virtuistic.bsky.social
Advocate. Bi. Genderqueer. Green thumb.
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Editor. Journalist. Producer. Writer.
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I am sorry for the racial violence you experience in this colonial empire, and I do not expect to change your outlook. I think we probably agree more than we don't, which is why I wanted to share the video so you can get a better sense of the brinkmanship state Republicans are using to push this.
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Never asked to own it. I just think positionality and context matter.
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I think you should not assume my experiences are limited and chalk this up to you getting out over your skis. I reported and edited national daily news for more than a decade. I'm also femme person who grew up on the Internet and have done moderation work, so I'm very well aware, thanks.
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Please read the room and stop tone policing about shaming. You are replying to a story about Minnesota. We are not responsible for the whole of the US. We're trying to stop our Democratic leaders in MN from doing harm and holding them accountable for their participation and complicity in it.
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How about you stop yelling at the straw man American in your imagination in my replies?
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LMAO you are reply guying an anarchist who has been reporting on, volunteering alongside, and organizing with my neighbors for 25 years in this state and others. Fuck you, buddy. 🖕🏼
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I'm just going to leave this here, because one article does not prepare you for the reality of this conversation and you are being rude and condescending AF:
www.instagram.com/reel/DKs6iDa...
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They did not; you are repeating a narrative that ignores voter suppression and generalizing onto a state that did not vote for Trump. We have a strong culture of engaging our electeds critically on social media, and you don't even go here!
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You need to stop barking orders at people who have been turning out and organizing for literal years, man.
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That's not what would happen. Stop misrepresenting a situation you are clearly not informed about to do apologism.
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Stop saying that "the majority of the electorate" made these decisions! That is *not* true, and it certainly isn't in Minnesota. Do you even go here?
Also, it's super fucked up to invoke extermination like that. Yikes on all the bikes.
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There were so many other options and different ways to keep MinnesotaCare funded. Walz and other Democrats are throwing a targeted group of vulnerable people under the bus because it is politically expedient for them to prevent a shutdown. They do not need to go along with this inhumane action.
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Please do not accuse critical constituents of "shaming" their elected officials for speaking their valid grievances. You may not appreciate the full diversity of tactics, but this was a political choice they made - to abandon people and cut them off of health care - to appease racist Republicans.
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Seems like the low, low price of our souls, considering they don't have plans to lodge the troops.
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Impeach and remove him then! Don't just post through it without ALT text to tell civilians to stand against troops. What the fuck are we doing here, sir?
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The repeated use of the racist term "third world" is so telling. The Fash Father's Special Blabber Boys are telling on themselves with these exclusionary, xenophobic dogwhistles.
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Cursed cranky box
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That's a wildly incorrect conclusion to draw, so no - no, it doesn't. I've been protesting police brutality, copaganda, and militarization since I was a teenager, and it's one of the reasons I became an editor.
2020 is when cameras showed cops across the nation doing violence. Hope that helps.
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Twitter is now running ads that are paid for advocating for shooting protesters if you were wondering how the descent into fascism is going this evening.
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Shame on you, @governorwalz.mn.gov . Clawing healthcare away from our neighbors is not acceptable.
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Won't be even a little bit surprised if he ends up working for Palantir.
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This ain't it. I'd like to humbly suggest that the media and people with white privilege have an obligation to debunk the xenophobic nationalist narrative and acknowledge the historical relationship with said flag and how it's celebrating the connection to people who are part of the community.
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I will do, for sure. Dave is one of the sweetest dudes and best mentors I've known.
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Yup! Shaking your rump = moving or shaking the buttocks, often as a dance
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I feel this so hard. I worked remotely as a fill in editor for a lot of broadcast and print newsrooms in CA. Cops slammed a giant news camera into one of my photog friends' eyes. He lost sight in that eye and his career. That was in the late aughts.
2020 showed it's happening across the country. 🤬
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And then let's not ever forget how LAPD tried to blame the media when they blew up a whole neighborhood while ineptly trying to do a copaganda stunt
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Immediately in my head, lol: youtu.be/9gfnCbEvjXQ?...
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Ruh roh, I got a 404 but would love to bookmark.
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Look, you're moving goal posts and acting wilfully obtuse now, so this is getting into troll territory and I'm just going to mute you now. Yell on in the replies if you must, but I don't think it'll benefit you or anyone else in the long run. Good luck out there.
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Sucks to suck.
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No, thank you. I am too busy for deeply unserious gish gallops.