Making a martyr: Fascism claiming victimization
A short rant about politics. Syn Dika Graphic by Forrester Toews America once stated itself to be the "land of the free." Regardless of what it actually was, the world once believed that the U.S.A was a place of progress, freedom, and liberty for all. But recently, with Donald Trump's second term, the States are viewed much more as a danger to those values. The American federal government now spreads blatant lies to the president’s ever-loyal fans. It’s rolling back human and civil rights, and it’s funding a foreign genocide against the Palestinians on top of it all. The president has also appointed countless frauds into positions of power, such as RFK Jr., who recently "found" the cause of autism is Tylenol taken by women during...
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