Paft
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Paft
@paft.bsky.social
Boomer. Leftist. Feminist. Fiction writer, lover of history. Lover of debate. I've been doing it online for a very long time.

"Shut up" is not an argument.

Sometimes, I enjoy reeling in a troll and torturing it. Consider that a warning.
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1/ I have been online since 1983. Back then, the only people on what we now call the "internet" were academics or military pesonnel. Intelligent conversation was not rare. Few people on the forums I frequented, conservative or liberal, relied solely on insult, namecalling, etc.

Unfortunately...
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#NOKINGS

New York City, NY
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
September 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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😂
July 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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July 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Who knows what we'll be seeing this time next year.
This must end now!
Everyone needs to hit the streets and fight back ✊
It’s only going to get worse 🤬
July 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Two Democratic (DFL) Minnesota lawmakers and spouses shot by man impersonating police officer. www.fox9.com/news/melissa...
Rep. Melissa Hortman, Sen. John Hoffman shot in 'targeted' shootings: Sources
Two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses were shot by someone impersonating a police officer, sources confirmed to FOX 9.
www.fox9.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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ICE TRIED TO ROLL OUT IN Manhattan-New Yorkers said "NAH" AND SENT THEM BACK INSIDE!!
June 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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San Francisco swooped in on an
ICE van used to detain a person who showed up for Immigration Court ✊
June 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?
May 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Does anyone else believe Kilmer Abrego Garcia has already been murdered by Salvadoran government & Trump Admin knows? Senators aren't allowed to see him, the DOJ risks contempt, El Salvador says they won't ever return him. I strongly suspect this is the secret they're hiding.
April 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.

I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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We have a winner!
April 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
An unvaccinated child has died from measles in Texas.

They are going to try to get Americans used to deaths from easily preventable illnesses like measles, polio, whooping cough, etc. the same way they are trying to get us used to school shootings.
February 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The elephant in the room being ignored these days is Trump's finger on the nuclear button. That's why he is using the language of rape about other countries he wants to seize. That's the gun he holds to the world's head as he ties it to the mattress.
February 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
February 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today is the birthday of a good man who would have been appalled, disappointed, and horrified at what is happening to our country.

I miss you Dad, but I'm glad you did not live to see all this.
February 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Utterly disgraceful. He’s a boorish, uncouth, ignorant MORON. I hope that the families sue him and Elon. The timeline is clear as to whom to blame:
January 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Because they were taking your jobs…
January 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
When your country goes the way ours is, go on the record. Yell "NO" as loudly as possible for as long as you can.

When it all ends, saying "Honest, I was thinking kind thoughts about the folks getting rounded up/the countries being invaded" isn't going to be convincing.
January 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Heil Tesla
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1/ Here's the thing, supporters of Trump.

There have been men like him before. Hitler, Stalin, Pinochet, Ceaușescu, Franco, etc. Even, to a lesser extent, Joe McCarthy and Bull Connor. Sometimes it takes decades, sometimes it just takes a few years, but their times end, and what's...
January 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM