutting around with up on stage?

[solarbird]

Elon is promoting conspiracy theories that mass-shooters (98% male, three-quarters white men) are mostly trans people. It’s an attempt to rev up fear and build support for anti-queer genocide – trans people in particular are dangerous and unstable and so must be put down for “our” protection, but they said exactly the same thing about gays and lesbians when it was politically palatable – and he’s supporting it. Twitter is awash in this shit right now, and it’s being boosted by Twitter and its owner both. It is an absolute fountain of evil disinformation and raw, naked hate.

And starting next month, Twitter becomes pay-to-play, with only paid users showing up in recommendations and being able to participate in polls. So.

If you stay active on Twitter in this environment, I assume you’ll let the fash kill me.

If you pay for Twitter in this environment, I assume you’ll help them.

I’m neither joking nor exaggerating. This is why he bought it. Twitter this week is serving the purpose Musk intends it to serve, which is to say, creating, encouraging, and boosting the hell out of fash propaganda in general, and anti-queer propaganda – anti trans propaganda – in specific.

All aimed at the 2024 elections, of course.

It is right now the far-right propaganda and disinformation engine he rebuilt it to be, and it is serving that purpose as intended.

If you pay for it, that is what you’re funding.

Some of you are queer yourselves, and are staying anyway. But I’ve got news;

YOU ARE NOT A GODDAMN EXCEPTION.

You just think you are, and that you’re “safe” somehow, or “safe enough.” The “it’s always different for me” fallacy.

Let me assure you, it is not different for you, and I will not pretend it is for your comfort.

If you pay for Twitter you are explicitly helping the far-right’s attempt to create a genocide, one that starts with trans children. It’s not like cable TV or most streaming services, where if you have an account you’re helping fund Fox News a tiny bit, indirectly, via carry fees. It’s different.

It’s directly funding the hate machine.

By choice. Standalone. That’s just a goddamn fact.

So when I say, “I assume you’ll help them,” it’s kind of a tautology. Because if you pay for Twitter, you’re already helping them. You might as well be donating straight to Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Or Elon Musk. Which you just flat-out are.

And I will never excuse it – or you.