Swoon.

THIS. What he said was a bullhorn.

Exactly. Pushkin, one of the most beloved of Russian poets, had a black great-grandfather, and when I brought this up to my students from Russia and Ukraine to see if they where taught that about him, most knew and didn’t lose their shit.

This is no surprise. Some of the worst sexism and workplace abuse I ever experienced in my life was from self-identified liberal and progressive men. I take small comfort in knowing that there are so many others who have gone through similar situations. Even with all these “outings” I wonder if there will be enough…

That’s the damn thing - when you put innocent people in prison the criminals remain free to harm others. Also, the compensation issue is even worse for exonerated death row survivors. Many states do not compensate them, and even those that do will often fight the survivors tooth and nail in order not to pay them.…

Why not visit your local AMEs, or even a predominantly Black Catholic churches (much more social justice-oriented than the churches I grew up in, and they welcome white members, although I will never go back to the RCC to practice)? I have done both for my outreach work many times, and have no doubt they would welcome…

Gotcha.

Agreed. Just wanted the poster to answer for him/herself. Hopefully they were being sarcastic/riffing off something.

You consider believing in equality “left-leaning?”

For all the military’s multiple problems with institutional and casual racism, as a military brat and somebody who’s done work with US Army officers, I’m not surprised they took swift action. They HATE optics like this, and usually shut this kind of bullshit down decisively when it becomes public (there is your…

Not to mention that Florida has the highest number of exonerated death row prisoners in the country. She is a hero.

Me, too. Loved the documentary about her. If you have Amazon Prime you can watch for free, but well worth renting, too. Compare her slogan with Hilary’s (which just seems so narcissistic and vapid, when you think about it). A world of difference.

I think you are my new crush of the day. The ageism on this thread is super ugly. My only satisfaction is that most of the assholes reveling in it and thinking they are oh so clever and amusing (or dodging responsibility for their ugliness by saying, “just half kidding! HAR, HAR!”) are going to be... wait for it...old…

Thank you. Believe it or not, we do exist. Unfortunately, the NYT & others in mainstream media aren’t beating down our doors to interview US for their articles on the politic views of seniors.

No - Just white people like you.

C’mon!! They’re just expressing their economic anxiety! The NYT will be swooping in shortly to sympathetically interview them about it.

UGH. I hate plots like this. As someone who has a lot of friends, colleagues, and loved ones who are real, live refugees and immigrants and not “faerish,” I just want to say fuck this shit. It will be a minor miracle if they can pull this off without being offensive to the realities and memories of real, live refugees…

The rational side of me says I might be paranoid, but I’m extremely worried about signs pointing to a possible violent “conclusion” of his presidency, like the go-ahead to begin again the militarizing of local law enforcement, especially in this political climate. And mainstream (not Fox or Clownhall) media…

“Welcome to our world,” says all women.

Back when I was heavily involved in death penalty abolition work, especially around the execution of Troy Davis (RIP) in GA, which received the lion’s share of media coverage and celebrity and activist concern in the days leading to his murder by the state. Instead of being at the public vigil in GA the agonizing…