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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 37m

Watching people explain “I’m not racist it’s just that BadBunny speaks Spanish…” and then slowly discovering in realtime that they are kinda racist is fascinating! So close to introspection!

Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson thinks BadBunny is a bad SuperBowl pick cause “children are watching” so better to “pick Lee Greenwood instead.” 😂 That convinced me he was doing a bit. No one is that screwed up and out of touch!

Then I remembered that he proudly uses an app that texts his son whenever he jacks off.

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 8d

And if you're thinking "Well, not me. I just don't want the woke forced on me" then... ESPECIALLY YOU!

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 8d

It's not about morality, religion, family values, respect for tradition or ideology. It never was! It's about supremacy. 99.9% of antiWoke/antiDEI crusaders would put pronouns in their sigs right now if they were promised they could use the N-word without repercussion for life.

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 8d

The amount of times Hegseth focused on being clean shaven in his speech about military manliness really makes me think Pete just can’t grow a beard…

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 8d

There is absolutely NO WAY Trump could stay awake for this speech if he wasn't the one giving it.

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 9d

Seeing people try to explain why they're mad BadBunny got the Super Bowl halftime show without saying "look, I'm just racist, ok?" has kinda made my day.

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 12d

Dude… come on… I get it. If I were in a pedophile pimp’s little black book I wouldn’t want to talk about either… but releasing the Amelia Earhart files?!?! That’s just sad!!! apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump says he’s ordered the declassification and release of all government records on Amelia Earhart

President Donald Trump says he has ordered the government to declassify and release all records on missing aviator Amelia Earhart.

apnews.com

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 16d

I see a person who wants to argue for the sake of arguing... for some reason?

I actually addressed all of that. very specifically. And I'm not just "guessing based on vibes"

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 16d

So now that Kimmel's suspensions has been lifted, this is us talking(from this weekend) about the history of boycotts, how they work & why I said that this one wasn't really needed(as opposed to the press attack which was more useful). Anyway, also just go sub to VoxPopcast anyway. We do good stuff!

VoxPopcast @voxpopcast.bsky.social · 17d

So we don't really want to talk about that guy, so instead this week we're talking about the concept of boycotts & what makes them effective and not. Interested in the history & culture of collective action? Then by all means check it out and let us know your thoughts. voxpopcast.com/wp/2025/09/2...

e389. Boycotts and their Cultural Impact — The VoxPopcast

So… America is in a weird place right now. Frankly, we could say that just about every week these days. But this last couple of weeks it’s been even more…

voxpopcast.com

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VoxPopcast @voxpopcast.bsky.social · 17d

So we don't really want to talk about that guy, so instead this week we're talking about the concept of boycotts & what makes them effective and not. Interested in the history & culture of collective action? Then by all means check it out and let us know your thoughts. voxpopcast.com/wp/2025/09/2...

e389. Boycotts and their Cultural Impact — The VoxPopcast

So… America is in a weird place right now. Frankly, we could say that just about every week these days. But this last couple of weeks it’s been even more…

voxpopcast.com

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 16d

boycott whoever you want. I made it clear that I'm not really on Disney's side here. But Disney didn't lose ANY money from the boycott. (monthly returns) They lost $4B over bad press stock devaluation. It's much more complicated than can go into short little microblog bursts. Hence my podcast ep.

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 16d

yep! Totally. And people sort of miss that unless a boycott is organized and targeted it sort of doesn't work. You need the masses to do it at once and that takes more planning than just a tweet or two.

Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 17d

We talked about it a bunch on my podcast, which we just posted @voxpopcast.bsky.social

Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 20d

But as for Disney… if they call the bluff & FCC pulls all affiliate licenses, then their broadcast network division is effectively useless. Would Carr/Trump have done that? Why not at this point? compared to his 23,457,893,629 other actions that conventional thought says would sink a presidency?

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 20d

well, first Nextstar wasn't willing to take that chance (and they're very much not on the side of freedom of expression and the arts here). But also not really affected by hurting Disney. So if they called the bluff & FCC pulled the licenses that's an existential threat even BEFORE their FTC merger…

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 20d

I'm certainly not arguing that anyone should suckle any part of the capitalist teet they don't want. Disney are not blameless victims who need our charity. I'm saying that in THIS *SPECIFIC* CASE they're not the actual villain and that villain doesn't care (and in fact he's laughing on his own site)

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 20d

So boycotting Disney/ABC won’t really help here. Their hand was forced by the FCC. They know it’s bad. It's essentially blaming the parent for paying ransom rather than the kidnapper. I’m not on team capitalism(ever) but fascism is a goverment problem.

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 22d

but also complained that FOUR (out of 32) football teams didn't bother to acknowledge the death of a controversial political activist whose only connection to the NFL of which I am aware is complaining about that girlfriend.

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 22d

I find it absolutely fascinating that there are real life people who have UNIRONICALLY both complained that *ONE* football team shows an active superstar player's popstar girlfriend in the stands...

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 23d

The idea we should all “celebrate him regardless of politics” is something I just saw someone we both know post…and I’m like “what is he if you ignore the politics? He’s just a racist sexist asshole.” Seriously. That’s the whole gimmick. I’m not saying people can’t like him. But that’s the show!

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 23d

If you say the notion Kirk (or Trump or MAGA) is “racist” or “sexist” is ridiculous you sound stupid. If you agree with it fine… if you think it’s worth it fine…

but if you can’t figure out how someone could possibly say that??? You’re a moron!

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 24d

Hint: If you're mad enough that you're trying to get people fired for saying your boy was "divisive" then he was divisive!

I guess y'all like cancel culture after all.

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 24d

Not gonna brag but going into tonight’s Emmys I’m only 4 awards shy of an EGOT!

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Mav @chrismaverick.bsky.social · 28d

He was a VERY DANGEROUS and disingenuous grifter who traded in VERY DANGEROUS dog whistles and calls to violence to vulnerable populations who might be a little too brown, a little too queer, or a little too female up until LITERAL SECONDS before he got got.

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