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“Digital Book Burnings in Trump's America:
Attacks on marginalised groups are likely an early indication of rising authoritarianism. A century ago, the Nazi party of Germany targeted transgender people & the scientists who were pioneers of sexual research, raiding Magnus Hirschfeld‘s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, one of the world‘s first centres dedicated to the study and care of queer and trans people. The Nazi Party ⬇️

Bookwomble raided the clinic, terrorised the workers, and burned thousands of books, papers and research materials in a public spectacle of hate that foreshadowed the grim horrors to come. Now, today, a modern version of this erasure is also underway. This time, the flames are in the form of a trash folder, as it is a digital erasure, and this horror is unfolding in the United States under the directorship of Donald Trump.“ (edited) 2w

Bookwomble Going on to describe Trump as “the Marmalade Mussolini“ gave me a laugh in a relatively grim #SocialistStandard article about Republican transphobia, and a call for socialist allyship for trans and other lgbtqia+ people ✊🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🚩 (edited) 2w

Jari-chan Marmalade Mussolini 🤣🏳️‍⚧️💖💪 2w

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Bookwomble @Jari-chan I know, right! 😄 2w

Bookwomble Interest piqued the "Marmalade Mussolini" tag, I found a serious comparison between Trump and El Duce in this 2017 article by professor of history, Mark Bickard: https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-scary-parallels-between-trump-and... 2w

TheBookHippie Cheeto Satan to me 🤣 and yes I‘ve screamed about this history since 2014. 😵‍💫 2w

Bookwomble From Prof. Bickard's article:
“The attacks on central institutions of American democracy as “enemies of the people” has a horrible and horribly dangerous historical background. Trump may (or may not) be too ignorant to know of that background, but his inner circle most certainly knows of it, and intends it in full.“ 2w

TieDyeDude Larry Wilmore likes to refer to him as the “Tangerine Idi Amin“ 2w

dabbe #marmalademussolini #cheetosatan #ldf (lame duck felon) #tangerineidiamin
He's so “great“ with the ad hominem attacks, it's time to redirect some back to him. #resist 👊🏻♥️👊🏻 2w

GingerAntics This is truly terrifying. What is more terrifying is the people okay with this, that just don‘t see the parallels. 2w

CarolynM @GingerAntics Exactly 1w

GingerAntics @CarolynM as a historian, I feel like I‘m shouting into the void sometimes, just trying to get people to wake up! I‘m just so tired. 1w

GingerAntics @Bookwomble that‘s the thing. It‘s 100% intentional. People saying stupid things like it‘s just coincidental or it just looks that way are just so entirely out of touch. 1w

Bookwomble @TheBookHippie I feel the name Cheeto Satan is too harsh - on Cheetos! 😄 1w

Bookwomble @dabbe 😄 1w

Bookwomble @GingerAntics It's hard to understand people's lack of recognition of what he is. It is tiring living through such times. I hope you get times where you can switch off and tune out for a while to test and recover ❤️‍🩹🫂 1w

TheBookHippie @Bookwomble 😂😂😂😂 1w

TheBookHippie @TieDyeDude 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics or they do see the parallels and embrace it. 1w

Bookwomble @TieDyeDude I love these alliterative nicknames for him 😄 1w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie that is so true… and beyond terrifying. 1w

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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee

#ldf (lame-duck felon) fallacy #2: appeal to ignorance
From the debate with Kamala Harris. Such simpler times than now--just 3 months later. 😳

Aims42 -sigh- that was a lifetime ago 😵‍💫 2mo

dabbe @Aims42 #amensista 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 2mo

TheBookHippie Just unreal. 2mo

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Amiable So ... many ... examples of him/them doing this. 😖 2mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie We're living in beyond-surreal times. 😮‍💨 2mo

dabbe @Amiable I bet we could write a book just about all of his fallacies. Who could stomach reading it, though? 😤 2mo

Leftcoastzen So disgusting and unrelenting! 2mo

AnnCrystal 😒🤐... 2mo

AmyG The stupidity is off the charts. 2mo

Lesliereadsalot I was so happy not having to watch CNN every night for 4 years. 2mo

Aims42 @Lesliereadsalot Right??? I can barely remember what it was like to wake up and not instantly feel anxiety over what happened overnight 🙄 2mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen That's the perfect word: unrelenting. 👊🏻 2mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @Aims42 @Lesliereadsalot IKR? First thing I said to Matt this morning, “What shit-ass thing did he do today?“ 😤😮‍💨🤯 2mo

Aims42 @dabbe “Shit-ass thing” is also added to my 2025 vocabulary 😂🤣 It perfectly sums up his actions 💩 2mo

Lesliereadsalot And it‘s only been a month!!! @dabbe @Aims42 (edited) 2mo

dabbe @Aims42 #shitassthing by the #ldf or as @TheBookHippie says ... #cheetosatan ☢️☢️☢️ (edited) 2mo

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 17 days! But who's counting? 😱 2mo

bthegood It's hard to keep a hopeful/positive outlook😔 (edited) 2mo

dabbe @bthegood If anyone can, it's you! 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

bthegood 💕@dabbe 💕 2mo

Davispeterson @Lesliereadsalot Hello, how‘re you doing. l've noticed we share some common interests and enjoy similar things. I've really enjoyed going through your posts so far and was wondering if you'd be interested in chatting more regularly or maybe even becoming friends? 2mo

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