The bus driver telling ICE agents to "gargle my balls" story happened in 2020. The "kids hitting ICE agent piñata in Chicago" story happened in 2019. I can't tell if this flavor of bsky posting is driven by clout chasing, low- or disinformation, or trauma - ThreadSky

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social • 40 days ago

The bus driver telling ICE agents to "gargle my balls" story happened in 2020.

The "kids hitting ICE agent piñata in Chicago" story happened in 2019.

I can't tell if this flavor of bsky posting is driven by clout chasing, low- or disinformation, or trauma

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comfortingmoo.online•39 days ago

Trauma for me

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•39 days ago

Same, and I didn't want to be snarky but I read most of the replies in this thread as "trauma" too 😔

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•39 days ago

Nine non-stop years of lolsob + Posting Through It with the first Trump regime then the onset of Covid then the murder of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests without closure, justice, nor any formal grieving process so of *course* we're all brittle and traumatized rn

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•39 days ago

There *were* no consequences for the baddies and now there *are* no consequences for the baddies so we white-knuckle nostalgic acts of defiance from five years ago when it was still possible to believe It Could Never Happen Here

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•39 days ago

Same energy https://bsky.app/profile/hayao.lol/post/3lgzzlkbrj222

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•40 days ago

Or is it that kiddos were insulated in high school or college for the first Trump go-round & are now getting their first adult portions of the chaos

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•38 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social/post/3lh5kembkgs2r

drducko.bsky.social•40 days ago

Could also be addled-brained middle age parents who can remember all the shit that happened first time. (points to self)

There was so fucking much. 4 years of this.

I'm having trouble crossing memories of the last round with today.

coffeethulhu.bsky.social•39 days ago

Or maybe, despite how it feels, the current administration has only been in power for a couple of weeks, so there aren't a lot of good anecdotes of protest and resistence yet. "It happened 5 years ago" doesn't make it less encouraging. History doesn't reset every election cycle.

dnlnwmn.bsky.social•40 days ago

maybe people are just excited to share any stories of resistance and aren't being careful to check when it happened

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•40 days ago

It's a disservice when there is no context imho. The posting is praxis (🌊) brigade likes reruns, so I've been wary of those w/no content and shorter memories.

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'm inclined to create and discover new and current tales of ICE and other trashbags being cooked on socials

emmapayitnomind.bsky.social•40 days ago

Ah, man. That’s a shame. The “gargle” story was a mood lifter.

theotherswanson.bsky.social•39 days ago

I'd just remind people to keep doing that stuff again in 2025 💁

I mean we are basically in a time loop from hell with this fucking guy back, so we might as well run some things back.

freeformz.me•40 days ago

Could be all 3

zakrulz.com•39 days ago

I’ve seen both stories on other platforms as well, so it’s not just a bsky thing.

jamesbjones.com•40 days ago

Considering I've seen people sharing the "gargle my balls" story on other platforms as well, I'm thinking it's legitimate misinformation fueled by people grasping for any thread of hope they can.

Damaging, but I wouldn't assign it to maliciousness.

solient.bsky.social•40 days ago

If I had to guess I'd say low/mis information with a heaping side of trauma.

We are badly in need of hope right now. Conditions are ripe for misinformation. 😐

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•40 days ago

That's what I gathered. I fear one can get nostalgically complacent and high on other people's previous acts of defiance and shut down/do nothing/keep doomscrolling, unless those reshares are activating or inspiring others to be defiant in 2025 and going forward

tiffanyleigh.bsky.social•40 days ago

And shit like this recycled from FB and old Twitter is catnip heroin for Blue No Matter Whovians, who exist to tell others to "post harder"

flaviaelphberg.bsky.social•39 days ago

Yeah, this.

daveedrdw.bsky.social•40 days ago

I like the sentiment that we're resharing these stories as a means to encourage people to keep that energy today more than ever

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