A quotation from Bill Watterson

   CALVIN: I’m writing a fund-raising letter. The secret to getting donations is to depict everyone who disagrees with you as the enemy. Then you explain how they’re systematically working to destroy everything you hold dear. It’s a War of Values! Rational discussion is hopeless! Compromise is unthinkable! Our only hope is well-funded antagonism, so we need your money to keep up the fight!
   HOBBES: How cynically unconstructive.
   CALVIN: Enmity sells.

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1995-07-07)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/watterson-bill/77538…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #anger #antagonism #compromise #culturewar #demagoguery #demonization #donations #enmity #fundraising #hatred #politicalmovement #politicalpower #politicalpressure #politics #usvsthem #values

Hej Smol Loki, you heard also what the human was listening to? About a movie some humans made 50y ago about a gigantic evil shark hunting humans? And that humans have been describing sharks as devils for as long humans can write?

Yeah, Smol Loki, if humans can't even face the truth about sharks, how can they ever face the truth about themselves?

#Blåhaj #jaws #demonization #humanity

“It was bigotry then, it’s bigotry now.”

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xed5MI6rcwQ

Texan constituent calls out GOP for hate for trans community: "Don't y'all ever get tired of being on the wrong side of history?”

#PoliticalAbuse #Playbook #Callout #USA #Bigotry #Trans #Bully #EconomicAbuse #Scapegoat #Demonization #Distraction #Suffering #Corruption #Hypocrisy #Cowardice #GOP #Billionaires #Profit

A quotation from Will Rogers

All you would have to do to make some men Atheists is just to tell them that the Lord belonged to the opposition Political Party. After that they could never see any good in Him.

Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1925-03-29), “Weekly Article”

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/rogers-will/76493/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #willrogers #demonization #opposition #partisanship #partypolitics #politics #usversusthem

As Brian Stelter notes, Dartmouth political science professor characterizes the video of Trump goons deporting those they rounded up and sent to El Salvador as follows:

"Truly fascist propaganda."

#Trump #immigrants #migrants #deportations #demonization #PoliticsofSpectacle #fascism
/5

https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1742215314850852cfe93a996/raw

"The photos and videos of humans beings to whom this is done are dehumanizing, and deliberately so. …

This deportation was planned as a political spectacle. The deportees were carefully chosen, as was the language used to describe them. The messaging was obviously coordinated in advance. And the entire humiliating procedure was carried out before cameras that were already in place."

But my 401(k)!

#Trump #immigrants #migrants #deportations #demonization #PoliticsofSpectacle #fascism
/4

"You do not know who was on those two planes to El Salvador. The individuals who arranged the deportation claim that the deportees were 'foreign alien terrorists,' but we have no way of knowing whether this is true. They also claim that they were 'monsters,' which is not true. We do not know the names of the human beings who were deported."

#Trump #immigrants #migrants #deportations #demonization #PoliticsofSpectacle #fascism
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As Timothy Snyder says, evil is at our door now, at the door of all Americans, knocking and being welcomed in:

"Individuals associated with the federal government have, in defiance of a court order and without a trial or any form of due process, deported hundreds of people from the territory of the United States to El Salvador, where they will be held indefinitely in a concentration camp."

#Trump #immigrants #fascism #deportations #demonization #PoliticsofSpectacle
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https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-at-your-door

"Thanks to the great work of the Department of State, these heinous monsters were extracted & removed to El Salvador where they will no longer be able to pose any threat to the American People," #Trump WH press secy Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

"Ooopsie… too late," El Salvador's Pres Nayib #Bukele posted, in response to the judicial order.

#law #immigration #DueProcess #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #CivilRights #HumanRights #demonization #WhiteSupremacy #Venezuela #geopolitics #USpol

Remember the photoshoot between #Argentine President Javier #Milei and #Zelensky?

Milei has now deleted all these photos from his account. The #demonization of Zelenskyy is in full force.

