EndemicEarthling<p>Brisbane city council has pulled funding for a music awards after winner used her acceptance speech to denounce <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>, while the conservative LNP Queensland state government also considers withdrawal of financial support.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250331091713/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/31/kellee-green-river-to-sea-composer-queensland-music-award-palestine-controversy-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025033109</span><span class="invisible">1713/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/31/kellee-green-river-to-sea-composer-queensland-music-award-palestine-controversy-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p>Jazz composer and pianist <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/KelleeGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KelleeGreen</span></a> used her acceptance speech at the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/2025QueenslandMusicAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2025QueenslandMusicAwards</span></a> to speak of the suffering of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> civilians and to support peaceful protest against Australian government complicity in selling weapons to Israel (in contravention of obligations under international law, including a specific injunction by the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/InternationalCourtOfJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalCourtOfJustice</span></a>).</p><p>The claim by the council is that her speech was 'divisive'.</p><p>Treating opposition to genocide as <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> is (implicitly or explicitly) to normalise being pro-genocide as a legitimate political stance.</p><p>Normalising support for genocide is itself a crime under <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a>.</p><p>By only ever punishing anti-genocide speech, and never those who express unqualified support for a genocidal regime (or who even seek to justify its extreme violence through appeal to a 'right to defend itself'), political authorities send the clear message that we ought to be tolerant of those who support exterminative violence and intolerant of those who oppose it.</p><p>Never.</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Qldpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qldpol</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a></p>
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WiseGreyOwl 🌍 🦉<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Divisive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Awards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Awards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EveryoneDeservesAnAwardForSomething" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EveryoneDeservesAnAwardForSomething</span></a></p>
KoffeeKrisp 🇨🇦<p>Why are PeePee & Conservatives running Carney attack ads during these existential times when we need and are together 🇨🇦 <br>Save it for the election if you must<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/negative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>negative</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Another fired employee said the hundreds of dismissals meant that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> agency now had only a skeleton crew to respond to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> crises.</p><p>The appointee running day-to-day operations at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteMarocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteMarocco</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept official overseeing foreign aid who was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> figure at the agency & other government departments in the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. Early this month, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> announced he was taking over the aid agency as acting administrator.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Pat Hudson Cartoons<p>Champion of the people</p><p>My cartoon</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dutton</span></a></p>
Justbeep<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Kellogg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kellogg</span></a> blog <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/predictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>predictions</span></a> #2024<br>"No matter your political leanings, the 2024 <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/presidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presidential</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> will be <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/distracting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distracting</span></a>, and quite probably <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/depressing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depressing</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://kellblog.com/2024/01/02/kellblog-predictions-for-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kellblog.com/2024/01/02/kellbl</span><span class="invisible">og-predictions-for-2024/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>Trump’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/angry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>angry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/response" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>response</span></a> to a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/viral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sermon</span></a> should <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/worry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worry</span></a> all <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bishop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bishop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MariannEdgarBudde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MariannEdgarBudde</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> reflect the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a> held by a majority of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a> — a fact that Trump’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rhetoric</span></a> seeks to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/obscure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obscure</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-bishop-budde-sermon-truth-social-rcna188764" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/trump-bishop-budde-sermon-truth-social-rcna188764</span></a></p>
getmisch<p>"Mount McKinley", & the Gulf of Mexico becomes the "Gulf of America" - Maybe someone should just give him a Sharpie & a bunch of old maps to keep him busy while the adults legislate. <br>Link is to one of his many Day One Executive Orders, this one creates a board to rename things...<br><a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/dot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dot</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/gov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gov</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/overhaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overhaul</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/webpage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webpage</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/personality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/hateful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hateful</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/spite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spite</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/filled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filled</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/attack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attack</span></a> the <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/most" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>most</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/vulnerable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerable</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/among" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>among</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/gain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gain</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac</span><span class="invisible">tions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/</span></a></p>
