short version: i’m so proud of these hamptonians! these are issues that should’ve been addressed years ago! i wish social media had been a tool when i was there, but facebook had just launched. and getting people out for organized protests didn’t really happen.

Me too. I’ve listened to 2 good podcasts on Jonestown lately: Casefile and Last Podcast on the Left. Casefile is a more newsy or documentary style explanation of what happened. Last Podcast on the Left is more of a “comedy” podcast, and the hosts have gross senses of humor that are not for the faint of heart. They do…

No shit, Chuck!

WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ? THIS MAKES NO GODDAMN SENSE.

Ok.

Lol, I see. I thought you were teaching me a new term to describe those patchy, old-ass bathrobes people wear.

I had an interesting thought yesterday and this article reminded me of it.

“It is SURELY the only reason people have tried to make an argument for Q-Tip or Guru being anything other than white-man mediocre rappers, with infrequent flashes of brilliance, whose bread and butter were the beats they rapped over and their personas.”

You are on point. The Whites are holding the Whiteness Olympics on Mount Whiteskin for the Whiteway trophy. We’re just watching and suffering. They are outwhiting each other at every turn. You can rig votes? Okay, we can rig the whole election. Gerrymandering? Pfft. Let’s bring in a a foreign government. I’ll shoot a…

Problematic white people aren’t too sensitive to truly recognize the complex nature of injustice, they’re just too lazy

This is such a powerful response. Ugh, basically, her argument boils down to saying that white people aren’t capable of empathy so we have to make sure everything is catered to their comfort. I refuse to agree to that pathetic bar because I don’t and can’t believe that’s true. Its insulting to white…

I’d be willing to move and start a new life if it meant concealing the fact I just received 65 lbs of free weed.

Thanks for this comment. I am fat and was way more masculine-presenting in college and I was STILL harassed and groped and etc. The fact that she thought this would be helpful in anyway just displays how out of fucking touch she is.

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Now I’m confused.

It’s obvious that the way slavery was thought to them was some apologetic take on it. I mean it’s not as if the notion that it was wrong has entered the collective mindset yet, let alone that it was indefensible under every circumstance/barbaric/inhuman/horrific.

YES SHE DAMN IS

Is she doing The People’s Eyebrow?

“maybe when aliens come try to destroy us and we have to band together as one earth.”

Church bake sale, too.