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EndemicEarthlingBrisbane city council has pulled funding for a music awards after winner used her acceptance speech to denounce <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a>, while the conservative LNP Queensland state government also considers withdrawal of financial support.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250331091713/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/31/kellee-green-river-to-sea-composer-queensland-music-award-palestine-controversy-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20250331091713/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/31/kellee-green-river-to-sea-composer-queensland-music-award-palestine-controversy-ntwnfb</a>Jazz composer and pianist <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/KelleeGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KelleeGreen</a> used her acceptance speech at the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/2025QueenslandMusicAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2025QueenslandMusicAwards</a> to speak of the suffering of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> civilians and to support peaceful protest against Australian government complicity in selling weapons to Israel (in contravention of obligations under international law, including a specific injunction by the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/InternationalCourtOfJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalCourtOfJustice</a>).The claim by the council is that her speech was 'divisive'.Treating opposition to genocide as <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a> is (implicitly or explicitly) to normalise being pro-genocide as a legitimate political stance.Normalising support for genocide is itself a crime under <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a>.By only ever punishing anti-genocide speech, and never those who express unqualified support for a genocidal regime (or who even seek to justify its extreme violence through appeal to a 'right to defend itself'), political authorities send the clear message that we ought to be tolerant of those who support exterminative violence and intolerant of those who oppose it.Never.<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Qldpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Qldpol</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auspol</a>

WiseGreyOwl 🌍 🦉<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Divisive</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Awards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Awards</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EveryoneDeservesAnAwardForSomething" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EveryoneDeservesAnAwardForSomething</a>

KoffeeKrisp 🇨🇦Why are PeePee & Conservatives running Carney attack ads during these existential times when we need and are together 🇨🇦 Save it for the election if you must <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/negative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#negative</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberals</a>

NonilexAnother fired employee said the hundreds of dismissals meant that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> agency now had only a skeleton crew to respond to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanitarian</a> crises.The appointee running day-to-day operations at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteMarocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeteMarocco</a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept official overseeing foreign aid who was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a> figure at the agency & other government departments in the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration. Early this month, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> announced he was taking over the aid agency as acting administrator.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassFirings</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Trump’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/angry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#angry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/response" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#response</a> to a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/viral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#viral</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sermon</a> should <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/worry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worry</a> all <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christians</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bishop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bishop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MariannEdgarBudde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MariannEdgarBudde</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> reflect the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#values</a> held by a majority of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#American</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christians</a> — a fact that Trump’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rhetoric</a> seeks to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/obscure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obscure</a>. <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-bishop-budde-sermon-truth-social-rcna188764" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-bishop-budde-sermon-truth-social-rcna188764</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a>'s Fred Upton backs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a>' presidential campaignWest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> & former U.S. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#House</a> Rep. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FredUpton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FredUpton</a> is endorsing VP Kamala Harris' 2024 bid for the White House, saying his party's nominee, former President Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unhinged</a> & has "not changed his colors."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a> <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/24/gops-upton-backs-harris-presidential-campaign/75810489007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/24/gops-upton-backs-harris-presidential-campaign/75810489007/</a>

Chuck DarwinTexas Senator Ted Cruz’s massive grift was embarrassingly revealed during his debate against Representative <a href="https://c.im/tags/Colin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colin</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Allred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Allred</a> Tuesday night. Cruz has been seriously struggling in his Senate race against Allred, and on Tuesday, it seemed that Allred dealt several critical blows to the Texas Republican. In his closing remarks, Allred didn’t hold back. “We’re all Americans, and we’re all Texans. We need a leader who will bring us together around our shared values. That’s what I’m trying to do during my six years in Congress. 💥That’s the exact opposite of what Senator Cruz has done,” Allred said. “Whatever he says tonight, you’ve seen it for 12 years. He’s been one of the most <a href="https://c.im/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a> senators in the entire country. If you don’t like how things are going in Washington right now, well, you know what, 💥he is singularly responsible for it. “He has introduced this new kind of ‘<a href="https://c.im/tags/angertaiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#angertaiment</a>’ where you just get people upset and then you podcast about it, and you write a book about it, and you make some money on it, but you’re not actually there when people need you. Like when the lights went out, when 30 million Texans were relying on a senator to spring into action, he went to Cancun. That’s who he is,” Allred said.<a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/187198/ted-cruz-colin-allred-scam-debate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/post/187198/ted-cruz-colin-allred-scam-debate</a>

Pete Orrall (defunct account)<a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@flexghost</a> The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascist</a> message is loud and proud from these <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/assholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assholes</a>. My greatest <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> is that too many people are unable to recognize it.At this stage, anyone who still supports <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> has willfully abandoned both their conscience and any/all capacities for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compassion</a>. They have chosen to accept and live a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#delusional</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reality</a> where, quite bluntly, anyone who doesn't share their beliefs is the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/enemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enemy</a>.The number of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#people</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religious</a> groups, and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#organizations</a> willing to throw massive amounts of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#support</a> behind Trump and this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> movement is simply staggering. We, as <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#americans</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humans</a>, are living in critically <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dangerous</a> time. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> is repeating itself in real time yet too many people are incapable of recognizing it and/or don't care.

MarkRDavidSick of Your Blue State? These Real Estate Agents Have Just the Place for You.<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/us/greenville-real-estate-conservatives.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/us/greenville-real-estate-conservatives.html</a>This one is particularly personal for me, as I'm moving in July, probably to a state other than MA. Considering moving to a purplish state, where my Dem vote will have more impact. Looks like SC won't work out for me 😆 <a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a> - liking the Canada idea, but had a traumatic move only 3 years ago, and not quite ready for that just yet...

Cat West<a href="https://mastodon.social/@shoq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@shoq</a> Geez. I guess success does breed disconnection with current times. So glad I don’t watch that show. These kinds of generalizations are designed to pit us against each other in the same way Welfare Queen was designed to classify all welfare recipients as frauds, and only Black People as undeserving. BTW, She was on welfare while building her career. Was she a success story of ‘self made’? Or is she the result of society helping each other? Did she forget? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Divisive</a>

GG"Jewish ridings" Is Pierre Poilievre dividing <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> into religious ridings now??<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poilievre</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RedFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedFlag</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a>

NonilexOn Wed, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MikeJohnson</a> again relied on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> to push the spending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legislation</a> across the finish line, after many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HouseRepublicans</a> refused to back it because it did not cut spending or accomplish the party’s most sweeping & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policy</a> demands, including measures to limit access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abortion</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> secured some small victories, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cuts</a> to the Bureau of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alcohol</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tobacco</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firearms</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Explosives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Explosives</a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</a>), the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmental</a> programs.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dysfunction</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlue</a>

MichaelUK government’s anti-migrant rhetoric is ‘feeding’ the far right, claims campaign group That’s partly why they are doing it <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divisive</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/21/uk-governments-anti-migrant-rhetoric-is-feeding-the-far-right-claims-campaign-group" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/21/uk-governments-anti-migrant-rhetoric-is-feeding-the-far-right-claims-campaign-group</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️DeSantis "is attacking marginalized groups on issues where there is division among marginalized groups... so that they fight one another — or at least don’t fight for one another — rather than throwing more of their energy into fighting him.This well-worn divide-and-conquer strategy has been employed in our politics for centuries, and DeSantis has breathed new life into it." <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/opinion/ron-desantis-black-history.html?smid=tw-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/opinion/ron-desantis-black-history.html?smid=tw-share</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeSantis</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Divisive</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

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