#cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds

[bunnyhugs22]

[15-lizards]

This is insane I knew the American left was always a joke but we are just absolutely cooked at this point look at my progressive senators dawg

[racharii]

coming from an enby whos tme (tho i myself am not transmasc), i feel like a lot of transmasc people are doing this "have their cake and eat it too" thing where they want to be perceived as men or men adjacent, in our society a part of the oppressor class, while also still wanting to benefit from structures meant to protect against said class. specifically ones that have been set up in queer spaces. ive met quite a few trans men who were just as vehemently misogynysitic as your average dude bro. and (this is speculation based on convos ive had with trans men im not in every transmascs head) a lot of transmascs have a lot of internalized misogyny that they project onto trans women. ive had an irl ex friend of mine say something that i think encapsulates this particular issue fairly well. this was like 8 years ago, we were talking about trans rep in media (specifically orange is the new black iirc) so im paraphrasing; 'its messed up that we (afabs in this context) are sidelined for people who used to be men, we cant escape the patriarchy.' that was horribly transmisogynistic, so lets unpack it.

it assumes that trans women are just men

it assumes sex essentialism, that they and i were just women. that we were just poor Females having 'our space' encroached on by mean 'former men.'

im not saying that all transmascs think like this ofc. #notallmen. im saying that some do, and enough transmascs have internalized misogyny and not enough self reflection.

just because you are trans doesnt mean you are immune to bigotry and recouping oppressive structures. none of us are free of Sin™️. you as an individual have to make an effort to reflect on your thoughts and actions and how they might affect yourself and others, so that you are not a willing participant of our communities oppression.

for example, ive talked a lot privately about my journey to being a better person, (and pobodies nerfect, its always a learning process, you always will have things you can improve on. and thats okay, were all just human) i initially hated it/its pronouns. 'it' gave me the ick. i was called 'it' as a kid incessantly to make fun of my gender presentation, i couldnt fathom someone else finding peace and even euphoria in using it/its. i bought into the conservative talking points about neopronouns and it/its being detrimental to the trans community. they were "the bad transes" and me? well i use they/them but shakespeare used the singular they so im fine :), im one of the good ones. then one day, i was listening to some video essay idr what or who, but something they said stuck with me, "if it/its makes me happy, why do you care? how does 'it' hurt you really?" my trauma is not everyones trauma, people will find comfort in things that i wont, and thats okay. 'it' hurt me when i was young, by cruel kids and uncaring adults. why am i hurting my community, my fellow transes, by continuing to deny them their autonomy to identify how they like? so i got over 'it.' i saw the real harm was the fucking wedge being driven between us by conservative grifters trying to pick off the weakest in the herd before they go in for the rest of us.

visibility isnt necessarily a good thing for marginalized people. transfemmes are the biggest target of hate in our community atm. they unfortunately serve as the canary. global fascism is on the rise and to be frank, a targeted hate campaign against a trans woman is asking for her to be killed. outed, paraded as a freak, doxxed, swatted, killed. protect trans women, fascism doesnt stop with one group nor will you be saved by being "one of the good ones." trans solidarity, even the people you dont like, even if you think theyre icky or gross or whatever the fuck else you do Not give up trans solidarity. you dont make callout posts, you dont send death threats, you dont send hate mail, if you dont like someone Block Them and move on.

we stand together or we will be eradicated.

[ahaura]

liberals do not care about "democracy" they do not care about palestinians they do not care about justice they only care about team sports and the moment anyone threatens that they lose any pretense of being more decent + less racist than republicans and conservatives and call people engaging in a protest vote "terrorists".

the uncommitted vote campaign in michigan is meant to send a message to biden & his administration and it worked. it is not "a threat to democracy" to engage within the democratic process. moreover, a democracy isn't "you have no choice to vote for this guy." of course arabs, muslims, and anyone against/protesting biden knows that trump would be as bad or worse. but biden right now is aiding, abetting, and sanctioning genocide under his watch despite a ceasefire being massively popular among all demographics of the american public. the "lesser evil" guy is party to genocide. and people are supposed to vote for that?

the supposed "lesser evil" party does nothing for their base, ignores their demands, refuses to present a candidate who isn't doing genocide, and capitulate to right wing framing on issues such as the border.

democrats are not entitled to a person's vote; in a democracy, constituents would be able to extract concessions from their elected officials. democrats can't even do the less than bare minimum than push as a party to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.

telling arabs and muslims - telling palestinians, many of whom who have had their family members murdered in the ongoing genocide committed by isr*el with the arms, funds, and full backing of biden and the u.s., who would not be able to have carried out this genocide for months without u.s. support - that they *must* vote for biden and that it will be their fault if biden loses - is beyond insidious and it's wrong. if biden loses the election, it will be on biden and the democratic party for not adhering to the most basic demands of their base. you're a racist, craven, worthless piece of shit for calling them "terrorists" or "threatening democracy" and blaming biden's future loss on them.

[sabakos]

Hm, yeah, nothing that Disco Elysium has to say about "moralism" is a deeper cut than the Deserter is for communism: a bitter defeatist reactionary whose guilt and ego have rendered his language and thoughts indistinguishable from the most rabid fascist, holding resentment for the loss of a past that never was while blaming his own failures and insecurities on "degenerates", "whores", and foreigners.

[tamamita]

Truly cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds has never been more true.

yeah

[diabolocracy]

This is going to live rent free in my head until I get it out, so:

Hell yeah I'm a fucking degenerate.

