What the fuck is wrong with people?!

Seriously— and this guy here was all climbing up on his own personal cross to lament how he’s being unfaaaairly labeled. The Confederate-flag-group-member racist, all proud and flag-waving, objects to being characterized as KKK. “This isn’t me”, he whines. Cry me a fucking river, redneck boy.

It’s so normalized that the victim here (Alford) isn’t even complaining about the Confederate flags themselves. That poor woman— nobody should have to get used to such a thing, to the point where you publicly claim to be OK with it.

“I’m so sorry that happened to you.” = “This was a completely random thing, like a sinkhole opening up and swallowing your house, and didn’t have anything to do with our driving to your house, yelling racial slurs, et.c. I want to completely pretend that actions (especially mine) do not have consequences (especially…

It was literally you.

Yup. The irony is kind of delicious.

This is the silver lining in this awful story for me. I am completely amazed that Georgia pursued this case, used these laws to convict, and actually gave hefty sentences to these assholes.

“I’m so sorry that happened to you” as if it were a fucking act of god. I’m so glad these people are going to jail.

six years on one count of violating Georgia’s street gang act

The reporting on this (obviously not here) in other outlets has made me insane. It says things like “confederate flag couple sentenced to prison time” or whatever, completely ignoring the fact these people terrorized and waived a gun at children at a birthday party!! I’ve seen so many comments like “yes, it’s bad, but…

Wait. That was their defense? That they weren’t the ones who threatened the partygoers? Man, fuck y’all. You rolled up six or seven cars deep into a mostly African-American neighborhood with Confederate flags flying from every single vehicle. You purposely went out looking for a fucking conflict, and when you noticed…

“I want y’all to know that that is not me,” Norton, referring to her previous behavior with the Respect the Flag group, tearfully told the courtroom. “That is not me. That is not [Torres].”

thats because racism has not only been legitimized, its been deemed patriotism.

“I would never ...” = “I didn’t realize there would be consequences for my actions.” Which is why we are seeing an uptick in racist and anti-Semitic acts; people are getting the message that they can get away with it.

Some possibilities:

“As with any company with more than 30,000 employees, it is inevitable that there will be a small number of individuals who make claims against the company

They are not deciding if you have a constitutional right to Twitter. You don’t, it’s private property, and Twitter will remain free to do as it pleases on its own individual platform regardless of the decision.

California Penal Code 246.3 PC -“negligent discharge of a firearm”

I work for a pizza place and cordially invite that gym to suck it. PIZZA FOREVER.