Monday, May 09, 2022

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Why The Fediverse Isn't All That"

As DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock explains why he's been shut down on Mastodon sm. So he probably is updating that sigline...

"The Mastodon In The Room: Why The Fediverse Isn't All That"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3429

They're non-binary, declare their pronouns, wave their trans flags 
high, wear their revolutionary cred on their sleeves — and they're 
ready to stomp down dissent at a moment's notice, and be "woke" as a 
motherfucker while they do it.

"Don't wanna be an American Idiot,
one nation, controlled by the media —
Information Age of hysteria
is calling out to Idiot America!"
— Green Day

In January of 2018, I found myself rooting around for alternative 
social media spaces shortly after receiving this note full of 
thinly-veiled threats from Twitter regarding my following and 
retweeting "Russian-influenced" accounts. All the cool kids got one.

That spring, after taking a quick peek at Gab (and a long, hot shower 
afterwards), I was turned on to Mastodon by a fellow "Russian dupe" on 
Twitter. It was during that first wave of Left voices and publications 
being bounced off of Twitter for "Russian influence" — i.e. 
contradicting the official US media party line. Of course, I got my 
ass over there pronto and set up a presence. I didn't mind that the 
traffic was a bit thin; it was basically what Twitter would've been 
without the trolls, bots, shills, spammers and Nazis — like, detoxed 
Twitter...

Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
...and on Mastodon at https://kolektiva.social/@flugennock

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