Impassionata

I made this comment:

The executions of top Republicans are a necessity: Nuremberg 2.0. Not enough Confederate officials were punished as traitors.

It was removed and I was given a warning. On a whim I decided that "the system" might actually work so I made a straightforward argument that:

Arguing for Congress to initiate an inquisition as to who has failed the country and when, with the capacity to institute the death penalty, is within legally mandated freedom of speech.

And very quickly, my comment's removal was overturned.

The federal government has been usurped by a minority of White evangelical christians around a nazi-style fascist.

Not enough confederates were put to death. We have to stop making the mistake of failing to hold these people accountable.

Trump raped children.

Frankly I wish I had saved the text I used to submit the appeal. Oh well. It's my reddit cake day and I'm still in favor of burning reddit to the ground but that doesn't mean there isn't work available there for the enterprising shitposter.

A cautionary tale. There is a small land-dwelling crustacean known variously as a pillbug, roly-poly, woodlouse, or potato bug. One day, I decided to eat one to see how it was.

It turns out that pillbugs store their wastes as ammonia inside their body, so they taste like stale pee. Therefore, do not crunch them up in your mouth.

Determined, I tried again. This time my plan was to swallow the pillbug whole, so to avoid the ammonia. I picked it up, and it rolled into a ball - "Nice" thought I. "Convenient for swallowing."

Halfway down my throat, the pillbug unrolled. Now pillbugs are designed to push their way through dense litter and detritus. They have a rounded, smooth exterior, and multiple legs. Also they can tell "up" from down". So the pillbug decided to walk back up my throat. Every single step.

Turns out pillbug determination is WAY more powerful than a human's puny peristalsis, so I felt that pillbug move its way slowly up my esophagus minute by minute, until it emerged into my mouth. Feeling it had earned its freedom, I spat it out into the garden intact.

There. Now I have told the story and eaten a pillbug, so you don't don't have to. A public service from Sandy Petersen.

Hello,

I'm starting a politics community devoted to sorting through the mess of discordant incoherent discourse in the wake of the fascism.

Rather than report on the news as it happens, this is a discussion forum intended to provide a foundational grounding and trim some of the confusing elements from play more directly.

If you were upset that people were covering the overtly expansionist nature of Trump/Trumpism because you think he's just 'blustering,' this community is not for you.

Here's my starting position on the nature of the movement of the present rightwing in the United States. https://lemmy.world/post/24284267

Not every person who voted Trump is a fascist. The more people who are calling it what it is, the better.

I'm advertising a community, https://lemmy.world/c/otherworldly, for those of certain mindsets about spirituality and the intersection of spirituality and politics. If any are familiar with /r/sorceryofthespectacle, I plan to continue that vibe.