Tom Dunstan
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
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I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
Pathetic.
Absolutely disgraceful from the Adelaide Festival.
I hope other participants reconsider their part in it.
I hope other participants reconsider their part in it.
January 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Pathetic.
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Consuming a daily stream of Nazi propaganda does not have to turn you into a Nazi to distort your perceptions of the world
My Marxist ideological shields protect me.
Really, this is hyperbolic nonsense.
Really, this is hyperbolic nonsense.
These people are so unaware of being personally influenced by constantly immersing themselves in a firehose blast of Nazi propaganda that she doesn't even list that as one of the considerations www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-have-to...
August 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Consuming a daily stream of Nazi propaganda does not have to turn you into a Nazi to distort your perceptions of the world
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Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
October 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
@gruber.foo re the NYT iPhone piece - same energy from as far back as 1988 where the inappropriateness of the racism was played for a joke, but at least kinda acknowledged youtu.be/96iJsdGkl44?...
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May 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
@gruber.foo re the NYT iPhone piece - same energy from as far back as 1988 where the inappropriateness of the racism was played for a joke, but at least kinda acknowledged youtu.be/96iJsdGkl44?...
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The Liberal Party is failing for the same reason the UAP failed: adopting policies based on lobbying rather than any deeper sense of what the nation needs. Much has been written about the failure of the UAP and the foundation of the Liberals, but few parallels have been drawn to the present
May 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Liberal Party is failing for the same reason the UAP failed: adopting policies based on lobbying rather than any deeper sense of what the nation needs. Much has been written about the failure of the UAP and the foundation of the Liberals, but few parallels have been drawn to the present
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well, they couldn’t use the source material directly
May 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
well, they couldn’t use the source material directly
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Thank you, Australia.
May 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thank you, Australia.
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anti establishment branding has little relationship to political ideology. failing to see that is really dangerous and can lead to fascist creep in progressive spaces. www.liberalcurrents.com/be-skeptical...
May 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
anti establishment branding has little relationship to political ideology. failing to see that is really dangerous and can lead to fascist creep in progressive spaces. www.liberalcurrents.com/be-skeptical...
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That's an jaw-dropping number: "Between 1976 and 2015, an astonishing 80 percent of the state’s capital sentences were later reversed."
boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
May 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
That's an jaw-dropping number: "Between 1976 and 2015, an astonishing 80 percent of the state’s capital sentences were later reversed."
boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
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I have to admit that I did not have “The Defense Department under a Republican administration resurrects Socialist Realism three decades after the USSR’s collapse” on my bingo card.
They’ve set up a meme combatant command basically.
interesting he’s there at the border fence with what some gangbangers and 60s fidelista types. Where the peer military he’s going to tangle with?
interesting he’s there at the border fence with what some gangbangers and 60s fidelista types. Where the peer military he’s going to tangle with?
May 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I have to admit that I did not have “The Defense Department under a Republican administration resurrects Socialist Realism three decades after the USSR’s collapse” on my bingo card.
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It's important to know that when tech bros say they are "data driven" what they mean by "data" is their own experience and the assumptions.
This is why you regularly hear things like "UBI will destroy society" and "if you give away housing no one will work" despite all studies showing the contrary.
This is why you regularly hear things like "UBI will destroy society" and "if you give away housing no one will work" despite all studies showing the contrary.
May 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It's important to know that when tech bros say they are "data driven" what they mean by "data" is their own experience and the assumptions.
This is why you regularly hear things like "UBI will destroy society" and "if you give away housing no one will work" despite all studies showing the contrary.
This is why you regularly hear things like "UBI will destroy society" and "if you give away housing no one will work" despite all studies showing the contrary.
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May 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Some non-ALP lefties
may be disappointed but this is a far better result for progressives than a minority govt as it’s the 1st time in 30 yrs the Coalition has experienced 2 decisive #ausvotes losses. It will forge an #auspol common sense about hard right politics being toxic to swing voters
may be disappointed but this is a far better result for progressives than a minority govt as it’s the 1st time in 30 yrs the Coalition has experienced 2 decisive #ausvotes losses. It will forge an #auspol common sense about hard right politics being toxic to swing voters
May 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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One of the lessons of Liberal Party over my lifetime is that the next leader will be worse than you thought the last one was.
May 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
One of the lessons of Liberal Party over my lifetime is that the next leader will be worse than you thought the last one was.
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You only get one Peter Dutton. It's great to win, but remember *that* was the person in front of you.
May 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
You only get one Peter Dutton. It's great to win, but remember *that* was the person in front of you.
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the number of climate 200 backed independents is growing… They are going to take up more seats… This is a bigger problem now - David Speers, political lead at the Australian public broadcaster, which spends millions of our dollars on legal arguments about “balance”. Look at it. He has only one lens.
May 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
the number of climate 200 backed independents is growing… They are going to take up more seats… This is a bigger problem now - David Speers, political lead at the Australian public broadcaster, which spends millions of our dollars on legal arguments about “balance”. Look at it. He has only one lens.
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We just got the trifecta.
May 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We just got the trifecta.
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That election was called before voting closed in WA
May 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
That election was called before voting closed in WA
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Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”
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😂
May 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”
😂
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