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Here we see two different cultures expressing their respective cultural traditions, passed down from father to son through the generations.
The menace and hate are traditional.
The menace and hate are traditional.
The contempt is traditional.
The lack of respect is traditional.
The casual entitlement is traditional.
The implied threat is traditional.
The inevitable violence is traditional.
This is what Trump gives them.
They don’t care about the rest.
The lack of respect is traditional.
The casual entitlement is traditional.
The implied threat is traditional.
The inevitable violence is traditional.
This is what Trump gives them.
They don’t care about the rest.
We might ask: what is someone who feels comfortable doing that in public willing to do when unobserved?
But we know what.
But we know what.
This is nothing new. This is just the filling that oozes up when somebody pushes their little hands on the crust.
It's traditional. It's the most American thing ever. We need to reckon with it if we're ever going to move on from it.
It's traditional. It's the most American thing ever. We need to reckon with it if we're ever going to move on from it.
For this kid, sure. And that's fine. He made his choice. A consequence is appropriate.
But he's not alone and it won't be over with him. He's taking his place as part of a long tradition, one we've never been honest about as a country.
But he's not alone and it won't be over with him. He's taking his place as part of a long tradition, one we've never been honest about as a country.
He stands on the shoulders of generations. When he wears his Make America Great Again hat and does pointless and mean and threatening to amuse his friends, he's reaching back through the centuries for the "Again."
To understand what's happening, we have to tell our story true for the first time.
Those who oppose doing so resent this attempt to guilt them.
And yes guilt is a part of telling the truth, but it's not the reason.
You don't lance a boil FOR the pus, but to expunge it.
Those who oppose doing so resent this attempt to guilt them.
And yes guilt is a part of telling the truth, but it's not the reason.
You don't lance a boil FOR the pus, but to expunge it.
Tell the story true. Confess from the "I" on behalf of the "we."
I stand on the same shoulders as that kid. I choose not to participate as he does, and that's something, but I live as I live, and benefit as I do, because of where the "we" to which I inextricably belong stands.
I stand on the same shoulders as that kid. I choose not to participate as he does, and that's something, but I live as I live, and benefit as I do, because of where the "we" to which I inextricably belong stands.
A culture of abuse always enables the abuser. And an enabler of abuse always perceives some benefit to doing so.
Yes, and why do we have a culture of abuse anyway?
Who enables it, and for what benefit?
Let's tell our story true.
Yes, and why do we have a culture of abuse anyway?
Who enables it, and for what benefit?
Let's tell our story true.
What an abuser wants: Reconciliation without reparation. Forgiveness for what he's done and license to keep doing it, all at once.
Yes, and that's what we want, too.
Ask us how we feel about reparations. Go on; ask.
In this country we only want to inherit wealth, never debt.
Yes, and that's what we want, too.
Ask us how we feel about reparations. Go on; ask.
In this country we only want to inherit wealth, never debt.
It strikes me that such a country might find themselves with a leader who inherited his wealth, then built it by not paying his bills.
Let's close the centuries-long Age of Alternative Facts.
It's time to tell our story true.
Time to pay our bills.
Let's close the centuries-long Age of Alternative Facts.
It's time to tell our story true.
Time to pay our bills.
I suspect that this thread will elicit responses from unquiet consciences.
I think I'll publish them, because disturbing dormant consciences is a part of the process, too.
Here's one, pushing back against various claims around peacefulness and rights that I never made.
I think I'll publish them, because disturbing dormant consciences is a part of the process, too.
Here's one, pushing back against various claims around peacefulness and rights that I never made.
Since the quoted tweet in the OP is MIA, here’s a replacement.
