Thread by @FreedomFriesInc

I endorse this msg, although I'm not a liberal. I'm a moderate conservative standing with everyone who is pro-democracy and wants the USA to resume its long path toward freedom for ALL, despite the far right capture of the Republican party.

Proudly #XGOP and #CountryOverParty!

https://twitter.com/anet2111/status/1512118661447880710

The past two years or so in US politics have shown me that it's the right wingers whose feelings are fragile, lol.

What a bunch of crybaby sore losers.

And they are extremely gullible, too.

I just heard today that the next CPAC will be held in Hungary, with authoritarian dictator Viktor Orban as keynote speaker.

They want to undermine NATO from the inside. Too bad, losers. The rest of NATO won't let that happen.

Like, do these useful idiots for Putin even understand that mass graves and other clear signs of crimes against humanity and genocide were found in Ukraine in recent days?

Pro democracy folk have fought too hard for too long to let this stand.

Info: holocaustremembrance.com/world-remember…

I remember Srebrenica, July 11, 1995:

Info: srebrenica.org.uk

World politics and our personal lives have this in common:

"Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." -Churchill

We will keep repeating it until we learn.

The #RememberingSrebrenica website may well have to update it's statement that the 1995 massacre was the worst atrocity on European soil since WWII.

This infographic shows the wider death toll. Bodies in mass graves are *still* being found.

Source: srebrenica.org.uk/what-happened/…

Whenever I learn of a genocidal event in the history of the last 150 years or so, I add it to my list of such events to always remember.

The genocide carried out by Nazi Germany and it's collaborators is rightly called the Holocaust, or Shoah.

Source: holocaustremembrance.com/resources/educ…

The words #NeverForget #NeverAgain are associated with Holocaust remembrance and the many worldwide actions trying to prevent a repeat.

Seeing a new genocide always makes my heart sink. But then I realize it's another teachable moment. A lot of people need to learn, and fast.

There absolutely is a link between the anti-democratic ideology expressed on Facebook by that one or two extended family members we all have, and the murder of thousands of innocent civilians in Ukraine right now.

It's all connected. From anti-vaxxers to Putin sympathizers.

I prefer being around liberals, progressives, and fellow ex-gop conservatives. With anyone who is pro-democracy and anti-autocracy. With anyone who gives a damn about innocents in Ukraine.

Listen to this 1998 song:

Song facts: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_To…

The UK No. 1 single "If you tolerate this, your children will be next" by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers was inspired by volunteers who came from everywhere to help defend innocents from fascists in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). They lost, & the regime lasted until 1977.

The similarities between 1930s Europe and 2020s Europe seem to grow stronger by the day.

It's very simple though, and it's time to pick a side. Pro-democracy people everywhere need to lift our game and fight harder, in the law-abiding way that most of us do.

And we need to vote for those parties and governments who lean more toward democracy than their opponents do.

The US is the most important country with national elections this year.

Democrats need your vote. Please #VoteBlueIn22 down the whole ballot, & help get out the vote.

I totally oppose the economic policies of the left. But if I can prioritize the saving of lives, the use of proven public health measures, the valuing of science, and democracy itself, anyone can. I will vote left in NZ.

In the US I'd be indy purple with the blue wave:💜🌊

Right wing parties get the balance wrong as we respond to the pandemic. They put the wants of (some) business owners before the need to save lives and minimize pandemic harms.

The economy will recover, it always does. But those lives aren't coming back.

Every policy decision by governments around the world should take into account the pandemic and Russia's war against Ukraine.

The differences between the left and right are clearer than I've ever seen them. It is primarily the left who show courage, morality, and patriotism.

I hope that one day we can return to a situation where voters could weigh the pros and cons of each side, without having to rule out one side because they do not support democracy and a rules-based world.

Until then, I know where I belong.