I went to a protest recently but hadn't been for a few months. The area I protest is suburban, with people driving by honking and whatnot. Honks/waves in support are mildly up. The amount of smug disapproval has gone way down (replaced by a kind of uncomfortable avoiding eye contact). But there is still a tiny contingent of super angry people though. Like one guy drove past a few times, red clenched face glaring at us, both middle fingers strenuously extended in front of it. I wanted to direct him to the hospital, but you know it's impossible to get anything through to these people. I think that contingent must be the people who are really trapped and strung out in the fascist social media bubble which keeps telling them them they're under attack and whatnot. Like if your policy goal is ethnic cleansing, then you should be pretty happy these days, right?

There was an article making the rounds like right off the bat, maybe March 2025, calling out the fascist gambit as whether they will be able to use control of online channels to keep most people disbelieving their own eyes and ears. I think back to this idea often.