Limiting or abolishing human rights NGOs is a standard practice of authoritarians - ThreadSky

stevepeers.bsky.social • 81 days ago

Limiting or abolishing human rights NGOs is a standard practice of authoritarians

This Elon Musk tweet should be particularly alarming. For over 100 years in all 50 states, the ACLU has provided legal assistance in cases where civil liberties are at risk. The non-profit organization founded by a woman works to ensure that the government doesn't over reach its lawful boundaries.

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dizzyonaball.bsky.social•81 days ago

I wonder if DOGE decides the EEOC is to be dispensed with (answer will be "yes").
https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-tesla-racial-harassment-and-retaliation

buchanan101.bsky.social•81 days ago

When I see Musk that old Spitting Image song comes in to my head. I’m pretty sure it’s rather unfair on most South Africans, but it was written whilst SA was an apartheid state. And Musk seems to be of that era. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Never_Met_a_Nice_South_African

mcftw.bsky.social•81 days ago

me and my best friend at school used to sing that and thought it was hilarious...highly racist of course, but spitting image was essential viewing

buchanan101.bsky.social•81 days ago

Well it was anti-apartheid so only racist if you count being anti-apartheid as racist. Not sure it is… is it racist to be anti-racists?

mcftw.bsky.social•81 days ago

well saying south africans smell like dead baboons, is pretty racist regardless of the political context at the time

buchanan101.bsky.social•81 days ago

Ok … not au fait with all the lyrics!

Was still intended as an anti apartheid song.

mcftw.bsky.social•81 days ago

here's a couple to defund

tesla and space x

how many billions have they taken from the american tax payer?

surlysimon.bsky.social•81 days ago

Defund Tesla makes more sense

geordiekakamora.bsky.social•81 days ago

Weird how they've spent years raging against Government over reach and the first thing they do when they get in power is try to remove the institutions that protect against Government over reach.

mseryxhick.bsky.social•81 days ago

I know, right? And the people that voted for them either aren't aware, or just don't care, or both. What a sad state of affairs.

jbondage.bsky.social•81 days ago

Defund SpaceX

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