The Censorship has begun
This is not mildly infuriating. Its incredibly worrying.
Running Shortlist includes blocking hashtags for:
democrat (but not republican)
voteblue (but not votered)
presidentbiden (but not president harris)
kamala
liberal
liberals
leftist
leftists
barackobama (but not presidentobama)
obama (but not obamas)
berniesanders
votebiden (votekamala, votetrump works tho)
democracy (WOW)
presidentcarter
fuckputin
makeamericasmartagain
libertarian (for some reason)
igcensorship
factsoverfiction
fuckdemocrats
fuckrepublicans
bluewave (redwave still works, shocker)
politicalleft (blocked, but politicalright isnβt)
fascism
fascist
antifascism
prochoice
Well fuck.
presidentbiden (but not president harris)
barackobama (but not presidentobama)
votebiden (votekamala, votetrump works tho)
presidentcarter
libertarian (for some reason)
These are some odd censorship choices. In America, libertarian is short for (not really anarcho) anarcho-capitalist and they tend to vote right wing. Theyβre the tea party essentially and trumps election is a culmination of the tea partyβs power. I consider myself a left libertarian / anarcho-communist but we are not that common in America. Unfortunately.
And why censor Carter? Heβs dead. And why biden but not Harris? So odd.
This is what comes up in my instagram for the same search.
Can you post the entire screenshot? How do we know you didnβt just photoshop that?
Why would this work for me but not for you? Do you think you specifically are being targeted with results blocking? How do you account for this?
Time in USA: 1935, Germany
Donβt share this. The stylization is too cool to allow the assholes to see it and use it.
Nah, Iβd rather push them into embracing actual, full on nazi symbology. Believe it or not, the majority of the American public do not see republicans as nazis. The sooner they look like it, the sooner the last plausible deniability falls, and the sooner the βcheaper eggs,β βvoted for the economyβ idiots have to face the realities of their decisions.
Maybe we are witnessing a modern day version of the Business Plot.
I dont even know how to react to this. It feels like my reaction to everything has been holy shit this is fucking insane. Iβm burnt out, I just need to tend to my own garden. I cant have sympathy for people who support the right and these stupid social media platforms.
I have that same thought, but then I think this is exactly how all the non-Jewish people felt as hitler was rising to power. I end up getting even more angry and looking up where to buy fertilizer.
Love the double entendre. Are you tending your garden harder, or blowing up Parliament?
Thatβs kind of the point. A constant barrage of stupid and dangerous shit to keep you enraged until you burn put. You cannot stay enraged for four years and nobody will care to do anything if itβs a constant stream of small and big steps to fascism. Theyβre not removing all liberties at once, but in a lot of steps so that it becomes impossible to agree on which step becomes the straw to break the camelβs back.
Protip: Disconnect yourself from the online media circus.
Bring yourself up to speed with current developments once a week.
And focus your energy on helping people around you who need help.
You canβt stop fascism all by yourself. But you can affect your immediate surroundings.
And if enough people do that, there will be resistance everywhere.
I thought they were gonna promote more political content
