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Peter Sagal

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Because as is well known, the first American Revolution was fought against the tyranny of faculty senates. (Read the transcript in the link.)

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To be fair "because 8 rich men would like to take everything you have and ensure you have no way to stop it" is a hard sell, even for the absolute fools who vote republican.

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Jeanne Timmons's avatar Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social
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I'm particularly chilled by the last sentence.

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Kit Winn-Rose's avatar Kit Winn-Rose @princeennui.bsky.social
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"Our takeover will be nonviolent unless you resist"

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Gary O'Brien, DBA's avatar Gary O'Brien, DBA @doktor-x.bsky.social
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They always look like they stepped right out of the Third Reich..

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Peter Sagal's avatar Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social
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It is remarkable to me that when they ever deign to name a specific complaint that requires them to overthrow American society (ie, a “revolution”) it’s always something like faculty senates or website DEI statements or calorie counts on menus.

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R. A. Izzo's avatar R. A. Izzo @waxtadpole.bsky.social
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And of course the media will describe them as "conservative," which is the biggest lie of all. These people are not conservative - they are extremists. Media lacks the nerve to tell them who they really are.

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Gale Has a Point's avatar Gale Has a Point @ohnoyouwint.bsky.social
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If you asked an LLM to paraphrase this it would say, 'unless the university profs and MSNBC anchors take up arms against us, the revolution will be bloodless. Also something about Federalist #70 arguing for a strong executive which doesn't sound to me like what the Federalists wanted. Hamilton maybe

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