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Weird that for a ton of people the word “choice” is only in their vocabulary if you agree with them.

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Someone used a similar (yet darker) comparison on Twatter, and it is accurate:

You could give a woman a "choice" to sleep with you by putting a knife to her throat.

When she does, it isn't a "success", as it was never really a "choice".

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I'm still waiting to hear what my oh-so-reluctant employer is going to do now that Biden's mandate has been put on hold. They told us, "It's not us, it's the mean Mr. President who is forcing us to require the vax. We promise that we'll stop if a court strikes down the mandate." Yet I check my email today and, crickets. Hey, Mr. CEO, are you gonna pause the vaccine mandate or what?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/appeals-court-blasts-biden-vaccine-mandate-e2-80-98one-size-fits-all-sledgehammer-e2-80-99/ar-AAQFwpa

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Coercion and oppression by Govt morons. Millions of us will never bend the knee. EVER.

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This is Stage 5 of Biderman’s Chart of Coercion: Threats. I created a nicely typeset version of this chart in my last post (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-tyrant) for anyone who'd like to download it.

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This is now you treat a petulant child.

Which is exactly how our government regards its citizens.

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extortion. ransom. kidnapping. criminal behavior for sure.

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Coercion, duress, pick your adjective. It's no different than demanding sex from a subordinate to keep their job.

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AMEN, gatito! Bravo.

EVERYONE should be required to attend your kittengarten class!

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WHO ARE YOU --- Bad Cat? I want to know more about you. I want to support you! I'm paying $6 a month to Alex Berenson. Can't I do the same for you?!?!?!!

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Inside every "progressive" is a totalitarian scratching to get out and make everyone comply with his superior ideas.

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You can play Russian Roulette or be homeless. Your choice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCW9NsrV6VM

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You mean like King County WA requiring vaxx proof to go into a dam restaurant?

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Mind boggling. The warp speed degradation and redefining of words snd terms is incredible. I mean we really are in an upside down world!

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It's been blown into the open now, but libs have never supported choice. Just think of a policy, any policy, and ask if the libs are for more or less freedom. They have always wanted to mandate or prohibit. Even on matters of sexual perversion, they have mandated their way, and prohibited alternative policies.

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I love your posts, bad kitty. You do a great job of saying what needs to be said and that should be obvious but often isn't.

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I wonder how many people would understand the difference between choice and coercion if women were required to be impregnated and bear children every year.

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Well, there's one thing that Choice & Coercion have in common - they can both be found under the letter C in the dictionary!

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coercion is sooooo ugly!!! here in NZ, people are crying when they go to get the jab to save their job. the govt here says they're disgusted when that happens, because those people are listening to misinformation. it's going to get uglier here at the end of this month.

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The freedom loving people and free speech liberals of the 1960s/70s will be horrified by what has happened to this country and the world.

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Right on! I love what you've been saying!!

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The beatings will continue until you make the right choice

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Unsure if this is parenting advice or commentary on government policy. Though hey, in a nanny state, why not both?

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It's the soft tyranny we're living under. There is no crime in being unvaccinated, but that doesn't mean you won't be punished for "choosing" not to get a vaccine.

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More like blackmail and extortion

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stop unvaccinated hate!

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And taking away benefits is neglect

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Damn right it is...

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Standard lib playbook

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It’s also coercion.

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" don’t think most people on twitter could probably pass kittengarten"

Didn't you get the memo? Twitter is a giant crèche so that people don't have to talk to deranged "journalists". Think of it as an IRL containment board.

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It’s completely unfathomable that smart educated people have turned into diehard fascists who have no clue the damage they are inflicting on our social fabric. I don’t even want to go to restaurants with these people. You can have your “social lives” with other sociopaths. I’m happy to stay home at this point….

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Coercion

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I have so many people in my life who need to understand this.

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Personally, I call it blackmail.

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I get this feeling every time I go on there

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In their own minds these people are righteous. They are punishing the disobedient for the greater good. It's a crusade of sort for them. They remind me of church dwellers in Silent Hill movie.

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Where is this from?

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and in fact we still do....

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Squid game in real life.

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