@castlepointanime was just a few weeks ago, but I still had a wonderful time! With back to back trips, I haven't had much time to edit photos, but I promise to have them done ASAP!
I think I make for a good Mamoru. I put this together at the last minute, for my friend @ccgreywitch, since she said she was going to dinner as Usagi Tsukino, and I decided to do a casual cosplay with her. 😁
An anthropologist who studies extremism, human rights and genocide bought a ticket to CPAC to observe.
He found an audience that is entirely captive to Trump and does not believe any allegations of wrongdoing, criminal and otherwise, that the former president is accused of, and an event which toed an uneasy line between jocular and apocalyptic:
That story gives barely a hint of how paranoid and violence-inducing his rant was. And they've yet to mention a prominent speaker's kill-democracy pitch, or the fact that Nazis were notably present.
“Bannon was joined by other far-right influencers on Wednesday, including #Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack #Posobiec. #Trump is set to address [#CPAC ] on Saturday.
The annual Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC) is seldom subtle. This year they aren’t just saying the quiet part out loud — they are screaming it.
At a panel session Wednesday, right-wing conspiracy theorist Jack #Posobiec said without irony or sarcasm, “I just wanted to say, welcome to the end of democracy.
We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.”
He then held up a Christian cross and added, “We’ll replace it with this right here. That’s right, because all glory, all glory is not to government, all glory is to God."
Was the remark in jest?
No. And the crowd knew it.
His comments got big applause and an “amen” from moderator Steve #Bannon, who, by the way, is set to stand trial in a New York state court for fraud and money laundering in May and only escaped federal prosecution because of a presidential pardon.
As far as I have seen, no Republican attendee denounced Posobiec’s comments.
#CPAC is the annual four-day conference for extremist Republicans. In recent years it has become a litmus test for MAGA bona fides and a place to show loyalty to Donald Trump.
You may be reading about this appalling speech here first because it seems many of my brethren in the media are not reporting the story.
If you Google “CPAC,” you will get a few hits, but it isn’t on the front page of any major news organization’s website.
Perhaps they think it is so outlandish that it isn’t worth reporting.
But that is exactly the point.
🔥The right wing wants to topple our democracy and replace it with Trump’s authoritarian rule. 🔥
This is not hyperbole. It is not fear-mongering. They are saying it. Out loud. https://steady.substack.com/p/cpac-speakers-goal-ending-democracy?publication_id=247881&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=1g45b
At #CPAC, the #RepublicanParty's banner event, guns are prohibited but Nazis are welcome. As in literal Nazis, with a capital N, who proudly identify themselves as such.