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Peter T Hooper's avatar

“…if the left started a campaign to arm every Black American…”

I am one to believe this should happen fast and it should happen now.

Endangered groups of people should be able defend themselves against well-armed aggressors by any means necessary.

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The Opinionated Ogre's avatar

No argument from me. The only reason I do not own a gun is because I have an autistic child. Can't risk it under any circumstances.

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Kristen Gladden's avatar

Yes this comment stopped me cold. If there was an active campaign to do this, the right would lose their shit.

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Kristen Gladden's avatar

And I would heartily support it all marginalized communities doing this.

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Moon Cat's avatar

Breaking News is Trump is discussing taking guns away from people deemed unstable. Can't have a proper Dictatorship with people who might object to him crashing the economy, destroying jobs, eliminating the Constitution, and Health Insurance.

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Greg Conners's avatar

Wow! I wish I could write this well. Bluesky has actual news? I will check it out.

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The Opinionated Ogre's avatar

Yeah, it's not as robust as Twitter but it's getting there. Thank god.

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Crystalwheel - My Road To Now's avatar

We WILL get there… of course, I still have to figure it out…😆

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The Opinionated Ogre's avatar

Also, TY! :)

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Angela Ferguson's avatar

I have avoided social media since the 2016 debacle. Bluesky has given social media back to the people. It's getting as good as Twitter used to be. I have found intelligence, information and compassion. It's great!

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SAS's avatar

Why are these people always fucking mad?? They have truth social and x. Go hang out with your MAGA friends and leave us alone. I see some of them have come to Substack too. Ugh!!

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Barbara Negherbon's avatar

I have fears that the next administration (trump will probably die soon) will take measures to censor news and sources like Bluesky. We’ve already seen the power of one person, with Twitter/X (shitter). This is right out of Orban’s playbook for control of Hungary, removing access to information.

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The Opinionated Ogre's avatar

I know they want to. It's going to be an uphill battle to do it. That pesky constitution is in the way for now.

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Michael Larson's avatar

The Republican political hacks on the Supreme Court will likely take care of that sooner rather than later.

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Gaily's avatar

Wasn’t the newly appointed FCC chair hired with the intent of shutting down ALL liberal/ left-leaning media AND the internet if necessary to control the non-MAGA masses? In other words, to get rid of the free speech element of the constitution, just like Hitler, Mussolini and (not sure about) Orban did?

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Byrdie's avatar

Never had a Twitter account, thanks to Trump. So grateful and relieved you are here and there’s a Bluesky

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Johnny Rochat - NorCal's avatar

There were multiple assignments:

1. Leave fascist propaganda social media in droves *before* the election

2. Vote Blue in droves

3. Block Nazi-enabling legacy media on Bluesky

Maybe more thinking people will actually get the 3rd assignment right.

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KO in LA's avatar

If I had ever had a rational, respectful conversation with a MAGA on Twitter, I wouldn’t have deleted my account more than 2 years ago. Their immediate, go-to response is hostile personal attack, name calling and whatabouutism. There was never -ever- a defense of their sides’s position. Not once.

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Lindsey H's avatar

Stellar post. Not sure why or how I found you on this platform but look forward to your insights every day. You really knocked it out of the park with this one. Happily sharing it far and wide. Thanks again!

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The Opinionated Ogre's avatar

:)

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Nancy Braus's avatar

It is mind blowing that the trumpers, who have been spewing every lie fox or Newsmax invents, are actually even using the term echo chamber. I love it! X will be truth social within a month- nobody but trump's favorites: the poorly educated.

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Karen Evans's avatar

Thank you, OO, for making me crack up first thing in the morning (even though the subject matter is generally about crazy Trumpian right-wing toxic garbage). I love your posts.

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Agent of Chaotic Respite's avatar

I will say, as I have before, that The Guardian remains one of the few legacy news oulets that doesn't seem to have bent the knee. And, they're actively on Bluesky.

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MPC's avatar

I’m on Spoutible and it’s way better than Xitter, BlueSky or ZuckerThreads. BlueSky does not allow you to flag or remove accounts that harass and threaten you. The CEO of Spoutible opened his BlueSky acct, made a post and promptly got called the N word by a RW troll.

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MK Piatkowski's avatar

Considering the people there called romance writers "sluts" and harassed them is all I need to know about that platform.

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Kay-El's avatar

I joined BlueSky a week ago because I discovered all my faves that I liked on Xitter are now there. I broke up with Elon years ago, really missed a few commenters and I don’t like Threads that much. Just added you to my follows.

That said, no Nazis allowed in my feed has been wonderful. I don’t mind a difference of opinion, but Nazi propaganda is for losers. If you aren’t sure if you’re a Nazi here’s a handy guide:

https://gizmodo.com/how-to-tell-if-youre-a-neo-nazi-1797849935

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The Opinionated Ogre's avatar

I just followed you back! :)

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Don A in Pennsultucky's avatar

I have the "Control Panel for Twitter" installed in my browser. It was still Twitter when I installed it. It allows me to view only what the people I follow post. If I want to see the Nazis and other trolls, I can but I rarely do. As a result, X has not been problematic. But I am mostly on Bluesky now because I detest the owner of the other platform.

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The Opinionated Ogre's avatar

Yeah, I aggressively curated my feed for months but who needs that bullshit when there's an alternative?

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Rick Jones's avatar

For people who are forever banging on about "freedom", the far right numbskulls always seem very keen on telling everyone else what they can and can't do.

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