coliecavender.bsky.social
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Yes! ... Many are making phone calls, organizing in their community, boycotting, &/or finding other ways to protest. Sadly, many people are still subservient. The number of resisters grows when people they look up to are suggesting, or better yet being examples of how to fight this fascist regime.
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I agree about the 10 who went against Al Green. I'm furious about all of the current term Democrats who are not getting loud and fighting what's happening.
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I'm not saying he committed a grave misdeed. Obama is only mentioned for the OP by GT, about his being offered a role in Severance. A number of people expressed that it would be nicer to see him (and I'm saying everyone, especially those with a large platform) to get loud and motivational about now.
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I fully agree that everyone decides for themselves what fight they want to be a part of at any time. And I think anyone with a larger platform, not just former Presidents, have more power, thus responsibility (especially in terrible times) to inspire more people to do what they can when they can.
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I see you've made assumptions about how I vote, and the kind of person I am.
It is odd that my belief that all people have a civic duty to do what we can to fight fascism would lead you to make that inaccurate assumption.
I'm pro everyone doing what we can when we can, and encouraging involvement.
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I'm hearing that you want to protect Obama from being called on to help fight what's happening.
I think that everyone, no matter who, has a responsibility and civic duty (no one retires from being a citizen) to do what they can to protect human rights, and fight fascism, in ways big and small.
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It's everyone's duty. Especially those with large followings of people who will be inspired by their example.
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Any suggestions for organizations primed to strategically onboard people who want to help protest and obstruct this?
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I think we need to find and lift up new ethical leaders who will take an unwaivering stand and not be subservient in the face of oligarchs and facists!
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"... if, some day, the increasing efficiency for the technique of destruction finally causes our species to disappear from the earth, it will not be cruelty that will be responsible for our extinction and still less, of course, the indignation that cruelty awakens and the reprisals and ...
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I hear that you think people who share what they understand based on information they've gathered shouldn't post if they get any piece of it wrong (intentionally or not), and to you that's not a learning environment.
Yet, I've learned a little bit more by doing just that, and being open to learning.
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You're right. I don't know all of it. I'm learning.
People learn in kind environments. Shaming creates disconnection.
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I think it's important to be willing to learn new things and be kind.
"Scarcity" of access to info was the original reason for the FD. The opposite of scarcity in media has presented its own problems. FCC voted for deregulation vs. updating the regulations to grow with advancing times.
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Because:
"It does not appear that the Fairness Doctrine may be applied constitutionally to cable or satellite service providers. The Supreme Court has held that content-based restrictions on the speech of cable and satellite providers are subject to strict scrutiny."
www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
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Not the Equal Time Rule (which only deals with political candidates).
That's different than what I'm talking about which is the Fairness Doctrine (abolished in 1987), which required equal air time to fairly reflected differing viewpoints on controversial issues.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairnes...
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Regulations which required networks & other media to give equal time to opposing views or politicians were removed in the Reagan era. ... That's what gave birth to all of the extremist red/right-wing yt-supremacist lie factories legally considered "infotainment" like Fox and Limbaugh.
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Creating supportive strong local communities with a "big tent" filled with people who are trained to undo brainwashing, and saving space in the tent for people who want to leave the red political cult is one of many ways we can prepare.
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Phobias: May have phobias such as fear of heights or crime
Situational factors
Unemployment: May be facing job loss or economic hardship
Relationship loss: May have experienced the death of a loved one or a breakup
So ...
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Psychological factors
Low self-esteem: May be ego-weak or emotionally vulnerable
Dissociative states: May be more receptive to manipulative experiences
Unresolved sexual issues: May have unresolved sexual issues
& ...
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People with weak family support: May have deteriorated family relations or no family support
People with substance abuse problems: May be using drugs or alcohol
People with learning disorders: May have autism spectrum disorders or learning disabilities
& ...
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People with mental health issues: May be suffering from insecurity or depression
People who have experienced trauma: May have unresolved childhood abuse or neglect
& ...
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Most susceptible people to fall into cult mentality? ... People who are vulnerable, have low self-esteem, or are looking for acceptance.
Vulnerable populations ➡️
Young people: Searching for identity and belonging, and may feel lonely or alienated
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4)
Groupthink:
When a community or group widely believes something, individuals may be hesitant to deviate from that opinion due to social pressure.
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Emotional attachment:
Beliefs can be tied to personal identity, making it difficult to accept being wrong, especially when the belief is strongly held.
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Might be worth reposting with your quote drawing attention to efforts for helping the homeless, as the article explains?
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2)
Confirmation bias:
People tend to seek out information that confirms their existing beliefs and ignore or downplay evidence that contradicts them.
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Yes, and for several psychological reasons!
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Cognitive dissonance:
When presented with evidence contradicting their existing belief, people often experience discomfort and may actively dismiss or reinterpret the information to maintain consistency in their thinking.
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I imagine some reds think they'll be leveling the playing field when voting season comes around? Hard to make it out to vote if everyone's sick? Just spit balling here. I don't actually know how to think like a hateful, power hungry, white male.
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This only kind of answers your question ... Like in a round-about way. ... But safe to say, pretty stupid, unless we connect with community, rise up together, and make things right.
youtu.be/OmZOZjHjT5E?...
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It's common for idiocy to be fueled by blind-faith ideology. I think h8 churches should be sued along with infotainment companies. Both prey on, and create, wounded people to do the right-wing yt-supremacist political bidding. Many have no idea they're being pitted against themselves & loved ones.
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Shame on the parents for carelessly risking their children's lives, and the lives of immunocompromised family members, based on what is legally described as "info-tainment." People should be legally required to read vaccine information from peer reviewed studies before being allowed to be parents.
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Typo correction: *loss* of your jobs.
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He should be required to able to pass some English tests first.
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From the president who wouldn't pass middle school English without cheating.
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More privatization on our government is what the oligarchs want, and it's more expensive. The oligarchs don't pay for that, we do.
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Please don't listen to capitalist Mark Rubio. Privatization is what the oligarchs want. Someone suggested you all ban together and sue the current administration for the kids of your jobs.
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Not to mention broken treaties and stolen land. Treaties are constitutional law (declared the highest law of the land). All of them were broken. Consider how much all of this is still overlooked in current discussions. There was nothing trustworthy about this government from the start.
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I took it as an explanation of how even the tiniest expenditures will be avoided, like the dedication to which this person is committing to not spend. (Not an attack on the postal service, rather, "not even the small cost of a postage stamp will occur today.")
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(I'm trying to not even show up as being present on them today ... I'm not sure if that matters).