@TheConversationUS But anti-#FakeChristian bias is often mistaken for anti-#Christian bias, so…

Continue to #resist the #MAGA #cult of ignorance and hate to #SaveAmerica.

I am driven by my emotions.

"Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots, and indeed rationality largely functions as a post hoc justification. Our political opinions, ultimately, are what we feel about the world, not what we think about it. And in turn, our opinions about particular events have a lot to do with how we feel about the world in general. It’s not an exaggeration to say that most people’s views about the kind of things that happen today are extensions of concerns of their own ego. And consequently, invitations to change their minds because new facts emerge, or because old ideas are discredited by new evidence, are in fact a threat to the strength and even survival of that ego."

"But few people, especially those who have received a decent education, want to acknowledge that their views are based on emotion and not reason. They therefore try to argue".

https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/another-country

@histodons @psychology @socialpsych @ukraine @israel

As I alluded above, I haven't really spent a lot of time talking about Trump's objectively unhinged tariff policies for two primary reasons; first, I'm actually pretty busy writing about the overt Gestapo shit the regime is doing, and second a corporate media complex that is far less interested in properly examining all that Gestapo shit, is singularly obsessed with covering the economic damage caused by Der Führer's tariff regime - likely because this portion of the fascist agenda negatively impacts the type of rich maggots who own and invest in corporate media companies. Unfortunately, these tariffs are also bankrupting a huge portion of the American labor class, and politically speaking this carnage is probably the first time we've seen any of the awful shit Trump is doing actually produce fractures in the cult-like unity of the fascist coalition that brought Trump back to power. Billionaire broligarchs and deluded MAGA rubes who thought massive tariffs and mass deportations would somehow make them rich too, are both, in their own way, offering some degree of pushback against Trump's tariff policies precisely *because* now the fascism is hitting them where it counts (as far as they're concerned) - in the wallet.

In the grand scheme of things, does that actually mean anything? To be honest with you, I'm not sure. The fact is these people are still very much ideologically united around an authoritarian Christian Nationalist agenda, and as long as the Trump regime keeps handing them dopamine hits by "owning the libs" and actively trolling the targets of the regime's cruelty and assault on civil rights, I don't see the coalition breaking any time soon. That having been said, the billionaire broligarchs paid to put Trump into power because they believed it would be profitable for them, and even labor class MAGA rubes have to put food on the table or save for retirement; the material pressure the Trump regime is putting on their own support network is not totally irrelevant, I'm just not sure any of these people are capable of logically connecting their enthusiastic support for white nationalism and the cult of Trump, with the carnage the regime's policies are inflicting on their bottom lines. Only time will tell whether "doing white supremacy" matters more to them than making money, or if the perceived gains (for white nationalists) of Trump's fascist policies will outweigh the measurable financial impact of the regime's economic policies on their lives.

To examine what some of this fascist on fascist (rhetorical) violence looks like, let's flip over to this 15 minute video summary by Mike Figueredo of the Humanist Report; if nothing else, the schadenfreude is delicious.

The Humanist Report: Trump’s Biggest Boosters CRY About Tariffs Costing Them MILLIONS: “Kamala Come Back”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bfEk0Xvw9I

"Pro-Trump influencers like Dave Portnoy, Adin Ross, DJ Akademics and Ben Shapiro are now complaining about Trump’s tariffs despite using their massive platforms to boost him before the election. They even joked about wanting Kamala Harris to “come back.” Furthermore, tech CEOs who endorsed Trump—or donated to his inauguration fund—have lost a combined $1.8 trillion in market value due to Trump’s tariffs. Additionally, GameStop’s CEO, Ryan Cohen, promoted Trump endlessly on Twitter before the election, but half-seriously stated that he’s turning into a Democrat due to Trump’s tariffs. But oligarchs and executives aren’t the only ones mad about tariffs; gamers are outraged that pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 have been postponed due to Trump’s tariffs, and some of Trump’s own supporters are horrified after losing thousands of dollars from their retirement funds because of the tariff-induced stock market plunge. In this video we’ll talk about these reactions to Trump’s tariffs."

I mean it wouldn't be an anti-Musk/Trump protests without fascist propagandists claiming *checks notes* millions of protestors were a paid psy-op (and also, Hamas, apparently.)

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/elon-musk-says-saturdays-protesters-were-paid-puppets-thats-not-what-i-saw/

Elon Musk Says Saturday’s Protesters Were Paid “Puppets.” That’s Not What I Saw.

"Musk chimed in on the same video: “The problem is the puppetmasters, not the puppets, as the latter have no idea why they are even there,” he wrote. “He had to read the paper he was given to understand the sign he was holding,” Musk wrote over a video of a protester explaining what his sign—which said “End the kakistocracy”—meant. Musk also shared several posts from the Wall Street Apes account on X, which has more than 929,000 followers, and right-wing influencer Mario Nawfal, who has more than two million followers, alleging—without evidence—that the protesters were paid.

Conspiracy theorist and journalist cosplayer Laura Loomer also alleged that “the radical left is BUSSING IN PROTESTERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO CAUSE CHAOS IN WASHINGTON DC” who she claimed were “pro-Hamas,”an apparent reference to the fact that some were holding Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs."

Folks, I don't know who needs to hear that it is feasibly impossible for a "puppet master" (man, he even talks like Goebbels) to pay MILLIONS of protestors, but it is. Please keep in mind that when it comes to Musk, who is literally a fucking nazi, this is the same guy who was accusing George Soros of paying hecklers at his Wisconsin Volkish Revival rally while he was dishing out million dollar checks to voters for "signing a petition" in an effort to buy a judicial election. As for Loomer, I'm pretty sure she also thinks her Uber driver and any particularly "swarthy" person she encounters in public spaces is also "Hamas" if her past social media transgressions are any indication.

The bigger picture here is pretty simple; for whatever the Hands Off protests did, didn't, will, or won't accomplish, if these nazi maggots are scared enough to lie about it with poorly-coordinated conspiracy theories to try and explain it away for the cult of Trump, that means *they* certainly noticed millions of people giving up their Saturday to tell Trump and Musk to get in the fucking sea.

@carnage4life #MAGA is a cult. Name a #cult that makes any sense.

@fulelo Yet more proof that #MAGA is a death #cult.

@ProPublica Important story! Creepy to read Vought's words that show clearly that #fascism is a death cult.