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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAn observation from George Takei
I guess we're all living in the Alternate Normal now
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An observation from George Takei (Original Post)
Pluvious
Mar 2025
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and book banning, anti DEI, anti LBGTQ, etc. etc. On top of 40 years of RW hate radio. It really worked for the haters
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2025
#7
I hear the Earth 1.0 timeline has universal health care for all humans and they opened a permanent moon base last year
0rganism
Mar 2025
#5
I posted this in another thread but here was an interview from a couple years ago with Takei
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2025
#9
Irish_Dem
(71,408 posts)1. Young people grew up with GOP hatred, crimes, abhorrent behavior.
They don't see anything different now from the past thirty years.
Denvermosaic
(139 posts)3. Add the fox propanganda to the mix
Evolve Dammit
(20,871 posts)7. and book banning, anti DEI, anti LBGTQ, etc. etc. On top of 40 years of RW hate radio. It really worked for the haters
Beartracks
(13,936 posts)4. Would be nice if their collective reaction was "OMG we can do better"...
... rather than "Meh, voting doesn't make a difference."
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Irish_Dem
(71,408 posts)6. Russians have absorbed the mob boss, psychopath mentality.
People who have worked with Russians report their greed, corruption, disregard for the rules and law.
We can assume young Americans are doing the same.
0rganism
(25,196 posts)5. I hear the Earth 1.0 timeline has universal health care for all humans and they opened a permanent moon base last year
Meanwhile, life on the 2.0 timeline remains in full suck mode
Paladin
(30,829 posts)8. George Takei, invaluable as usual. (nt)
Skittles
(165,265 posts)10. he is an American treasure

BumRushDaShow
(155,073 posts)9. I posted this in another thread but here was an interview from a couple years ago with Takei
and his experience at the camps -
Canada Kid
(254 posts)11. Star Dreck
Hey George! Maybe we can zap their collective asses with a PHAZER? Got any spares hanging around? Put them on "STUN"!