It might be unpopular but it’s also true that the EXACT same nuance is required to understand why the Black American voting majority enthusiastically supported both the “crime bill” in 1994 AND Bill & Hillary Clinton from the 90s until now.
Feels like I’ve mentioned this blindspot umpteen times before, but here it goes again for the nosebleed seats. People need to understand that “defund the police” rhetoric on the far left inevitably catalyzes White fearmongering about Black “lawlessness” on the far right. 🙃
In other words, the folk whose main goal is perpetuating fuckery of the Democratic party’s agenda and its marginalized base want nothing more than to paint BIPOC communities as resistant to law & order while simultaneously aiding & abetting White supremacist domestic terrorism.
In more other words…
What none of these agitators & instigators want you to know is that it was the pragmatism and altruism of the Black American voting majority that forged a centrist but right leaning, bipartisan, 90s era coalition that had the VOTES to pass an assault weapons ban & VAWA.
Hello.
Yeah, I said assault weapons ban. Black folks were fully on board with that and VAWA b/c the White powers that be made sure to flood our cities with guns, drugs, alcohol/tobacco and a bloodthirsty “war on drugs” police force that decimated the Black community in the *1960s-80s*.
In case you’re keeping track at home, this is also the same fucked up Black “lawlessness” line of “reasoning” (on both the far left & far right 🧲) at the root of “Kamala’s a cop” propaganda. The aim is ALWAYS to paint Black folk as criminals who fundamentally don’t abide laws.
Ultimately their objective is to fearmonger us out of doing police AND gun reform b/c the end result is maintenance of the status quo, more guns on the street, more crime, more death, more chaos, more anger, more confusion, more Whitelash & MORE Republican destruction of America.
🧾 on Whitelash, guns, death & destruction via @AmandaMarcotte: #DyingOfWhitenessWithJonAndJane
Bottom line is DO NOT fall for this “defund the police” bait & switch bullshit. Look no further than the very telling reality that the FOP hasn’t lifted a fucking finger to increase their own safety by supporting gun reform. More guns & crime = more 💰 = Job Security. #WakeTFUp
We have less than 9 months to get our asses in gear for the next election. If you’re so busy arguing the finer points of “defund” v. “reallocate” that you’re sidelining reform of America’s gun fetishism & racist/militarized police force, you’re on the loud & wrong battlefield. ☠️
As @JonathanMetzl so eloquently advised us re: the pitfalls of the CRT “debate” during our book club discussion, we can’t afford to get distracted by the semantics of public policy when our GOP opposition is purposely stoking Whitelash for POWER. #DyingOfWhitenessWithJonAndJane
Since y’all are here for it, here’s yet another reason PJB has NO fucks to give about telling the “defund the police” crowd to either shut the hell up or find a better slogan. He’s been to the “defend the police” Whitelash rodeo before & knows this is the fuckery of DISTRACTION.
All roads lead to Putin and the GOP, from CRT to “defund the police”.
Do. Not. Fall. For. This. Shit. Y’all. #DyingOfWhitenessWithJonAndJane #PoliceReformNow #GunReformNow
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