*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
How can anyone personify a cliche more than Newsom?
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke I mean, I know it's a rhetorical question, but over and over again, we fight literal wars against slavers and Nazis, but we don't actually do the work of eliminating the racism (and misogyny!) that animates them. We're just not willing to that far.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
they're not falling for it. they're complicit
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@mekkaokereke I mean, I know it's a rhetorical question, but over and over again, we fight literal wars against slavers and Nazis, but we don't actually do the work of eliminating the racism (and misogyny!) that animates them. We're just not willing to that far.
@OrionKidder @mekkaokereke truly. It’s like “Whew that was a tough battle against cancer. Probably ok if we just leave a little cancer behind right? A little cancer can’t hurt.”
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke People don't want to consider that they may be in trouble someday, or have to face some harsh truths and do some work. They want to present it's all ok and not fragile. Especially most white people.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke uggggh. This cishet happily-married white woman thinks that "culturally normal" is a lie and a trap, Gavin Newsom can eat a dick, and if that man is the best Democrats can do, we're fucked.
The worst thing is, I agree with him that Dems need to focus on the economy, affordability, etc.!! Just not at the expense of protecting diversity and leveling the playing field. It doesn't have to be either-or, and he's setting up a false dichotomy.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke read a really frustrating piece of political analysis the other day in the Atlantic. The author seemed to think the way forward is to compete on nastiness. Took note of which slices of the electorate the author deemed disposable: native Americans, trans people, and remote workers. OK. I assume that somewhat idiosyncratic list will grow.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke I’ve seen a few white male popular ‘left’ political content creators who are pro-Newsom oblivious to understanding the racism & misogyny in the news, but doing apologia for it. Implying that those who did see it & were impacted were ‘overreacting or seeing things not there’.
They can’t be listening to diverse & intersectionally impacted voices & lack the care to get truly informed POVs. It’s just more white male supremacy, queer phobes, ableism, & capitalism.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke Yes. Fascism can only be defeated through solidarity. I support activists, politicians, and media outlets who put this fact at the center of their practices.
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@mekkaokereke uggggh. This cishet happily-married white woman thinks that "culturally normal" is a lie and a trap, Gavin Newsom can eat a dick, and if that man is the best Democrats can do, we're fucked.
The worst thing is, I agree with him that Dems need to focus on the economy, affordability, etc.!! Just not at the expense of protecting diversity and leveling the playing field. It doesn't have to be either-or, and he's setting up a false dichotomy.
@llorenzin
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
I don't want or need any president. That is too much power for one person to have, and it causes great schisms in the populace.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke "Normal" is itself not a healthy *construct*, much less a societal goal.--it used to bother me more that I'm not in it, but that's where the art comes from.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke I'm afraid we know the answer to that. *We* aren't falling for it. The ones who are? Are okay with it.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke
Did Gavin Newsom do another Gavin Newsom thing? Is that what happened? -
*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke I mean, most Dems are still blaming Jill Stein because their candidate couldn't be bothered to mumble even a couple phrases about why climate change or genocide are unappealing, so this is par for the course .
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
> It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
Those who learn from history are doomed to grinding their bicuspids to powder in frustration as it repeats itself around them.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke Gavin Newsom is a highly effective troll.
In the age of Donald that's valuable.
But he's still a goddamn troll.
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@mekkaokereke Gavin Newsom is a highly effective troll.
In the age of Donald that's valuable.
But he's still a goddamn troll.
Unfortunately, no, he's not even a good troll.
️He hired a good troll.
The person who runs his social media and digital presence is an effective messenger and social media expert. That's Camille Harper Zapata, a queer Chicana Boriqua Woman.
Meet the President — California Women's List | Women in Politics
Camille Harper Zapata is ushering in the next era of California Women’s List as President of the Board. With bold vision, deep roots in organizing, and a strong track record of winning campaigns, she is advancing the mission to elect pro-choice Democratic women across California.
California Women's List | Women in Politics (www.californiawomenslist.org)
But hey, she is not "culturally normal
"All of Newsome's funny tweets that resonate so well with Gen-Z and Millenials? Are from her. And then he turns around and uses that goodwill to his Charlie Kirk and talk about "culturally normal?" He doesn't deserve her.
She's from Stockton California, one of the roughest cities in the US.
She got into politics after following the campaign of Michael Tubbs, who had the clearest and most complete basic income program in a US city.
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*sigh* Dem presidential candidates talking about "culturally normal."
️I don't want or need a president that silences the conversations that we need to protect people that aren't considered "culturally normal.
"That's how fascists chip away at the base of good people.
I do want and need a president that will prioritize protecting the most vulnerable.
That's how you protect people.
C'mon y'all. This is the oldest trick in the fascist book. You agree to their pressure to only include those who are "culturally normal
." But then the definition changes over time.One day you find that you yourself are not "culturally normal.
"It's 2026. How are we still falling for this?
@mekkaokereke
I’ve been reading some of the many, many #SCOTUS decisions, and the majority of them in the last half-century have amounted to “no, you fuckwads, you can’t enshrine into law legal harms to anyone, especially minorities”
I’ve been thinking about that a lot in the last months, and I have no idea what the future holds.
