So excited to be here! I'm born/raised in Idaho, a former Christian conservative turned humanist living in a very red state pushing back against rising theocratic fascism. I will do my best to highlight the extremism and abuse of this movement. #exvangelical #optometrist #ChristianConservative
12:47 AM - Feb 03, 2023
“We passed piles of dead bodies heaped in the streets,” she writes in the book. “Some of them had their eyes open, as though they were still alive, but they weren’t.”
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11:41 AM - Jul 04, 2023
11:29 PM - Jun 27, 2023
Even when it’s clearly standing in front of us.
Andrea Junker @StrandjunkerThe fact that far too many people cannot recognize fascism unless it looks exactly like Nazi Germany is very dangerous.05:16 PM - Jul 03, 2023
05:30 PM - Jul 03, 2023
🚨 SHOCK! The Texas gunman, Mauricio Garcia, may have had white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs. A patch he was wearing on his chest said RWDS (Right Wing Death Squad). Authorities say.
He used an AR-15-style weapon and was wearing tactical gear.
We MUST scream these facts. This is not going away.
He used an AR-15-style weapon and was wearing tactical gear.
We MUST scream these facts. This is not going away.
06:55 PM - May 07, 2023
Chrissy Stroop is one of the most important accounts from Twitter, due to her firsthand knowledge and understanding of the dire threat faced by the slow moving theocratic takeover of our country by Evangelicals. She is a wonderful follow.
Chrissy Stroop @cstroopOk, take two getting things going here! I don't have a lot of energy or emotional bandwidth to spare lately. When it comes to Twitter alternatives, I've been stymied by decision fatigue. But I've finally decided to give Spoutible a real go, since many of you all from my Twitter communities are here.01:20 PM - May 07, 2023
08:23 PM - May 07, 2023
3 Threaded Spouts
I am so sick of writing about lethal gun violence.
This was me not even three weeks ago:
https://www.opendemocracy....
This was me not even three weeks ago:
https://www.opendemocracy....
01:52 PM - May 07, 2023
3 Threaded Spouts
Jamie is right. The United States is a cruel country, held hostage by an increasingly angry and violent white supremacist patriarchal minority that exploits baked-in advantages in our political system to retain disproportionate power, holding the rest of us back on gun control and much else
Jamie Schler @lifesafeastIn any civilized country, Sandy Hook and the murder of 20 first graders would’ve been the last mass shooting in the country. Lesson learned from Dunblane. Instead, gun laws were loosened over and over again. By the bloodthirsty GOP. When will enough be enough? #GunControlNow07:13 AM - May 07, 2023
01:51 PM - May 07, 2023
Immensely saddened and also angered at the shooting in Tennessee. Sad for those who needlessly lost their life and now angered at how right wingers are suddenly pretending trans people are a threat to society. The scorecard is still a few thousand white cis shooters to a handful of LGBT ones.
01:04 AM - Mar 28, 2023
Really hoping that Spoutible can change the algorithm a bit to keep posts engaged and showing up in people's feeds. When I post, I get an immediate flurry of likes/echos, etc in the first 5 minutes . . . and then nothing. Would be great to keep some of the older content coming through.
01:27 PM - Mar 20, 2023
Why are white collar criminals like this allowed to settle out of court by paying a fine? The reason this never stops is because they're able to buy their way out of prison. Poor people go to prison.
https://www.yahoo.com/life...
https://www.yahoo.com/life...
yahoo.com
Manafort, US government settle civil case for $3.15 million
Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case filed by the Justice Department over undeclared foreign bank accounts. When the civil case was filed in April 2022, prosecutors alleged that Manafort had fail..
04:28 PM - Mar 06, 2023
Unreal. I may be done with twitter because they are all in for upholding privilege at tue expense of marginalized groups. I was responding to a Nazi wanting to eliminate trans people and _I'm_ the one who got in trouble.