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rightardia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rightardia</span></a></span> <br>That's not a new issue. The poisonous concept of "good" and "bad" minorities and immigrants has been around for a long time.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Divisive</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/exploitative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitative</span></a> don't begin to say enough about the evils of that framing.</p>
EndemicEarthling<p>On those who warn against 'divisiveness'</p><p>In a time of acrimony and unrest, politicians urge social cohesion and decry those who stoke division. They label protesters troublemakers and haters. They bring in new regulations making it more difficult for ordinary people to publicly criticise the injustices of the status quo and to organise against them in a coherent and effective manner (i.e. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CriminalisationOfDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalisationOfDissent</span></a>).</p><p>But real social cohesion can only be built on mutual respect across differences in combination with a sense of shared responsibility for common goods. Respect requires trust. Trust requires honesty and a sustained commitment to working towards shared goals. And so when those who demonise protesters for 'divisiveness' have themselves demonstrated a sustained commitment to dishonesty in service of merely private goods, or goods for a limited group at the expense of those outside it, then it is the accusers who are guilty of their own complaint.</p><p>To be established and maintained, social divisions and exclusion always require both the propagation of falsehood and the use of violence to suppress the truth. Thus, to speak frankly about actually existing injustices is not to be divisive, but to hold open the only path towards any kind of genuine social peace.<br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SocialCohesion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialCohesion</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>'s Fred Upton backs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>' presidential campaign</p><p>West <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> & former U.S. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> Rep. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FredUpton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FredUpton</span></a> is endorsing VP Kamala Harris' 2024 bid for the White House, saying his party's nominee, former President Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unhinged</span></a> & has "not changed his colors."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/24/gops-upton-backs-harris-presidential-campaign/75810489007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">detroitnews.com/story/news/pol</span><span class="invisible">itics/2024/10/24/gops-upton-backs-harris-presidential-campaign/75810489007/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s massive grift was embarrassingly revealed during his debate against Representative <a href="https://c.im/tags/Colin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Allred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allred</span></a> Tuesday night. </p><p>Cruz has been seriously struggling in his Senate race against Allred, and on Tuesday, it seemed that Allred dealt several critical blows to the Texas Republican. </p><p>In his closing remarks, Allred didn’t hold back. <br>“We’re all Americans, and we’re all Texans. We need a leader who will bring us together around our shared values. That’s what I’m trying to do during my six years in Congress. <br>💥That’s the exact opposite of what Senator Cruz has done,” Allred said. </p><p>“Whatever he says tonight, you’ve seen it for 12 years. He’s been one of the most <a href="https://c.im/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> senators in the entire country. If you don’t like how things are going in Washington right now, well, you know what, 💥he is singularly responsible for it. </p><p>“He has introduced this new kind of ‘<a href="https://c.im/tags/angertaiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>angertaiment</span></a>’ where you just get people upset and then you podcast about it, and you write a book about it, and you make some money on it, <br>but you’re not actually there when people need you. <br>Like when the lights went out, when 30 million Texans were relying on a senator to spring into action, <br>he went to Cancun. <br>That’s who he is,” Allred said.</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/187198/ted-cruz-colin-allred-scam-debate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/187198/te</span><span class="invisible">d-cruz-colin-allred-scam-debate</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nebraska</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> May Be the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Race</span></a> No One Saw Coming. </p><p>The last time <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nebraskans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nebraskans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/voted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voted</span></a> for a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Senator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senator</span></a> who wasn’t a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeorgeWBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeWBush</span></a> was an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/unpopular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unpopular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/President" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>President</span></a> leading a deeply <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://time.com/7085674/senate-nebraska-polls-fischer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/7085674/senate-nebras</span><span class="invisible">ka-polls-fischer/</span></a></p>
artiechoke<p>The Anti-Defamation League misrepresents itself as an expert on antisemitism and bias when, in fact, it is a divisive political interest group that unconditionally supports Israel. Educators should cut all ties with the ADL.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/adl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adl</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/israelisaterroriststate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israelisaterroriststate</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/educators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>educators</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lobbyists4israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists4israel</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/liars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liars</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/misrepresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misrepresent</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/zionistracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zionistracism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/antifreespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifreespeech</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/open-letter-to-educators-the-adl-is-not-a-social-justice-partner/?ml_recipient=134089494392472617&ml_link=134089463388177669" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mondoweiss.net/2024/10/open-le</span><span class="invisible">tter-to-educators-the-adl-is-not-a-social-justice-partner/?ml_recipient=134089494392472617&ml_link=134089463388177669</span></a></p>
