AH
Alex Howard
@digiphile.bsky.social
Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Earnest advocate for freedom of info, open governance, & digital democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things.
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There is no equivalence between the seditious mob violence Trump incited to prevent the transition of power in Congress & student anti-war protests at universities. But Trump got that comparison into a @washingtonpost.comwww.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Fuck no, Trump, you utter dimwit
[checking my notes] ok, so: • the students should be locked up • because they are like the Jan 6 insurrectionists • who are patriots, actually • and should be given full pardons The Arnold fucking Schoenberg of cognitive dissonance, over here
Horrible comparison. Jan 6 protesters were trying to overthrow the election. But, this is also why the protest was a dumb idea.
AH
Alex Howard
@digiphile.bsky.social
Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Earnest advocate for freedom of info, open governance, & digital democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things.
2.2k followers669 following1.9k posts