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@huntingdon @GottaLaff yes, it is.

Or @Mer__edith et. al. really think the #Trump-Regime won't come after them once they outlived their usefulness...

This is a fantastic interview about successful messaging in the face of #Fascism and #authoritarianism. Pedro Telles co-founded Quid, a communications organization in Brazil focused on fighting right-wing extremism, which was instrumental in defeating Bolsonaro’s reelection bid in 2023.

There are so many nuggest of wisdom in the interview, such as the “three levels of influence”—local groups, followed channels, friend-followed channels—that shape a person’s mindset, and how opposition communication needs to use that to their advantage.

The success of Quid seems based on deep study and extensive (and expensive, I think) action that successfully infiltrated the media landscape to neutralize right-wing messaging. It’s their nontraditional, cool-headed, strategic methodology that makes them as formidable as Fox News.

It’s quite a read. I don’t know if anyone has risen to the challenge quite to this extent in the US.

#resistance #extremism #communications #media #strategy

wagingnonviolence.org/2024/08/

Waging Nonviolence · How a strong messaging strategy helped defeat Brazil’s BolsonaroPedro Telles explains the communications strategies that rallied Brazilians against authoritarianism.

Words matter.

For a moment let's look beyond Trump's nonsense tariff "plan" which is certain to cause global harms.

Please consider the words this abuser chose to use in defending the tariffs:

"our country has been looted, pillaged, raped and plundered”

😡 I understand the economic damage is occupying everybody's thoughts but we must call Trump out for trivializing sexual assault in this way. Allowing these phrases to go unchallenged is harmful to survivors and affects public discourse / social norms.

💜 April is #SAAM (Sexual Assault Awareness Month) - please call out this sad excuse of a man for his mysogynistic, moronic, and ironic phrasing.

🌐business.inquirer.net/517271/t

@sociology @publichealth #sociology #publichealth #communications #media #Trump #misogyny #abuse #trauma

INQUIRER.net · Trump: Global trade has ‘looted, pillaged, raped, plundered’ US economyBy Associated Press