Shell Sheddy<p>Trump is<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unFit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unFit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transactional</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/incitesViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incitesViolence</span></a> <br>Aims to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Oppress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oppress</span></a> US<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpisPutinsFool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpisPutinsFool</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpIsProject2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsProject2025</span></a> <br>Photo by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ShellSheddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShellSheddy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sheshephoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sheshephoto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sheShePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sheShePhotography</span></a></p>
Lukas Parker<p>I tell you what is <a href="https://aus.social/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a>: <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> denying that <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a>+ people exist in the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a>.</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>I am a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> and a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/combat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>combat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/veteran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veteran</span></a>. I cannot <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p>Several factors influenced my decision, which include, but are not limited to, his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disrespectful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespectful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/comments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comments</span></a> about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a>, his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/involvement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>involvement</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/January6th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>January6th</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insurrection</span></a>, and his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/extremely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremely</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rhetoric</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/08/06/i-am-a-republican-and-a-marine-combat-veteran-i-cannot-vote-for-trump-opinion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sun-sentinel.com/2024/08/06/i-</span><span class="invisible">am-a-republican-and-a-marine-combat-veteran-i-cannot-vote-for-trump-opinion/</span></a></p>
Pete Orrall (defunct account)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>flexghost</span></a></span> The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> message is loud and proud from these <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/assholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assholes</span></a>. My greatest <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> is that too many people are unable to recognize it.</p><p>At this stage, anyone who still supports <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> has willfully abandoned both their conscience and any/all capacities for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a>. They have chosen to accept and live a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a> where, quite bluntly, anyone who doesn't share their beliefs is the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/enemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enemy</span></a>.</p><p>The number of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> groups, and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organizations</span></a> willing to throw massive amounts of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> behind Trump and this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> movement is simply staggering. We, as <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americans</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a>, are living in critically <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> time. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> is repeating itself in real time yet too many people are incapable of recognizing it and/or don't care.</p>
EndemicEarthling<p>PS I note that while <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> acts as though criticism of the government of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> is hateful smearing of all <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> people everywhere, he displays an equal lack of nuance in the opposite direction when it comes to <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a>, who (in Dutton's mind) are all guilty of the actions of a small group amongst them. Hence he dismissively (libellously) labels all expressions of concern for Palestinian suffering as "Hamas sympathising".</p><p>And then he proclaims himself a unifier and those who oppose him as 'divisive'.</p><p>While far from full-blown, make no mistake, this speech expresses the fundamental might-makes-right stance of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>.</p><p>1. Those who are my allies are above criticism, even if they commit horrific atrocities.</p><p>2. Those who criticise me and my allies are <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a>, and ought to face social opprobrium and coercive state violence.</p><p>4/3</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CriminalisationOfDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalisationOfDissent</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wicked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wicked</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Director" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Director</span></a> Was Inspired By One Of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StevenSpielberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevenSpielberg</span></a>'s Most <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Divisive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Films</span></a> </p><p>The first part of a massive two-<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adaptation</span></a> of "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wicked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wicked</span></a>" directed by the venerable <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JonMChu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JonMChu</span></a>. Although the stage version of "Wicked" only runs about two and a half hours, Chu has elected to expand it into a "Dune"-sized event, spreading the story across over four hours of film. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.slashfilm.com/1546114/wicked-director-inspired-by-steven-spielberg-most-divisive-films-hook/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">slashfilm.com/1546114/wicked-d</span><span class="invisible">irector-inspired-by-steven-spielberg-most-divisive-films-hook/</span></a></p>
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