Philip Cardella

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GenXer studying American and transnational history with a focus on de jure racism in housing and policing through the lens of illiberalism.

Married to an Engineering prof.

He/Him

#SacramentoKings fan way before it was cool.

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2024-07-06 02:23:04

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I haven't been paying very close attention to the Democrats that have called for Biden to drop out but I'd wager it's mostly people that didn't want him as the nominee in 2020 either.
FWIW I didn't want him as the nominee in 2020. I was wrong.

2024-07-06 02:21:51

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one thing I believe in doing is pointing out that the only way fascists have taken over a county from the inside has been dividing the Left. That and outright invasion being used to push the Left aside (Vichy France, for example).
Fascists are always a minority group. They can't win without dividing the Left.
It should give us hope that they have never won without dividing the Left and it should caution us.

2024-07-06 01:42:40

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to me the issue is the Democrat Party is a coalition party and the Republicans are a bundle of sticks, aka, fascists.
It's easier and more common for conservative elements to agree on what they hate than it is for Democrats to agree on anything at all.
So when stressors come the Democrats tend to break up and in fight about Republicans tend to cut out the uncommitted and otherwise draw closer together.

2024-07-04 15:17:41

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they also ran piece after piece that Hillary was old and frail!

2024-07-02 14:34:44

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she's s venture capitalist and there's simply no reasonable excuse for that headline not making that clear.
The number of times I took a venture capitalist's philosophical thoughts as a valid exploration of reality is exactly zero.
I usually only listen to them for a laugh or to find out where society is going most wrong.
Here it is a sob and seeing where society is going most wrong.

2024-06-30 21:27:35

If you think Biden is like Hitler just go ahead and block me.
You have no idea what you're talking about, you're spreading literal Russian disinformation and yes I know more than you do and don't have time for your shit.
I can be disappointed in a number of things about Biden but Biden is nothing like Hitler.
"Oh but this or that..."
The fuck you just say? You don't know a goddam thing about Biden or Hitler or you're Russian. Either way fuck all the way off.

2024-06-26 11:07:18

1A protections are extremely important and we must be careful before going down a road where we fire people for group affiliations or even asshole actions.
I don't think I should be fired for being a Democrat who flips a MAGA rally the bird.
But we'd all agree Klan membership is grounds for termination.
I don't see how Mom's for Liberty is any different from the Klan.
Viral video shows California mom accosting drag queens. UC Davis, her employer, responded
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article289526072.html?deviceId=1036aa0d25b460a6&tempKey=value
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2024-06-25 17:01:07

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I've probably seen over 100 since March of this year and maybe five actually moved in that time.
They're basically cats. They lay around looking dead most of the day either in the sun or once they've had enough sun in the shade. They do like small animals like yip yip dogs but unlike cats they eat about once a week. Like cats, momma gator will eff you up if you come for her babies.
Otherwise, they literally look like statues most of the time.

2024-06-25 08:06:47

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Obama's 2008 campaign was the most sophisticated technologically driven campaign in history. It created the modern notion of data driven campaigning used by both parties today.
But the secret to Obama's campaign wasn't that. It was that he started training workers at the *neighborhood level* in a highly disciplined, labor intensive ground campaign (door to door) in *2006*--two years before the election.
He started training *precinct organizers* fully two years before the election.

2024-06-19 19:06:12

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there is a chance, small though it may be, this backfires.
The first five commandments are religious stuff. The next five?
Don't murder
Don't commit adultery
Don't steal
Don't lie
Don't be jealous of other people
This is basically a description of everyone in the Republican Party, first and foremost Trump himself.

2024-06-15 00:35:37

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that sounds awful. Why?

2024-06-13 11:52:02

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I'm angry and saddened by this. Outraged.
And I'm scared.
This "conservative" man represents a small fraction of any community but you can see how much chaos a small, violent and politically enabled minority can be.

2024-06-10 18:12:34

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right? It's not like neoliberals, progressives, communists and anarchists will walk away from the fight besties.
There's been some studies that show that a major contributing factor to the division is low information. When hesitant Biden people are presented with facts about Trump they go hard for Biden after.
It's very hard to fathom but there are lots of people who don't about Project 2025 or even the 34 convictions.

2024-06-10 18:03:20

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agreed. Dividing opponents of fascism is the only way fascism ever rises to power.
And note, I'm wording that as active. That is, the fascists are trying to divide us. We of course do it on our own as well. But not uniting against fascism is it's only path to power and we're playing right into it when we get into spats over literally anything but stopping fascism.
We can fight later. Not now.

2024-06-07 20:23:38

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sure sounds like it's time to lock him up.
Everyone should try preferring country over party. It's quite liberating.
I can wish anyone who commits crimes faces justice and it feels great.

2024-06-07 20:19:21

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my church didn't need a float. We did a dance at Pride in Miami. With a drag queen. It was awesome.
Of course some people in our group are trans.
Transphobia is evil.
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2024-06-04 17:07:22

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techbros love stupid ideas from fiction.

2024-05-19 17:19:21

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yup. I'm trying to figure it out. You're right, no matter how many poc vote for fascsim the reality is if the majority of white people voted against fascism the GOP as we know it wouldn't exist.
This is on white people. Period.
And white people not only vote fascist too often they either actively suppress poc from voting or make excuses for that suppression, gas lighting people into thinking something other than suppression is going on.

2024-05-19 17:14:32

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that's a tall order. Fascists by definition reject rationality as a decision making mechanism and replace it with emotionality. Emotions drive them. They use rational thinking to justify their emotions and to justify their vile actions.
And violence. They worship violence.
I'm not sure how to convert them.
In my mind, and maybe I'm wrong here, the best bet is getting the "both sides are the same" types to recognize they're not the same and fascism is an existential threat.

2024-05-16 01:25:21

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it's banning masks for medical purposes. I mean, what are the other masks people wear? But I saw it on here so I'm not claiming to have receipts.

2024-05-15 22:40:18

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my understanding is the House version at least has an exception for people to wear hoods at things like Klan rallies.

2024-05-15 17:54:33

Folks, there is a full blown, certified by experts (including previously reluctant ones) fascist party in the United States, the #GOP
It's part of a larger neofascist movement that crosses national boundaries.
Until the #fascist run party is no longer run by fascists I am a #SingleIssueVoter : I'm voting against #fascism.
And no. #Biden isn't a fascist. You can level many complaints against him and the Dems but being fascist isn't one of them.

2024-05-15 13:59:33

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weird fact. They're related to wolves. The species have a common relatively close ancestor.
Wolves are also our friends.
I propose we put the orcas and wolves in charge.
Humans had their chance and fucked it up.

2024-05-13 14:08:17

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I think a major issue is related to the open secret that universities offer degrees. And they often offer business degrees too for the people who couldn't get a real degree.
If your line of work often involves meetings at a golf course you don't actually work. You play a game and the world would be better off if you switched to a more challenging, less damaging game like Zelda or Gardenscapes.