Update from the house of Plague (Day Fnarg Year 3) 6th of January

[elisi]

It somehow seem longer than a year since the Insurrection...

In honour of the day, some scary articles:

Vox: How does this end?
Where the crisis in American democracy might be headed.

The Atlantic: Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun
January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election

Via my flist (kass?? I

Comments

[sea_thoughts]

At least the people who toppled Colston's statue were found not guilty. That gave me some hope.

[elisi]

Yes, there are good things too!

Mind you, I saw some comment about how the country's all lawless now 'and better watch out in case someone is offended over your garden gnomes!' - I never respond to people like that (life's too short), but I dearly wanted to ask if they had gnomes that were LIKELY to offend people and if so what they depicted... ;)

[sea_thoughts]

*lmao* Right, because a statue of a slave trader is DEFINITELY the same as a garden gnome...

You could literally just boot a gnome over a garden wall if it was THAT offensive. X)

[elisi]

*lmao* Right, because a statue of a slave trader is DEFINITELY the same as a garden gnome...
IKR? Unless there are like, um, gnomes of Hitler or Harold Shipman?

You could literally just boot a gnome over a garden wall if it was THAT offensive. X)
Oooh that's criminal damage, that! *shakes fist in angry gammon*