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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:22 JST myrmepropagandist

   There are all kinds of people in the world who see things in all kinds of different ways.

   (US pol/ Trump tw)

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     Gatekeeper.. (gatekeepken@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:21 JST Gatekeeper..

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     Women for Trump is like chickens for Col. Sanders

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:26 JST clacke

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     @wcbdata @futurebird She broke his wrist!
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     Bill, organizer of stuff (wcbdata@vis.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:27 JST Bill, organizer of stuff

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     @futurebird Those are some messed UP fingers.

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     TC Won't Give In To Lies (tcatinreality@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:32 JST TC Won't Give In To Lies

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     @GatekeepKen @futurebird
     Almost certainly a bot farm account.

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:32 JST myrmepropagandist

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     @TCatInReality @GatekeepKen

     I think this is a comforting fiction we tell ourselves. No, these kinds of things really do numbers on facebook... and not all of the comments are bots. Some of them are people's moms and uncles!

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:38 JST myrmepropagandist

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     @tersenurse

     I suppose it's "the border" --I have such a hard time processing those lies. I guess they must think that scary immigrants will get them?

     Or maybe it's that idea they float about "Christians being persecuted" -- which is beyond wild in the US. This is a de facto 'Christian Nation' not only is it the majority religion, but most institutions and companies cater to the needs of Christians above all others.

     But there really are people who feel... attacked.

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     Lawrence (tersenurse@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:39 JST Lawrence

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     @futurebird It is very difficult for me to wrap my head around that point of view

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:39 JST myrmepropagandist

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     @tersenurse

     Why are they concerned about "survival" ?

     I could understand if you are directly in Trump's orbit, if you were a fake elector, or at Jan. 6. The idea that these things were criminal would be scary.

     But, that's not the majority of his supporters.

     I can understand why trans people, and those with immigrants in their family, and even anyone who could get pregnant might talk about "survival" under Trump.

     But, what threat do ordinary Trump supporters face?

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:17:51 JST clacke

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     @futurebird @tersenurse The thing they see as under threat is "a future for white children". Replacement Theory.
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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:18:18 JST myrmepropagandist

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     @clacke @tersenurse

     Oh. Well, can't help ya'll with that one. Sorry.

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     Philip Cardella (philip_cardella@historians.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:18:22 JST Philip Cardella

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     • Lawrence

     @futurebird @tersenurse do not underestimate the power of the Dark Side.

     They fear.

     All the time.

     They're afraid of everything.

     Possibly the thing they fear most is being treated they way they treat others.

     This is why propaganda is so essential to any successful fascist rise. It needs people choosing their emotions, fear, over rationality.

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     john lehet (johnlehet@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 23:18:24 JST john lehet

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     @futurebird @tersenurse I posted the other day about an encounter with a lumberyard employee who seems to take that view. I think he was confiding (or threatening?) that he was in a militia.

     My late father went over the deep end into Fox land late in his life. Before that he hadn't been so crazy.

     Absolutely we can't underestimate the power of propaganda in media and social media right now. Logic has nothing to do with it. It is emotion and distortion.

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