Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[Valmy]

The police can only suspect you are doing something illegal. The courts determine if you are doing anything illegal.

They wouldn't shoot you if you didn't disobey or do something illegal. 
(My family actually believes that)

Yet your family also posts memes saying obeying the government means the holocaust is happening. So are we supposed to disobey or not?

[Syt]

You're supposed to listen to the right government. Which is any office occupied by Republicans. And any office held by Democrats is actively working against the people of the United States.

[Valmy]

You're supposed to listen to the right government. Which is any office occupied by Republicans. And any office held by Democrats is actively working against the people of the United States.

Well the police have to enforce those laws passed by Democrats to.

[Oexmelin]

It's never about consistency, Valmy. It's about sense of belonging.

Which is why these memes are actively dangerous. A minority in the country has convinced itself that it represents the true country, and are, in fact, the majority. The real country is thus being stolen by a small cadre of dangerous traitors.

[Habbaku]

Yes. And they have tangible effects as well. All the right-wing rage about running protesters over for blocking roads and such is paying ghoulish dividends, not only in Charlestown and elsewhere, but in an ongoing pattern it seems:

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/14/1006147824/1-woman-is-dead-others-injured-in-minneapolis-after-a-driver-plows-into-protesto

[HisMajestyBOB]

No, but I have noticed how conservatives look all blocky and pixelated. They might want to get that checked out.

[Valmy]

It's never about consistency, Valmy. It's about sense of belonging.

Which is why these memes are actively dangerous. A minority in the country has convinced itself that it represents the true country, and are, in fact, the majority. The real country is thus being stolen by a small cadre of dangerous traitors.

Well that is the problem. A person with principles, no matter how ridiculous, can at least be counted on to uphold those ideas.

But recently, with both the politicians themselves and many of their supporters, they are so flexible on what they claim is important. They announce important ideas and then are directly opposed to them just a bit later. I mean everybody is a hypocrite, I certainly do not expect consistency or anything but they seem to take it to a new level.

Well...I guess except for guns and abortion. Those seem to be the only two policies they are consistent on, so there is that I guess.

[Jacob]

No, but I have noticed how conservatives look all blocky and pixelated. They might want to get that checked out.

Squirrely Dan is not a conservative. The frequency with which he quotes his Women's Studies prof. should be a hint.

[Razgovory]

No, but I have noticed how conservatives look all blocky and pixelated. They might want to get that checked out.

I would replace the picture with a photo of Robert Mueller.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The police can only suspect you are doing something illegal. The courts determine if you are doing anything illegal.

They wouldn't shoot you if you didn't disobey or do something illegal. 
(My family actually believes that)

And yet they are willing to believe that police forces staged the 6 Jan coup attempt as part of a liberal plot.

[Josquius]

I wonder what their reaction to that 2 distant strangers film is.

[grumbler]

Have you ever noticed that the House Judiciary Committee leaves you alone if you aren't doing anything illegal?

[Syt]

[Habbaku]

Yeah, that sure helped Daniel Shaver, Kelly Thomas, and countless others.

Your sisters are monsters.

[DGuller]

I think political outrage propaganda is a more powerful drug than heroin.  Just like with other drugs, once you're hooked, you reality warps, and what matters more than anything is getting your next fix.  Being in the company of fellow addicts who validate each other's addiction doesn't help either.  The addicts may not be evil, but it's still hard not to have disdain for them, especially when their addiction puts your own safety in danger.