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[–] [email protected] 23 points 16 hours ago (6 children)
  1. Is this real
  2. What does it mean?
  3. Where are we in terms of worrying? Should I begin to start to think about worrying or something more urgent?
[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago

You should have been worrying for years now.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 15 hours ago
  1. I see little reason to doubt it
  2. It means whoever hoisted it considers there to be a crisis, which is consistent with accounts of public offices being overtaken by random young white men who are rapidly taking control.
  3. Speaking as a non-American political scientist having worked a little with rule of law and fascism, it seems a bit late to start worrying. Think about what you can do for yourself, your neighbours, and your country, urgently or in the longer term. It's going to be ugly for a while.
[–] [email protected] 22 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

#3 depends where you are on the hit list I suppose. I'm trans, so I'm well past worry-o-clock and am actively making arrangements to leave the country. Someone like a cishet white male tech worker has a lot less to worry about though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You found a way to scream withouy caps--impressive I wish you the best comrade!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

That looks like a PieFed bug - the leading # should normally not be parsed into a headline in Markdown unless it is followed by a space. I'll give @[email protected] a heads up!

That said, there's every reason to scream at this point. I wish all Americans seeking to flee the country the best of luck.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 16 hours ago
  1. I think so.

  2. That's unclear but my take is that this is an expression of the distress felt by the employees, and perhaps the only possible outlet for their feelings. I suspect that it's more likely the action of one or two people rather that some kind of collectively approved signal.

  3. I just don't know. I'm not even American but I feel very discombobulated.

[–] SuperEars 5 points 16 hours ago

The new "phone, wallet, keys"