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   Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 22:43:33 JST Warner Crocker

   Remembering January 6th Drives Me Into A Rage

   I Don’t Like This Day
   #January6 #politics
   https://warnercrocker.com/2026/01/06/i-dont-like-this-day/

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     DaNk_MaNE#176 (dankmane@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 00:42:22 JST DaNk_MaNE#176

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     @WarnerCrocker

     Now, the same idiots get their cosplay supplies funded by the taxpayer.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Jan-2026 02:45:01 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸

     @dennyhenke I think most of their rage is both all too common and all too justified. Political theorists speak of the horseshoe theory. It's a complete circle that no one wants to acknowledge.

     Sadly, those in power now are just far better at channeling that rage than those that oppose them, who are also enthralled and entitled by the same forces that fund either/both sides. Add to that mix the racism that makes it easier to stir the pot and you've got a potent brew.

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     Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸 (dennyhenke@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 09-Jan-2026 02:45:03 JST Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸

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     @WarnerCrocker I wonder, how much of their rage is a common and justified rage?

     I've been living with a simmering rage since the early 1990s when I began exploring beyond what I'd been told about the history of this hemisphere and the US in particular. I was 23ish years old when I began to realize that the America I thought I grew up in was largely a fabrication created by the wealthy in a class war.

     It seems to me the root of fascism is this deception designed to obscure class conflict.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Jan-2026 02:46:28 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸

     @dennyhenke Those that want to rule depend on a majority concerned about feeding their kids and themselves who don't want to rock any boats that might upset their status quo. Manipulating that middle is far too easy a task when either side paints the other as extreme. Even easier when you one side can't compete successfully in the maniuplation game

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     Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸 (dennyhenke@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 09-Jan-2026 02:46:29 JST Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸

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     @WarnerCrocker It seems there is manipulation all around. That the flip side of the "mob" is the steadfastness of the more comfortable, the middle and upper middle class of folks that are fairly comfortable. Those that may have complaints with the system but don't want to rock the boat because they are comfortable enough. Maybe they vote, maybe they don't. But they most assuredly root for their favorite sports team, watch their sitcoms, scroll instagram.

     The buffer, the ballast.