By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/07/2026It also explains the right's obsession with learning the racial and gender markers of anyone involved in a plane crash or other disaster: "See, the oil tanker was being piloted by a DEI hire when it crashed into that bridge!" 14/ 1643
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/07/2026Another important definition is Wilhoit's Law: > Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. pluralistic.net/2025/08/26/s... 15/pluralistic.netPluralistic: By all means, tread on those people (26 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 313118
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/07/2026This one hardly needs explanation in this era of "it's not a crime if the president does it," where Alex Jones can owe billions to the parents of dozens of murdered children and somehow not have to pay or give up his assets: www.status.news/p/infowars-t... 16/status.newsWinning The InfoWarsThe Onion chief Ben Collins spoke to Status about its InfoWars takeover, reaction from Alex Jones’ followers, and plans for “total world domination.” 1654
AudreyResists @audreyaff.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This is what I consider the pure distillation of right wing ideology. It really does reduce to this, and it allows the definitions to shift so that it can apply arbitrarily to whoever has the right wing beliefs. 010
Scabby Don't @generalmonkey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026'In-group' is one of the five values (with fairness, not harming others, tradition, and authority) to which most Americans hold, and it sabotages all other values. Those who hold to it know they'll never be in the innermost group, they just don't want to be the outermost group and need this proven. 100
