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Ruth Ben Ghiat has a piece on her Lucid platform about the convoy protests and how the RW is trying to bring it south:

I will post the first bit and then spoiler the rest:

The Convoy Is Coming For Our Democracy
 

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The GOP Invites Extremists to Sabotage Our Economy

Far-right activists can be opportunistic creatures. Their ultimate aim is to destabilize liberal democracies, creating an appetite for authoritarian forms of government, and they will support any cause that furthers the goal.

Anti-vaccine and anti-mask protests have proved to be powerful accelerants for extremist movements bent on causing much larger disruptions, as the organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" in Canada, and the American far right, know well.

"End the mandates, end the passports. That is why we are here," says one of those Canadian organizers, Tamara Lich, of the occupations of city centers and international bridges that have cost businesses on both sides of the border an estimated $300 million per day.

If only it were that simple. Lich, who was an organizer of the GoFundMe drive that raised over $10 million for the protests before the site shut down the account, has a history of anti-democratic activities. The 2019 "United We Roll" trucker protests she was involved in had limited impact, though, as did her push for a "Wexit" (secession of Western provinces from Canada).

What's different in 2022? First, the pandemic. Two years of living with Covid-19 has created mass suffering and anger that is easily focused against the sitting government.

 

The rest, and this bit stands out: "We need to be clear about the scale of destruction and destabilization the GOP and its allies intend to bring to America. Sen. Paul's comment shows how brutal and nihilistic the party has become."      She is not wrong.

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Everywhere, the far right has smartly exploited the concerns about individual liberty and government controls raised by vaccine and mask mandates, and more primal fears of bodily invasion (conspiracy theories about vaccines as injections of poison, for example). Populist perceptions of being victimized by corrupt elites (democratic politicians, vaccine makers or scientists, etc.) also draw many in.

In the capital city of Ottawa, where thousands gather, previously unpolitical Canadians with grievances against public health mandates mingle with seasoned anti-democratic operatives. It is an extremist recruiter's dream.

Second, the convoys show the power of far-right organizers to use social media channels like Facebook and Telegraph to recruit participants for events and solicit donations.

Canadians have donated millions, but gifts from abroad have also surged. The Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo stepped in once GoFundMe was no longer available (the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has now frozen access to GiveSendGo funds as well).

Preliminary analyses of GiveSendGo and other donor data indicate that a majority of funds are coming from the US. Some are fake pro-Trump accounts rebranded as pro-convoy voices -- another example of the opportunistic nature of anti-democratic activists -- while others are real accounts of operatives who see the US as the next frontier of convoy action.

The transnational nature of the convoy movement is another sign of the influence of Trumpism in and outside of the US: Trump flags can be seen at many Canadian events. Having a supporter of political extremism in the White House gave hope to every kind of right-wing constituency, and Trump’s alignment with anti-vaccine, anti-mask sentiment during his last year in office gave that cause traction.

Add in the GOP’s evolution into a far-right entity, and you have a volatile climate. The Republicans’ acceptance of the Jan. 6 coup attempt showed they will embrace any cause and method that will help them to return to power to finish the job of destroying American democracy.

It's unsurprising that GOP lawmakers such Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have supported the convoys with an enthusiasm that has led Canadian authorities to lodge protests against "foreign interference."

Other GOP politicians and Fox commentators are encouraging copycat protests in the US. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) declares "I hope the truckers do come to America, and I hope they clog up cities."

In fact, the truckers are already here. On Feb. 13, more than 100 truck drivers rallied in Anchorage, Alaska. Organized by Anchorage Assembly member Jamie Allard, the protest had the blessing of the city's Republican mayor, Dave Bronson, and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).

A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by the New York Times projects other convoy actions, with a plan to converge on the Capitol in early March.

We need to be clear about the scale of destruction and destabilization the GOP and its allies intend to bring to America. Sen. Paul's comment shows how brutal and nihilistic the party has become.

Just as the Republicans uncaringly spread mass disease by rejecting public health mandates, so they are apparently willing to inflict economic pain on Americans through truck blockades if those will further their political goals.

Anti-vaccine sentiment is just a smokescreen, and the convoys merely an opportunity to activate a tested right-wing authoritarian strategy: create chaos and disrupt supply chains to drive people to the point of despair, increasing popular demand for an authoritarian who will restore order. 

Just ask Chileans how effective such operations can be. Trucker blockades and strikes in 1972 featured prominently in an American-engineered plan to delegitimize Salvador Allende's democratically elected Socialist government. Food shortages and supply chain disruptions from trucker actions that lasted almost a month, paired with other economic and psychological warfare actions, created a climate conducive to acceptance of the autocracy created by the 1973 military coup. 

If the convoy movement does materialize, American authorities must take resolute and swift action to neutralize the threat it poses to our democracy. Past and present events show the toll of not doing so.

 

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6 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

fox and this fuckstick are poisoning and destroying america in exchange for ad revenue. 

It's pretty well known that Lachlan is much further to the right than Rupert ever was, so like most of the 1% he has places to which he can escape so he suffers no discomfort. Australian/British/American oligarchs are still oligarchs.

