"South Africa is being punished for their honesty and expertise. That's been the theme of the last five years, whether you're an epidemiologist, a climate scientist, a scholar of authoritarian states. People punish you for being right." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/tyranny-…
"Many people are locked in a cult mentality, a deferential mode of supplication, where they only want to hear fairy tales and false reassurances based on nothing. When experts come forward with evidence of a crisis that can be mitigated, they are attacked for speaking out."
"We're going to go through hard times, but things don't have to be as hard as they have been. That's true for the pandemic, climate change, corruption. The future depends on what people choose to do, particularly those who hold power." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/tyranny-…
"If people had been transparent about looming disasters, and had not attacked experts who spoke out early, we may have avoided the dire situations of today. You cannot bury a crisis; it will grow back greater. You need to face it head on." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/tyranny-…

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I’m a huge Attack on Titan fan. Gosar’s video 1) sucked 2) understood the message of AoT as well as Ronald Reagan understood “Born in the USA”, ie not at all, got it 180 degrees wrong 3) was obviously threatening AOC and others while trying to pass it off as a joke
Also Gosar has clearly not read the manga and does not know what happens to Eren Yaeger, but I’ll stop there as I do not want to emulate Gosar-esque commentary.

Shinzo wo sasageyo to accountability in Congress!
There have been many occasions where I, too, have related to scenes from Attack on Titan, yet I have managed not to threaten a member of Congress! ImageImageImageImage
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