Banda Do Sol

Luxurious self-catering accommodation on the island of Madeira

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Today is the tipping point.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Journalist and college professor Stacey Patton goes viral by penning a stunningly powerful statement about how she was on Charlie Kirk’s “digital hit list” and recounting the horror that he inflicted on her.

We cannot allow this tragic assassination to whitewash Kirk’s legacy…

“I am on Charlie Kirk’s hit list,” Patton wrote to her 215,000 followers on Facebook. “His so-called ‘Professor Watchlist,’ run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life.”

“For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: ‘bitch,’ ‘c*nt,’ ‘n****r.’ They threatened all manner of violence,” she continued.

“They overwhelmed the university’s PR lines and the president’s office with calls demanding that I be fired,” Patton wrote. “The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm.”

“And I am not unique,” she added.

“Kirk’s Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse,” Patton wrote.

“Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely. Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob!” she continued.

“That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built. He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement’s lies,” she wrote.

“And now, in the wake of his shooting, there’s all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater,” Patton continued. “But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear!”

“And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle.”

“But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups,” she continued. “Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives.”

“It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant,” she concluded.

This is pure unvarnished truth from Patton. Charlie Kirk did not deserve what happened to him, but nor did his victims deserve the hell that he unleashed on them. If Americans are going to build a more peaceful future for ourselves we must condemn political violence while also condemning the hateful, bigoted rhetoric that made Kirk a multimillionaire.

Please retweet and ❤️ if Patton’s message struck a chord with you!

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@yoitsshaan @SchaafieD @ScottJenningsKY Exactly…sit down and shut the fuck up!!! You too scott jennings…evil trumpbuttlicking racist!!! Oh and by the way not all of the 59 are farmers…lets just say…second hand car salesmen! Baai geluk daar by Idaho mense!!

[News Live SA @newslivesa]

News Archives | 5 years ago

"Ganor and I were very fortunate to be close to President Nelson Mandela. When he said, 'I'm resigning, I'm doing one term,' we asked him, 'Who do you want to take over?' Johann Rupert recalls.

“He said Thabo Mbeki, and I was surprised. I said, 'Why not Cyril Ramaphosa?' Mandela said, 'No, I want the young man to go out and make money. He must go and make money so that when he comes back to be president, he cannot be bribed." Johann Rupert

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

The classic, and perhaps one of the most embarrassing moments for Americans was when Donald Trump pulled out a picture from the Congo and claimed it was a burial site for victims of his imaginary “white genocide” in South Africa.

Imagine, America, with all its intelligence capabilities, having a president who not only embarrasses himself but his country too, lying on international television like that. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[judith february @judith_february]

What happened in the Oval Office now was simply a reflection on Trump and the US: unhinged, chaotic, racist, embarrassing, uncommitted to truth and lacking in any basic civility.
As our history has shown, we make a way and will continue to do so. We are proudly South African.

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@hudsonrstephen @KeithWMattox @mmpadellan I suspect you are wasting your breath Stephen…🙇‍♀️

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@Jeffsa7317 @mmpadellan Going to go do some of your own research … speak to people who live there and actually know the facts…?? Lol…nah…too much hard work to open your mind to the other possibility that the dipshit manchild and his nazi handler are talkng shit

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@richdecamp @mmpadellan About what exactly??? Keen to hear as I am assuming you have a good grasp of SA land laws and have spent time in the country…..

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@lydrosex @mmpadellan Let’s be clear…a little list of your friends usernames does not constitute genocide!!! Ffs!!! I am a victim of multiple home invasions in SA but at least I have my brain intact…get a grip madam!!

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@mmpadellan Brilliant comparison!

[Art Candee 🍿🥤 @ArtCandee]

"Bohemian Trumpsody" from @marshsongs may just be the best thing I've seen all day.

Not only are the lyrics spot on, but man they can saaaaaaang!

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

To mark the #DemocraticConvention #DNC2024 #DNC we've had fun adapting @Eddy_Grant's gloriously hopeful international anti-apartheid anthem from 1988.

So here's 🎶 "Gimme Hope Kamala" - a parody twist about @KamalaHarris 💙 vs #DonaldTrump 🍊 that pulls no punches.

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@elonmuskADO Hell yes!!

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

Can’t stop watching this 🤣🤣

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

This is the best photo shoot... 😂

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

Go my Bokke!!! #respect #springboks #wcru2023

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@woll_martin Thanks for the concern! Where we are we are safe but other areas around us have been having a hard time. A few teams of firefighters arrived yesterday from the mainland to help our amazing guys and rain is predicted for Sunday so fingers crossed 🙏

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@great_scott_uk @TUIUK Ian…just to make sure you realise that Madeira is separate from the Canary Islands …yeah….?? we’re Portuguese ..they‘re Spanish…capiche???

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@KirstieMAllsopp Love you Kirstie but what actually is your point….tbh at this juncture no one in the world that is not the blessed uk gives a toss about what you preshusses might all be thinking or what pearls you might all be clutching…🤦‍♀️

[Banda Do Sol @BdSolCottages]

@mhdksafa Hello Mohamad 🙏