Here's some backstory about this - actually quite shitty - word.

The Definition as per the Eugenics Encyclopedia. It features such wondrous bangers as, "based on the premise that certain (lower) social classes and races were predisposed to various neurological and mental illnesses due to bad heredity, resulting in social degradation, ... it attributed general conditions such as mental instability and poor health to certain types of behaviours, such as having an 'immoral lifestyle.'"

Heeey, that (and the rest) sounds kind of racist and ableist and all kinds of other -ists commonly attributed to nazis and far-right goons...

The etymology of the word degeneration. "loss or impairment of the qualities proper to the race or kind," also figurative, "descent to an inferior state," from French dégéneration (15c.) or directly from Late Latin degenerationem (nominative degeneratio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin degenerare "to be inferior to one's ancestors, to become unlike one's race or kind, fall from ancestral quality," used of physical as well as moral qualities, from phrase de genere, from de "down from, away from" (see de-) + genus (genitive generis) "birth, descent" (from PIE root *gene- "give birth, beget").

... Wowie!

Actually... Let's just cut to the chase, huh?

Nazi Terminology A German cardinal has triggered a storm of criticism in Germany by describing atheist art as "degenerate" -- a term usually avoided in public discourse because of its association with the Nazis.

Fancy that.

Nazis (and the far-right and their various ilk) hate those that they declare degenerates.

So maybe, just maybe, being a degenerate is a fucking good thing. If you're pissing off a nazi, you're doing something right!

And maybe... Just maybe... If you don't want to be lumped in with them, you should keep in mind where the words you utilize and apply to those you hate, happen to come from!

Oh, also the word "groomer" when applied flagrantly to those you don't like is also a fascist tactic.

As is pedojacketing and "think of the children" rhetoric in general, really -- fascist and authoritarian.

You see it from the alt-right and nazi-types all the fucking time unless you're blind as shit.

If you purport to be a libby yet utilize the terminology of your political opponent when it's convenient against people you don't like unironically (especially of those people happen to be the same people your opponent doesn't like)--well, it is as they say: scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds.

Those claiming to be leftists have no excuse other than, hey, maybe you aren't as left as you claim to be. Maybe you're just another libby.

[dizzymoods]

what is going on!? my aunt asked me about safety in nyc bc she’s visiting in a couple weeks. I’m like just don’t be a mark! And she’s like well i heard immigrants are killing people on the subway. Kamala Harris you will perish!

and i know what you lot are thinking: well what about trump? you never talk about trump. well, i have object permanence so i know he’s the major pusher of this bullshit. It’s up to the dems to differentiate themselves from his policy and they aren’t! cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds etc

[pokemonhammerandsickle]

The current situation in Gaza has turned so many libs into feral monsters. "Cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds" really rings true rn

[vampire-bf]

cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds, etc etc

[bunnyhugs22]

We need a true opposition to fascism. The dems today are not it.

[julia1x5]

Cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds

[commiedervish]

Is it unfair to perceive that the contribution of tax dollars to the US federal military budget, doubtless what it will be used for, has an inherent complicity to it? The empire will fund wars and always have the money for it, and they will do it at your expense. Is calling representatives truly impactful? Has the magnitude of your political power really been irrevocably reduced to ballot boxes and emails? The Western Left is impotent, and the mantra "cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds" has proven itself true. But these are hopeful times, and while western-style democracy has made great strides in politically castrating the populace, there is one strong weapon that still reigns: media and media warfare. Try as they might, they fail to manufacture consent this time. Public opinion is powerful. Seeing the reactions in support of Palestine in the West has been inspiring and reassuring. The empire is on its last leg, abroad and at home.

[notaconservative]

@thissiteisshite Lmao 'liberals' denying reality and advocating for ppl to die in camps, more proof biden supporters are closer to trumpers than anything else. Cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds. Just fyi biden circumvented congress to make arms sales to israel nearly 100 times (took that out of trump's playbook) to keep them under reporting limits. Does that sound like someone who wants the killing to stop? If biden really wanted to get elected he'd make ALL US aid contingent on ceasefire and ending the apartheid but he doesn't.

[jakethesequel]

It did have some funny to it when people got banned from twitter for saying "scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds" because that was a "threat of violence." It's very 17th century aristo. Guards! Guards! The peasant threatened to scratch me! As if the thorn of a rose! Cut out his wastrel tongue!

[nothasanabi]

Ethan was always a liberal but i had hope he was changing for the better unfortunately the phrase cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds still hold true maybe he will grow and change but he is so unwilling at the moment to do so. It literally took his muslim co host crying about a murdered journalist for him to stop and think about his actions and even then it lasted for all of like 3 minutes before he was back on his bullshit.

THIS

Also the writing was on the wall with the capitalism vs communism debates.

1 He was being SUCH A DICK to dan about it and so pushy when dan asked multiple times not to be involved in the conversation. I didn't like that.

2 He "studied" before the debate BY TALKING TO CHAT GPT (SO CRINGE)

3 He cant define communism at a debate about communism.

The man is an english major allergic to books. Its cringe. Hes a whole ass adult. READ A BOOK.

This has kinda been a tangent but I really think it set the stage for the past few weeks as Ethan said just last week, "Israel isn't fascist. I don't even really know what that means i just think the word gets thrown around a lot.