The first large burning came on 6 May 1933. The German Student Union made an organised attack on Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (roughly: Institute of Sex Research). Its library and archives of around 20,000 books and journals were publicly hauled out and burned in the street. 1/2
Gerrymandering is one of the most powerful tools for fascism. It fosters systemic racism and undermines the entire democratic process.
I redesigned Stephen Nass’ CC-licensed illustration to clarify how gerrymandering works. If you know folks who don’t understand it, please share it with them.
In SC this is happening in right now. Black voters are being disenfranchised. And it’s overt racism.
“….ample evidence has demonstrated that the Proud Boys actively seek out violence and reject multiracial democracy. At their core, the Proud Boys are fascists, full stop… The organization’s activities on Jan. 6th, in which they conspired to subvert the democratic process… was merely one instance of the Proud Boys’ use of political violence in furtherance of their goals…”
@therightarticle The new law is absolutely terrifying in its breadth. You can be stopped, searched and arrested based purely on the unspecified and unspoke concerns of a police officer. They don't have to be able to justify themselves. They can just do it. Any time. Anywhere.
"An ex-FBI official who allegedly urged rioters to "kill" officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was previously the supervisory special agent in charge of Homegrown Violent Extremism for the FBI New York Field Office's Joint Terrorism Task Force"
So you’re staying on Twitter because you want to protect your brand, eh? The fascism over there is no joke. Being there enables a billionaire to behave like a toddler at the helm of a social media dictatorship.
This continues to play out in a way that refutes the “I have community there” argument. Your community can be taken away at any moment. Build community elsewhere.
The number one killer of children in America is gun violence. Where is a Republican doing something about that?
The Republicans in NC described this bill as “pro-woman.” I can’t think of anything more NOT pro-woman than restricting their bodily autonomy in any way and interfering in personal medical decisions. The GOP again show they don’t GAF about anything other than being in control or life.
@TonyStark#Republicans will do anything to perpetuate the endless #GunSlaughter in the name of Gun Industry profits as long as those fat #NRA envelopes keep arriving.
Here's the thing about today's #Fascism Watch: Driving Queer Youth to Suicide edition.
There's always been a faction of the right trying to do this.
Years ago I read an article wherein a lesbian who went to Catholic school talked about a nun pulling her aside, telling her that she was condemned to hell, and there was no redemption for her, but if she had any good in herself, she would commit suicide and so as not to take anyone else with her.
Sounds ludicrous, right?
Except it was being discussed in a political forum, and another woman - also a lesbian - said that basically the same thing happened to her too.
They know what they're doing. It's what they want.
Yes, I think #Biden did a great job in his first term. I appreciate and acknowledge his accomplishments. AND I am not happy he is running for a second term. I won’t pretend I am. The #DNC failed. The biggest problem with this strategy is Dems completely alienate a large chunk of their base. If we have to choose between #Fascism or teetering on the edge of dementia, most people will probably take their chances with dementia. But a whole lot of us will never forget that this was forced on us.
Republicans attack on democracy includes everything on this list plus racism, misogyny and anything they can conjure up to divide the US for their benefactors, the plutocracy.
In all appearances, Republicans are the water boys setting up Fascism for their benefactors, the oligarchs and corporations.