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Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Did <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paul</span></a> Really <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Persecute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Persecute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEoouKCTTOw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=oEoouKCTTOw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Drawing from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Acts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Acts</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philippians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philippians</span></a>, and a close reading of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greek</span></a> verb <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/di%C5%8Dk%C5%8D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diōkō</span></a>, Robyn explores whether Paul was really hunting Christians down… or if he was doing something more like pestering, pursuing, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doctrine</span></a>.</p>
John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/MartialLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MartialLaw</span></a> or <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/StateOfEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateOfEmergency</span></a> legislation may increase police or executive powers, decrease <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> &amp; lower legal barriers for arrest, detention, or imprisonment. </p><p>These powers are used to <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/persecute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persecute</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> sympathisers &amp; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/dissidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissidents</span></a> of all stripes.</p><p>We’ve seen the rise in <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenophobia</span></a> &amp; we’ve seen a backlash against free movement, <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/RESIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RESIST</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇬🇱<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElieWiesel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElieWiesel</span></a>, écrivain et <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/survivant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>survivant</span></a> de la <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shoah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shoah</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nobel</span></a> de la <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paix</span></a> 1986 :</p><p>" J'ai juré de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ne</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jamais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jamais</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/me" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>me</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taire</span></a> quand des êtres humains endurent la <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/souffrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>souffrance</span></a> et l'<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humiliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humiliation</span></a>, où que ce soit .<br>Nous devons toujours prendre parti.<br>La <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neutralit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neutralité</span></a> aide toujours l' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oppresseur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oppresseur</span></a> , jamais la <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/victime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>victime</span></a> .<br>Le <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silence</span></a> encourage le <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pers%C3%A9cuteur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persécuteur</span></a> jamais le <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pers%C3%A9cut%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persécuté</span></a>"</p>
Jules 🍺<p>I just signed the petition “Stop the persecution of Kurdish political activists in the UK” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.</p><p>Our goal is to reach 7,500 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:</p><p><a href="https://chng.it/RG6NDCv9f4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chng.it/RG6NDCv9f4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Thanks!<br>Jules<br><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/kurdish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kurdish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/persecute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persecute</span></a></p>
SLCW💥<p>No, this isn’t the 1930s – but yes, this is <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p><p>The risk, at least for the West, is not a new <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/worldWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldWar</span></a>, but merely a poisoned public life, a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> reduced to the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> of tiny majorities who find emotional satisfaction in a violent, resentful <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rhetoric</span></a> while their narrowly-elected leaders strip away their rights and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/persecute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persecute</span></a> their neighbours.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOPfascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPfascists</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TrumpFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpFascism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NewFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewFascism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/endOfDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endOfDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/no-this-isnt-the-1930s-but-yes-this-is-fascism-68867" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/no-this-is</span><span class="invisible">nt-the-1930s-but-yes-this-is-fascism-68867</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NarcoKlepto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NarcoKlepto</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DemocraticFa%C3%A7ade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticFaçade</span></a>: The executive controls the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a>. And they are using <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/criminallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminallaw</span></a> to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/persecute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persecute</span></a> anybody who they consider a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/criticalvoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalvoice</span></a>. The Giammattei administration has been systematically attacking all <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democraticinstitutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democraticinstitutions</span></a> and persecuting anybody who had anything to do with fighting <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>, including the highest-profile <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/prosecutors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prosecutors</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a>, and in the case of my father, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PublishingIsntACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublishingIsntACrime</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KhashoggiMoment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KhashoggiMoment</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreeAssange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeAssange</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SUVDeathSquads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SUVDeathSquads</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FossilFuelsViolateHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuelsViolateHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SchoolOfTheAmericas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolOfTheAmericas</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CorruptRobertsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptRobertsCourt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NeoLiberalBananaRepublics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoLiberalBananaRepublics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/13/jose_carlos_zamora_guatemala_censorship" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2023/6/13/jos</span><span class="invisible">e_carlos_zamora_guatemala_censorship</span></a></p>
manuelcaeiro ☕<p><a href="https://youtu.be/cSfpNfm9N1U" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/cSfpNfm9N1U</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lessons</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Friday</span></a> ( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/holyweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holyweek</span></a> ) :</p><p>- If they can't make you disappear, the elite will use the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/armed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>armed</span></a> men to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/persecute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persecute</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arrest</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beat</span></a> you.<br><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A47-50&amp;version=NIV" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biblegateway.com/passage/?sear</span><span class="invisible">ch=Matthew+26%3A47-50&amp;version=NIV</span></a><br>- The same judge willing to apply the full force of the law if he finds you guilty, will condescend to condemn you in doubt if you have already been condemned by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicopinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicopinion</span></a> .<br><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A22-24&amp;version=NIV" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biblegateway.com/passage/?sear</span><span class="invisible">ch=Matthew+27%3A22-24&amp;version=NIV</span></a><br>- In short, if the powerful want you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dead</span></a>, you're dead.<br><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A57-61&amp;version=NIV" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biblegateway.com/passage/?sear</span><span class="invisible">ch=Matthew+26%3A57-61&amp;version=NIV</span></a></p>