Notices by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY (badger_af@mstdn.social)

Current mood.

Someone's response to Elmo's email to federal employees demanding they list the 5 things they did last week or be terminated...

#Resist
#DeportElon
#FireElon

@maskedscheduler I'm not sorry they're suffering—I'm sorry for people who did not vote for trump who are suffering.

I'm siding with Rebecca Watson on this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veGq9gcmc2E&pp=ygUOcmViZWNjYSB3YXRzb24%3D

#LeopardsAtMyFace
#FAFO

This made me literally laugh out loud.

I'm going to a protest later today and I'm overwhelmed at what I want my poster to say

There's just a deluge of horrible things Musk and trump and are doing it's hard to focus on what has been worse.

People who voted for this shit show have not yet felt the damage that's coming their ways.

I'm thinking of the coming cuts to Medicaid to provide tax cuts for Musk Rat and friends.

#Resist
#ResistEverywhere

The always excellent Digby has a great post up on resistance today. My only bone of contention is that Dems need to learn to play the game like Repubs—collegial norms should go out the window and they need to get loud to get the media’s attention.

https://digbysblog.net/2025/02/13/a-little-copium-for-a-bad-week/

#Resist

I am an Ally.

There are many of us out there.
Please don't lose heart. There are many who will fight for you and stand by you.

#lgbttq
#ally

@paco If your protesting is upsetting others and the established order, that means you're doing it right!

A garbage truck hauling garbage—how meta!

Hey, has anyone checked in on Rudy Giuliani lately?

Two things we have to drive a stake through if we ever want to reclaim this country:

1. American exceptionalism
2. Nostalgia

American exceptionalism ties in with the idea that we are somehow different from any other country - people think that somehow we're special because a magical divine being inspired the founders of this country. But he didn't inspire them enough to free the enslaved people.

1/

The 1950s was a short period in our history. This history is recalled fondly mostly by whites men because everyone else remembers it differently back then. Men could easily have their wives committed by meeting with a doctor. The decision on how to treat breast cancer would routinely be talked over between a woman's husband and her doctor.

Black, LGBTQ, Latinx? You had little to no rights.

But whites would wax nostalgic for this short period of time during the 1950s.

3/

The economy was strong because we had pent-up demand after the austerity of the war years and we had amazing production capabilities because of the war. This perfect storm created the middle class. Before that, families did not have nearly much expendable income.

Of course other countries caught up to us and we would forever ask why we can't have the good old days again.

It created a myth of America always being great and having a low divorce rate.

4/

@sand Well, they might feel some remorse when it's their ox getting gored. A lot of these people who voted for him seemed to stop maturing in 5th grade.

It's going to be a tall order to bridge a divide with people who can't even vote their own self-interests.

For a lot of these folks, primary their self-interest is to feel better about themselves at the expense of others.

We're going to see a lot of stories about people who voted for the orange shit having it come back to bite them.

These stories gain traction due to Schadenfreude, irony, and being clickbait for corporate media.

As much as it might give readers a sense of vindication, it still ends up with someone being unjustly punished.

Many are from marginalized folks and it strikes me as punching down.

Not engaging with these stories, and resisting the urge to feel smug is part of being the Resistance.

@phaedral From my understanding, he was also an anti-semite.

Quote still stands, though.

"As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron."

— H.L. Mencken

We've already done that several times, so let's not again, OK?

#VoteBlue

Today's Speed Bump comic strip.

Just look at this tuna noodle casserole. I hope I'm not trying to rise above my station or anything, but I'm like the fricking Salt Bae of french-fried onions.

Just look at it.

Just leaving this here...