The Government’s Posts Just Took a Sharp Far-Right Turn | Government social-media managers have turned official feeds into streams of xenophobia.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/social-media-trump-administration-dhs/685659/?gift=lzKbu9Uuk15UXn_aMr7tG2GvIjrI2PjlljMVczbzC6Q
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Dicska@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 202d
At this point I don't even get the usage of the term 'turn', let alone 'sharp'. It seems to be going in the same direction for a while now. It's been far right for the past Jesusiamgettingold years.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 202d
There's a difference between being right-wing and using actual Nazi content on a routine basis. They crossed that line.
jim@lemmy.org · 3 pts · 202d
Does that mean we can call for action and you won’t moderate… or have we not crossed that line yet?
silence7@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 202d
The problem is that the US is still place where people who advocate violence for leftist reasons can be tossed in prison. So, no, it's not a good idea to allow people to post explicit, realistic, actionable calls for violence in public places.
Talk about it in your 4-person Signal chat with people you trust.
jim@lemmy.org · -1 pts · 202d
Most of us don’t have a signal chat. And that 4 person chat can’t grow to anything more than a circle jerk without more people.
So, let me know when it gets bad enough that you decide it’s more important to have the discussion than it is to obey the rules of a lemmy instance.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 202d
Sorry, but anything big gets penetrated by an informer. You can't do big group chats and actually plan attacks like that and not end up in prison.
jim@lemmy.org · 1 pts · 202d
I wonder if later, when the military has full control of local government, you might think to yourself… gosh, if only I had not moderated so much, maybe people would have done something.
Of course you won’t. Lol. Fascism simp.