psvrh

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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Dear NYT,

You have the power to fix this.

You could help this situation a lot by not normalizing Trump at every opportunity, and not letting your OpEd contributors and headline editors whitewash and soft-sell fascism.

Learn to use words like "lie", "liar" and "lying" when taking about Trump. Don't shy away from "rapist" or "felon”or “fascist”, either.

Failing that, firing Haberman and Stephens and all the access-journalism flunkies would be a good start.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

Anyone who reads the National Review likely doesn't care, but I'm glad to see calls for "decorum" levelled against the right for a change.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

Discretion? From the whale carcass anti-vax guy?

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Sigh...

And now his home province is one of the hotbeds of rural reactionary populism

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you think that if they did, they'd care?

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

This is just another example of Ford's retail politics.

From the guy who brought you "buck a beer" and handing out twenties when he was running for CPC leader.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 month ago

"Blurs the line?"

Ok, let's try an experiment: "Hitler blurs the line on Jews, Romani and actual criminals ".

How does that read, Mr Journalist?

Fuck these false-objectivity, milquetoast, water-carrying fascist apologists.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

You can also vote the Democratic primaries, too.

That worked out, suprisingly well, for Sanders. Think about how much change you could affect voting for Sanderses at every level.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

This is how the Tea Party and MAGA co-opted the Republicans, and it's the model progressives should use to move the needle in the Democratic party (and they have, with some success).

If progressives want to see change, progressives need to vote. In every election. General or primary.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is regrettably true, and driving a lot of the red meat for "tough on crime" talk from right-wing politicians.

Our saving grace is that being tough on crime takes effort and money, and the CPC is just as cheap and lazy as the LPC. They'll just talk tougher and do nothing, as compared to the Liberals smiling and waving flags...and doing nothing.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's a political concept south of the border called IOKIYAR (It's okay if you are a Republican).

The same is at play here: Corruption and nepotism? It's okay if you're a conservative. Wasting public funds? Okay if you're a conservative? Drawing a pension? Being a shameless hypocrite? You get the idea.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Can you quantify why you don't like Mozilla?

I understand why someone might find Firefox itself subpar in some cases, but I'd like to hear what your issues with the organization are.

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