Imagine trading in most of the Bill of Rights and several Constitutional Amendments merely for the confidence boost of getting to say the r-word in mixed company with more comfort.
February 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Imagine trading in most of the Bill of Rights and several Constitutional Amendments merely for the confidence boost of getting to say the r-word in mixed company with more comfort.
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
If doublespeak is intentionally ambiguous language meant to obfuscate, this fascist balderdash falling out of Kristi Noem’s mouth is more like halfspeak - b/c it’s laughably ignorant, but also bluntly oversimplified & facially inaccurate nonsense that only serves as propaganda humanizing repression.
I would add that this far right shamelessness is encapsulated by their newfound freedom to comfortably say whatever bigoted nonsense they want being confused for public intellectualism. They honestly think they are saying profound shit.
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
I would add that this far right shamelessness is encapsulated by their newfound freedom to comfortably say whatever bigoted nonsense they want being confused for public intellectualism. They honestly think they are saying profound shit.
So I'm fully aware that pointing out Conservative hypocrisy has not exactly gained any real traction, but are we really living in a world where their response to the murder of their so-though-of free speech crusader is to go after [checks notes]... speech?
September 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
So I'm fully aware that pointing out Conservative hypocrisy has not exactly gained any real traction, but are we really living in a world where their response to the murder of their so-though-of free speech crusader is to go after [checks notes]... speech?
The primary fulcrum on which the far right's claim of left indoctrination rests is the conflation between the reality of academic rigor and their own embarrassing inability to hack it.
September 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The primary fulcrum on which the far right's claim of left indoctrination rests is the conflation between the reality of academic rigor and their own embarrassing inability to hack it.