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   AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Friday, 29-Mar-2024 07:26:17 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

   Here's a fundamental example of what I am talking about re: "conservative" myopia.

   Big overloaded cargo ship (Dali) loses power & brings down major bridge (B'more's Francis Scott Key Bridge). Several workers doing maintanence on said bridge, including immigrants, are unalived, along with several passengers caught on the bridge.

   Normal people: "My goodness...thoughts and prayers for the families affected by their losses!!"

   Wingnuts: "Gottdam nig...errrrrrr, illegals!! CLOSE THE DAMN BORDER!!"

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     Passenger (passenger@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Mar-2024 08:07:58 JST Passenger

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     Here in the UK, the fash have been talking about it as "wokeness and diversity caused the ship to go astray."

     These fash commentators have a weird job: they have to take current events and force them into their preexisting talking points, no matter what happened. It's the perfect job for people who want to exercise great implementation creativity while avoiding any conceptual creativity at all.

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     Passenger (passenger@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Mar-2024 08:07:58 JST Passenger

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     There's a South African joke about a guy who fights off a dog that's attacking a little girl. A local journalist interviews the hero and he confesses that he's Zimbabwean.

     The next day the news headline reads: "ZIMBABWEAN IMMIGRANT KILLS LITTLE GIRL'S PET IN FRONT OF HER EYES."