Critical race theory's analysis of the law basically said that all the liberal pretense has racism built-in and at the end of the day, the law protects and sustains racism and the constitutional law wasn't really there to get in the way

Too bad people didn't bother to learn what CRT actually was

It’s like listen to Black people. Give Black people the mic. Believe Black people. Elevate Black people. What’s so hard?! It vanishes a lot of problems overnight. But it’s the one thing they don’t want to do.

“No people ever recognize their dictator in advance. He never stands for election on the platform of dictatorship. He always represents himself as the instrument of Incorporated National Will…When our dictator turns up you can depend on it that he will be one of the boys, and that he will stand for everything traditionally American.” —Dorothy Thompson, 1935

American journalist Dorothy Thompson on dictatorship in the USA from 1935:

(From “The American Fascists” by Linda Gordon)

Thank you

Would love to read this. Do you have a gift link?

You didn’t recognize fascism when Black people faced harassment by law enforcement, were beaten and bitten by dogs while advocating for equal rights. Or when police bombed a Black community in Philadelphia. You failed to recognize fascism when it impacted others. Now we’re here.

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture

This is brilliant by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

I too remember when it was perfectly normal to be hit on by adult men when I was 13 and barely had breasts. Nobody did a thing, not even the police.

I was very lucky to have an incredibly fierce dad who did care.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

this is seriously fucking good and you should read it in full

Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.

The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

If the height of your ambition for regime change is to escape fascism yourself while abandoning trans people to its continuation in the shadows, fuck you.

We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory The connection been Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.

“Pedocon theory does not involve secret networks of underground tunnels where adrenochrome is harvested for reptilian overlords. Pedocon theory is not hiding beneath twelve layers of misdirection. Pedocon theory is rooted in the basic politics of the reactionary right.”

Just feels real bad to be told your existence is too controversial to allow children to know about it

Damn right!!!

When I say ICE is an extrajudicial quasi-military force with no Constitutional authority you say and it must not receive federal funding and be disbanded

ICE IS AN EXTRAJUDICIAL QUASI-MILITARY FORCE WITH NO CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

Stormtrooper-ass looking cops standing in front of a giant donut.

Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize

Every right in America was bought in blood. Every regulation was written in blood. Everything about American history is what? Bloody.

The real Trump Derangement Syndrome is being convinced Trump Derangement Syndrome is real and not a natural revulsion by normal, decent people to a disgusting, sloppy pigheaded jackass who’s effectively destroyed the country

Trump: I will pass an execut-

Corporate America: Don’t say another word, pal! We’ll get rid of DEI. I think we actually have a couple of the old “No Coloreds” signs in the back. We’ll have those up by EOD.

So much political discourse right now in the US is boiling down to "I didn't believe the bleeding person who told me the wolf at the door was dangerous to me. Because I thought the wolves only hunted them." And I don't know what people think can happen as long as that is still the conversation.

When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'

“No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear: In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.” by Toni Morrison; excerpt reads: “Dictators and tyrants routinely begin their reigns and sustain their power with the deliberate and calculated destruction of art: the censorship and book-burning of unpoliced prose, the harassment and detention of painters, journalists, poets, playwrights, novelists, essayists. This is the first step of a despot whose instinctive acts of malevolence are not simply mindless or evil; they are also perceptive. Such despots know very well that their strategy of repression will allow the real tools of oppressive power to flourish. Their plan is simple: 1. Select a useful enemy—an “Other”—to convert rage into conflict, even war. 2. Limit or erase the imagination that art provides, as well as the critical thinking of scholars and journalists. 3. Distract with toys, dreams of loot, and themes of superior religion or defiant national pride that enshrine past hurts and humiliations.”

Toni Morrison:

Being autistic isn't hard. All you have to do is remember the 3 things that make NTs most mad:

- Misunderstandings
- Any effort on your part to prevent a misunderstanding
- Any attempt after the fact to clear up a misunderstanding

So long as you avoid those, functioning in NT society is easy!

If you think it's more important to ostracize and terrorize trans kids than protecting kids from school shootings you're an asshole and I hope you get hit in the mouth with a lug wrench

Repeatedly

Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

🚨 BREAKING: Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bi...

YouTube video by CTFORUM Toni Morrison on Trauma, Survival, and Finding Meaning

One of my favorite Toni Morrison interviews: “the grandeur of life is that attempt”
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