was it a smear or a very fair criticism of something she herself wrote about flippantly in her book? She even opined that her slaves were probably railroaded by the justice system but it was easier to go along than take a stand and if they got out of line she would send them back to the slammer
It was not fair criticism. Hillary Clinton did not have control over the mansion or its upkeep. An entirely separate entity did so. I don't know where y'all get the idea that the First Lady of Arkansas was omnipotent and could change the organization, the laws, or the budget.
Please share the passage from the same or any other book, speech or interview where she describes how she tried in vain to abolish the practice but just had no power or influence as the first lady of Arkansas over a house she was living in, and the tremendous guilt and shame she felt over it.
the author of the article i posted is black and writes about the antiblackness perpetuated by both clintons. perhaps if you read the article i shared and the author’s critique instead of just replying to my post like you thought i was a dunce you would have seen that i posted it because it was
Right? The important thing was making sure we kept Hillary out of the White House so we could have ICE snatch people off the street for writing an oped, thank God we could keep our politics pure
More Sanders supporters voted for Hillary than Hillary supporters voted for Obama- but people insist a proven unlikeable prolific liar who egregiously blocked the momentum of the front runner to have herself coronated, then couldn’t defeat trump, whom she had elevated in her hubris- is the victim?
I think this response got out of hand. This post was a distraction from what is happening, what her post is really about. Why don’t people care about what she is saying? Why always go straight to the shit? I am not educated enough on the topic to comment on the slavery.
if you feel like you're admitting you're wrong or were uninformed, it may be worth apologizing to Marlo for calling her maga, a liar, and telling her to leave a site she helped build a community on. probably some other stuff too
people here are people, and many of us have been friends for YEARS
"We're facing catastrophic global climate change"
"That's a distraction from what really matters"
"NoDAPL"
"That's a distraction"
"BLM"
"Distraction"
"They're committing geno--"
"Shut up and vote"
"Why don't people care about what she is saying" because no one should care about the opinions of slaveowners. What the hell is wrong with you? No, seriously, what is wrong with you?
hillary and her campaign worked hard to make trump the 2016 frontrunner, and did you ever notice the tonal shift in harris' campaign? it was so drastic you can pinpoint when HRC's people started interfering. the whole family needs to stay quiet.
Who the fuck are you to lecture anybody about "going back" anywhere?
You can't even go online without acting like a colonizer, no wonder you want everyone to shut up about slavery. Keep spamming people to build your brand, clown.
This is not a conspiracy or a secret. She literally bragged about how good she was at disciplining the black prisoners she used for housework in her book.
Okay, hold on. So, are Hillary's own words on the subject, describing how the Governor's Mansion in Arkansas used unpaid prison labor (which is explicitly a carve-out in the ban on *slavery*) bullshit? I mean, a politician lying is not unusual, but still.
she wrote them in an autobiography. the article pointing attention to that and the enslavement of prisoners was written by a black writer who knows a lot more about it than i do, which is why i linked it
They literally did use slave labour, though. The US still has legal slavery. This isn't about the GOP vs Dems. The entire system is corrupt and evil. The US is a far right country at it's core.
The only reason I came on this app was to get away from the insane MAGA hate
And straight up lies that they spread everywhere. Why can’t you leave us alone?
I can absolutely understand wanting to avoid the lies. But just because someone posts something critical of a politician you like, doesn't make it a lie. I'm also not a fan of whataboutism. It's a fucking KGB tactic. But Clinton had his share of shit, & you're not (necessarily) MAGA for exposing it.
In her (? I’m assuming from context, feel free to correct) defense, she didn’t realize she a) managed to think it was a rightward attack rather than a leftward and b) was using the Discover tab.
The Discover tab is frequently a mistake (and there should be a setting that lets peeps opt out)
bold of you to assume that no one on Bluesky has actually read HRC's biography
also "go back to X" to MARLO?!? Who's been here almost as long as Bluesky's been a thing? Take your own advice. Head back to X where everyone talks out their ass about things they know nothing about
Oh my, you really didn't know did you?
