WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/76892/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Kurt Vonnegut</b></a></p><blockquote>Fascism was a fairly popular political philosophy which made sacred whatever nation and race the philosopher happened to belong to.</blockquote><p><b>Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.</b> (1922-2007) American novelist, journalist<br><i>Breakfast of Champions</i>, ch. 17 (1973)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/76892/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/768…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=kurtvonnegut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kurtvonnegut</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ideology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideology</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfaggrandizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfaggrandizing</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfserving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfserving</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=usvsthem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usvsthem</span></a></p>
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Kevin Russell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sellathechemist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sellathechemist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Thebratdragon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Thebratdragon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@JugglingWithEggs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JugglingWithEggs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p>It does not serve rhe British people, tiger. It is a disservice. </p><p>BBC<br>World News Disservice.<br>Clink clink clank clank denk.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uklabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uklabour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bullfluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullfluent</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fertilizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fertilizer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dishonest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dishonest</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/selfserving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfserving</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/broom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cleanUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleanUp</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>[<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>]…portrays himself as a champion of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>, but <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> point to his public & private remarks denigrating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ServiceMembers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ServiceMembers</span></a>.</p><p>“I just haven’t seen anything this disgusting. It is completely inappropriate to do any kind of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> activity on a federal installation, & it is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immoral</span></a> …to conduct any kind of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfServing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfServing</span></a> activity on a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cemetery</span></a> w/the graves of our fallen,”said Paul Eaton, a ret <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a> general & adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteVets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteVets</span></a> whose father’s remains are interred at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Arlington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arlington</span></a>.</p>
Nonilex<p>At the same time, he runs a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>charity</span></a> w/billions of dollars, the kind of resources that could make a global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impact</span></a>. But unlike <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a>, who has deployed his fortune in an effort to improve <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> across Africa, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a>’s Walton family, which has spurred change in the American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> system, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s philanthropy has been haphazard & largely <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfServing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfServing</span></a> — making him eligible for enormous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxBreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxBreaks</span></a> & helping his businesses.</p>
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