#Ukraine #Argentina #Trump #USA #russia #putin #war

"Michail Todua, now 33, has been in prison for five years. A Georgian native who grew up in the capital city of Tbilisi, he spent his life as a DJ and party promoter before being randomly stopped on the street and taken into a local police station for drug testing. Todua, without access to legal or financial help, was incarcerated at the Tbilisi Ministry of Corrections and sentenced to nine years. And while he’s now successfully making and releasing music from within the strict confines of his jail cell, many thousands of people who have been imprisoned under similar circumstances have not been granted the same degree of welfare."—Chloé Lula

Behind Bars: The Georgian Techno Producer Making Music From Prison >

https://www.electronicbeats.net/behind-bars-meet-the-georgian-techno-producer-making-music-from-prison/

#electronic #music #MichailTodua #Tbilisi #Georgia #StringentLaws #IncarceratedArtists #arrests #incarcerations #demonization #conservatism #statism #bigotry

Donald Trump demonizing “illegal immigrants”, all immigrants, naturalized citizens, and all citizens who oppose him. #111Words #DonaldTrump #USPolitics #Immigration #Naturalization #Citizens #Demonization #Violence #USNationalGuard #USMilitary https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/10/donald-trump-demonizing-illegal.html

B.C. Muslim Association calls for Conservative candidate’s removal over racist remarks
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-muslim-association-calls-for-conservative-candidate-s-removal-over-racist-remarks-1.7071245

A convenient distraction: Is racist messaging being used in BC provincial election?
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113289440734610963

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #populism #misogyny #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #ProtoFascism #racism #poverty #demonization #deception

BC Conservatives Under Fire Over Spokesperson Known for Insults, Slurs, Online Abuse
Anthony Koch repeatedly made misogynistic, divisive, & inflammatory remarks, targeting Muslims, Sikhs & women of color
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-under-fire-over-spokesperson-known-for-insults-slurs-and-online-abuse

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism #populism #racism #misogyny #poverty #demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #deception

I am tired of #Humanity's trait of #Idolizing or #Demonizing of #Individuals. It's like they forget that even #Good #People do #Bad #Deeds and vice-versa.
This stupid #Trait forces them to #Blind themselves to #Reality. And when that very reality comes knocking, instead of #Understanding the #Truth , it shatters them itself. Thus they #Fight to #Defend themselves by forcing the #Idolization or #Demonization onto the truth, even if it is mere #Lies.

#Ruining the whole #World.

#Philosphy #Lies

BC Conservatives Threaten Notwithstanding Clause If Courts Rule Involuntary Care Violates Human Rights
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-threaten-use-of-notwithstanding-clause-if-courts-rule-involuntary-care-violates-human-rights

* Rustad threatens to override Charter of Rights & Freedoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism

[Canada] BC Conservatives Scrub Right-Wing Culture War Policies, Rhetoric f. Website
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-scrub-right-wing-culture-war-policies-rhetoric-from-platform-posted-on-partys-website

* John Rustad/BC Conservatives/proto-fascists
* removed sections on education, law and order, homelessness, drug policy

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation

[Canada] Drug Policy Experts Say BC Conservatives’ ‘Dehumanizing’ Rhetoric About People Who Use Drugs is Going Too Far
‘They’re eliciting emotional reactions like disgust, fear and anger’
https://pressprogress.ca/drug-policy-experts-say-bc-conservatives-dehumanizing-rhetoric-about-people-who-use-drugs-is-going-too-far

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #Poilievre #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation

Edward Helmore: JD #Vance admits he is willing to ‘create stories’ to get media attention: Republican vice-presidential candidate defends spreading false, racist claims demonizing Haitian immigrants

The surprise is not that he does it, but that he so quickly admits it.

Count on Senator J. Ding-a-Ling Vance to always say the quiet parts out loud.

#2024election #demonization #racism
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/15/jd-vance-lies-haitian-immigrants

The media is going on about the immigrant dog and cat thing, but no mention of one the old anti Semitic demonizations about Jewish people stealing babies and eating them. Too sensitive?
#Demonization #MAGA #Vance #Trump