How the fuck have we gotten to the point where pretty much any group with Liberty, Patriot, Freedom, etc in the name is straight-up fascist?
I mean, we did lean pretty heavily into jingoism, nationalism and anti-intellectualism for, like, the last 70-80y. As a consequence we've trained several generations of people to respect symbols more than the ideas that define our country. So uh, yeah, this is pretty much the expected outcome.
Carl Kalauokalani has no children, no background in education and no experience in political or community organizing. Yet a year ago, the San Jose resident started the Santa Clara County chapter of Moms for Liberty, the far-right “parental rights” group stoking the nation’s red-hot culture wars.
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0110010001100010@lemmy.world · 112 pts · 2y
How the fuck have we gotten to the point where pretty much any group with Liberty, Patriot, Freedom, etc in the name is straight-up fascist?
Furthermore, how the fuck can these groups claim to be pro-freedom while banning books, abortions, trans people, etc?
WE. ARE. FUCKED.
jeffw@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 2y
Also anything like “Americans for _” is probably an astroturf group of a few rich fucks
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 2y
They've always done that: the Nazis were not the least bit socialist. Just pull words that poll well and make it up from there.
fubo@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Please support the Christian Peace Freedom Society! Send money and impressionable youths.
schema@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
There actually were social wings in the NSDAP before the 1930s, but they have been eradicated and only the name remained.
seaQueue@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
I mean, we did lean pretty heavily into jingoism, nationalism and anti-intellectualism for, like, the last 70-80y. As a consequence we've trained several generations of people to respect symbols more than the ideas that define our country. So uh, yeah, this is pretty much the expected outcome.
blazeknave@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Have any good kinks or YouTube videos to share? I'm interested in learning more
FraidyBear@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Speaking as an Indigenous person... 🌍👨🚀🔫👨🚀
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y
objectionist@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
i repeat:
WE. ARE. FUCKED.
populustree@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
war is peace
spider@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y
Seasm0ke@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 2y
Nothing says Liberty like banning books!
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 2y
They are fascist and should be labeled a Hate group and banned.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 2y
Banned is letting them off easy
RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Maybe banned from the human race?
-Not the former CIA director
RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Terrorist organization too.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Since when does the US ban hate groups?
Telorand@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 2y
Dunno. But they would be a good starting point.
someguy3@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y
For them Liberty means chaining others.
TheJims@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 2y
Klanned Karenhood
Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com · 13 pts · 2y
pseudorandom@kbin.social · 42 pts · 2y
Under fund, remove education material, add your own, and declare public education a failure and you can have taxes pay for private education.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
Religious private education.
spider@lemmy.nz · 9 pts · 2y
...and prizes:
Florida school vouchers can pay for TVs, kayaks and theme parks. Is that OK?
someguy3@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
School vouchers are coming.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
They're already here.
wolf6152@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
You could be describing several government institutions. The Dept of Veteran Affairs, the USPS, IRS. It’s called regulatory take over.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 2y
This is who Moms for Liberty are:
This is also who Moms for Liberty are:
https://deadstate.org/moms-for-liberty-members-cough-loudly-to-disrupt-moment-of-silence-for-holocaust-victims/
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 2y
Wait, they straight up just put a Hitler quote on their web page? I thought they were slightly more subtle than that.
Edit: It's a newsletter, but still...
macaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Moms for Liberty will not be intimidated by hate groups…. Expect for the guy we quoted above. He’s cool.
ZeroCool@feddit.ch · 38 pts · 2y
Reminds me of that picture showing the "Black Republican Committee" of Durham County, North Carolina.
x4740N@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
Uranium3006@kbin.social · 17 pts · 2y
Moms for Hitler
teh_shame@infosec.pub · 20 pts · 2y
These people are human garbage
DigitalTraveler42@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
Nazis always are
YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
The chief MOL in Colorado Springs was charged with felony menacing.
That's what you can expect from these types.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Theocratic fascism is the new liberty.
fubo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Defending your rights to freely stuff rebar in dissident orifices!
Uranium3006@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
That's what happens when you stand by and let Nazis invade.you gotta stand up and fight back
Pavidus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
liberty
lĭb′ər-tē
noun
The condition of being free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor.
The condition of being free from oppressive restriction or control by a government or other power.
A right to engage in certain actions without control or interference by a government or other power.
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 2y
I did not want that image of Moms for Liberty spreading in my head. Rude Headline.
fubo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
There's gotta be money in "Moms for Libertines".