Comment on A lot of media depict the United States as being invaded by fascists from the outside. Nobody thought fascism will come from within until now.

Strider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Dragonstaff@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As a Black American the number of white people saying “Who could have known” what we have been screaming at them is infuriating.

  As a leftist, the people who said we were overreacting about the Patriot Act 25 years ago (and continuously since) are now saying that we devolved into fascism quickly.

  Lots of insult intended. More insult than you can imagine. If you’re reading this and you have been complacent, it’s time to get into the streets.

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  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    When I was getting really nervous that Obama and the Dems, when they had a trifecta, back a decade ago now… when they had that, and they were not going to repeal the Patriot Act?

    My other white ‘leftist’ “friends” called me racist for being too critical of Obama.

    Oh lordy do I still feel the rage at their immense, performative, entitled hypocrisy.

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  • Strider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s painful to watch. And aware it’s always been far worse for you. I’m sorry. You lost the birth lottery.

    (I did too in biological ways critically btw, but I still ‘enjoy’ the German health system and white privilege)

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    • Dragonstaff@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I did not at all lose the birth lottery. Being Black is fucking awesome. I just need the rest of y’all to act like you have some sense.

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      • Strider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I agree.

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• princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, as an Australian, when I learnt as a teen that they do the “pledge of allegiance” everyday in school, I kind of wondered how easy it would be to hijack that into something evil.

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  • ZephyrXero@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They slipped “God” into it in the 1950s. So probably a sizable factor in why we have Christian nationalists now

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  • Dragonstaff@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not sure how many classrooms still do this, but it is becoming less common.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I remember doing it in elementary school, but not later on. I can say that as a kid it doesn’t mean shit. It’s just an annoying chore you have to do to start the day.

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