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2 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Ruth Ben Ghiat has a piece on her Lucid platform about the convoy protests and how the RW is trying to bring it south:

I will post the first bit and then spoiler the rest:

The Convoy Is Coming For Our Democracy
 

The rest, and this bit stands out: "We need to be clear about the scale of destruction and destabilization the GOP and its allies intend to bring to America. Sen. Paul's comment shows how brutal and nihilistic the party has become."      She is not wrong.

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Everywhere, the far right has smartly exploited the concerns about individual liberty and government controls raised by vaccine and mask mandates, and more primal fears of bodily invasion (conspiracy theories about vaccines as injections of poison, for example). Populist perceptions of being victimized by corrupt elites (democratic politicians, vaccine makers or scientists, etc.) also draw many in.

In the capital city of Ottawa, where thousands gather, previously unpolitical Canadians with grievances against public health mandates mingle with seasoned anti-democratic operatives. It is an extremist recruiter's dream.

Second, the convoys show the power of far-right organizers to use social media channels like Facebook and Telegraph to recruit participants for events and solicit donations.

Canadians have donated millions, but gifts from abroad have also surged. The Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo stepped in once GoFundMe was no longer available (the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has now frozen access to GiveSendGo funds as well).

Preliminary analyses of GiveSendGo and other donor data indicate that a majority of funds are coming from the US. Some are fake pro-Trump accounts rebranded as pro-convoy voices -- another example of the opportunistic nature of anti-democratic activists -- while others are real accounts of operatives who see the US as the next frontier of convoy action.

The transnational nature of the convoy movement is another sign of the influence of Trumpism in and outside of the US: Trump flags can be seen at many Canadian events. Having a supporter of political extremism in the White House gave hope to every kind of right-wing constituency, and Trump’s alignment with anti-vaccine, anti-mask sentiment during his last year in office gave that cause traction.

Add in the GOP’s evolution into a far-right entity, and you have a volatile climate. The Republicans’ acceptance of the Jan. 6 coup attempt showed they will embrace any cause and method that will help them to return to power to finish the job of destroying American democracy.

It's unsurprising that GOP lawmakers such Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have supported the convoys with an enthusiasm that has led Canadian authorities to lodge protests against "foreign interference."

Other GOP politicians and Fox commentators are encouraging copycat protests in the US. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) declares "I hope the truckers do come to America, and I hope they clog up cities."

In fact, the truckers are already here. On Feb. 13, more than 100 truck drivers rallied in Anchorage, Alaska. Organized by Anchorage Assembly member Jamie Allard, the protest had the blessing of the city's Republican mayor, Dave Bronson, and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).

A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by the New York Times projects other convoy actions, with a plan to converge on the Capitol in early March.

We need to be clear about the scale of destruction and destabilization the GOP and its allies intend to bring to America. Sen. Paul's comment shows how brutal and nihilistic the party has become.

Just as the Republicans uncaringly spread mass disease by rejecting public health mandates, so they are apparently willing to inflict economic pain on Americans through truck blockades if those will further their political goals.

Anti-vaccine sentiment is just a smokescreen, and the convoys merely an opportunity to activate a tested right-wing authoritarian strategy: create chaos and disrupt supply chains to drive people to the point of despair, increasing popular demand for an authoritarian who will restore order. 

Just ask Chileans how effective such operations can be. Trucker blockades and strikes in 1972 featured prominently in an American-engineered plan to delegitimize Salvador Allende's democratically elected Socialist government. Food shortages and supply chain disruptions from trucker actions that lasted almost a month, paired with other economic and psychological warfare actions, created a climate conducive to acceptance of the autocracy created by the 1973 military coup. 

If the convoy movement does materialize, American authorities must take resolute and swift action to neutralize the threat it poses to our democracy. Past and present events show the toll of not doing so.

 

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1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

Did not see this coming.

 

I agree with her.

It breaks my heart that my kids have been taught that skin color matters.  It also breaks my heart that they were taught that 6 million jews were murdered in the Holocaust.  It also breaks my heart that they were taught that Texas seceded from the union to preserve slavery, as stated in the plain language of the Texas declaration of secession.  

It sucks, and is heartbreaking, that those things are true.  But no amount of me being heartbroken will change the fact that they ARE true.  Sorry, your skin color still  matters in this country -- it matters to some very dangerous people.  See, e.g., the hate crime trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killers at this very moment (people openly fantasizing about killing black people, calling them monkeys, etc......and they ended up actually killing a black man).

Oh.  Wait.  Do Tucker and Michele have a DIFFERENT problem with this?  They do?  Then fuck 'em.

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"If the one thing he wanted in this life was to be a starting quarterback in the NFL, he'd be one right now, given that he had the talent; but he made some 'business' decisions..." Whatever "business" is supposed to mean there.

Isn't that... Kaepernick's point? That he was blacklisted from the league for his stance/words/actions with regard to the issue of race?

