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Never any doubt that our culture was going to produce a competing narrative that would let anyone who wanted to exonerate the MAGA kid army to do so.
As inevitable as the newspaper printing a mugshot of a black victim of police shooting.
It’s instinctive and inevitable.
As inevitable as the newspaper printing a mugshot of a black victim of police shooting.
It’s instinctive and inevitable.
The insistence upon a flawless uncomplicated image of hatred is the exact problem I’m talking about.
White power takes every such image and pores over it seeking a flaw. Once they find it, they leave the magnifying glass on it.
White power takes every such image and pores over it seeking a flaw. Once they find it, they leave the magnifying glass on it.
Eventually the magnified flaw becomes substitute for the indefensible image, replacing it in public consciousness, as everyone who might otherwise have felt discomfort defending the indefensible seizes gratefully upon the excuse they were waiting for.
Instinctive. Inevitable.
Instinctive. Inevitable.
It was all so obvious the story would become about how the boys in racist hats were actually misunderstood.
It has to be.
Not primarily because our systems want to defend those particular boys, but because they need to defend themselves from the inconvenience of caring.
It has to be.
Not primarily because our systems want to defend those particular boys, but because they need to defend themselves from the inconvenience of caring.
Remember how quickly the story turned on this one? 
Instinctive. Inevitable.
The moment a group of boys raised in an atmosphere of entitled cultural dominance arrived in a diverse milieu, their behavior was almost preordained.
The moment that behavior attracted national attention, the real story became how their exoneration was similarly preordained.
The moment that behavior attracted national attention, the real story became how their exoneration was similarly preordained.
Sure, the boys are culpable and there should be consequence and there won't be, etc.
The real story isn't about the boys anymore. The boys are the ink in the liquid that shows the poison suspended within.
It was all predicted and inevitable. They HAVE to be innocent.
The real story isn't about the boys anymore. The boys are the ink in the liquid that shows the poison suspended within.
It was all predicted and inevitable. They HAVE to be innocent.
It's all so obvious now, for those with eyes to see.
And the purported inability of those who don't see is so clearly exposed as an unwillingness.
And the purported inability of those who don't see is so clearly exposed as an unwillingness.
This is the exact script.
