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Around for the demonstrations in the 60’s…
Do Not Obey in Advance — Timothy Snyder
Everyone should be as loud as possible, because they can’t take us all out. —
Jason Stanley
Around for the demonstrations in the 60’s…
Do Not Obey in Advance — Timothy Snyder
Everyone should be as loud as possible, because they can’t take us all out. —
Jason Stanley
Oil and rare earth minerals? 🤔🤨
Samo-samo… Different wants and needs by those in power (💰), different century, but, here we go again. Taking whatever it is and getting away with it is getting more difficult to do, I guess, without it being obvious to more of us…and AFFECTING more of us.
Samo-samo… Different wants and needs by those in power (💰), different century, but, here we go again. Taking whatever it is and getting away with it is getting more difficult to do, I guess, without it being obvious to more of us…and AFFECTING more of us.
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Oil and rare earth minerals? 🤔🤨
Samo-samo… Different wants and needs by those in power (💰), different century, but, here we go again. Taking whatever it is and getting away with it is getting more difficult to do, I guess, without it being obvious to more of us…and AFFECTING more of us.
Samo-samo… Different wants and needs by those in power (💰), different century, but, here we go again. Taking whatever it is and getting away with it is getting more difficult to do, I guess, without it being obvious to more of us…and AFFECTING more of us.
I used to give them a break, what with all the propaganda DAILY, CONSTANTLY…
My reaction any more when I find out what #MAGA [Tepublicans?] have been ‘taught’ to believe… and it appears some really do. 🙄
[Reptilian what? 🤪]
My reaction any more when I find out what #MAGA [Tepublicans?] have been ‘taught’ to believe… and it appears some really do. 🙄
[Reptilian what? 🤪]
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I used to give them a break, what with all the propaganda DAILY, CONSTANTLY…
My reaction any more when I find out what #MAGA [Tepublicans?] have been ‘taught’ to believe… and it appears some really do. 🙄
[Reptilian what? 🤪]
My reaction any more when I find out what #MAGA [Tepublicans?] have been ‘taught’ to believe… and it appears some really do. 🙄
[Reptilian what? 🤪]
The UNeducated…
AND
…those ‘educated’ with PROPAGANDA.
What’s that nonsense I’ve seen about BoBo’s reptilian ‘delusions’? 🙄
AND
…those ‘educated’ with PROPAGANDA.
What’s that nonsense I’ve seen about BoBo’s reptilian ‘delusions’? 🙄
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The UNeducated…
AND
…those ‘educated’ with PROPAGANDA.
What’s that nonsense I’ve seen about BoBo’s reptilian ‘delusions’? 🙄
AND
…those ‘educated’ with PROPAGANDA.
What’s that nonsense I’ve seen about BoBo’s reptilian ‘delusions’? 🙄
The cruelty is the point.
The chaos and resultant fear is the point.
The chaos and resultant fear is the point.
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The cruelty is the point.
The chaos and resultant fear is the point.
The chaos and resultant fear is the point.
“…to assassination or violent revolution. But in practice this principle does not by any means cover the ground. If there is to be any personal liberty, men must be free to urge a change in the laws.”
/5
/5
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“…to assassination or violent revolution. But in practice this principle does not by any means cover the ground. If there is to be any personal liberty, men must be free to urge a change in the laws.”
/5
/5
“…clear theory from which consistent answers could be derived.
There is of course one obvious limitation upon the principle of free speech: if an act is illegal, it is logical to make it illegal to advocate it. This principle justifies the authorities in prohibiting incitement…”
/4
There is of course one obvious limitation upon the principle of free speech: if an act is illegal, it is logical to make it illegal to advocate it. This principle justifies the authorities in prohibiting incitement…”
/4
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“…clear theory from which consistent answers could be derived.
