Thread by @bywillpollock

America is an Apartheid state masquerading as a democracy; my post wp.me/p6UgPx-1ox

let's get a few things out the way: GOP's unconstitutional behavior didn't start with Trump.

BUT we can hasten its demise in 2020 with a resounding sweep of President, House & Senate

Apartheid in South Africa was white-minority suppression of a non-white majority; following items fit *exactly* with that definition britannica.com/topic/apartheid

promised cc to @ProudResister but heads-up to pals @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest

let's get to it

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest – Voter intimidation is Apartheid
– Voter suppression is Apartheid
– Election “integrity” is Apartheid
– Funding right-wing fundamentalists is Apartheid
– Jamming through illegitimate judges is Apartheid

rgj.com/story/opinion/…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest – Attacking reproductive freedom is Apartheid
– Perversion of America’s highest court is Apartheid
– Exploding norms/procedures in the Senate is Apartheid
– Voter disenfranchisement is Apartheid
– Voter purges are Apartheid

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest – Voter ID is Apartheid
– Lying about Voter ID rationale is Apartheid
– Election fraud is Apartheid
– State media is Apartheid
– Propaganda is Apartheid

nymag.com/intelligencer/…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest – Billionaire manipulation of U.S. politics is Apartheid (Kochs, Thiel, Friess, Mercers, Adelsons, etc.)

– Weaponizing philanthropy is Apartheid

– Disproportional violence against unarmed people of color is Apartheid

vox.com/identities/201…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest – Demonizing food-stamp recipients is Apartheid
– Personal profiteering by government officials is Apartheid
- Giving press passes to illegitimate news outlets is Apartheid
– Courting violent white supremacists is Apartheid

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest – Migrant-children jails are Apartheid
– State-sponsored torture is Apartheid
– Powerful leaders’ silence in the face of injustice is Apartheid
– Lying about immigration policy is Apartheid
– Tear gassing immigrants fleeing violence is Apartheid

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest – LGBTQ+ marginalization is Apartheid
– Disinformation is Apartheid
– Gaslighting is Apartheid
– Relying on support from (and sabotage by) reconstituted Soviet Union is Apartheid

usnews.com/news/world/art…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest – Extra-judicial murder is Apartheid

– Creating two distinct legal systems for whites and people of color is Apartheid

– Installing lying sycophantic attorney general as personal defense attorney is Apartheid (via @NicholsUprising)

thenation.com/article/willia…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest @NicholsUprising I went to high school with a South African national, a white woman, and she told me my post below actually understates the issue (quote included) crankyyank.com/2018/11/29/spe…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest @NicholsUprising why am I writing this thread now? because we will NOT defeat that which we cannot (or will not) name

GOP—its enablers, funders, media boosters, friends—are pushing unconstitutional Apartheid on MANY fronts and media just sits on its hands

crankyyank.com/2018/11/29/spe…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest @NicholsUprising Apartheid in Afrikaans means “apartness”—GOP is "othering" folks who don't look like them, worship like them, talk like them, etc

@RepMarkMeadows can bring all the black women he knows to congress and it won't change the reality America is dealing with

crankyyank.com/2018/11/29/spe…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest @NicholsUprising @RepMarkMeadows "apartness"

please let that sink in;

our country's motto is "e pluribus unum" (out of many, one) and THAT is the ideal we should and MUST unite behind

anything else is *by definition* UNAMERICAN // end

crankyyank.com/2018/11/29/spe…

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest @NicholsUprising @RepMarkMeadows CODA: I'm going out for a walk with Triscuit and breathing some air. great thanks to all for signal-boosting and I promise to repay in-kind

@ProudResister @MelissaJPeltier @SusanVermazen @TassajaraRd @TrueFactsStated @notcapnamerica @LisaToddSutton @wiffledust @SueinRockville @ChristynRoyce @antonejohnson @brooklynmarie @ifindkarma @xeni @gregolear @adamcbest @NicholsUprising @RepMarkMeadows CODA 2: rigging urban transit schemes to keep POC "in their place" is Apartheid h/t @KellyAuCoin77

https://twitter.com/katehinds/status/1161629263944179712?s=20

CODA 3: forcing communities of color to bear burden of shitty air quality is Apartheid

h/t @robTravels bit.ly/305hGhE