@justafrog I just mean that a lot of Americans are acting like the US is a member of international justice bodies out of some respect or moral obligation for the process, so these rulings will force their hand. The reality is that "human rights" is a term we use to club our enemies and create justification for imperialism - when those same bodes come for us or our allies, we respond the same way Putin does - and always have.
Most of you aren't old enough to remember the 70's and 80's when America's official position on the UN and international courts was "fuck em" and some of you aren't even old enough to remember when Bush passed a law to thunderous bipartisan applause allowing him to fucking INVADE the Hague to protect American and US-backed war criminals.
The ICC warrants are important because naming the beast is important; but the US will go full rogue state before it complies.
@lerxst@focusedontheberry Delaying tactic only; altering rule 22 and removing the filibuster can be done by a simple majority vote in the Senate. I pretty much expect the fash to do that anyway now that/when they control the Senate.
And again, before you tell me some shit about "voting" lets review:
A) I cannot be 8-10M voters for you
B) Even while in power, "centrists" were appeasing fascists and collaborating to create the police state that's going to kill me
C) the job is to get elected; it's not my fault your candidate preferred supporting a genocide, sucking off cops, and hunting migrants to "getting elected."
We were always headed here and YES I fucking told you so; hundreds of times while I begged you to fight
We've only just begun; wait till January when they have all FOUR branches of government (including the judiciary they already control) because unlike dipshit collaborator "centrists" the fascists' goal isn't to make excuses and temper the demands of their own base. When these people take power, they use it, and they will use it quickly.
I was always prepared to die for caring about other people and being different, because I know the history of not only America but most of the Pig Empire.
What I wasn't prepared for is my executioners to be dipshit 4-chan kiddies all grown up and wearing dumb looking baseball hats while posting memes about my impending demise.
"Whoops, we wanted an authoritarian police state to protect our pet genocide so badly that we accidentally passed part of Hitler's enabling act without realizing the fascists would use it against everyone, not just Palestinians and student activists..."
You want my advice? Now? After ignoring it for all this time? Okay, here you go:
Get fucking low, because there will be bodies. This is the part I warned you about where white liberals, particularly those in positions of power, readjust their priorities and worldview so they can join up with the nazis. History is SUPER CLEAR that the "centrist establishment" will join the fascists before they share and fight for marginalized people being targeted. Don't wait for them to knife you, get low now.
I'm tired man; I spent 10 yrs telling folks what was coming down the pipe and all I've got left is to shout "NOW do you see why you're a headass for arguing with me that any of those folks cared about stopping fascism and a world on fire at all? Now that ppl are getting ground up under the wheels of the machine, do you fucking GET it yet?"
And frankly I don't see the damn point. I was always in it to STOP this from happening, not to win an argument with obtuse collaborators. Let me die in peace
I dunno what anyone wants me to say; McBride doesn't speak for me and the situation is terrifying. By that same measure however, I told you that these folks were going to happily toss trans people to the wolves to make out with fascists and those of your arguing with me that this wasn't the case were just blatently ignoring that the Democrats were ALREADY DOING so to court suburban cracker voters that picked Trump anyway. Superficial representation isn't liberation and I told you so.
@greycat Feel like you're reading genuine surprise in my post where it does not exist, while simultaneously missing the dripping sarcasm in the word "amazing."
I mean when push comes to shove was I actually expecting the American Nazi Party to vote against Trump's pick (Gaetz)?
No, not really; in fact given some of the people Dems approved last time, I wouldn't be surprised if some of THEM voted to confirm Gaetz to "hold our an olive branch."
But the fact that Trump doesn't even have to give a shit is just another example of why America is and has always been what folks like me been telling you they are.
My favorite subplot to the Trump cabinet appointments is the fact that he can subvert the checks and balances in our system by just appointing a pederast to Attorney General when the Senate is out of session and literally NOBODY in the mainstream is saying "holy shit this is a bad system and our checks and balances are a lie."
It's amazing how when it would benefit regular people the rules are ironclad and unbeatable but whenever it would help rich fascists the rules don't really exist at all
@tadbithuman I mean she doesn't NEED to manufacture antisemitism in this case; she's talking about a neonazi march - as in nazi flags, we love Hiter, "The Holocaust was a good thing actually" neonazis.
Choosing to pretend the neonazis MIGHT be on the left, and transitioning the discussion to left wing anti-genocide protestors was an ACTIVE choice.
Neonazis march in Ohio and she literally says "we don't know what side of aisle this is coming from" then transitions into there is antisemitism on both sides and bashing left wing genocide protestors.
The American media couldn't be happier that the nazis won this election. This shit is institutional; any excuse to punch left - even when we're talking about neonazis.
@simon_brooke It's funny you mention that because the chunderhead that inspired me to write this thread described both fascism and genocide as words that were "like newspeak."
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