Or when bush declared war under false pretenses. Or when reagan ratfucked Carter out of an end to the Iranian hostage crisis. Or when MLK Jr. Was assassinated. Or countless other examples of rightwing terrorism. “Decorum” has only ever been a means to silence progressive voices.

One can successfully oppose enemies of a free and open society

How exactly? You didn’t even attempt to answer my question. Elon’s coup hasn’t faced any effective resistance.

Elon’s actions are going to kill an untold number of people. What institution or legal action is going to stop him?

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Check out Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries lol

Who are the real racists?

OK Tucker

Plot twist, OP’s Mom is a Maoist-Third Worldist

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What he’s selling isn’t socialism, it’s authoritarianism. Socialist ideals are already prominent here and his apologia for brutally oppressive regimes does the opposite of fostering a less toxic or less divisive environment.

The tankies are out in full force in this thread.

Ah, yes, Lenin. Definitely the creator of Marxism-Leninism, no reason to talk about the other guy. Don’t look up anything about Stalin, he’s harder for tankies to whitewash, not that they won’t fall ass over teakettle trying. It’s their job after all.

Whoops lol, not both of us just me. But yes, both entirely intentional and also daeviosly malicious 😈

It’s an important factor to consider when thinking about the credibility of his claims. That’s what journalism is supposed to do, give people the facts. I get that discussing people’s medical history and psychological condition is a sensitive subject, but when someone’s making public claims and accusations in front of congress about delusional stuff like “non-human spacecraft” and their dead pilots that level of scrutiny is justified.

Props to Klippenstein, he’s consistently been an exemplar* of good journalism

‘Alt’ is Gen Z’s alternative youth subculture, like Emo for millenials, goth/ punk for Gen X, etc.