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1/ Its a really good piece, but there is one huge problem with it -- Ifill wants to spread the blame around for the lack of "leadership" from those in "journalism, law, business, and politics."
But this is a political issue first and foremost. And in the absence of political leadership that
But this is a political issue first and foremost. And in the absence of political leadership that
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2/ organizes and coalesces opposition to the emergent racist authoritarianism, "leaders" in law, journalism and business who stand up to Trump aren't part of an opposition movement.
Instead, they are individuals making themselves, and their institutions, targets for retribution, death threats, etc.
Instead, they are individuals making themselves, and their institutions, targets for retribution, death threats, etc.
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Many are fighting for the 1st and 2nd Amendments. "Where are the 14th Amendment fighters?" This whole article is so on point. We have a potus spewing white supremacist hate from a White House he is demolishing, from a nation he and his gang of feral hogs are uprooting, destroying, and plundering.
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Thank you. Love seeing @timnitgebru.bsky.social and @xriskology.bsky.social included. There are a few others who have called out the tech influence that you probably know. @gilduran.com, @jim-stewartson.bsky.social and @davetroy.com have traced their connections that need to be dismantled
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“Many of those with the biggest platforms know very little about race, so they protect their status as experts by insisting that race is not the issue.”
There it is. I have spent the past 10 years trying to understand how so many ”respectable” commentators could be so repeatedly obtuse.
There it is. I have spent the past 10 years trying to understand how so many ”respectable” commentators could be so repeatedly obtuse.
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