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David August ❌👑<p>Relistening to this. </p><p>"They say that Jesus is the way<br>But then they gave him a white face<br>So that they don't have to pray<br>To someone they deem lesser than them<br>The South will not rise again<br>'Til it's paid for every sin" </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=a5Uy5vDXhKI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=a5Uy5vDXhKI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HayleyWilliams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HayleyWilliams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrueBeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrueBeliever</span></a></p>
David August ❌👑<p>Relistening to this. "They say that Jesus is the way But then they gave him a white face So that they don't have to pray To someone they deem lesser than them The South will not rise again 'Til it's paid for every sin" <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=a5Uy5vDXhKI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?v=a5Uy...</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HayleyWilliams" target="_blank">#HayleyWilliams</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TrueBeliever" target="_blank">#TrueBeliever</a><br><br><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=a5Uy5vDXhKI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hayley Williams - True Believe...</a></p>
Jochie 👨🏻‍💻🏳️‍🌈<p>Apparently this (and other) songs (were) leaked last week and people listening to this particular one kept popping in my (TikTok) feed, with many explainers of the lyrics.</p><p>Where can I pay for these free songs, please and thank you? 💸</p><p>(via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@tinker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tinker</span></a></span>)</p><p><a href="https://strangeweb.page/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://strangeweb.page/tags/HayleyWilliams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HayleyWilliams</span></a> <a href="https://strangeweb.page/tags/TrueBeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrueBeliever</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/114967933641106681" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@tinker/11496</span><span class="invisible">7933641106681</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/hoffer-eric/16699/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Eric Hoffer</b></a></p><blockquote>When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. Self-deception, credulity, and charlatanism are somehow linked together.</blockquote><p><b>Eric Hoffer</b> (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman<br><i>Passionate State of Mind</i>, Aphorism 83 (1955)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/hoffer-eric/16699/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/hoffer-eric/16699/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=erichoffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>erichoffer</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=charlatan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>charlatan</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=credulity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>credulity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dogmatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogmatism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=onetrueway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onetrueway</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfdeception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfdeception</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a></p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RealJournalism</span></a></span> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>: define a nebulous group or institution, dehumanize and stoke with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fearmongering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fearmongering</span></a>. No falsehood is perceived as ridiculous by a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a>. Fears become hate. They have a “them” to hate, and bind “us” tightly together.</p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@raph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>raph</span></a></span> Classic <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>: define a nebulous group or institution, dehumanize and stoke with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fearmongering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fearmongering</span></a>. No falsehood is perceived as ridiculous by a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a>. Fears become hate. They have a “them” to hate, and bind “us” tightly together.</p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/hoffer-eric/11433/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Eric Hoffer</b></a></p><blockquote>The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than of deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.</blockquote><p><b>Eric Hoffer</b> (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman<br><i>Passionate State of Mind</i>, Aphorism 63 (1955)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/hoffer-eric/11433/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/hoffer-eric/11433/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=erichoffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>erichoffer</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belief</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=compromise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compromise</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=doubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doubt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=obstinacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstinacy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=stubbornness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stubbornness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=uncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncertainty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=uncompromising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncompromising</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=zeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zeal</span></a></p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/@JayinKyiv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JayinKyiv</span></a></span> his laughably lame excuse of “how could I smuggle a terrorist back into the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a>” makes whoever believes that narrative more clueless than a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a></p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>realTuckFrumper</span></a></span> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cults</span></a> argue that any negative comment about their merciless slaughter of innocents and hostage detention means you support the other sides merciless slaughter of innocents and hostage detention </p><p>I was looking at this post, wondering how a true believer can swallow a blatant lie in the face of irrefutable evidence to the contrary, meant to bolster their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/echochamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echochamber</span></a>, and characterize it as a “mistake”: </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/@fallrey/114287810134157058" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mas.to/@fallrey/11428781013415</span><span class="invisible">7058</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/hoffer-eric/76046/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Eric Hoffer</b></a></p><blockquote>Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own — something rootless, incoherent, and incomplete. Whether it is our own meaningless self we are upholding or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.</blockquote><p><b>Eric Hoffer</b> (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman<br><i>Passionate State of Mind</i>, Aphorism 60 (1955)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/hoffer-eric/76046/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/hoffer-eric/76046/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=onetrueway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onetrueway</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=zealot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zealot</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=devotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devotion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=enthusiasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enthusiasm</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fervor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fervor</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belief</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meaning</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=passion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=vehemence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vehemence</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=insistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insistence</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=zeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zeal</span></a></p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>evan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@chu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chu</span></a></span> Classic <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>: define a nebulous group or institution, dehumanize and stoke with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fearmongering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fearmongering</span></a>. No falsehood is perceived as ridiculous by a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a>. Fears become hate. They have a “them” to hate, and bind “us” tightly together.