Comments on: Where we are now https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54396 RL Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:02:23 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54396 <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/s/tczu4RB26k" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/s/tczu4RB26k</a> https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/s/tczu4RB26k

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54395 RL Sun, 19 Oct 2025 03:03:40 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54395 <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ParlerWatch/s/PwlQO5yZBH" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Trump posts AI video of himself wearing a crown flying a military jet bombing protesters with poop</a>. Trump posts AI video of himself wearing a crown flying a military jet bombing protesters with poop.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54386 podrock Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:18:02 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54386 A song: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bw5zxdSObso?si=2AlVMOGLP98kBsJe" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> A song:

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54385 podrock Fri, 17 Oct 2025 02:27:39 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54385 It's the optics. https://www.salon.com/2025/10/16/portlands-protest-frogs-are-dead-serious-about-absurdity/ It’s the optics.

https://www.salon.com/2025/10/16/portlands-protest-frogs-are-dead-serious-about-absurdity/

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54356 RL Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:18:14 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54356 <a href="https://youtu.be/UkLsIGoap7Y?si=_hIRJH5Xp9A2WQBH" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/UkLsIGoap7Y?si=_hIRJH5Xp9A2WQBH</a> https://youtu.be/UkLsIGoap7Y?si=_hIRJH5Xp9A2WQBH

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54351 podrock Fri, 10 Oct 2025 23:30:18 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54351 So is throwing flowers. Psychologically, screaming at them only hardens the resolve of the person behind the shield, the mask, the gun. Shame, guilt, questioning what they are doing, that they are being used, that they will live with the shame for the rest of their lives... Make fun of them. That tends to cut deeper. The protesters in Portland wearing costumes and playing music is demeaning to the troops. No reason to shoot at that, damnit! So is throwing flowers.

Psychologically, screaming at them only hardens the resolve of the person behind the shield, the mask, the gun.

Shame, guilt, questioning what they are doing, that they are being used, that they will live with the shame for the rest of their lives…

Make fun of them. That tends to cut deeper. The protesters in Portland wearing costumes and playing music is demeaning to the troops. No reason to shoot at that, damnit!

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54344 RL Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:55:16 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54344 We are so far the dystopian path that we cannot even see the faces, or know the names of those committing atrocities against us... This is banana republic level fascism. And they are being enabled by the right wing, while the left ineffectually complains, and steadfastly tries to play by the rules. THAT is why democracy is dying. I DO NOT advocate violence in responding to the excesses of this administration, but I DO advocate for throwing away the polite decorum. Name and shame the thugs doing this administration's dirty work. Make their lives a living hell- legally... hold them responsible for their actions, make their neighbors and their own children ashamed to be associated with them. It's not just legal, it is the only moral response. Throw flowers if you want, but make damn sure they have thorns. We are so far the dystopian path that we cannot even see the faces, or know the names of those committing atrocities against us…

This is banana republic level fascism. And they are being enabled by the right wing, while the left ineffectually complains, and steadfastly tries to play by the rules. THAT is why democracy is dying. I DO NOT advocate violence in responding to the excesses of this administration, but I DO advocate for throwing away the polite decorum. Name and shame the thugs doing this administration’s dirty work. Make their lives a living hell- legally… hold them responsible for their actions, make their neighbors and their own children ashamed to be associated with them.

It’s not just legal, it is the only moral response. Throw flowers if you want, but make damn sure they have thorns.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54341 podrock Fri, 10 Oct 2025 02:50:55 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54341 well, that too. I just remember this: <img src="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Power_%28photograph%29#/media/File:Flower_Power_by_Bernie_Boston.jpg" alt="" /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Power_%28photograph%29" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Power_%28photograph%29</a> Sure, there are those with the guns that are really into this very serious cosplay. I think most are not. Remind them of their humanity. well, that too.

I just remember this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Power_%28photograph%29

Sure, there are those with the guns that are really into this very serious cosplay. I think most are not. Remind them of their humanity.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54339 RL Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:04:03 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54339 There are efforts to unmask and identify these brownshirts... THAT will be more effective. There is a reason they wear masks, they KNOW what they are doing is morally wrong and that there may be repercussions for the evil that they do... Name and shame... put up posters in their neighborhoods simply detailing their actions. If their actions are moral and justified, then they have nothing to fear... right? There are efforts to unmask and identify these brownshirts… THAT will be more effective. There is a reason they wear masks, they KNOW what they are doing is morally wrong and that there may be repercussions for the evil that they do…

Name and shame… put up posters in their neighborhoods simply detailing their actions. If their actions are moral and justified, then they have nothing to fear… right?

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2025/10/08/where-we-are-now/#comment-54337 podrock Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:35:04 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=107207#comment-54337 Personally, I think protesters should point and laugh. Their signs should say "Go home, your family misses you." "Go back to your day job." "You are not going to get paid for this." "You children will be embarrassed." And throw flowers. Personally, I think protesters should point and laugh. Their signs should say “Go home, your family misses you.” “Go back to your day job.” “You are not going to get paid for this.” “You children will be embarrassed.”

And throw flowers.

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