“The FCC chair is clearly undertaking an effort to bully and intimidate independent journalism, which is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes where democracy is under siege,” said one critic.

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    Sure, but allowing this shit stain to become president clearly wasn’t the solution, and the entire idea of abstaining from this election FoR PaLesTiNe originated completely online in troll farms. Anyone can see what’s going on in Palestine is genocide. It also has been for a really long time, and the US had the same position for like 50 years. The fact that it came up 6 months before an election and was in our face nearly nonstop and practically disappeared overnight is telling.

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      Agreed on everything except your last sentence. I argued with people all of last year saying what you’re saying. There were pretty quickly protests and rallies, off the top of my head I remember going to rallies in November 2023, January 2024, and June 2024, and people are still talking about it. I went to an event last weekend too.

      I do see idiots both in real life and online who are clearly more interested in fighting the Democrats than actually helping the cause though; right after the election I went to a rally at which someone said she’ll work with anyone who wants to fight the Democrats, no mention of the impending dictatorship, and got applause, and it really put me off of my local activist scene.