</p><p>That said, “immigrants” were the “easy start” this time around. The over-educated liberal/progressives are down the list a bit, but still an easy target.</p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/voltaire/4016/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Voltaire</b></a></p><blockquote>Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.<br>&nbsp;<br><i>[Le doute n’est pas une état bien agréable, mais l’assurance est un état ridicule.]</i></blockquote><p><b>Voltaire</b> (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]<br>Letter (1770-11-28) to Frederick William, Prince of Prussia [tr. Tallentyre (1919)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: <a href="https://wist.info/voltaire/4016/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/voltaire/4016/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=voltaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voltaire</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belief</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=certainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>certainty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dogmatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogmatism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=doubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doubt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=uncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncertainty</span></a></p>
Gh0stCl4w<p>I enjoy listening to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiobooks</span></a> when commuting and running.<br>I recently finished re-reading/listening to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/JackCarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JackCarr</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TheTerminallist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerminallist</span></a> and since <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TrueBeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrueBeliever</span></a> isn't available on <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Audible</span></a> in my region, I started re-reading/listening to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Dune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dune</span></a> by <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FrankHerbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrankHerbert</span></a> </p><p>It is truly a masterpiece!</p><p>What are your thoughts?</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://expressional.social/@sarahbeck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sarahbeck</span></a></span> similar to my running definition:</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>: define a nebulous group or institution, dehumanize and stoke with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fearmongering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fearmongering</span></a>. No falsehood is perceived as ridiculous by a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a>. Fears become hate. They have a “them” to hate, and bind “us” tightly together.</p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/addison-joseph/53093/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Addison</b></a></p><blockquote>There is nothing in which Men more deceive themselves than in what the World calls Zeal. There are so many Passions which hide themselves under it, and so many Mischiefs arising from it, that some have gone so far as to say it would have been for the Benefit of Mankind if it had never been reckoned in the Catalogue of Virtues. It is certain, where it is once Laudable and Prudential, it is an hundred times Criminal and Erroneous; nor can it be otherwise, if we consider that it operates with equal Violence in all Religions, however opposite they may be to one another, and in all the Subdivisions of each Religion in particular.</blockquote><p><b>Joseph Addison</b> (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman<br>Essay (1711-10-02), <i>The Spectator</i>, No. 185</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/addison-joseph/53093/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/addison-joseph/53093…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=commitment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commitment</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dedication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dedication</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=enthusiasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enthusiasm</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fanaticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fanaticism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=holywar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holywar</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=intolerance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intolerance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=onetrueway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onetrueway</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religiousintolerance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religiousintolerance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religiouspersecution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religiouspersecution</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=sectarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sectarianism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=vice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vice</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=zeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zeal</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=zealot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zealot</span></a></p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wdlindsy</span></a></span> there are those actions that will set us back decades, like destruction of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/doe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doe</span></a>, then there are those actions that cannot be undone, like an alliance with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> carving-up the spoils of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a>, and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> </p><p>Much like the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/germans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germans</span></a> had to deal with their regret for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ww2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ww2</span></a>, so shall the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> someday regret <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a>’s don’t realize the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> they’ve inflicted until they see the devastation in their rear view mirror</p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@jawarajabbi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jawarajabbi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>flexghost</span></a></span> </p><p>“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”</p><p> —Napoleon Bonaparte</p><p>That said, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trueBeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trueBeliever</span></a>’s didn’t realize their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> mistake until they saw complete devastation of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> in their rear view mirror</p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hivemind.plus/@charvaka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>charvaka</span></a></span> Classic <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>: define a nebulous group or institution, dehumanize and stoke with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fearmongering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fearmongering</span></a>. No falsehood is perceived as ridiculous by a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a>. Fears become hate. They have a “them” to hate, and bind “us” tightly together.</p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@lekowicz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lekowicz</span></a></span> Classic <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>: define a nebulous group or institution, dehumanize and stoke with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fearmongering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fearmongering</span></a>. No falsehood is perceived as ridiculous by a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a>. Fears become hate. They have a “them” to hate, and bind “us” tightly together.</p>
Musta dawned on me thusly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@soc_i_ety" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>soc_i_ety</span></a></span> it’s a conundrum </p><p>Classic <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>: define a nebulous group or institution, dehumanize and stoke with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fearmongering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fearmongering</span></a>. No falsehood is perceived as ridiculous by a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truebeliever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truebeliever</span></a>. Fears become hate. They have a “them” to hate, and bind “us” tightly together. </p><p>So, treating fascists as a nebulous group and fearing/hating them, makes one equally culpable</p>