Yeah, she copped to having slave labor in one of her many books, though I expect, like most of us, you didn't read it
Yes I apologize. Because I, myself, behaved like MAGA. All I saw was another post trying to kill the idea of the vote in Wisconsin that Musk is so intensely pushing & I reacted. I am not left or right. I am just tired, and used to, lies covering truth. Explain the hate away, vs hating back. It helps
thank you. sorry for snapping. i get a lot of this when i post anything political. you should look into leftism, honestly, especially on the local level!
"Bluesky Elder" is one of my favorite labelers bc I always get to see someone whose post history is so short I can scroll their entire post history use "Go back to X" use it on someone with the label
it's always bitches who didn't join until after the election telling people who have actually been here the longest to "go back to X." on some real colonizer shit for real
And it's not a matter of belief. Prison labor is slave labor, and the governor's mansion was worked by prison labor.
The fact Trump is far worse doesn't mean the Clintons weren't neoliberal sleazebags. And I say that as someone who voted for Clinton in 2016 because Trump scared the shit out of me.
This is the dumbest thing I've seen someone get mad about here today, and I just saw someone lose their mind over Hillary Clinton being called a war criminal.
I legitimately cannot understand how someone in 2025 could be like "I know i will join a new website with an attempt to rebrand the MAGA movement by one letter and also be an absolute shithead"
White people try not to use the suffering of black bodies to score brownie points against a former politician who lost so they can feel better about themselves challenge [IMPOSSIBLE]
actually I feel like shit that people defend slavery in the twenty first century. I feel like shit when universities use prison labor for dorm furniture. I feel like shit when states use prison labor for license plates on sub $1/hr labor. I feel like shit when I have little agency than to just yell.
It’s fascinating watching white people talking about the Clintons using prison labor while using the black men who were doing the actual labor as props to say how much Hillary sucked with zero self-awareness.
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everyone else got all the other juicy war criminal stuff before me because i was at a consult for eye surgery 😩
Because of the history of performing evil actions that make the world worse.
There are plenty of folks on this platform who are making plenty of noise about this election who never had even one slave.
Also, it is always appropriate to vocally shame enslavers and oppose slavery, which is still LEGAL in the United States. Hope this helps! 🤗
people here are people, and many of us have been friends for YEARS
"That's a distraction from what really matters"
"NoDAPL"
"That's a distraction"
"BLM"
"Distraction"
"They're committing geno--"
"Shut up and vote"
You can't even go online without acting like a colonizer, no wonder you want everyone to shut up about slavery. Keep spamming people to build your brand, clown.
take that shit back to twitter, lmfao
And straight up lies that they spread everywhere. Why can’t you leave us alone?
🖤yeah, it must be annoying to be reminded how similar you are to magas, who do the same kinds of shit but are more effective at it
y'all just annoy everyone into not voting tbh lmao
"why can't you leave us alone?"
you're like a maga who shows up spews nonsense then proclaims they're being harassed by everyone who told them to stfu
Bluesky has, aside from the flood over the last few months, cultivated an extremely leftist culture. This is why you came here.
Marlo is one of the earliest skeeters here, and is one of the people responsible for that culture.
"omg u criticized hillary clinton, you must be a musk lover, go back to x"
jezus fucking krist
If you *do* want to use the Discover tab then maybe don’t go aggro in people’s mentions
When he was governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton indeed used prison labor to maintain the governor’s mansion.
It’s a lot more commonplace than anyone wants to admit.
The Discover tab is frequently a mistake (and there should be a setting that lets peeps opt out)
Things that make you go hmmmmmm
also "go back to X" to MARLO?!? Who's been here almost as long as Bluesky's been a thing? Take your own advice. Head back to X where everyone talks out their ass about things they know nothing about
Yeah, she copped to having slave labor in one of her many books, though I expect, like most of us, you didn't read it
there's SO much to unlearn as well
one thing I like leaving behind on Twitter is people who can't admit a mistake (and people who can't forgive one that's been admitted)
"Masterful Gambit, ma'am"
You’re gonna get some pretty stellar mileage outta this bad boy
The fact Trump is far worse doesn't mean the Clintons weren't neoliberal sleazebags. And I say that as someone who voted for Clinton in 2016 because Trump scared the shit out of me.
to be a capitalist and imperialist you gotta be devoid of it
RAY-SHE OOOOOOOOOH!!!