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IRL arguments today
"we should keep the confederate statue to remember history"
"ok but does it have to go by the courthouse"
"yes because the courthouse is where we remember history"
"perfect, so let& #39;s move it to the library and at the courthouse we can remember the South lost"
"we should keep the confederate statue to remember history"
"ok but does it have to go by the courthouse"
"yes because the courthouse is where we remember history"
"perfect, so let& #39;s move it to the library and at the courthouse we can remember the South lost"
me, after unsuccessfully trying to keep my shit together, as my relatives talked about how good the President& #39;s son& #39;s speech was last night
after driving thousands of miles in the middle of a pandemic to go to a family get together, i should have been prepared for the possibility it would end like this, calling out racist relatives who will only wear a mask begrudgingly to Walmarts
the difference in Northern liberal racism and Southern redneck racism: liberals will argue that the structure of white supremacy isn& #39;t really malevolent but part of a naturally occurring social order and in fact beneficial over the long term so it& #39;s not really racism..
Southern rednecks recognize exactly what white supremacy is about, what it was designed for, and what it& #39;s doing, look you in your eye and ask what& #39;s the problem here...
The most chilling thing to me: not the older bible-thumping Aunt who likes Trump because he& #39;s Godly (blech), not the racist Aunt who wants to crack down on black "troublemakers", but the small-business owning cousin who applauded Obama for insurance reforms but says...
"The system is broken. We need to wipe it all away and start from scratch. And we need a leader who will get it done"
Literal fucking fascism.
Literal fucking fascism.
Anyway, final thought on this.
Let& #39;s not fool ourselves that these people are small in number, that we can change their minds or that they are going anywhere.
The only thing we can do is minimize the harm they are causing.
Let& #39;s not fool ourselves that these people are small in number, that we can change their minds or that they are going anywhere.
The only thing we can do is minimize the harm they are causing.
