sj_zero on Nostr: I read the entire article, and I saw a lot of fearmongering, but not a lot of ...
I read the entire article, and I saw a lot of fearmongering, but not a lot of substance.
It's fear porn.
The right has their dose of it too, if you read the right wing papers Joe Biden was both the most competent evil chessmaster in history and also basically pudding, a vegetable they had to hold his hand to sign anything. They were making the exact same noises about how Biden was trying to violate the law and court decisions to cancel student debt without an act of congress.
I'm not saying don't keep an eye on things. Just make sure you're actually getting worked up over things that happened and not things that the press is trying to make you think happened. You know, in the end Biden didn't really get to cancel much student debt because he did follow the court orders. 4 years passed and a lot of Republicans weren't happy with what happened, but American is still there.
When these people are saying "this is unprecedented!" they're just lying. Lincoln was a little dictator, and FDR was practically a king until he died. We have precedent for presidents who go way too far and we're not actually anywhere there yet. Trump's just a jerk. If we're being honest, is Trump even as bad at his worst as George W. Bush was on his best day? How much of everyone's freedom was taken out permanently under *that* administration? Do you remember the patriot act? Do you remember "torture is great we should do it every day"? An innocent man from my country was kidnapped on a layover and shipped to Syria where he was tortured for months, and it's just "well sucks to be you". Which guy would you rather have in the oval office right now?
I've had to admit I'm wrong about politicians in the past repeatedly because I'm kinda dumb, so if and when we start seeing Trump the fascist, I'll be right there with you. Last think I want is to see our neighbor actually being the thing the media kept on saying he is.
It's fear porn.
The right has their dose of it too, if you read the right wing papers Joe Biden was both the most competent evil chessmaster in history and also basically pudding, a vegetable they had to hold his hand to sign anything. They were making the exact same noises about how Biden was trying to violate the law and court decisions to cancel student debt without an act of congress.
I'm not saying don't keep an eye on things. Just make sure you're actually getting worked up over things that happened and not things that the press is trying to make you think happened. You know, in the end Biden didn't really get to cancel much student debt because he did follow the court orders. 4 years passed and a lot of Republicans weren't happy with what happened, but American is still there.
When these people are saying "this is unprecedented!" they're just lying. Lincoln was a little dictator, and FDR was practically a king until he died. We have precedent for presidents who go way too far and we're not actually anywhere there yet. Trump's just a jerk. If we're being honest, is Trump even as bad at his worst as George W. Bush was on his best day? How much of everyone's freedom was taken out permanently under *that* administration? Do you remember the patriot act? Do you remember "torture is great we should do it every day"? An innocent man from my country was kidnapped on a layover and shipped to Syria where he was tortured for months, and it's just "well sucks to be you". Which guy would you rather have in the oval office right now?
I've had to admit I'm wrong about politicians in the past repeatedly because I'm kinda dumb, so if and when we start seeing Trump the fascist, I'll be right there with you. Last think I want is to see our neighbor actually being the thing the media kept on saying he is.