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Initech

Initech's Journal
Initech's Journal
August 11, 2023

Listen up, right wing conspiracy theory stupids:

Can we now agree after the devastating Maui fire that climate change is a threat to our very existence? And unlike imaginary space lasers or 5G cell phone towers, climate change is far more likely to kill you than just about anything else you can possibly imagine. We have to get to work fixing this, or Mother Nature is going to have far worse things in store for us that will make the Maui fire look like someone is playing with matchsticks.

August 7, 2023

Well I called it. The right wing never once cared about women's sports.

As evidenced by their hateful, mean spirited, and spiteful comments on the US Women's National Team losing. And especially the white male commentators lime Ben Shapiro practically had orgazams about this loss. Like the classless assholes that they are.

It was never about children or trans people. It was about eliminating entire groups of people from existing. The women's sports issue was just a scapegoat. The right wing hate machine is pure fucking evil.

July 18, 2023

The question we aren't asking enough: How did the GOP get to be so cruel?

I thought about that after reading Beto O'Rourke's post on Twitter calling out Greg Abbott for his cruelness regarding migrants at the Rio Grande. Which was then met with 1,000 replies all spouting the same stupid right wing bullshit conspiracy theories we've all heard 1,000 times before. Hillary Clinton's tweet about Abbott was also met with the same stupid conspiracy theories about adrenochrome. It's getting old at that point.

I mean, what kind of sadistic psychopath do you have to be to push starving women and children fleeing oppressed states back into the river? Or send them to another state to say "fuck you" so you get points on AM call in talk shows?

What kind of sadistic psychopath do you have to be to dox and threaten to murder teachers and doctors for doing things that you don't agree with under the guise of "protecting children"?

What kind of sadistic psychopath do you have to be to systematically deny and bully the victims of a mass casualty event such as Sandy Hook or Parkland because you value your weapons over the lives that they take and destroy from us, because a deranged idiot on social media told you the government was coming to take your guns?

What kind of heartless ghoul of a parent encourages their kid to bully someone else into suicide because they might be gay?

What kind of soulless sociopath do you have to be to get your jollies from making someone else cry just to get likes on social media?

What kind of heartless ghoul do you have to be to police what teachers can and can't teach? And banning what kids can and can't read on top of that?

What kind of psychopath do you have to be to not only boycott a store because they sell merchandise you don't like, but to then go destroy property and threaten to murder the employees and executives who work there?

And above all else, who gives these psychos a platform and enables their cruelty? The Christian right. AM talk shows. Fox News. Social media. They are the enablers of hate and the 800 pound gorilla in the room that no one wants to properly address. It's time to start addressing it or the cruelty will continue.

July 16, 2023

Meme I made: Offensive flags



(this meme was made in regards to the talking point that liberals get offended by the flag. We don't. Just their obnoxious, in your face and incredibly fake version of patriotism.)
July 14, 2023

A teacher who spoke out after her students were banned from singing 'Rainbowland' by Dolly Parton an

A Wisconsin school board unanimously voted to fire the teacher who spoke out after her first-grade students weren't allowed to sing "Rainbowland," a song by Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus, at a school concert.

Melissa Tempel, a teacher at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha, made headlines in March when she tweeted that the song had been banned from the school's spring concert.

"Rainbowland," which was written by both Parton and Cyrus, is a song about acceptance.

"Wouldn't it be nice to live in paradise / Where we're free to be exactly who we are," one of the lyrics reads. "Let's all dig down deep inside / Brush the judgment and fear aside / Make wrong things right, and end the fight."

In an interview with Insider in April, Tempel said she decided to speak up because she just "can't not say anything anymore."

"If I have to lose my job, then at least I'll be able to sleep at night knowing that I stuck up for kids," she added.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/a-teacher-who-spoke-out-after-her-students-were-banned-from-singing-rainbowland-by-dolly-parton-and-miley-cyrus-has-been-fired/ar-AA1dPnRS?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=f70e08f9205c417fae41977dde4dbf2b&ei=8


Holy crap this story is awful on multiple levels. Good on that teacher for speaking out against MAGA insanity. Fuck the MAGA Qultists who are infecting our school boards. We need to get them the hell out of our school boards NOW.
July 12, 2023

Tax the churches already!

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1678937335935782912?t=F-wjRzjQz0uhtWTsJsxkFQ

They're not even trying to hide their true intentions anymore. Fuck that church and that pastor.
July 3, 2023

Moms for Liberty's focus on school races nationwide sets up political clash with teachers unions

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moms for Liberty, a “parental rights” group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, is looking to expand those efforts across the country and to other education posts in 2024 and beyond. The effort is setting up a clash with teachers unions and others on the left who view the group as a toxic presence in public schools.

The group’s co-founder, Tiffany Justice, said during its annual summit over the weekend in Philadelphia that Moms for Liberty will use its political action committee next year to engage in school board races nationwide. It also will “start endorsing at the state board level and elected superintendents.”

Her comments confirm that Moms for Liberty, which has spent its first two years inflaming school board meetings with aggressive complaints about instruction on systemic racism and gender identity in the classroom, is developing a larger strategy to overhaul education infrastructure across the country.

As the group has amassed widespread conservative support and donor funding, its focus on education ensures that even as voters turn their attention to the 2024 presidential race, school board elections will remain some of the most contentious political fights next year.
https://apnews.com/article/moms-for-liberty-school-board-races-2024-5311cc11cd657a04e233216ac783d8f3


This is scary. Moms For Liberty is a terrorist organization with very evil intentions. They are behind the book bans and an effort to turn public education institutions into MAGA religious white supremacist indoctrination centers. We have to run our people against these psychos. We can't let these MAGA terrorists win.
June 22, 2023

What kind of shithole Congress censures Adam Schiff, but George Santos walks free?

Like what the absolute fuck backwards ass country do we live in? Marjorie Shit For Brains, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar, and George Santos are the ones should be censored. This is absolute insanity. Fuck Rep. Luna.

June 21, 2023

Marjorie 3 Names is attempting gaslight the Insurrection again.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1671596576865648641?t=BZNIhYJXPJH5-5WdRdO1Qw

It was. You aided in an attempt to overthrow the government. You will get arrested. You're a truly rotten piece of shit, Marjorie.

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