I think this is something the left and liberals could easily agree on: the cowards in academia, law, and corporate America who are caving preemptively to this tinpot dictator shit must be made to regret it bitterly - ThreadSky

usspcrichardandson.bsky.social • 3 days ago

I think this is something the left and liberals could easily agree on: the cowards in academia, law, and corporate America who are caving preemptively to this tinpot dictator shit must be made to regret it bitterly

Reposted from holden m. accountable

tbh I think if the left gets into power in this country we need to make an example of Columbia for having caved to this

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elkmovie.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think that works much better if it's done by private individuals and entities rather than the government, particularly since these are places where the opinions of left-wing elites carry disproportionate weight (as with Tesla)

digitmusic.bsky.social•3 days ago

We could also change the way they are financed.

I think we have accidentally shot ourselves in the foot…it’s infected and the infection is spreading fast.

Our laws and judiciary let US down first and foremost. We’ve got a LOT to fix.

erinfromtheoffice.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm running for President in 2028. This is not a joke.

I will bar the government from giving any money to Columbia. No student loan money, no research money, nothing.

takemyadvice.bsky.social•3 days ago

Media too. Especially!

urbwes.bsky.social•3 days ago

If we do end this national nightmare, the Dems are gonna try to "come together and heal". We can let that happen. Examples must be made. Evil actors must suffer. A Never Again agenda has to be top priority.

thecrossfader.bsky.social•3 days ago

We will need a de-GOP-ification of the federal government. The Union let the Confederacy of the hook. In the words of W: "Won't get fooled again."

metallichuck.bsky.social•3 days ago

I still think he was just naming of his favorite The Who song.

ashisharora.bsky.social•3 days ago

making good the enemy of best once again?

4023drew.bsky.social•3 days ago

Caving to fascism isn't "good, but less good" than not caving, its unambiguously bad.

ashisharora.bsky.social•3 days ago

caving is different from willingly supporting. But I think its best we leave the matter here.

groverhaustenbosch.bsky.social•3 days ago

what? the new york times, wapo, meta, columbia, etc. etc. are openly in bed with trump because they think there will be no consequences for doing so once he's gone, and they need to be made to regret that. how's that "making good the enemy of perfect"?

ashisharora.bsky.social•3 days ago

The rush to judgment on people's intentions is surprising. If someone is browbeaten into compliance, that is "in bed with the enemy"?

usspcrichardandson.bsky.social•3 days ago

if you are browbeaten into violating an oath you took, then yes, and that is at least what the compliant lawyers have done

samd.bsky.social•3 days ago

especially because the left and liberals have disproportionate influence and power in those institutions

mcnietzsche.bsky.social•3 days ago

I went to Columbia and I want them ground into dust for this. Embarrassing behavior

gailhelt.bsky.social•3 days ago

Punishing people who feared a fascist government seems…undemocratic.

And if the government does it, it immediately becomes as bad as the Trump regime.

No president, no congress, no politician in a free country should be using the power of government to punish people for political decisions.

bpw87544.bsky.social•3 days ago

How about correcting the excesses that allowed oligarchs to exist and threaten democracy

metallichuck.bsky.social•3 days ago

We need De-Trumpification courts and to prosecute these scum. Fascists regimes usually don't outlive their leaders, and Trump is old as fuck and unhealthy. Most of his collaborators have decades to live with us making them regret this era for the rest of their lives.

azery.bsky.social•3 days ago

in general i think the only way all this ends in america is if someone actively exacts a price from those who capitulated and also those who let these people come into power

ralphflannigan.bsky.social•3 days ago

azery.bsky.social•3 days ago

without being punished, there's no reason for these people not to always defect otherwise

blackavar-inle.bsky.social•3 days ago

No Nazi collaborators. ✊

winterreisende.bsky.social•3 days ago

when has that ever happened

azery.bsky.social•3 days ago

exactly! they've never been punished for defecting so why shouldn't they. the elite and public both

d-knight2124.bsky.social•3 days ago

All these things are from the authoritarian playbook. They came in with a plan determined to bypass and ignore anything that stood in their way. As Bannon said, "flood the zone." Overwhelm that system so they can't react to everything.

various-threnodies.bsky.social•3 days ago

They need to be made to fear what the Dems might do as much as what the GOP might do. There’s a real asymmetry there right now.

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