lemonaz

I said before but my guess is that with Shel they saw the title “A Boy Named Sue” and automatically banned him.

I’m 1000% sure they banned Shel because of “A Boy Named Sue” which they probably thought was about trans kids.

I have no idea if she’s just that stupid and only sees one move in front of her, or if she always knew but it’s only now suitable for her to say the truth. (It’s also possible it’s both with these people.)

To be fair

Well there’s your problem. Never hand it to fascists (or grifters, or cult leaders, etc. — basically any kind of bad faith actors).

Don’t worry, he put a spiritual spin on it (probably) so it’s ok, it’s actually cleansing you see!

I think their hidden agenda is actually to bankrupt The Onion.

“See?! Libs want a dictator too!!!11”

I completely agree.

You’re right but I wasn’t going for a “dentist = political party” analogy. More like a “get your teeth taken care of = keep power in check through public pressure” analogy (to be clear, only voting doesn’t count as pressure) .

It’s definitely my point! That’s exactly why I used that analogy :)

We should tend to our teeth, our environment and our political environment as well — and they will, as you say, take care of us. The “cavities” in American politics started waaaay before Trump. Trump is when they reached the nerve. (I hope I said that correctly, ESL here.)

Bullying power in general as well. Progressives have been too soft on liberals too and always let them run the show. But the reality is it’s always harder to rally people when things seem to be going ok and the crisis is muffled rather than blatantly obvious. Kinda how we never go to the dentist when nothing hurts even though we really shouldn’t wait until it does. Anyway, hope something meaningful comes of this resistance because this fascist stage is still a stage of neoliberalism, like that’s where the root cause is.

Horrifying headline, but please, just, anyone but Bad Empanada.

I did notice you put an article as well so I’ll look into that.