Please don't start again. None of us supports Newsom. We aren't that naive. That just isn't what is going on in this thread. If you are afraid he will win the Presidency in 2028, just work on supporting someone who will defeat him. Someone I would like to vote for, how about that?
There's actually a lot of people that do in these comments so
I just read through the entire thread to count and came up with 0. Not one person said they supported Newsom for President. One of the other threads was started by someone who said that, and I remember one person agreeing strongly. That's 2.
I've been replied to by dozens so I don't know where you're looking.
Different thread. I haven't counted on the thread you react to. I will say that you have responded to a lot of people who supported what Gavin is doing on redistricting as if they said they would vote for him for President no matter what. So your count doesn't convince me.But thanks for the sources
This thread too.
Oh my sweet summer child...
Ah you're back. I have a question - really. Do you know what the level of push back to Mussolini or Hitler was early on in their rise. I have to admit I have avoided studying the men, so missed that part and don't know where to start. Are there good books? Good articles?
For Mussolini, look into the Arditi del Popolo as well as the writings of the Italian communist Antonio Gramsci, who coined the famous anti-fascist quote "The old world is dying away, and the new world struggles to come forth: now is the time of monsters." Gramsci died in prison under Mussolini
As for Hitler, there's way too much for a single BlueSky post and I have too many household chores to knock out today to type out a dissertation, so I'll give you a Wikipedia article that should get you started
Thanks, I did do the cheat and went to Wikipedia and just finished reading this article. I think I followed every link on the Arditi del Popolo page. And grateful I didn't have to crack out my meager Italian. (Can't even try in German.)
Also, Martin Niemöller's famous "When They Came..." poem that perfectly lays out why leftists like myself get furious when liberals tell vulnerable communities that we need to defeat Trump first before we can worry about their human rights. That's exactly what the fascists want you to do.
![The original German language writing, as preserved by Martin-Niemöller-Haus Berlin-Dahlem [de], is as follows:[5] German text Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Kommunist. Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter. Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat. Als sie die Juden einsperrten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Jude. Als sie mich holten, gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte. English translation When the Nazis came for the communists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a communist. When they came for the trade unionists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a trade unionist. When they locked up the social democrats, I kept quiet; I wasn't a social democrat. When they locked up the Jews, I kept quiet; I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to protest.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hpd6kj5ja4t2yjhp3gyl3aet/bafkreibgegqbt5hne2fvauypq52zetpdva3tewmcdmaezfrh7pkypjoviy@jpeg)
Holy Shit! Who is telling you that? Almost all of the protesting I see is about deportations and disappearances. The attacks are against ICE, CBP and Homeland Security. I have seen a lot of people cheering on Trump's demise, but that is just people being silly. The horrors run deeper.
I've seen multiple people in the last several days tell trans people to shut up about their concerns and accept Newsom because defeating Trump is more important then their autonomy or rights
Well feel free to attack those people. Almost everyone I have seen just said they were accepting that Newsom is pushing this one thing and we appreciate that. Mainly I see people like me saying to quit worrying about Newsom for President as we could all be dead by 2028. Some buy the hero shit. ick