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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 2h

I suppose anything's a protest song if you're pissed enough

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#musicsky

Common People

YouTube video by William Shatner - Topic

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 2h

THEY LOVE IT!!!

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 2h

*insert Captain America "I understood that reference" gif here*

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 5h

Boomers will try to tell you what to wear in your hair if you're going to San Francisco

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 4h

new music is up

no Im not planning on becoming a music producer (or god forbid a "DJ") in my later years - but instead of buying music for my portfolio pieces or searching for noncopyright stuff for 11 hours, why not just make my own?

#Musicsky #Patreon #Voiceover

www.patreon.com/c/GiggingWit...

a club scene is shown with the word "muffin" centered in the photograph

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Large Johnson @flytyingguy.bsky.social · 5h

What is going on has nothing to do with kings.

It has everything to do with the Nazi version of fascism.

The young Republican texts prove this.

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 5h

appreciate this reminder. for Me, most of all.

heading off to read that Douglas 25th anniversary speech during my next studio break here in a sec. some great stuff here yet again, man.

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 5h

what a fantastic thing to remember at a time like this

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6h

we should all go out on October 18 and it's good that so many of us are planning to. but we should all start talking to each other about what we're going to do next, too - what we will withhold together if the abuses continue. we can go on offense, too!

time.com/collections/...

Why Protests Should Be Promises

Modern movements that aim to advance racial equity should withhold and promise, rather than perform, writes Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

time.com

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

She does not care.

She is proud of this.

It’s why she , and every person is there .

They’ve made the calculation it’s better for them

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1d

JD clearly agrees with the Nazis, but do wonder if he works extra hard to coddle and defend them because they really hate marriages like his

Someone should ask Usha how she feels about her husband's views on this (tho no DC reporter with that kind of access would ever)

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 6h

Further we slide down the path of authoritarianism, the harder those first 7 words hit

so glad this conversation is even happening now

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 22h

I think we need to talk more about entitlement in the “do fascists feel shame?” debate.

Fascists aren’t ashamed of oppressing people. But they do feel entitled to adoration for their oppression.

When we reject them, they act like an abusive parent, mortified that their kids don’t really love them.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 1d

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 6h

I have gotten banned for making this statement on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Once I was banned, I left those platforms, because if you can't say what I'm about to say, then that platform is defending yhte supremacy

Here goes

Why does every yhte nationalist look like a Teletubby?

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 6h

.. btw I love retro gaming, hell I'm kinda retro myself at this point, so I got no problem going back to the old school lol

Should I go play something before 7, which many consider to be The GOAT? or nah?

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 6h

So I've been wanting to ask, since you got me into midnight sumo 😂

Which final fantasy would you recommend for someone who's literally never played a second of any of em?

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 15h

What I think of when I hear the song "Someday my Prince will Come"

A hedgehog man with meaty pecs astride a cock

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 7h

if you only do one thing today, let it be reading the alt text of this photo

thank you for that one, Matt 🤣🤣🤣

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 7h

lmaooooooooooooooooooo

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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 1d

We are all Robby Roadsteamer today. ✊

F*ck these nazis.

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 7h

remember these texts the next time someone, literally anyone, tells you that you are overreacting to yhte nationalism

this is who they are

#wethepeople

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

very annoying that we had to endure about a month of these people going “calling us nazis hurts our feelings” to then immediately be revealed saying nazi shit and going “yup, we want gas chambers. so what libs”

The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 7h

One of my absolute favorite things to do now, especially since leaving seminary, is delving into other religions..not as a believer or trying to join, just as an observer 😊 it reeeeeeaaaaaaally helps me get to this state myself. Reminds me how connected they (we) are.

🏳️‍🌈 Mother Of Exiles 🏳️‍⚧️ @dragynwing.bsky.social · 1d

It's liberating not to hate religion anymore. I hate the greed and the politics and the human condition that entices people to pull whatever lever they can grab to grant themselves power but the core of religion is something I can love and respect now without compromising my morals.

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 7h

Amen. One of the most freeing things I ever did was leave the Church. Like you said, the greed. The politics. They can really muddy the message. On both sides, really. What's the expression of missing the forest for trees?? Something like that I guess. Maybe it's cause I came to it so late idk 🤷🏻

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 7h

a man wearing a costco apron is standing in front of a woman

Alt: a man wearing a costco apron is standing in front of a woman

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 7h

honestly every one of these pics makes me say the same thing

"Yup. That tracks."

I feel like if one has spent a lot of time pressing back against the specific brand of mook that is a yhte nationalist, they've become very familiar with this particular look lmaoooooooooo

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The Goon VO @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 7h

great thread. I wish I had scrolled down and read most of these comments before I spoke..what I had to say was already covered by others. But you should go check this one out yourself.

One of my favorite places to visit when I wake up and probably one of my top 5 accounts on all of social media.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 1d

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

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