"I feel the need to explain something to the generation that does not remember, or never saw, a world where one person with a high school education could support a family of 5 comfortably.
"This was real. For millions of US families. It was *normal.*
"May you never know the fear of having your human rights challenged every time there is an election, and may you never know the pain of watching loved ones vote against your right to exist fully, equally, and authentically."
Yes, it'd be awful. But it'd also get people's attention, like "pro-lifers" did when they started holding up graphic pictures of #aborted#fetuses at their demonstrations.
I have a #question about how #Mastodon works. If I #boost something (my own #toot or someone else's) in the morning, then come back in the afternoon and UNboost it, wait a while, then boost it again, does that toot show up in everyone's Home feeds again? Or do toots only get posted once, regardless, making unboosting-then-reboosting a waste of time? Does anyone know how the #DevsOfMastodon make this work? Any #MastoTips, #FediTips, or #boosts will be appreciated!
#AltText4You, 1/2 A black and white close-up photo of a white woman with medium length dark hair, parted in the middle. Under that, in white-on-black text, it says:
"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.
#AltText4You, 2/2 "A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
"And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, a completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people you can do whatever you want."
— Hannah Arendt, German historian and philosopher (1906-1975)
#AltText4You, 1/2 A black and white close-up photo of a white woman with medium length dark hair, parted in the middle. Under that, in white-on-black text, it says:
"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.
"I feel the need to explain something to the generation that does not remember, or never saw, a world where one person with a high school education could support a family of 5 comfortably.
"This was real. For millions of US families. It was *normal.*
"May you never know the fear of having your human rights challenged every time there is an election, and may you never know the pain of watching loved ones vote against your right to exist fully, equally, and authentically."
Yes, it'd be awful. But it'd also get people's attention, like "pro-lifers" did when they started holding up graphic pictures of #aborted#fetuses at their demonstrations.