The Mock Turtle

Oh, that’s so good

Wow. The authorities stand no chance against such genius subterfuge

Oh my god is that really how that chap died? Tasered himself in the balls and had a heart attack? What a way to go!

Yes as his tasor went off in his pocket. And he was a Safety Coordinator or similar at his job.

According to Twitter, there's another protestor who was trampled who took a sign saying "Don't tread on me" or somesuch. Horribly painfully ironic.

I can't believe this has happened. I really can't.

overthehill wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:39 pm

Edith Bacon wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:18 pm I worry about what will happen when the Capitol-storming dickheads and their orange leader start crying about being censored and having no voice.

I think this is a real concern. It plays right into their 'right to free speech' narrative and, by extension, loss of constitutional rights, country, etc., making it easier to justify their actions as, in some way, 'patriotic'. Could be disastrous.

I'm not that worried tbh. Mostly because I can see from recent history that if you remove people's platforms they lose their relevance - Katie Hopkins, those Britain First FB twats, for example. I think they also need to do the same on the left, to be fair, with disinformation sites like The Canary.

There are always going to be some nutters - as there were before social media - but at least they're not going to be radicalising your Auntie Linda on Facebook.

I agree with that, Ruby. My dad has been fully radicalised by Tommy Robinson and would have probably remained just slightly right wing and a bit thick without social media giving him a platform.

Milo Yiannopoulos. Can't get any work now.

The taser story is still unproven, with no source other than a reporter who heard of it, but retracted her tweet when she found there was no evidence it was not just a rumour.

Dáire wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:21 pm Milo Yiannopoulos. Can't get any work now.

Yes! Exactly.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's broadcast thing on Twitter is really worth watching. If you're interested, obvs.

It's got Conan's sword in it, too.

Bat Macdui wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:34 pm Arnold Schwarzenegger's broadcast thing on Twitter is really worth watching. If you're interested, obvs.

It's got Conan's sword in it, too.

That's righteously epic!

It’s so good, isn’t it? I had to check which party he was from.

Ella77 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:51 pm It’s so good, isn’t it? I had to check which party he was from.

Me too! (Although I do remember being gutted when he ran for office as a Republican.)

It's interesting that he's chosen to dress in black, flag regalia behind him etc - maybe in the hopes of getting those with fascist tendencies to at least listen for a bit before realising in horror that Arnie's not on side?

It's gloriously overblown, but I can't deny the sentiment behind it!

I do not have seven minutes for that, but beginning with Kristallnacht was a strong start.

Derek Nimmo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:29 pm It's interesting that he's chosen to dress in black, flag regalia behind him etc - maybe in the hopes of getting those with fascist tendencies to at least listen for a bit before realising in horror that Arnie's not on side?

It's gloriously overblown, but I can't deny the sentiment behind it!

Yes, it’s full-on hyper-masculine fascist symbolism, but that must be the only stuff that gets through.

Yeah, I feel like its important people like him speak out. Its like how I sometimes think Gary Lineker talking about Brexit carries a disproportionate amount of weight.

I have wondered all along why the slebs haven't been speaking out against Trump. Maybe they have, just not reported here so much.

I think a lot of them have, but I guess a lot are perceived as being left wing anyway so it probably carries little weight with the people who need to hear it.

I love the Arnie broadcast. Despite running as a Republican I’ll always have an 80s action soft spot for him. And his love of his tiny horses is just ridiculously cute.

I was reading a thing a while ago about how Hollywood right wingers have had to be really careful about publicly speaking out in support of Trump because of the potential backlash and risk of losing work. Apparently there was a group formed back around the 2016 election but it dissolved again a while after, though perhaps went further under the radar.

Here’s a helpful list from O mag, though there’s a few other lists out there with others missing from this list. It’s not exactly a list of the greatest, biggest stars out there though. And while the industry may skew left/more liberal, there’s also the penalty for being too vocal about that with white, middle/conservative US audiences, although I think the last election cycles have changed that a lot.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.oprahm ... lebrities/

I always think of Clint Eastwood, when I think of vocal Republican A-listers, but I notice even he doesn't endorse Trump. I'm a bit disappointed by Tim Allen.