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A quotation from Hannah Arendt

For the propaganda of totalitarian movements which precede and accompany totalitarian regimes is invariably as frank as it is mendacious, and would-be totalitarian rulers usually start their careers by boasting of their past crimes and carefully outlining their future ones. The Nazis were “convinced that evil-doing in our time has a morbid force of attraction,” Bolshevik assurances inside and outside Russia that they do not recognize ordinary moral standards have become a mainstay of Communist propaganda, and experience has proven time and again that the propaganda value of evil deeds and general contempt for moral standards is independent of mere self-interest, supposedly the most powerful psychological factor in politics.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
The Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 10 “A Classless Society,” sec. 1 (1951)

More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/41493/

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-28-2026/

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-28-2026/

#Trump’s alleged #sexual #assault of a #minor: what we know & what’s still being hidden
🤦‍♂️"only 16 pages hv been disclosed, meaning 37 pages r still being withheld by te Trump admin.. More than 2 dozen #women hv accused Trump of #sexualassault. In 2023, a #jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing writer #EJeanCarroll in te mid-90s & later defaming her.. Trump was #recorded #bragging about his ability to get away with sexual assault in 2005 on an #AccessHollywood tape"🧐
https://popular.info/p/trumps-alleged-sexual-assault-of

A quotation from Judith Martin

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
(Attributed)

More about this quote: wist.info/martin-judith/32074/

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Offered without further commentary: #aadl #bragging

A quotation from Molière

CLÉANTE: There’s true and false in piety, as in bravery,
   And just as those whose courage shines the most
   In battle, are the least inclined to boast,
   So those whose hearts are truly pure and lowly
   Don’t make a flashy show of being holy.
 
[Il est de faux dévots ainsi que de faux braves:
Et, comme on ne voit pas qu’où l’honneur les conduit
Les vrais braves soient ceux qui font beaucoup de bruit,
Les bons et vrais dévots, qu’on doit suivre à la trace,
Ne sont pas ceux aussi qui font tant de grimace.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/75622/

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A quotation from Molière

CLÉANTE: There’s true and false in piety, as in bravery,
   And just as those whose courage shines the most
   In battle, are the least inclined to boast,
   So those whose hearts are truly pure and lowly
   Don’t make a flashy show of being holy.
 
[Il est de faux dévots ainsi que de faux braves:
Et, comme on ne voit pas qu’où l’honneur les conduit
Les vrais braves soient ceux qui font beaucoup de bruit,
Les bons et vrais dévots, qu’on doit suivre à la trace,
Ne sont pas ceux aussi qui font tant de grimace.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/75622/

#quote #quotes #quotation #boasting #bragging #bravado #bravery #courage #devotion #hypocrisy #hypocrite #ostentation #performance #piety #pious #showingoff #visibility

A quotation from Molière

CLÉANTE: There’s true and false in piety, as in bravery,
   And just as those whose courage shines the most
   In battle, are the least inclined to boast,
   So those whose hearts are truly pure and lowly
   Don’t make a flashy show of being holy.
 
[Il est de faux dévots ainsi que de faux braves:
Et, comme on ne voit pas qu’où l’honneur les conduit
Les vrais braves soient ceux qui font beaucoup de bruit,
Les bons et vrais dévots, qu’on doit suivre à la trace,
Ne sont pas ceux aussi qui font tant de grimace.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/75622/

#quote #quotes #quotation #boasting #bragging #bravado #bravery #courage #devotion #hypocrisy #hypocrite #ostentation #performance #piety #pious #showingoff #visibility

#MarkRobinson — the #Republican #governor #candidate in #NorthCarolina — who called himself a "#Black #Nazi," makes a mockery of Black #conservatives

With #WhiteSupremacist #DonaldTrump #bragging about his increasing #support from #Black #voters, there is a media spotlight on Black #rightwingers.

https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/4903706-mark-robinson-north-carolina/

#Trump offers striking candor about post-2024 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #plans

He intends to use the full power of the #federal #government against his perceived #foes. He's practically #bragging about it.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-offers-striking-candor-post-2024-weaponization-plans-rcna124581