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@jaykuo #altText4you Picture of and quote by George Takei:
"The homophobic ones turn out to be gay.
The ones screaming 'groomers' turn out to be pedophiles.
The ones claiming election fraud committed election fraud.

See how this works?
When someone is hurling hate, invective and lies, it's a short hop from accusation to confession!"

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@georgetakei #altText4you Post by John Fugelsang (@JohnFug…[truncated]):
"Kristi Noem has people kidnapped, caged and deported because of their appearance."

Quoted Post by Decider (@decider):
"Kristi Noem says 'South Park' was "petty" for making fun of her apperance trib.al/f74LuD8"
[Picture of Kristy Noem in front of a microphone (background blurred, possibly at a press conference or in court), and a small inset of a rather unflattering depiction of her, taken from the show

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@ireneista It's still putting labour on you. And, frankly, if I added #AltText4You for all the posts I see in a day which have been posted without it, that would be a substantial chunk of the time I have for social media, and would greatly lessen my enjoyment of it.

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@TheOldGuy

If you'll add this #AltText4You then I won't have to steal your meme to repost it 😉

Black text on a white background says:

"You say you're after criminals - yet you come without warrants.

You call us lazy - yet you arrest us at work.

You say we don't contribute - yet you track us through our taxes.

You call us illegal - yet you seize us at our hearings.

Maybe this isn't justice after all.
Maybe you're just white supremacists."

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@georgetakei

#AltText4You, 2/2
"A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.

"And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, a completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people you can do whatever you want."

— Hannah Arendt, German historian and philosopher (1906-1975)

@georgetakei
Too bad only your sighted fans know what was said! 🤬

#AltText4You, 1/2
A black and white close-up photo of a white woman with medium length dark hair, parted in the middle. Under that, in white-on-black text, it says:

"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.

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@georgetakei

#AltText4You
A screenshot of two social media posts from the same person (Paul A Szypula). The first one, from April 26, 2023 says "Biden just sent nuclear submarines to South Korea as a "deterrent" to North Korea. This unnecessary escalation will only bring us closer to nuclear war. God help us." Then on August 1, 2025, he says "President trump says the US is prepared for nuclear war. As terrifying as that sounds, being prepared for it is how you keep peace."

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@VeroniqueB99 #alttext4you

Post by @JaimePrimak

This man just asked me to "please stop
speaking Spanish" on this plane to NYC
(in his defense it's very early and he's
racist) so the man next to him STARTED
SPEAKING SPANISH and then the flight
attendant and my GOD i have never
wanted to get up and dance more than i
do now.

@claus61
#AltText4You
Foto di uno striscione issato da partecipanti ad un corteo nella città di Bologna, nell'anniversario della strage di Bologna (2 Agosto 1980).
Lo striscione reca la scritta "Bologna non dimentica".
La foto mostra la prospettiva di una via, occupata dal corteo, con 2 file di palazzi ai lati e la Torre degli Asinelli sullo sfondo al centro.

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@georgetakei

#alttext4you

Post by Penelope Howe

There's a clip of Biden's final
state of the union address,
where he mentioned "there are
republicans who want to cut
Medicare and Medicaid"
Republicans booed, MTG stood
up and yelled 'liar', Sen Mike Lee
stood up shaking his head 'no'.
Every single one of them voted
to cut Medicare and Medicaid.

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@343max

Source: lunarbaboon.com/comics/tools.h

#AltText4You

4 Panel Comic.
1) Little Girl standing in front of male adult Person, holding hammer + screwdriver: Dad can I use your tools?
Dad: You bet!
2) Other Person to dad: That's going to end poorly. Dad to other person: I disagree. I think it will start poorly.
3) Dad continues to other person: But who knows how it will end?
Background Noise: SMASH, BANG, CRASH.
4) Now adult daughter: Just finished fixing the roof, dad.
Old Dad: Thanks sweetie!

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@georgetakei

#AltText4You because you're so slack, George:

It's an image of a promo for the new "Star Trek: Khan" series, premiering Star Trek Day, September 8. There's a person (male?) shown from the waist up but in shadow. They have longish hair and with their right hand in front of their face, are holding a container of some sort that has some kind of specimen in it. Maybe a worm or larvae? The background is dark and reddish, with mountains, trees and swirling clouds.