Flying Squid@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoNetanyahu Gifts Trump Golden Pager to Commemorate Attack That Killed Children: 'That Was a Great Operation'gizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1345arrow-down1external-linkNetanyahu Gifts Trump Golden Pager to Commemorate Attack That Killed Children: 'That Was a Great Operation'gizmodo.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
I know nothing should surprise me with these fucking people at this point, but my mouth still dropped open when I read that.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-26 hours agoIf today (this and the Gaza plans) would have been in Idiocracy, Mike Judge would be in jail for sheer… everything. How do people see this in their feeds and go “yep, that’s cool”? Because apparently, a lot of people are totally fine with this.
minus-squareGsus4@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoBack in the 1930s the BBC was instrumental in fighting fascism, but today’s news cycle only knows how to trivialize and normalize the downfall. …time to rewatch Hypernormalization… PS: also related: https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/
If today (this and the Gaza plans) would have been in Idiocracy, Mike Judge would be in jail for sheer… everything.
How do people see this in their feeds and go “yep, that’s cool”? Because apparently, a lot of people are totally fine with this.
Back in the 1930s the BBC was instrumental in fighting fascism, but today’s news cycle only knows how to trivialize and normalize the downfall.
…time to rewatch Hypernormalization… PS: also related: https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/