sailormichael.bsky.social
U.S. Navy Veteran, military affairs, and foreign policy junkie. MS Gulf Coast. Independent left of center. If you don't like to hear or see racial injustice, I am the wrong account to follow. Go live in your bubble and be happy.
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Democrats try to serve everyone, as Black women have long fought for causes that uplift all. Republicans win by serving white patriarchy in a nation built to reward it. That's true, however painful. Blaming only Democrats comforts a punishing status quo. Oppressive power protects itself this way.
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Again, if you will be around this, know what you are getting into and make a plan
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Again, if you will be around this, know what you are getting into and make a plan
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In 2020, I took part in protests, and we didn't have an issue. I did see some people in DC tearing down some things, and the young Black men tossed their ass right out of their group.
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In 2020, I took part in protests, and we didn't have an issue. I did see some people in DC tearing down some things, and the young Black men tossed their ass right out of their group.
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I guess I should say I don't tell people how to protest. If I don't like what you are doing, I just don't take part in it, and I will not take part in violence..
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I guess I should say I don't tell people how to protest. If I don't like what you are doing, I just don't take part in it, and I will not take part in violence..
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Some people feel they should be violent to get to their goal. That's their opinion, and I disagree.
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What always happens is the innocent who look like me, pay the price. What others do and how they feel is their business, but from what I have seen, retaliation is always harder when violence erupts.
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Some people feel they should be violent to get to their goal. That's their opinion, and I disagree.
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What always happens is the innocent who look like me, pay the price. What others do and how they feel is their business, but from what I have seen, retaliation is always harder when violence erupts.
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The real problem Democrats have isn't being discussed though.
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/4 consistently white men advocate for aggression over strategy, prioritizing their distress over progress of the movement, and are willing to watch the most vulnerable, be sacrificed to the state's responding escalation. … Anyway, just some observations...
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/3 their logic is that people are angry therefore, have a right to smash shit/ hurt people bc they have a right to vent their feelings. Is this not toxic masculinity's lack of emotion regulation at play? "I can't handle my emotions so I need to break shit and beat people." As if I'm not enraged?
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/2 I can't help wonder how much the colonizer desire to dominate and to see violence and forced submission as the norm informs their thinking here. When I mention that rioting results in cops targeting Black and brown bodies in the crowd and risks the most vulnerable protestors, they scoff.
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The real problem Democrats have isn't being discussed though.
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Live video here of the California delegation all together hiding under desks scrolling and waiting for consultants and polls rather than holding a press conference to blast what Trump is doing on national television
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If you have a platform you could choose to elevate those who are taking action or indicate what next steps you think would be better or messaging you’d rather see or share something that gives people hope or even do nothing which would be better than dispiriting bullshit that isn’t true. UGH
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It isn’t just the Democrats, there is something in the culture of this site that results in elected Democratic Members of Congress who get in ICE’s face in person in LA and take part in the demonstrations there getting 50 reposts while David’s utter nonsense gets thousands
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If anyone needs us we’ll just be hiding in our offices scrolling on our phones, a true and honest depiction of reality
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A lot of those people are useless
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A lot of those people are useless