virtuistic.bsky.social
Advocate. Bi. Genderqueer. Green thumb.
Disabled. Vaxxed. Boosted. Masked.
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Gross.
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I'd break them on sight.
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I don't like this and i think it's bad
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I could do without the ableism, but yes, the throughline effects are important to chronicle. I just don't think he's crazy or confused. He's a hateful man who is intentionally vengeful. He's not only aware of his actions, he is proud of them. They are deliberate, not a byproduct of addled madness.
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Indeed. I feel like it's truly a wild admission to put in print. Like, you mean to tell me these employed professionals have no real understanding of how this platform operates, and didn't bother to do a modicum of cursory research or self examination? Weird choices, IMHO.
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Relatedly:
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Sure!
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These are staff writers too! I'm stunned by how often they basically publish "I am unlikeable and have several observable skill issues on the social Internet." Couldn't pay me to tell on myself like that.
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Yup. It's 100% a skill issue.
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Worth noting that Luke Winkie is following fewer than 300 people, posts infrequently, and his posts are all dogshit.
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Sounds like a skill issue, man.
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Does he even go here? 😂
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Gotta be honest, this is exactly why we've been telling folks to stop extending olive branches and stop trying to reason/work with fascists. These people aren't just cruel; they are dangerous. They want to harm vulnerable people, and they will get around to harming everyone unless they are stopped.
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Love to see it.
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Whew! I feel this. I don't have cowards monitoring my social media to scold me about spicy opinions anymore, so might as well say and do more rad stuff!
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This is so disgusting.
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Here's hoping Midjourney *doesn't* survive this. 🤞🏼
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Thank you for the work you do. As a fellow journo and COVID Cassandra, I so appreciate the accountability journalism you have done and continue to do. It's so vital in these difficult times.
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I think their official position is that anyone who works for them should be muzzled to avoid lawsuits from the guy who literally made hate his whole brand.
ABC: "Our staff don't get free speech in their off hours because the egomaniac in the Oval Office will get mad, and we can't have that!"
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Update: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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I agree, and further, I tend to assume that anyone with a podcast is probably doing it bc they couldn't hack it at a publication or station with standards. Logically, I know that isn't universally true, but I'm sorry, I will never be able to take inaccessible, pre-recorded e-radio babble seriously.
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Well, basically anybody who would see a Mexican flag and incorrectly infer that it's somehow not communicating a desire for democracy seems like a scared little baby with a facile understanding of history and the world...
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You don't think that "not 'We want democracy'" had negative connotations in your framing or lends credence to the fear-based right wing narrative about seeing flags of neighboring states and what they mean?
I see you aren't USian, so I'll admit I think it's clear you're defensive + over your head.
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It's all directly related to you saying that "It is basically giving the vibes of "We want to be Mexican" not "We want Democracy".
Hope that helps.
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You definitely did say things about vibes, and misidentified what the flag would signify due to "optics."
I did read what you said and responded directly to it. You just didn't like the feedback. So no thanks, not "starting over" with someone who isn't willing to be accountable to what they say.
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So much of this is just respectability politics for discomfort management instead of solidarity. To me, it feels a little silly to be quibbling about optics when our political opponents are gullible AF and guzzling Gen AI disinfo rather than watching real footage or staying in collective reality...
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You are tho, by acting like Mexican Americans waving a flag is bad vibes and suggesting it's legitimate for conservatives to feel scared seeing it.
I think it's racist and wrong to tell targeted people they can only bring part of their identity or history to their political actions. White nonsense.
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You're arguing in favor of exclusionary nationalist optics to appease people who are already disconnected from reality and trying to force us into an authoritarian one.
Dude, a lot of Americans ARE Mexican. CA *was* Mexico. Mexico is a democracy. They are also our neighbors. Stop scaremongering.
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Y'all keep saying this as if the flag isn't a symbol of violent military imperialism and colonialism to many people who are inclined to protest fascism. 🙄 NGL, I'd prob assume anybody flying the US flag at a protest is either an undercover fed trying to infiltrate or a nationalist accelerationist.
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Grow up.