The amount of times per day I hear people muttering how much they want to round us up and shoot us or gas us is getting depressing. If you're going to do it, just do it. Let's see how much being "civilized" is talk and how much is action. Go ahead, slide right into fascism and tell yourself it's righteous.
I'm really sorry to hear that phobia is so bad that you're hearing it even daily. :(
- Spidra Webster
The last 8 months it has gotten quite severe. Intellectually and historically I understand how these things work. I don't have to like it.
- Mo Kargas
I wouldn't see why one would. It's terrible stuff.
- Spidra Webster
The entire "us vs them" narrative is so ingrained now, I've actually lost dear friends I knew since childhood. Still, I nurture a little glimmer of hope it won't end up in pogroms.
- Mo Kargas
Do you think Islamophobia is even worse in Australia than the US?
- Spidra Webster
Not yet. It is becoming popular though. Personally I think we're going to see the rise of fascism in several countries simultaneously, in the West and the Middle East.
- Mo Kargas
Ugh. It's terrible.
- John (bird whisperer)
We are certainly at a high risk of it. I don't understand why people are so much more willing to go after whatever scapegoat is pointed to rather than follow the money and see what's happened over the last couple decades, but at least since propaganda was invented, masses of people do seem to do that...
- Spidra Webster
I think the biggest problem is the collapse of news organisations into very few, very corporate outlets with an emphasis on shock jockery and profit. Also the destruction of educational integrity. People aren't taught to be critical thinkers.
- Mo Kargas