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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I imagine it would be about the fake evidence used as justification to invade Iraq. 9/11 isn't anything remotely comparable.

(And of course, the US is not the same, as you can talk about the Bush's perjury all day long and not get arrested. Although it is similar in that you can be brown and sent into a concentration camp.)

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

you can talk about the Bush’s perjury all day long and not get arrested

You can talk shit on the internet to nobody in particular and not get arrested. As soon as you start getting national attention, the hammer drops.

John Kiriakou, Thomas Tamm, Lawrence Wilkerson, Teresa Chambers, and Chelsea Manning were all subject to investigation, firing, and some range of prosecution with varying results for efforts they made to expose Bush's administrative criminality.