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Laverne Shirley

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“If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it.” - Zora Neale Hurston. Artist, Author, Bookworm, Cat lover, Music Lover, Photographer, Advocate, Activist, Parent, Teacher, Helper, Gamer, Editor, Gen Xr with an attitude. ♍

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DECADES of "white flight".

DECADES of media SCARING suburbanites with the drumming of 'others' "invading" 'their' communities.

And, of course, CENTURIES of Murica being what it's ALWAYS BEEN: founded on racism, violence, and fear mongering about The Them People.

23.02.2026 18:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Seriously.

As someone who grew up in "blue" city (DECADES ago) with an R-controlled State House, I VERY MUCH REMEMBER how they talked down about our city and did EVERYTHING POSSIBLE to avoid funding ANYTHING or sending ANY help. But TAKE AWAY something helpful? YEAH, they were ALL about THAT.

23.02.2026 17:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"WE" won't get any of it though. Just the STATE.

23.02.2026 17:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Because it's not about ACTUALLY prosecuting.

It's about SPREADING F E A R. It's about making others who are thinking about getting involved be too AFRAID to do so.

It's about SILENCING detractors by making them worry about being jailed or KILLED or having their financial life destroyed in court.

23.02.2026 17:51 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

She did what she was SELECTED to do.

Full Stop.

23.02.2026 17:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Now-n-Laters and Dip-n-Stix! 😀

23.02.2026 17:44 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He'll COMPLY with the DESIRE of this abusive admin to WILLFULLY (and preferable, RACIALLY) ABUSE people, or HE'LL be out TOO.

The Malignancy's regime DOES NOT WANT ACCOUNTABILITY. They DO NOT WANT "less" violation of the rights of people. They WANT TO HARM AND HURT.

27.01.2026 18:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Excellent! If it's not going to be the DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE venue it's always been, any artist concerned about their image and FUTURE sales should avoid it like we're avoiding The Malignancy who assaulted the building with his name.

27.01.2026 18:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sharing! (And hopefully, reading soon!)

27.01.2026 18:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The cover of The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas--out TODAY with Mariner!

The cover of The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas--out TODAY with Mariner!

Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE

I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

27.01.2026 12:02 — 👍 334    🔁 147    💬 18    📌 8

Iiiiiiiiiiiiii ABSOLUTELY would! There's not enough money IN EXISTENCE, past present or future all added TOGETHER, to make me watch this TRASH PROPAGANDA.

27.01.2026 18:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wait till people of "other" religions realize THEY can refuse service to "Christians" based on THEIR conscience and the "rules" of THEIR religions! We'll hear the heads exploding all throughout the land!

27.01.2026 18:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah, "WE" K-n-o-w!

27.01.2026 18:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was those "vertically moral" HYPOCRITES that the Jesus of the Bible DESPISED and chastised EVERY CHANCE HE GOT.

27.01.2026 18:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The problem with this:

THEIR 'God' is NOT the god of the BIBLE.

Their God is the god of CHAOS and GREED. A god that sells CONTROL over the lives and behaviors of - SURPRISE! - the Exact Same People They HATE.

18.01.2026 16:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There will be no impeachment with REPUBLICANS RUNNING CONGRESS.

And, unless voters smarten the fuck up and give Dems a COMPLETE CONTROL majority, any impeachment efforts they bring will turn out exactly like the last two, because rethugs will still have seats on the committees which make decisions

18.01.2026 16:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

HIS CULT ISN'T PAYING TAXES ANYWAY.

They're either POOR & getting refunds in March, or RICH and using the same tax cheats (um, 'breaks') that he does. He's lost the centrists and independents who THOUGHT they would do better under him, so he no longer CARES about complaints!

18.01.2026 16:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have BEEN saying, since project 2025 dropped and since IT somehow got back in that seat, that they have ZERO plans of giving up the power they're grabbing. NONE. They're already setting up to CHEAT in the red states by keeping opposing votes from being counted.

18.01.2026 16:12 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Ran me straight out of "the church" to see this THING set above the COMMAND to love and forgive and help one another.

18.01.2026 16:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

AAAYE!

Never liked IT.

Never admired ANY thing IT has done.

Have referred to IT as "The Malignancy" for DECADES.

Never WOULD nor WILL vote for IT.

EVER.

18.01.2026 16:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#KeepItWoke !!

18.01.2026 15:59 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!!

ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!!

ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!!

ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!!

ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!!

ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW!!!

17.01.2026 12:13 — 👍 1563    🔁 524    💬 75    📌 28

"Controversial"

You misspelled TRUTHFUL

23.12.2025 20:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

SHOCK!

SURPRISE!

INCREDULITY!

ASTONISHMENT!

😑 I feel none of those.

23.12.2025 20:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I would LOVE to be surprised. I would. But there is, literally, NOTHING that turns out to have anti Black origins which shocks me.

10.12.2025 16:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was ALWAYS about stoking FEAR.

These fuckers are NO DIFFERENT from the KKK crusaders riding around terrorizing entire communities to prevent them from voting or even "complaining", and to silence any non-minority who DARED be on the "side" of minorites.

10.12.2025 16:42 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

EXACTLY!

10.12.2025 16:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Been crystal clear to ME for DECADES.

The ONLY thing the right is good at is HURTING people. Full stop.

10.12.2025 16:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There is sadism at the Core of the RIGHT, and it's ALWAYS been their foundational tenet, WORLDWIDE, for ALL of history.

Sadists and Psychopaths. Every one.

06.12.2025 16:02 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0