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10 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Arnold Schwarzenegger compares Trumpist assault on the Capitol to the Nazis' Kristallnacht...
On the one hand, that's fair, given the motivations and actions of Trump's rioters. On the other hand, the scale is off: what happened last week was not a countrywide pogrom. That may yet be ahead of us. That's what we have to prevent.
But the video is still very good. Do watch it!
"Growing up, I was surrounded by broken men drinking away their guilt over their participation in the most evil regime history. Not all of them were rabid anti-Semites or Nazis, many just went along step-by-step down the road. They were the people next door." - @Schwarzenegger
"It all started with lies, and lies, and lies, and intolerance." - @Schwarzenegger

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Andrew Stroehlein Profile picture
10 Jan
In recent days, I've been in touch with some Trump supporters I know in the US. Not anyone you would have heard of, just regular middle class whites, mostly in the northeast.

I've tried to maintain contact & just listen over the years, so I understand their thinking. 1/
This was the first time all of them literally screamed at me.

They're not upset at last week's mob riot; they're hoping for more of it. 2/
Some even talked about killing specific politicians. I'm not worried these people will be on the news one day, because they have neither the means nor the physical ability to do it. Still, they're very keen to see it happen. 3/
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Andrew Stroehlein Profile picture
10 Jan
This.

Some media helped create Trump & his enablers.

Editors & senior executives need to accept that sometimes there are things that are more important than clicks, and if they encourage attacks on the fundamentals of democracy, they saw at the very branch they're sitting on.
Let's recall...

Also this...

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Andrew Stroehlein Profile picture
9 Jan
Having a Twitter account is not a right.

If you incite violence on Twitter, the company can - and should - stop you. Good call.
Plans for “future armed protests” are spreading on Twitter and elsewhere, the company warned, “including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021”.
theguardian.com/us-news/2021/j…
Yes, people who boosted their careers off of Trump - his sycophants, his kids & people like Haley, who helped him attack and undermine human rights around the world - are boo-hooing right now.

Always beware of powerful people pretending to be victims.

bit.ly/2MP7qIz
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8 Jan
Trump's far-right allies in Europe are shocked, shocked I tell you, that hatred and extremism can lead to violence. It had nothing to do with Trump's incitement of his followers or the Republican Party's four years of full support for a demagogue. 🙄
politico.eu/article/europe…
So, when is the European People's Party @epp going to stop supporting & promoting its pro-Trump ally, Fidesz, the ruling party of the extremist dictatorship in Hungary?

Any thoughts @donaldtuskEPP?

Or @ManfredWeber?

#ExpelFidesz
Ruling-party controlled media in Hungary have falsely accused the US Democratic Party of organising the #TrumpRiots.

The ruling party in Hungary, Fidesz, is part of the European People's Party umbrella group here.

@epp has backed their ally for years.
bit.ly/3rYJjam
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7 Jan
If you’re storming a parliament with people wearing “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirts, you know what side you’re on...

These are the faces of hatred and extremism.
If you’re storming a parliament with people carrying pro-slavery flags, you know what side you’re on...
Can we call them "deplorable" now?
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Andrew Stroehlein Profile picture
6 Jan
New Nations in Transit 2020 democracy index from @FH_NIT is a damning indictment of how EU leaders have let member states #Poland & #Hungary crumble.

Hungary became the first country to "leave the group of democracies entirely".

freedomhouse.org/report/nations…
Huge thanks to the European People's Party - including @ManfredWeber, @vonderleyen, @JunckerEU, @donaldtuskEPP, Merkel & others - for this. The pan-European umbrella group @EPP has for years promoted the creation of a dictatorship in EU member state Hungary. Success!
2020 was the year the EU definitively ceased being a group of democracies.

EU member state Hungary is an outright dictatorship.

EU member state Poland is not far behind.
bit.ly/2SxaBEJ
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