I don't doubt that Trumpism will soon crumble and things will return to a seeming normal. But what worries me is whether we will again make the mistake of offering impunity to these degenerates because if so, we're just waiting around for fascism that sticks.

the fellowship of the arts: thread

This is a fantastic article that points out exactly what my response was--Ed Gein had no interest in any form of cross-dressing or transfemininity! The media of the time literally just made it up!

I'm genuinely starting to think that the people who say they want to see American's really fight back are really saying they want a specific kind of visible, stereotypical depiction of protest, and have zero zero tolerance for the kind of groundwork it takes to make change happen.

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

primary anybody who doesn't talk like this

(1) they don't actually want to pay the costs of military rule

(2) they think that merely projecting force is the same as it being recognized

This, to me, is so telling. When proven wrong, Bari Weiss invites her critic on a podcast. The rotten fruit of the "debate" tree, the fetishization of debate as a conversation in which one "wins" or "loses," "owns" or is "owned." A side-effect of capitalism's anti-intellectual higher ed arms race.

We need to put Western back into the country sound.

The eastern wannabe redneck plantation aristos simply can not be entrusted with it anymore.

“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man

Also, it has Bodo's

lol, important rich white adult people shattered like tempered glass when confronted with the unfiltered stream of contempt the public has for them via mass social media and now we have to joker laugh on the interrogation room floor while they kick our liver to death

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

The collective meltdown everyone from tate to hinkle manages to have over Greta is remarkable and requires a case study. She’s everything

for whatever it's worth the applause died the second these words left his mouth.

Wasn't there a minor plot point about Coca-Cola in this book, too?

I demand a union representative.

Thank you to the Alaska Raptor Center for telling the truth that birders already knew: every bald eagle cry you hear in an advertisement is a red-tailed hawk.

This is the state secret police committing acts of public humiliation and torture. Americans don’t have a language for this in the public consciousness but that is what this is with no exaggeration or embellishment.

Pretty clear to me that the rioting in LA worked and we are perfectly capable of out-escalating them. Assuming Miller is omniscient is just a demand for people to make him omnipotent

I am no longer saying “I want to eat dinner” because you could replace “dinner” with “children” and that would be v problematic

Yeah, this doesn't exactly seem like a pleasure cruise when there's a very real risk you may end up *getting shelled by a destroyer*

Honestly, given that she's already survived one assassination attempt as it is, I don't think I can blame her for keeping a low profile for her kids.

His whole monologue about the Prime Eagle was art, honestly.