The Great Offender (wtf/wtaf) 🇪🇺
@helmutweigel.bsky.social
Don't tell them what they want to hear.
Tell them what they need to hear.
Tell them what they need to hear.
With neofascists it’s never about free speech, but rather convenient speech.
Their idea of freedom actually means compliance.
And they never mind watching the world burn.
TL,DR: Resist now. Or you will be removed later.
Their idea of freedom actually means compliance.
And they never mind watching the world burn.
TL,DR: Resist now. Or you will be removed later.
April 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
With neofascists it’s never about free speech, but rather convenient speech.
Their idea of freedom actually means compliance.
And they never mind watching the world burn.
TL,DR: Resist now. Or you will be removed later.
Their idea of freedom actually means compliance.
And they never mind watching the world burn.
TL,DR: Resist now. Or you will be removed later.
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
January 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
- Dunno who said it first
- Dunno who said it first
January 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
- Dunno who said it first
- Dunno who said it first
Basically I’m a sustainable organic can opener.
January 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Basically I’m a sustainable organic can opener.
There is a cult of ignorance in the US, and has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
January 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There is a cult of ignorance in the US, and has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
It isn’t “my” single issue.
I understand that democracy is a bus, not a taxi - you pick the one that gets you closest to your destination.
But Gaza was one if not the single issue for ~6.9m dem voters, besides race & gender:
2016 Clinton 65.9m
2012 Obama 65.9m
2024 Harris 74.4m
2020 Biden 81.3m
I understand that democracy is a bus, not a taxi - you pick the one that gets you closest to your destination.
But Gaza was one if not the single issue for ~6.9m dem voters, besides race & gender:
2016 Clinton 65.9m
2012 Obama 65.9m
2024 Harris 74.4m
2020 Biden 81.3m
January 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It isn’t “my” single issue.
I understand that democracy is a bus, not a taxi - you pick the one that gets you closest to your destination.
But Gaza was one if not the single issue for ~6.9m dem voters, besides race & gender:
2016 Clinton 65.9m
2012 Obama 65.9m
2024 Harris 74.4m
2020 Biden 81.3m
I understand that democracy is a bus, not a taxi - you pick the one that gets you closest to your destination.
But Gaza was one if not the single issue for ~6.9m dem voters, besides race & gender:
2016 Clinton 65.9m
2012 Obama 65.9m
2024 Harris 74.4m
2020 Biden 81.3m
There was no choice for liberal voters. So they didn’t vote.
2024 was moderate conservative democrats bombing Gaza vs paleo conservative & fascist republicans bombing Gaza.
When a restaurant only offers two meals, and both taste like shit, don’t blame mindful customers for not ordering anything.
2024 was moderate conservative democrats bombing Gaza vs paleo conservative & fascist republicans bombing Gaza.
When a restaurant only offers two meals, and both taste like shit, don’t blame mindful customers for not ordering anything.
January 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
There was no choice for liberal voters. So they didn’t vote.
2024 was moderate conservative democrats bombing Gaza vs paleo conservative & fascist republicans bombing Gaza.
When a restaurant only offers two meals, and both taste like shit, don’t blame mindful customers for not ordering anything.
2024 was moderate conservative democrats bombing Gaza vs paleo conservative & fascist republicans bombing Gaza.
When a restaurant only offers two meals, and both taste like shit, don’t blame mindful customers for not ordering anything.
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
- Charles Bukowski
- Charles Bukowski
January 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
- Charles Bukowski
- Charles Bukowski
My preferred visual metaphor for the coming four years is the burning Colossus at Six Flags.
January 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My preferred visual metaphor for the coming four years is the burning Colossus at Six Flags.
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
- Frederick Douglass
- Frederick Douglass
January 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
- Frederick Douglass
- Frederick Douglass
Boyd, Donna, and Kenny.
I’m royally fucked either way, right?!
I’m royally fucked either way, right?!
January 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Boyd, Donna, and Kenny.
I’m royally fucked either way, right?!
I’m royally fucked either way, right?!
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
- P. J. O'Rourke
- P. J. O'Rourke
January 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
- P. J. O'Rourke
- P. J. O'Rourke
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell
January 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell
A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.
― Robert A. Heinlein
― Robert A. Heinlein
December 29, 2024 at 3:10 PM
A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.
― Robert A. Heinlein
― Robert A. Heinlein
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
December 27, 2024 at 10:27 AM
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
― Friedrich Nietzsche
― Friedrich Nietzsche
December 26, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
― Friedrich Nietzsche
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
December 22, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Cheers!
Also, and you have to trust a Bavarian on this one, please ask Santa for a proper Weissbier glass.
Also, and you have to trust a Bavarian on this one, please ask Santa for a proper Weissbier glass.
December 20, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Cheers!
Also, and you have to trust a Bavarian on this one, please ask Santa for a proper Weissbier glass.
Also, and you have to trust a Bavarian on this one, please ask Santa for a proper Weissbier glass.
Mmmkay…
December 19, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Mmmkay…
I’ve heard that one before 😉
December 18, 2024 at 11:16 AM
I’ve heard that one before 😉
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
December 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
The polydactyl AI lawyers are back it seems...
December 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
The polydactyl AI lawyers are back it seems...
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.
― Ernest Hemingway
― Ernest Hemingway
December 15, 2024 at 11:13 PM
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.
― Ernest Hemingway
― Ernest Hemingway
When I see someone with six-pack abs, I know we won’t have fun. Their idea of a good time is putting on tight shorts and working on their stomach muscles. Someone with love handles is putting on oven mitts and working on baking the perfect cinnamon buns. They’re fun.
― Tom Papa
― Tom Papa
December 13, 2024 at 9:57 AM
When I see someone with six-pack abs, I know we won’t have fun. Their idea of a good time is putting on tight shorts and working on their stomach muscles. Someone with love handles is putting on oven mitts and working on baking the perfect cinnamon buns. They’re fun.
― Tom Papa
― Tom Papa