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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 20:48:35 JST Aral Balkan

   Dear America,

   Donald Trump is exactly who you are.

   Donald Trump is simply the #noFilter USA the rest of the world was forced to become intimately familiar with long ago; one dropped bomb and one lost family member at a time.

   Until you fully grasp that, learn about, start accepting responsibility for, and atoning for how your country came to be and for your crimes throughout history both at home and abroad, this is what you will remain.

   “This is not who we are.”

   Bullshit.

   This is exactly who you are and who you’ve always been.

   You want to change?

   Start by accepting that.

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     Jan Ulrich Hasecke (juh@hostsharing.coop)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 21:14:47 JST Jan Ulrich Hasecke

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     @aral Yes, Trump is the most American President ever.

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     🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇨🇦:nonazis: (manyroads@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 22:42:22 JST 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇨🇦:nonazis:

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     @aral@mastodon.ar.alYou might try another speech if you want to break the log jam. Americans have heard yours for decades and as you yourself point out, it hasn't worked, thus far.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 00:03:32 JST Aral Balkan

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     • 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇨🇦:nonazis:

     @ManyRoads If tell you about gravity and you decide to walk out a second storey window anyway, the blame doesn’t lie with my choice of oratorical device.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 00:47:59 JST Aral Balkan

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     @FrancoisPrague Carlin was a legend.

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     François @Jura (francoisprague@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 00:48:00 JST François @Jura

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     @aral

     Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out.

     https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=07w9K2XR3f0&pp=ygUSY2FybGluIHBvbGl0aWNpYW5z

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 14:02:20 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Nu Modular

     @numodular ?

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     Nu Modular (numodular@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 14:02:21 JST Nu Modular

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     @aral Yes, all 8 billion people are the-head-of-a-pin, as has been the countless humans before us.

     Cookie?

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 17:07:29 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Rashunda Tramble

     @rashunda I hear you, Rashunda, and you’re entirely right.

     💕

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     Rashunda Tramble (rashunda@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 17:07:30 JST Rashunda Tramble

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     @aral On the one hand, I *so* appreciate you saying this. On the other, as you said, we've been saying the same thing for hundreds of years. But because you're white-presenting, the message will have more gravitas - which is the exact problem you're pointing out. But again, I appreciate your words.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 17:27:34 JST Aral Balkan

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     • James Brooke

     @jCarttarBrooke Can you tell me how many successive American regimes, both Democrat and Republican continued to arm and support the settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and genocide perpetrated by Israel?

     Please also list the Democratic presidents that abolished ICE.

     Blame is squarely where it belongs.

     I’d recommend reading the original post as many time as necessary until it actually sinks in.

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     James Brooke (jcarttarbrooke@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 17:27:35 JST James Brooke

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     @aral
     NOPE
     Republican Americans did this to the whole world. Did NATO stop Bush?
     Level the blame where it belongs.
     Ask every tourist if they believe in democracy or or are they a Republican…

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 18:10:50 JST Aral Balkan

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     • unusnemo

     @unusnemo Whatever you say, anonymous AI pic guy.

     👋

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     unusnemo (unusnemo@friendica.rogueproject.org)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 18:10:51 JST unusnemo

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     @aral

     Welcome to my block list, you are so misguided, but thank you for sharing just how far off of reality you are.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 20:00:32 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Moss the Bard 🇨🇦🇧🇧🇲🇽🇬🇱

     @bardmoss It’s fascinating that 1% of the population was able to win Trump the popular vote at the last election.

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     Moss the Bard 🇨🇦🇧🇧🇲🇽🇬🇱 (bardmoss@autistics.life)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 20:00:33 JST Moss the Bard 🇨🇦🇧🇧🇲🇽🇬🇱

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     @aral
     I'm 73 years old. What you are saying is not how I was raised. The people who hold the beliefs that you are outlining are in the 1%. Most of America is or tries to become what the myth is. We are fighting against our corporate overlords and always have been, since the first Pullman strike in Chicago.