There is of course one obvious limitation upon the principle of free speech: if an act is illegal, it is logical to make it illegal to advocate it. This principle justifies the authorities in prohibiting incitement…”
/4
There is of course one obvious limitation upon the principle of free speech: if an act is illegal, it is logical to make it illegal to advocate it. This principle justifies the authorities in prohibiting incitement…”
/4
“…of free speech require us to put no obstacle in the way of those who advocate its expression? Does the principle of toleration require us to tolerate those who advocate intolerance? Public opinion among those who dislike fascism, is divided among these questions, and has not arrived at any…”
/3
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December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“…of free speech require us to put no obstacle in the way of those who advocate its expression? Does the principle of toleration require us to tolerate those who advocate intolerance? Public opinion among those who dislike fascism, is divided among these questions, and has not arrived at any…”
/3
/3
“…hand and terrorism on the other. This technique is as old as the hills. It was practised in almost every Greek city, and the moderns have only enlarged its scale. But what I am concerned with is the reaction with modern liberal sentiment to this new attack on liberty. Does the principle…”
/2
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December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“…hand and terrorism on the other. This technique is as old as the hills. It was practised in almost every Greek city, and the moderns have only enlarged its scale. But what I am concerned with is the reaction with modern liberal sentiment to this new attack on liberty. Does the principle…”
/2
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I’ve seen this quote over and over, and have shared it over the years now with the advent of fascism showing its ugly head here in the States ‘again.’
Here is what comes after in his “next step” after “fascinate the fools and muzzle the intelligent,”…
“by emotional excitement on the one…”
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Here is what comes after in his “next step” after “fascinate the fools and muzzle the intelligent,”…
“by emotional excitement on the one…”
/1
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’ve seen this quote over and over, and have shared it over the years now with the advent of fascism showing its ugly head here in the States ‘again.’
Here is what comes after in his “next step” after “fascinate the fools and muzzle the intelligent,”…
“by emotional excitement on the one…”
/1
Here is what comes after in his “next step” after “fascinate the fools and muzzle the intelligent,”…
“by emotional excitement on the one…”
/1
“Travel is fatal to
prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
- Mark Twain
prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
- Mark Twain
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
“Travel is fatal to
prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
- Mark Twain
prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
- Mark Twain
“If there is still an American democracy fifty years from now, historians will be very grateful for this highly personal and deeply informed guide to one of its greatest crises.
We should be grateful that we can read it now.”
-TIMOTHY SNYDER,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of
On Tyranny
We should be grateful that we can read it now.”
-TIMOTHY SNYDER,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of
On Tyranny
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“If there is still an American democracy fifty years from now, historians will be very grateful for this highly personal and deeply informed guide to one of its greatest crises.
We should be grateful that we can read it now.”
-TIMOTHY SNYDER,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of
On Tyranny
We should be grateful that we can read it now.”
-TIMOTHY SNYDER,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of
On Tyranny
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December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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“This holiday season, celebrate the past year of front-row access to your favorite bands and the ones you discovered — at the most famous desk in the world! As public media … with federal funding eliminated, NPR is counting on this community to be here for us.”
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December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
LESSON 11: Investigate
“In order to be a citizen in a democracy which is threatened, you have to be able to defend yourself.
And truth is the last line of defense. If there isn’t truth, then oligarchy always wins. If there aren’t facts, then spectacle always wins.”
youtu.be/DLFv-d8AleQ?...
“In order to be a citizen in a democracy which is threatened, you have to be able to defend yourself.
And truth is the last line of defense. If there isn’t truth, then oligarchy always wins. If there aren’t facts, then spectacle always wins.”
youtu.be/DLFv-d8AleQ?...
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
LESSON 11: Investigate
“In order to be a citizen in a democracy which is threatened, you have to be able to defend yourself.
And truth is the last line of defense. If there isn’t truth, then oligarchy always wins. If there aren’t facts, then spectacle always wins.”
youtu.be/DLFv-d8AleQ?...
“In order to be a citizen in a democracy which is threatened, you have to be able to defend yourself.
And truth is the last line of defense. If there isn’t truth, then oligarchy always wins. If there aren’t facts, then spectacle always wins.”
youtu.be/DLFv-d8AleQ?...
TIMOTHY SNYDER
Republicans leave politics because they fear for themselves and their families. Those who remain all obey in advance. That is new, and it should not be normal, and it should not spread any further. But it becomes normal when we treat discussions, and not coercion, as abnormal.
Republicans leave politics because they fear for themselves and their families. Those who remain all obey in advance. That is new, and it should not be normal, and it should not spread any further. But it becomes normal when we treat discussions, and not coercion, as abnormal.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
TIMOTHY SNYDER
Republicans leave politics because they fear for themselves and their families. Those who remain all obey in advance. That is new, and it should not be normal, and it should not spread any further. But it becomes normal when we treat discussions, and not coercion, as abnormal.
Republicans leave politics because they fear for themselves and their families. Those who remain all obey in advance. That is new, and it should not be normal, and it should not spread any further. But it becomes normal when we treat discussions, and not coercion, as abnormal.