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46 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

"If the one thing he wanted in this life was to be a starting quarterback in the NFL, he'd be one right now, given that he had the talent; but he made some 'business' decisions..." Whatever "business" is supposed to mean there.

Isn't that... Kaepernick's point? That he was blacklisted from the league for his stance/words/actions with regard to the issue of race?

I believe the point she's insinuating is Kapernick opted to go the Social Justice route in lieu of an NFL career because he believed he could make more money that way than by being an NFL quarterback. That's the business decision. At least, that's how I read it. 

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6 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Yep, and former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya just confirmed that the blacklist is real.

That's how I heard it. Kaepernick didn't "shut up and dribble" and as a result he FAFO and was blacklisted.

 

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21 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Yep, and former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya just confirmed that the blacklist is real.

Yeah.....I'm thinking the "shut up and play football" crowd thinks they have a huge "gotcha" with this.  When in reality, it's confirmation of the exact point of criticism that's been raised repeatedly.

"CK's career ended because he chose to protest knowing that the NFL wouldn't ever hire his mouthy black ass again!" is not the exoneration you think it is, Michele.

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2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I believe the point she's insinuating is Kapernick opted to go the Social Justice route in lieu of an NFL career because he believed he could make more money that way than by being an NFL quarterback. That's the business decision. At least, that's how I read it. 

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Yep, and former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya just confirmed that the blacklist is real.

And he's still made more money up until now than she'll probably make in her life.  You know that probably grinds her gears.

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2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I believe the point she's insinuating is Kapernick opted to go the Social Justice route in lieu of an NFL career because he believed he could make more money that way than by being an NFL quarterback. That's the business decision. At least, that's how I read it. 

Exactly.  Kap saw the writing on the wall with his NFL career.  Either move on and be a journeyman backup or start up his own race grift venture.  I think he chose wisely. 

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On 2/9/2022 at 1:59 AM, 956 Worldwide said:

Something I've always wondered, when does a letter, statement, or petition become a manifesto?  Eight pages has got to be getting close, right?  Using Courier adds some style points, it's hard to write a real batshit manifesto in Calibri or Times New Roman, that's for memos or emails.  Grammar and syntax errors can go either way--- you get more points if its clear you are educated and intelligent but have just gotten so worked up that you stopped checking to see if you were making sense.  Errors of idiocy are negative points.   Asking for money takes away points because real crazies don't grift. 

Real crazies spend their pillow fortune, invoke martial law, trial by combat, or threaten to release the kraken.

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1 hour ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

She's not wrong. Tucker is pro authoritarian.

The reason why the pro-democracy-and-good-government American majority can’t mount an effective counter offensive against the dismal tide is almost fully contained in the first 8 words of that tweet, to wit:

”Authoritarian expert @ruthbenghiat on my @SXMProgress show”

The barbarians at the gates are egged on by the #1 news and politics show in America, and the discourse about how to deal with it is defined by niche academics and lefty purists on satellite radio.

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55 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

The reason why the pro-democracy-and-good-government American majority can’t mount an effective counter offensive against the dismal tide is almost fully contained in the first 8 words of that tweet, to wit:

”Authoritarian expert @ruthbenghiat on my @SXMProgress show”

The barbarians at the gates are egged on by the #1 news and politics show in America, and the discourse about how to deal with it is defined by niche academics and lefty purists on satellite radio.

Yeah, it sucks.

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54 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Incurable ass cancer would be too good of a demise for Tucker Carlson.

But don't tell him it's incurable. 

"You want us to let him think it's operable?  But...why?"

I want him to have hope.  And then to see his face when he abandons all hope.

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Tucker Carlson cheering on Russia's imperialist war is amazing. He makes Ted Cruz look like a hero and a patriot.

I am less shocked than I probably should be. He already sucked the cock of the corrupt thief Victor Orban.

Meanwhile courageous anti-war protesters are being arrested in Russia.

Anyway that is my political post for the year.

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Because this is who comprise a bigger part of our country than we care to admit.

 

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Lol, is homeboy resting his elbow on that lady's head?

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Someone needs to keep an eye on the dude middle-right. His head is growing by the second

also somewhat stunned to see people wearing masks

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1 hour ago, Valmy77 said:

Tucker Carlson cheering on Russia's imperialist war is amazing. He makes Ted Cruz look like a hero and a patriot.

I am less shocked than I probably should be. He already sucked the cock of the corrupt thief Victor Orban.

Meanwhile courageous anti-war protesters are being arrested in Russia.

Anyway that is my political post for the year.

It's not at all surprising to me. It's been pretty obvious to me for a while now that he's a Russian asset. 

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3 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

I hate to give newsmax any props, but here's Dick Morris attacking Tuckyo for sucking Putin's cock

 

https://www.newsmax.com/morris/gorbachev-reagan-yushchenko/2022/02/24/id/1058321/

 

Dick will get in line, because Tucker isn't the only fellator here.  Trump gargled Putin's balls this week.  The party line has been set.  The leader of the party supports Russia and Putin, the rest of the party will fall in line.

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