Aislinn

Prosperity gospel = Church of Satan’s enlightened selfishness. Discuss.

Aaaaaand I'm done. Nazi salute at a US Presidential Inauguration... Auto-adding 47 & VPs accounts to people's Facebook pages... The oligarchs prominently seated next to 47's family.... 200 executive orders that gut so many protections...

And that's just been the past 24 hours.

BREAKING NEWS: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM | GLAAD Meta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate ...

Meta has quietly removed major sections of its hate speech policy protecting LGBTQ people, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Today’s alarming policy changes will allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and cease to protect LGBTQ users from being targeted with such attacks

A few years ago, I read Maus, a graphic novel grappling with the memories of a Jewish Holocaust survivor and how it affected his later relationship with his son. Tragic and hard to read, recent events echo the early chapters way too closely.

I don't know what it is about turning 48 years of age, but I'm having a lot of "that's... new" and "well, it used to work!" conversations with my body.

Joining the thing, let's see if it sticks. :)