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Robin Rose
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In 1945 the United States agreed to stop shooting Nazis. This was, of course, a mistake.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · 5h
I worked construction for almost ten years, a lot of the jobs were renovations in active buildings.
I heard a lot of complaints, but what I remember most was the nurse at the children's hospital who took the time to say "thank you, we really appreciate what y'all are doing."
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · 1d
FLCL is still a really, really high bar.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · 1d
Let's be real, that is NOT a high bar.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · 24d
Better yet, figure out which character said transphobe is gooning over and make that character trans.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · 24d
The most shocking part of this story was finding out Trump knows how to count.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · 28d
Somebody shove this nerd in a locker, please.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 23
SHOULD liberalism be saved? The definition of "liberal" seems to drift farther right with every year and every "compromise."
Many modern self-identified liberals are to the right of Ronald Reagan.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 22
I would want the cameras.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 21
Enslaving and forcibly mutating sentient creatures for bloodsport?
Does seem a little sketchy, yeah.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 21
Yes. Scooby-Doo, an adult Great Dane with human-level intelligence and capable of verbal communication, passes the Harkness Test.
Make of that information what you will.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 21
Only the ones with human-level intelligence or greater.
So feel free to flirt with Alakazam, but keep your dick out of the Magikarp.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 19
Opposing fascism isn't some grand and radical political statement, it's literally the bare fucking minimum for anyone who believes in democracy and the rule of law.
#IAmAntifa
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 19
Yeah, sorry, no.
Accusing people who criticize Israel of antisemitism doesn't fly any more.
Not when Jewish people are marching in the streets with "not in my name" signs, and Israeli teenagers are choosing to go to jail rather than join the IDF.
Starving kids to death isn't self-defense.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 18
I would hardly trust an Israeli firm to be an arbiter of morality.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 17
I don't care what anyone says, Lucas made that Power Glove look badass.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 17
So I ask again, can the people who embrace these beliefs be saved?
Can we appeal to humanity of people who believe cruelty is strength and empathy is weakness?
More importantly, should we even try?
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 17
It was never about "Making America Great Again."
The MAGA ideology revolves around the belief that the patriarchal white supremacist policies that America was built on *are* what makes America great.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 17
American exceptionalism, for most of us in the US, was taught as an undeniable fact. We were the best, the brightest, the gold stand of freedom all the the other countries aspired to.
This was, of course, a lie.
And that's where MAGA comes in.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 17
Those who hold to the MAGA ideology weren't looking for something to believe in. They were looking for someone to give them permission to express what they already believed in.
They espouse the superiority of their leader because he makes *them* feel superior.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 17
I guess my question is, can you save someone from themselves if the monster they become *is* their true, unfiltered self?
We call them cultists, accurately, because MAGA fits every definition of a cult.
But unlike other cults, it seems like MAGA relies very little on manipulation.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 17
Is it actually the charisma of the leader that draws people into cults? Or are some people simply more inclined than others towards cult mentality?
Are MAGA cultists brainwashed by misinformation and rhetoric?
Or are they gleefully embracing an ideology they always believed in?
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 15
I'm bored and half asleep, thinking of unusual pizza toppings I'd like to try.
So far I've come up with:
-caramelized cabbage
-squid
-dates
-fresh mango
-celery
-pomegranate

Obviously not all on the same pizza
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 12
The FBI has released photos of a "Person of Interest" in the #CharlieKirk shooting.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 12
I will not be gaslit, scolded, or shamed into mourning a man who used his privilege and his platform to spread hate and harm, nor will I condemn violence against a man who condoned and encouraged violence against marginalized people and their allies.
Rot in hell, Charlie Kirk.
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Robin Rose @robinlydia.bsky.social · Sep 8
Really, Bernie? You don't understand the Democrat party throwing the popular populist candidate under the bus for not toeing the establishment party line?
This sorta thing isn't painfully familiar to you?
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