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Same @ on #Spoutible, X & Discord. Migrated here from #NativeTwitter & #BlackTwitter. Still on Effbook.
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry at "Solidarity" being called a concept and term that needs to be "taken out of the mothballs." Who are the sweet summer children, old enough to be any kind of activists and readers of the NYT, who don't know this? We need continuity here. #ACTUP #Solidarity
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Excellent work. Thank you.
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I hope you get it figured out and feel better soon.
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But it wasn't stopped. They turned it on and it leaked all over the place. They shut it down to fix a leak, then turn it on again. Then it leaks again. Over and over again. Just like we knew it would.
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The orange menace did not do well with Native voters. No reliable poll of Native voters was taken. The grossly inaccurate poll you cite was not taken in any Native community, and allowed for self-i.d. - probably zero Native people were polled. #NativeVote
indigenousjournalists.org/2024/11/post...
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*waves* Also recommend Spoutible.com. It's smaller, not many Natives there yet, but it's Black-owned and run and racists and other trolls get kicked off.
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I don't know about far left... But I don't know what to call some of these creeps anymore. I think a lot of the old left/right categories have crumbled with horseshoe theory, and racists and misogynists from both sides finding fertile ground at that juncture. We're in Bizarroworld now.
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Exhausting yet predictable.
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Wow. The guy deleted his post. I think it was worth staying up, because WP are always appropriating Two Spirit. A discussion about it was worth having. When someone gets embarrassed at being taught some stuff, their deletion erases the words, time and effort of the people who took the time to teach.
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... There is lore about gender-variant ancestors, spirits and even deities in Gaelic and Norse cultures. Traditions to observe. And small groups who work with these ways. But it has to be taken on its own terms, not in the context of newage or Wiccan approaches, which are cultural erasure. 2/2
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It's been decades since I went to any of those gatherings. But when I did, we explored creating spaces and traditions for queer folks. Unfortunately, most of what people wanted to do was based in appropriation, as so much in the WP Pagan communities are. ... 1/2
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Many WP Pagans try to justify appropriation by saying, "so much was lost". But so much survives. However, it demands throwing out misconceptions, learning the original languages, reading old texts, studying old as well as surviving folklore, and learning from Elders. It takes patience and time.
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There's no equivalent term or concept in Old Irish or Gaelic. Trying to create one would be appropriation.
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Trolls get blocked.
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Exactly.
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Again, not representative of the community / communities as a whole. More than one family is affected by this racism.
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And even IF NAGA wasn't a bunch of fakes, the tiny group does not speak for the overwhelming majority of Natives who have worked, again, for decades to stop the use of racist team names and mascots. Racist seize onto the frauds and sellouts who tell racists what they want to hear.
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Fake Natives, Fake tribes, Fake fake fake:
www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.ph...
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The group is made up of pretendians. Do your research. As a descendant of Piedmont and Southwestern Indigenous people, yes, I do anti-mascot work. My SE ancestors were probably Catawba, so that's the community I have reconnected with as a descendant and relative. I work with my cousins in community.
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That is a pretendian group. WP love them, and platform over the actual Indigenous people who fought for decades to get the racist name and mascots removed.
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Nope. What "chiefs"? Actual Natives protested it for decades. One group of frauds, and an illegitimate poll that relied on self-id, were used to defend the racist mascots, and the racists platform the fakes. Actual Natives and relatives worked hard to get it changed.
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"We support and stand with journalists working to hold our leaders accountable. At the same time, journalism needs to hold itself to a higher standard. Inaccurate and harmful coverage of Indigenous communities is unacceptable."
#IndigiSky #IJA
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"As an organization committed to freedom of press and accurate coverage of Indigenous people, IJA urges local, state, federal, and tribal governments to protect press freedom. ...
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"Nuanced, ethical coverage can only truly happen if Indigenous media is respected and freedom of press rights are protected. The election of Trump, who has repeatedly targeted and threatened journalists, will have many implications for journalism. ...
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"For years, the Indigenous Journalists Association has called for ethical coverage of Indigenous communities, and mainstream media has often missed the mark or failed. This incident highlights the importance of media that is able to accurately and responsibly cover Indigenous stories. ...
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"The poll, which has already led to widespread misinformation on social media and is being used by right-wing commentators to tout Trump’s support among Indigenous voters, is another example of how ill-equipped many news outlets are to cover Indigenous communities. ...
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"—American Indians only represent 1 percent of the total voters surveyed, meaning that a few hundred self-identifying respondents are being used to represent the diverse interests of millions of Indigenous people across the country. None of the exit poll locations, for example, were on tribal land.
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"In the wake of the election, an exit poll conducted by Edison Research showing that 65 percent of American Indians voted for Donald Trump, has been circulated by various news organizations, including NBC. This poll is highly misleading and irresponsible ...
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Post-Election Misinformation Highlights Importance of Indigenous Media and Free Press
"In the wake of the election, an exit poll conducted by Edison Research showing that 65 percent of American Indians voted for Donald Trump, has been circulated by various news organizations, including NBC. ...
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That inaccurate, offensive poll relied on a tiny sample of people, accepted self-i.d. (as in, possibly not a single Native person was polled), and there was zero polling in Native communities. It is in no way accurate or representative.
indigenousjournalists.org/2024/11/post...
#TheOffensivePoll
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He has stalked and threatened Native friends of mine. All Natives that have tried to talk to him are blocked. ntvtwt.com/2022/07/07/l...