11:56 AM - Mar 06, 2023
"When we look at indicators, like the number of plots that have been foiled or how many people have been radicalized online... that tells a very troubling story about how these ideologies, that are rooted in violence, can build political power."
https://tinyurl.com/3u99ks...
https://tinyurl.com/3u99ks...
11:35 AM - Mar 06, 2023
A reminder that there can never be too much empathy in the world. Any time someone says you should limit your empathy, that is a Jupiterian sized red flag that they themselves are abusive and want fewer checks against their abhorrent behvavior.
01:31 PM - Mar 05, 2023
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More in the ongoing saga of 'WTF is going wrong in Idaho'. This photo is real, not doctored, not satire, but a newly elected state senator plainly engaging in white supremacist talking points.
02:46 AM - Mar 04, 2023
A quick reminder of the Dunning Kruger effect, and the depressing reality that Republicans have now made it a badge of honor to camp out at the top of 'Mt Stupid'.
01:05 PM - Mar 03, 2023
A thread about a disturbing trend: at my clinic I mask with all my patients because I have to spend time close to about 20 people of day, many who are older, immunosuppressed and medically fragile.
I'm seeing a rapid increase in people who see me masking and are getting upset 1/
I'm seeing a rapid increase in people who see me masking and are getting upset 1/
07:07 PM - Mar 02, 2023
As Idaho legislature ignores it's devastating economic issues to terrorize trans people and librarians, this will only accelerate.
https://www.krem.com/artic...
https://www.krem.com/artic...
01:06 PM - Mar 02, 2023
So how is it going here in Idaho? Plans for a Hillsdale charter school have been announced. For those that don't know, this is the ultra Christian Nationalist private college that the Koch brothers heavily funded.
10:52 AM - Feb 27, 2023
An observation I've found interesting: for those on TikTok, there's been a 'teenage filter' going viral where it can make people in their 40's/50's look like teenagers again. Whats been fascinating is that people's reactions haven't so much been 'look how young I used to look' but 1/
06:06 PM - Feb 21, 2023
Curious if anyone has engagement numbers here on Spoutible as I've seen a downturn in the last week personally, hoping that its just some algorithmic weirdness?
02:13 PM - Feb 21, 2023
So how is it going here in Idaho, a state overrun and beholden to GOP extremists? It's going like this.
*sigh*
The dumbest motherfuckers on the planet are runnig this state.
*sigh*
The dumbest motherfuckers on the planet are runnig this state.
06:01 PM - Feb 20, 2023
My local college alma mater is being purposefully destroyed by GOP extremists, so I wrote a letter to editor which was published today.
Hoping that econimic framing will wake up moderates and 'Reagan Republicans'.
https://cdapress.com/news/...
Hoping that econimic framing will wake up moderates and 'Reagan Republicans'.
https://cdapress.com/news/...
10:20 AM - Feb 15, 2023
Today is Frederick Douglass’ chosen birthday. He was born into slavery in February, c. 1818 in Talbot County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He eventually escaped slavery and fled North, becoming the most well-known and influential abolitionist in American history.
11:18 PM - Feb 14, 2023
Wow, this is beyond disgusting. After being told all my life GOP is the party of 'small govt' they are working on passing a law criminalizing transgender healthcare in my state of Idaho.
Christian apartheid is coming for us all and I worry far too many moderates are asleep at the wheel . . .
Christian apartheid is coming for us all and I worry far too many moderates are asleep at the wheel . . .
07:45 PM - Feb 14, 2023
Only followers of this user (FruitFacedFruitKace) can see their posts
Same. I grew up in North Idaho and am disgusted at how no one is willing to do anything to stop epidemic gun violence.
Breakfast @donutscoffeemeI was raised by a life time NRA member. I knew gun safety, how to shoot, and hit a target, before I was in high school. I used to own a gun myself.11:35 PM - Feb 13, 2023
I fucking hate them now.
Our children's lives are more important than your deadly security blanket.
11:51 AM - Feb 14, 2023