Japanese internment? Not politics, yet.

That’s part of the problem. I bought the Republican/Libertarian ‘small government = more liberty’ line. So I ignored, missed, downplayed, or was lied to about any authoritarian tendencies that were there before Trump. I was never OK with a ‘strong man’ President, thought the people who want to replace democracy with…

It is important to note, that among us white people, the belief that the way to handle a problem is to ignore it is prevalent. It’s why we don’t talk about Uncle John’s opium overdose last year, or about why none of our nieces want to spend time with Grandpa Joe, or that Aunt Mary is drunk already and it’s not even…

In my case, I had always convinced myself that the majority of the party wasn’t racist - I knew there were racists in the party, but I had fooled myself into thinking they weren’t a large part of it. I saw Trump as a con man. So the only way I could explain Trump’s rise was that I had seriously underestimated the…

Hannity is also a perfect example of how insidious the right wing media really can be. In my younger, lied-to, conservative days, I was initially creeped out by Hannity’s “your a great American” nonsense and was annoyed he followed Rush on the local right wing radio station because, compared to Rush and the local guys…

This is what we’ve always been. Trump has just made it impossible for us to fool ourselves any longer. The ideals (freedom, equality, etc.) this country has claimed to hold have never achieved, never really been attempted - and it is now impossible to ignore that nearly half the country never really wanted them in the…

“I’ve seen a lot of stuff, and I never went to the FBI.”

To far too many white people, pointing out racism is a worse offense than being racist.  Many of us even, somehow, think that pointing out racism makes it worse.  I can’t quite figure out that logic, but I’ve heard that argument from family members who, on other issues, are well-informed.

You’re all missing the point. 95% of real Americans are behind Trump - the other 5% aren’t paying attention, or are too young to have an opinion. The rest of us, the 55% or so of the country that don’t support the grifter-in-chief, are not real Americans, we’re people who will be removed from this country as soon as…

“and I’ve had to actively unlearn them, as well.”

The rise of Trump made me realize I had vastly under-estimated the number of racists in the Republican party, and pushed me out of that party. Unfortunately, it means that the racists are now an even larger majority, with people like myself having already said “We can’t stand for this, so we’ll be voting for Democrats…

John James is worse than you think.  The Trump support was clear on his website and during the primary, but if you look through the ads he ran while running against Stabenow, you won’t see it.  You’ll see his military history, and the appearance of a an old-fashioned moderate Republican (the kind that today’s…

Do they have any pictures of Trump enjoying time with black people who couldn’t make him money?

If people who want to make this country better should leave instead, then what should we do with everyone who wants to make America great again?

This season may have been unnecessary, but in my opinion it is all justified by Celeste’s second appearance on the stand and Bonnie’s confession. That was some of the clearest representations of what it is like to be the victim of abuse, and in Celeste’s case all the reasons women don’t just leave the people who are…

After a month of vague proclamations, when the raids were finally announced we were told they would be rounding up people who had deportation orders already issued against them. Those would be people who’ve had due process - a judge heard their case and decided they aren’t allowed in this country. Given the nativist,…

Clearly, once he saw black and a gun, his brain stopped working and he could no longer distinguish other details.  This is how racism rots your brain.

It’s the jeans and backward hat while wearing a tie.  Semi-formal doesn’t mean casual above the neck and below the waist, but formal between them.

The first facebook post shows that racism clearly hinders your ability to think (or perhaps that an undeveloped ability to think leads to racism - there’s a correlation, in any case). Black Panther is an African king, named after an African American political movement. His race is an intrinsic part of his character,…

It’s telling that the only Fox people he names are Donna Brazile, their most prominent recent Democratic hire, and Shepard Smith, the only person on the network even attempting to do actual news. He has vague complaints about the rest while dredging up old grievances and failures for other networks/newspapers, but…