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The U.S. will mark the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection on Saturday, a milestone that will confer upon the reality-dwelling citizenry a grim reminder of the potency of propaganda and how quickly it can warp perception when introduced into the public square.

Just three years ago, most of the country watched with dismay and horror as a violent MAGA mob beat back authorities and stormed the country’s citadel of democracy. The Donald Trump-incited crush of disillusioned rioters, fueled by a stream of fantastical lies, believed that the 2020 election had been stolen by sinister forces working to undermine the democratic election.

Of course, not only was their belief flatly incorrect, but evidence later emerged indicating that it was Trump who, in fact, had tried to subvert democracy.

Facts, however, have little bearing on the sentiment inside the Republican Party, which has been fed a steady diet of lies and half-truths by Fox News and the rest of the sprawling right-wing media machine. To wit, the false notion that Joe Biden nefariously stole the 2020 election is now widely shared inside the GOP. A CNN poll conducted over the summer found that nearly 70% of Republicans believe Biden’s win was not legitimate, a number that has continued to tick up.

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No you are, I'm talking about whatever the fuck I want to thank you very much.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Which is pivoting to USSR bad propaganda in a thread about how the real issue in everyones minds should be the ongoing genocide in occupied Palestine?

Yeah I'm calling that whataboutism lmao

You can call it whatever you want to.

You said something wrong I called you out.

No need to get all pissy about it, it wasn't anything personal.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You said something wrong I called you out.

No, I said that America is the only country to use nuclear weapons on a civilian population. You gave me some bullshit about a side effects from a test site 'counting' as if that carries the same weight as literally evaporating hundreds of thousands of people in an instant.

I gave you an example of another country using nuclear weapons against civilians and you are taking it much too hard.

Learn from it and take the L. Its not like you lost credibility at your super cool club because you were wrong once.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The US has the only nuclear first strike policy and has demonstrated its willingness to evaporate living humans with nuclear weapons in order to dominate as much as the world as it can for capitalist extraction. It would be best for the rest of the world if it fell apart and silently faded into the background.

You should invite your Hexbear friends to come and talk to me.

I crave the attention.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I subscribe to their comms because they're actually funny. Maybe you should try and interact with actual users there.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You literally just asked me for that exact thing

Is that what you thought I was asking?

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm honestly not sure what you were asking, and again- as an anarchist it's fucking hilarious getting banned from the 'anarchism' comm because I'm sick of the democrats aiding in a genocide and I'm certainly not going to fucking vote for them.

I think you got banned there for being a troll and a Hexbear.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

one mod unilaterally bans me for reasons not even in the rules, cool anarchism lol

I wasn't even trolling I was literally stating my reasons for agreeing with the OP in that thread.

They banned me for the same reason you're pissy with me, I am not going to support the fucking democrats. They are categorically evil in my eyes at this point.

I'm not going to vote Biden either but that's mostly because I'm Canadian and can't.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I assume you're all in for the blackface guy then.

I think Robert Downey Jr is a fantastic actor and a good guy for getting sober but I'm not sure why you're asking me that.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what you're getting at here.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm still not picking up what you're putting down.

Are you upset Fidelito killed himself?

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

jfc it's like talking to a llm sometimes.

Sucks, but it happens, why would I be upset? How do you feel about the 'rules based order' and US legitimacy collapsing before our eyes?

What were you getting at talking about Fidel and Robert Downey Jr?

I'm legitimately curious.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Trudeau (If not Fidels son, a dead ringer) loved wearing blackface for some reason, there's like a ton of pictures of it. For some reason libs still love him, but they also support genocide so I guess it makes sense.

Oh yeah!

He dressed up quite a bit when he was a drama teacher, who would have thought?

I don't think Fidel is his father, but I did hear his Mom banged Mick Jagger once so that's cool.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I would simply not put on the blackface

There's a difference between the way Robert Downey Jr and Trudeau did it, and say, someone putting on a minstrel show.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I get that you don't care because your boy did it, but you didn't have to act obtuse about it for like 6 posts

and to think I got banned for trolling

I wasn't understanding what you were saying.

You could have been much clearer.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry it's like 2 am in Moscow and I'm working long hours at the troll factory

I just checked and it's 1:39am there.

You are very quick with the conversions, props!

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I think bernie sanders needs to learn the word 'ceasefire'

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm literally an anarchist, getting banned from an "anarchist" comm for reasons not in the rules, and with no recourse

Because I shittalked democrats. What a joke

Now I see why you get so testy about Daddy Putz.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

shittalking democrats = "i love putin"

Really showing your hand there, mentally

Which is pivoting to USSR bad propaganda in a thread about how the real issue in everyones minds should be the ongoing genocide in occupied Palestine?

I was referencing this comment of yours from 24 minutes ago.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You understand that the USSR doesn't exist anymore, and that this genocide is happening now?

See?

Now that is a whataboutism!!

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

whataboutism... by bringing up the literal point of the op in this thread, the actual crime happening in the here and now?

I don't fucking care what the USSR did 60 years ago in comparison to what's happening right fucking now.

I know, that's why I was giving you a history lesson so you can learn and care!

Anyways shouldn't you be lining up for bread or something?

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Shouldn't you be droning some poor persons wedding?

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