1) I think she made the gesture on purpose.
2) It doesn’t really matter because:
3) Working for the Trump White House is, all by itself, a far more overt white supremacist gesture.
2) It doesn’t really matter because:
3) Working for the Trump White House is, all by itself, a far more overt white supremacist gesture.
Anyone involved with the Republican Party on any level is involved, at that level, with the most powerful white supremacist organization in the history of the world.
Your particular racial identity doesn't inoculate you from that fact.
Your particular racial identity doesn't inoculate you from that fact.
The discussion our country (and the world) is having right now boils down to this:
Do we care about ALL people, or do we care about only SOME people?
The Republican Party bears the global standard for the latter position, and as a practical matter they draw the divide racially.
Do we care about ALL people, or do we care about only SOME people?
The Republican Party bears the global standard for the latter position, and as a practical matter they draw the divide racially.
They may talk about it in economic terms, or in terms of personal accountability, etc., etc., etc.
But they are for sure talking about caring about only SOME people.
And as a practical matter, the implementation is done so the effects are distributed along racial lines.
But they are for sure talking about caring about only SOME people.
And as a practical matter, the implementation is done so the effects are distributed along racial lines.
And the practical effect is that the people who our societal structures care about are those deemed 'white.'
And the people our societal structures don't care about are those who are not.
Which is what makes the Republican Party white supremacist.
And the people our societal structures don't care about are those who are not.
Which is what makes the Republican Party white supremacist.
But hey, don't believe me, ask an overt white supremacist how they align. Ask them how they vote. They'll tell you. Their team doesn't give them the overt shout-out, but they can see who butters their bread.
It's all done under the table. Tacit.
It's not that they tailor social structures to HATE people not deemed 'white.' It's that they're set up to not care.
The structures simply don't care about people of color.
How could you call them racist? Why, they don't even SEE color.
It's not that they tailor social structures to HATE people not deemed 'white.' It's that they're set up to not care.
The structures simply don't care about people of color.
How could you call them racist? Why, they don't even SEE color.
It's always done with that sticky patina of plausible deniability.
Like sending someone w/Jewish and Mexican heritage to make a televised white power gesture as they cement the far-right radicalization of the Supreme Court.
Like sending someone w/Jewish and Mexican heritage to make a televised white power gesture as they cement the far-right radicalization of the Supreme Court.
Anyway, speaking of gestures, this happened at the RNC in 2016 and nobody said shit about it, in case you thought the cat wasn't all the way out of the bag.
What Ingraham was saying with that gesture is very simple:
"You already know we believe we should only care about SOME people. Here's a little something so you guys know we know exactly WHICH people we mean."
"You already know we believe we should only care about SOME people. Here's a little something so you guys know we know exactly WHICH people we mean."
It doesn't matter if that was happening behind Kavanaugh or not.
But it probably was.
Either way, we'll see more like it in the future.
It's a white supremacist organization.
But it probably was.
Either way, we'll see more like it in the future.
It's a white supremacist organization.
My recommendation on the most recent gesture:
Note it.
Point out that whether it's what it looks like or not, the woman sitting there is a highly placed operative in the most powerful white supremacist org in the history of the earth.
And so's the guy sitting in front of her.
Note it.
Point out that whether it's what it looks like or not, the woman sitting there is a highly placed operative in the most powerful white supremacist org in the history of the earth.
And so's the guy sitting in front of her.
The gesture is nothing.
It's what you'd expect from white supremacists.
That's what they are.
Proof? They are the world standard bearer for only caring about SOME people, and they design their structures so the effects are felt racially.
Let's talk about that.
It's what you'd expect from white supremacists.
That's what they are.
Proof? They are the world standard bearer for only caring about SOME people, and they design their structures so the effects are felt racially.
Let's talk about that.
Oh and also more and more it's not tacit and what Republicans have architected isn't designed for indifference toward people of color but outright targeting and harm, so there's that.
