#DANGEROUS

3 days ago I suggested Trump's ploy was dangerous, irresponsible & would "legitimise loonies". In National Populism, we argued that Trump was closer to a distinct American populism than fascism.
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emotions provide information. they don't provide all information, but they provide important information. that information tells us about what is happening to and within ourselves in response to something they
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Jon Stewart may have weeped, "you're hurting us" at Tucker, but it's largely the fault of the Jon Stewart-era Daily Show that people are primed to believe That's My Bush-level
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Using “woke” as a pejorative is a dog whistle that comes straight from the American far right playbook. Up until a few years ago the only clowns you’d hear crying
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I’ve said it several times this week & I will say it again, I do not believe that everyone who has questions or even concerns about gender recognition is acting
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a thread after seeing lots of timid news coverage of Trump/GOP's attack on free fair elections this week;https://pressrun.media/p/trumps-election-madness-the-press first POTUS in 240 yrs to refuse to accept election results, and
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There's a fundamental assumption that too many non-autistic adults make about autistic children: That they don't know what's good for them and need pushing outside their comfort zone.This is not
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I find myself asking, of the “we have it all” claimers, WHY was NONE of “it” USED? And worse, WHY, if you knew all about the Q thing, what it
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All summer long, Oregon had pretty low Covid transmission rates. I also saw LOTS of folks gathering in parks in small groups, often socially distanced and/or with masks. We are
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The news is full of people saying that enforcement of the COVID restrictions doesn't work. That is lazy, stupid, and manslaughtery. That is the exact same argument used against laws
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Banning Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from Instagram should slow the spread of his dangerous lies and disinformation. Some publications politely call him an "anti-vaccine activist" but he's a conspiracy fantasist
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#CapitolRiots As a history educator this week has been the toughest of my life. I work in a very conservative town, and in my private life am very much liberal.
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Completely ahistorical, but I’m sure Richard Spencer will he pleased.Woke/racist horseshoe theory at its finest.https://twitter.com/karenattiah/status/1288464078671949825 Imagine telling an Italian Catholic immigrant family and an old WAS
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You must understand nothing can happen in real life that will change the minds of Trump’s base.He uses the words they learned from Rush & Fox for years. He believes
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At times throughout 2020, I've sat and pondered;As the year is coming to an end, I'm starting to believe right now is the worst time to be alive, in my
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One of the remarkable things about 2020 in Democratic politics is that both the center and the left have just kind of assumed that this was an all-or-nothing year, and
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