Nonilex · @Nonilex
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William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
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Zimmer asks when precisely that golden era of free speech for which centrists hanker for us to return was in place. He answers:

"Unless we are talking about wealthy white Christian men only, it makes little sense to construct a version of U.S. history in which previous eras were characterized by greater freedom while the very recent past has been marked by a loss of free speech."


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#nostalgia #polarization #ciivilrights #minorities #patriarchy #maleentitlement #heterosexism

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William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
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"The frequently invoked 'consensus' of the post-World War II era, for instance, was depending on both major parties agreeing that white patriarchal rule would remain largely untouched. …

"It wasn’t a coincidence that 'polarization' started when one party broke with the white elite consensus and supported – albeit reluctantly – the civil rights revolution of the 1960s."


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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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New video undercuts claim pro- views before

In the internal video call from Jan.5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled to .

- Drew Harwell

washingtonpost.com/technology/

#twitter #censored #trump #jan6 #incitements #violence #whitemaleprivilege #whitesupremacy #malesupremacy #heterosexism #republican #maga #gop #partyofgrievance

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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The power of serial book challengers

The majority of the 1k+ book challenges analyzed by The Post were filed by just 11 people.

(ELEVEN PEOPLE!!)

Each of these people brought 10 or more challenges against books in their school district; one man filed 92 challenges. Together, these serial filers constituted 6% of all book challengers — but were responsible for 60% of all filings.

#bookbans #censorship #whitewashing #minoritarianism #malesupremacy #heterosexism #whitesupremacy

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
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"The hard right, in other words, wants to revive an older social order, before the Civil Rights Movement, women’s and gay liberation movements, and other social and political transformations upset what was a thoroughly white-dominated, patriarchal society. Gender, then – how it is understood, practiced and described in our laws – is clearly of central concern to the hard right."


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William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
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Cassie Miller writes,

"Christianity, many members of the American hard right contend, should hold a preeminent place in our society and even form the basis for our laws. White people, they (often implicitly) suggest, deserve to hold a dominant position in society because of their supposed innate superiority."


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splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/0

#whitechristiannationalism #patriarchy #gender #maleentitlement #heterosexism #misogyny #homophobia

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’s lawsuit accused of a “relentless campaign to weaponize government power against Disney in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint.” The campaign, the complaint added, “now threatens Disney’s business operations, jeopardizes its economic future in the region & violates its constitutional rights.”

#disney #desantis #whitewashing #censorship #whitechristiannationalism #heterosexism #whitesupremacy #malesupremacy #dontsaygay #florida #education #law #weaponizationofgovernment

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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Last year, under pressure from its employees, criticized a labeled “” by opponents & halted in the state — & landed in the cross hairs of , who put a plan in motion to revoke Disney World’s self-governing privileges.

#disney #florida #education #law #dontsaygay #political #donations #desantis #whitewashing #censorship #whitechristiannationalism #heterosexism #whitesupremacy #malesupremacy

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Bogi Takács · @bogiperson
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Hungary now officially censoring which books should receive translation funding from the state. Queer topics are explicitly disqualifying from funding.

Article in Hungarian, I'll keep an eye out for anything in English.

telex.hu/belfold/2023/03/13/de

#hungary #censorship #queer #heterosexism #cissexism #lgbtqia #translation

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William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
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"The fact that the white guys in the Arkansas Senate hold such a disproportionate number of seats that they could pass this legislation without the support of any female or Black senators should really be all you need to know about why this state still needs affirmative action."

It remains a straight white man's world, and those men are not about to yield power.

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William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
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Ali Noland writes,

"Arkansas voters should take note of how blatantly self-serving it is for a group of straight, white, male lawmakers to pass a bill that will benefit them by taking opportunities away from women and minorities."

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arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/202

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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The allegations emerged in a case against Sebewaing res Randall Robert Berka II that was unsealed in fed court one day after a indicted an Adrian-area man accused of posting threats on Twitter to kill politicians, including . The case was filed almost 2½ years after FBI agents thwarted a plot to that involved extremists hoping to spark a second .

#grandjury #jewish #attorneygeneral #dananessel #kidnap #whitmer #civilwar #rightwingextremism #antisemitism #heterosexism #republican #gop #incitement

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