The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.
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Warrantless wiretaps were so common, George Carlin used to answer the phone, "Fuck Hoover. Hello?"
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Trump’s enemies list is longer than his red ties and growing by the minute! 👩🏻💻
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qN1TFuBJF4
Republicans are disgusting pieces of shit.
But this authoritarian is 100% home-grown American.
But that wasn't the argument my comment was aimed at. It was a response to this:
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Can confirm
https://bsky.app/profile/torrleonard.bsky.social/post/3lmughoj45c2e
The drain begins.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7496085
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/
If you’re going to make claims about European countries all being right wing at least get it right.
It's heartbreaking to see what it's becoming. 😞
McCarthyism IS fascism and it's a huge reason why we're stuck where we are.
But talking about some kind of lack of repression in the USSR vs some other dictatorships rings a little hollow when Stalin sent ~1.7 million to gulags and executed another ~1.2 million.
Both are bad. Just with different tools.
A mere 50 years later, I live in fear.