So, you may ask, why do I get so angry about the new liberal spin on RFK Jr, as in, "he gets some things right, so let's collaborate on those" or "we have to work with him because he has a huge following we need to reach"? Because I've seen this movie before. 1/
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*IF* RFK gets into office and *IF* he only does some minor/good stuff then you don’t have to stop it but ANYONE with a fucking brain knows that’s not his goal
(That said, I'm reaching the age where I might be hopelessly out-of-touch.)
There really isn’t a “liberal” media in America.
Fox and the gop have been fighting a War for 40 years, we haven’t.
It’s all going to be hard work, but it must be done, or we all suffer.
There really are not that many of those idiots, and we have to stop pretending that they are some sort of overwhelming force with some kind of a mandate. They aren't.
"Mandate" is meaningless when the GOP can do whatever the fuck they want.
49.6% sided with the GOP. The real problem is that half of us are just complete wretched assholes.
I'm very interested in propaganda/marketing and its use in the quest for power and resource control throughout human history.
Thru that lens, by repeating "half" we are reinforcing the idea that their numbers are greater than they are
They won't be standing up
Helping to broadcast a message of defeatism is a recurring pattern in the modern takeover of public opinion via propaganda
I'm just finding it increasingly difficult not to feel defeated.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/26/rfk-jr-samoa-visit-measles-outbreak-vaccines
Like saying Charles Manson fed stray cats. So let's go easy.
Today we are trying to go back to that dark place, once again and your words deeply troubles me. They trouble me, because they are true!
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https://bsky.app/profile/joffirphd.bsky.social/post/3lermfwkknk2s
I am not convinced that's the case, and isn't addressed by your thread.
It's rolling two things together: "identifies real problems" & "has good solutions for identified problems"
RFK, others really only do the first. His solutions are abysmally privileged.
But no. RFK Jr is often so off the wall that his solution wouldn't work for anyone, privileged or not.
I came at that from an angle of the obscenely wealthy being able to "flex reality" around them and having truly minimal real demands on their time.
So things like only sourcing food to deeply peculiar requirements, getting absurd amounts of sleep/exercise, etc.
Most of all of this is crankery or self delusion.
https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2024/11/readers-respond-an-unacceptable-choice-for-health-and-human-services.html?gift=5f871db7-192a-46da-b561-62f9fbd657b2
Only 19 are firm no. Call your Senators today and tell them to vote NO RFK Jr
Please stop getting worked by headlines.
The 2 1/2 dipshits dipping their toe into “support” is *news* for a reason- they’re the stark outliers.
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/11/15/robert-f--kennedy-jr--nomination-health-secretary-reaction
And, which crimes specifically are you calling for Biden to do?
Let’s focus on the wealthy is screwing us over
Loomed finally seeing that we may need changes to how we find candidates is the smartest thing a right winger has said in a long time
Blue states must uphold sound scientific evidence
Call and write our reps
He's a leftist.
You're barking up the wrong tree here.
"The human cost of South Africa’s misguided AIDS policies" (2009) https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/spr09aids/
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/us-conservatives-spread-anti-vaccine-covid-misinformation-uganda/
You’re not invested in the rats surviving but at the same time your goal isn’t to kill them all.
“Those people aren’t fully human” IS directly genocidal.
There's literally nothing about this guy that qualifies him for HHS secretary. His only pluses are his bloodline (tainted by excessive heroin consumption) and his nice suits.
While this post is about healthcare, it really speaks to how to oppose the insanity of alt-right governance.
I believe we should build walkable cities to increase physical activity and decrease pollution.
No one need mention me when they advocate those ideas.
Bobby Jr. is no different than me, just a dude saying stuff. We don't own these ideas
BUT so is the whole Rapethepublican party.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-rfk-health-human-services/