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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 34m

"God wants the state to beat up peaceful protesters."

Never forget: American rightists are delusional morons.

There is no God. He has no plan. Rightists just want to feel good about killing you.

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 12h

Any critiques & suggestions welcome!

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks! I and a few others worked hard on it! :)

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 1d

You currently live during the biggest wave of organized leftism in US history:

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 1d

The Democratic Socialists of America are now the largest socialist organization in US history since 1919:

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 1d

The Democratic Socialists of America are now the largest socialist organization in US history since 1919:

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 1d

Agree

See also the note on the bottom (which gives the number of dead on September 11)

Including 9/11 makes the chart not readable for every other category -- and 9/11 (an organized attack) is dissimilar to 99% of mass violence in the US (radicalized individuals)

socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 1d

Every major Republican commentator is openly telling Trump to break the Constitution and ignore court orders.

When they moaned about court rebalance "delegitimizing the institution" they were lying.

They don't care. They just want absolute power. They are fascists.

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 2d

On c-span the heritage foundation is currently arguing in favor of legalizing conversion therapy nationwide

One host jokes that he'd like to ban therapists from arguing in favor of accepting your homosexuality or transition

You don't hate these theocrats enough

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 2d

Yes

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 2d

Oop yeah, I didn't factor()

Thanks!

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 2d

Is "Left-wing terrorism at a 30-year high"?

No lol

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 2d

Preliminary graph on deaths by political terrorist killers, 2000-2025

As should be obvious, right-wing ideologies dominate mass death in the United States

If you'd like to help with this dataset (which fixes & extends that flawed Cato dataset), send me a DM!

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 4d

Pedophile Occupied Government

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 6d

"This isn't just X — it's Y."

Starbucks used ChatGPT to write their store-closing statement 💀

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 6d

"Either pass our budget or we'll fire federal workers!" (They've done so since day 1)

"Either pass our budget or we'll defund your states!" (Ditto)

They want to rule without needing Dem support. To pass their budget, they must kill the filibuster. Let it die.

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 6d

Easily 50 times this year, Republican appointees have illegally cut funding enacted by laws of Congresss.

Why should Dems do "bipartisan negotiation" when a Rep appointee will just cut whatever we pass?

Bipartisan governance is dead. Their word is worthless.

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 16d

Monthly reminder that Luigi Mangione is a centrist who argued "both parties" have good ideas

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 17d

radfems 🤝 sexists
literally cannot tell when a woman is joking

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 17d

Conservatives have found SO LITTLE evidence that the shooter was in a leftist terror group

That they brought on Karlyn "Hitler went to Heaven" "most camp deaths were typhus" Borysenko to "prove" that antifa are terrorists

You don't hate Fox News enough.

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 18d

The other hot take here:

Most revolutionary socialist literature, written in favor of armed revolution in dirt-poor autocracies, is just not relevant to the rise of fascism in a rich, democratic USA

Michael Senters the Sigillite, ABD. (Yang Wen-li stan) @mikesenters.bsky.social · 18d

This person is called Pissshitter because their takes are both piss and shit. Asking the average American to engage with “revolutionary leftists lit” is like trying to draw blood from a rock, just ain’t gonna happen. You meet people where they are, not where you want them to be in your imagination.

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 18d

Pretty clear that running socialists within the Democratic Party has been the most successful electoral & rhetorical strategy of US socialists in 40 years

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 18d

The people who do political killings are overwhelmingly impulsive and mentally ill.

That's why America, a moderate and sensible country, provides universal mental healthcare, limits gun ownership, and cherishes the lives of civilians.

Otherwise, we'd have dozens of killers!

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 18d

Every single Democrat should've voted no on this garbage resolution.

Beyond pretending that Kirk promoted "respect for his fellow Americans", it's one more step toward Christian nationalism.

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socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 19d

"Liberals are more upset at [the state ending their free speech rights] than at [a random murder that they condemned]."

Yeah? No shit?

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