Yes⤵️ What's being exposed right now is the depth of corruption in the Republican Party.
Therefore, a messages deployed yesterday is that all parties are corrupt. The Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans.
This is standard Russian propaganda. . .
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Therefore, a messages deployed yesterday is that all parties are corrupt. The Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans.
This is standard Russian propaganda. . .
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Timothy Snyder explains that Putin doesn’t deny corruption in his regime, but works to persuade people that all regimes, including democratic ones, are corrupt.
If people believe all politicians are corrupt, going after Trump is political persecution, or a “witch hunt.”
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If people believe all politicians are corrupt, going after Trump is political persecution, or a “witch hunt.”
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If all politicians are corrupt, it doesn’t matter who you vote for, or whether you vote at all.
That’s why the bots yesterday were deployed to say things like this:
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That’s why the bots yesterday were deployed to say things like this:
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The idea that all politicians are corrupt leads to tribalism.
“He’s a liar, but he’s our liar. I’d rather stick with our corrupt liar than the enemy corrupt liar.”
Like this⤵️
It's just one say to kill democracy.
(h/t @doxterdeg and @TaMcColgan for the examples)
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“He’s a liar, but he’s our liar. I’d rather stick with our corrupt liar than the enemy corrupt liar.”
Like this⤵️
It's just one say to kill democracy.
(h/t @doxterdeg and @TaMcColgan for the examples)
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@doxterdeg @TaMcColgan Exactly: Cynicism (all people are corrupt) leads directly to nihilism.
The solution is to vote.
The antidote to cynicism is to hold on to your principles and remember that there are people who have them.
The solution is to vote.
The antidote to cynicism is to hold on to your principles and remember that there are people who have them.
@doxterdeg @TaMcColgan After I tweeted, I realized my mistake in phrasing.
I also saw the typo in the first tweet.
Usually I blame keyboard gremlins, but this time it was definitely due to trying to tweet before drinking my morning coffee ☕️ (It's early here)
I also saw the typo in the first tweet.
Usually I blame keyboard gremlins, but this time it was definitely due to trying to tweet before drinking my morning coffee ☕️ (It's early here)
@doxterdeg @TaMcColgan Here's a good example ⤵️
It's impossible to tell the difference between people who genuinely believe the lies (example: Schiff denied all due process), and accounts deliberately engaging in "bothsidesism"
Most people know the "due process denied" nonsense was a lie . . .
It's impossible to tell the difference between people who genuinely believe the lies (example: Schiff denied all due process), and accounts deliberately engaging in "bothsidesism"
Most people know the "due process denied" nonsense was a lie . . .
@doxterdeg @TaMcColgan . . . but as with the guy with the gun who believed the Pizzagate nonsense, some people actually believe this.
My advice is not to argue with strangers on Twitter. You won't change their minds, and you will wear yourself out.
Their goal is to tire you out and discourage you.
My advice is not to argue with strangers on Twitter. You won't change their minds, and you will wear yourself out.
Their goal is to tire you out and discourage you.
@doxterdeg @TaMcColgan People who are exhausted need to get off the Internet. Get away from your screen.
Volunteer work serves two purposes: It will help save democracy and it will save your sanity by lifting you out of the daily news cycle.
When I spent . . .
Volunteer work serves two purposes: It will help save democracy and it will save your sanity by lifting you out of the daily news cycle.
When I spent . . .
@doxterdeg @TaMcColgan . . time in a detention center in Texas (through @RAICESTEXAS) offering legal assistance to asylum seekers, I could ignore the daily outrage without guilt because I was pushing back in a tangible way.
People need to turn their rage into action⤵️
.terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/
People need to turn their rage into action⤵️
.terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/
