Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Soph0571

Soph0571's Journal
Soph0571's Journal
August 31, 2019

'It is not enough to obey him: you must love him'

Just going to lay this here..



Such a very special relationship...



Like two peas in a Nazi Orwellian pod...

August 31, 2019

Gas Mask @ The Ready



Gas lighting is going to frigging overdrive...
We all need to protect our mental well being at the moment so we can fight this bollocks..
August 31, 2019

It is all a jolly romp to these destroyers of the liberal progressive order.

The Johnsons and Trumps and their sycophants and sidekicks have no notion of how regular people live. They have a deficiency of consideration, empathy and perspective taking. They are entitled to their very core. One only has to witness the egotistical, condescending and glib replies they give when their activities are probed, that is of course, if they decide us plebs should get the opportunity to question them at all. They stroll into positions of power they are evidently incompetent to hold ‘cause… white male rich privilege.

They exist within a protective bubble of advantage. They never have to take responsibility for their actions because they, and those that enable them, are never affected by the adverse outcomes we must suffer. Conveniently for them, as they destroy the foundations of post WW2 society, they are financially shielded from the mayhem their policies inflict. Worst of it is, the idiots that vote for these Wankers…they will feel the worse of it, and these destroyers do not give an actual fuck about them.

Tally ho!

August 31, 2019

Tis a Conundrum..



Morphing into one democracy stealing destroying machine of white supremacy.
I think the worse thing is though as BoJo the BoZo pampers to the worst excesses of the naked emperor he knows exactly what he is doing...
August 31, 2019

...the heartbeat of antiracism...



I like this a lot. From white allies , to check in every single day to make sure that we continue our self-reflection.
August 31, 2019

Boris Johnson threatens to SACK Tory Remainer MPs who vote to block No Deal as plot to scupper...

...Brexit intensifies

Boris Johnson is threatening to sack rebel Tory MPs who vote to block a No Deal exit from the European Union, it has been claimed.

The Prime Minister is set to prevent Remainer MPs within his party from standing at the next general election should they try to prevent a No Deal next week.


[link:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7413615/Boris-Johnson-threatens-SACK-Tory-Remainer-MPs-vote-block-No-Deal.html|]

Seriously? Democracy destroyer. When you think things can't go any further - they do...
How quickly will he start rounding them up and putting them in camps if they don't vote his way? So very 1933
I really hope there are enough Tories who are outraged by this that they fuck him over on a vote of no confidence... otherwise...



August 31, 2019

Charleston mass shooting victims can sue U.S. over gun purchase: court

Survivors of a 2015 mass shooting at a South Carolina church can sue the U.S. government over its alleged negligence in allowing Dylann Roof to buy the gun he used to kill nine African-Americans, a federal appeals court said on Friday.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the government was not immune from liability under either the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) or the Brady Act to prevent handgun violence.

Friday’s decision by a three-judge panel revived 16 lawsuits that challenged lapses in how the government vetted prospective gun purchasers, including the FBI’s management of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).


[link:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-shooting-roof-idUSKCN1VK2GO?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5d6995a3145a570001535a39&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter|]

Hhhmmm. This could create an interesting precedent.. Maybe greater gun controls by the back door if done right? Of course any award would have to be enormous to make it worth their while changing current processes..
August 30, 2019

I have had a thought...

You know in the Handmaids Tale, when at the end of the book it is revealed that we are seeing her experiences through a post Gilead society, where her writings have been found after Gilead has fallen and a new society is examining her diaries as an anthropological exercise? Do you think that this might happen with our musings on DU? Think about it. We have seen such rapid change over the last three years. One might hope we are at the end of it, but history tells us that may be unlikely. If we are at the end of the post WW2 liberal progressive period of enlightenment, and are, instead, witness too the starting point of a new dark period in history, what we do and write here may be testimony to generations to come about the fall of our civilisations, and what counter measures we tried to take in word, thought and deed to overcome the darkness. These might be our diaries of hope in a world to come.

No pressure then!!!

August 30, 2019

This...



They could be talking about Terroristic Man-Toddler Trump or BoJo the BoZo. We live in perilous times.
August 30, 2019

How to stop rape...



Simply Perfect.

Profile Information

Gender: Female
Hometown: UK
Home country: UK
Current location: UK
Member since: Fri Oct 13, 2017, 06:59 PM
Number of posts: 9,685

About Soph0571

I am a Brit. I am a working class child of the troubles in Belfast who now lives a life of privilege. I am an anti-racist, progressive monster for truth. If I fail in being that monster, call me out....
Latest Discussions»Soph0571's Journal