This thread uncovered something very interesting - the rapid response of a professional trolling org means they're monitoring what I say, and put a high quality pseudointellectual troll on to try to discredit the parallels between 19th century slavers and modern private prisons.
Yes. I know that the first tweet is not perfect - in 280 characters, there's no way it could address all of the similarities and differences between the two situations.
But it seems to have struck a nerve with one troll in particular, who is working through their playbook.
And that investment of resources is the hallmark of an argument they're scared will hit the mainstream.
Not only is it playing to the dismissal of the original argument, but it's attempting to exacerbate any previously existing distrust between Black Americans and latinos...
Because they know: if Black Americans realize the parallel between the use of Black bodies and suffering for profit and the modern use of Hispanic bodies for profit... that incarceration of Hispanic immigrants is slavery without labor, where value is extracted from the Govt...
If that happened, they realize they'd be done.
So take a look at this thread, especially some of my responses that they refuse to address.
How can this be refined message to convey the concept in twitter-friendly format without disrespecting experiences of slaves or migrants?
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It's kind of weird that I haven't heard smart people like @AWeissmann_ et al focusing on how Trump defaulted on $640M in debt to Deutsche bank, THEN submitted fraudulent statements to secure future loans.
of course, maybe I just haven't heard it discussed...
but that - but with Deutsche execs having vowing to never lend to him again - that seems a more significant motivation to falsify statements than simply lower interest rates.
Just lost my thread about I-95 in Philly, so I'll just share these images while I decide if I should write it up again.
Something smelled off, especially because of Higgins' advice to "Know your bridges" two days prior...so I poked around and found even more stink...
familiar?
Yup. The I-95 crash was about two blocks from THAT crematorium and adult bookstore-adjacent Four Seasons Total Landscapingwhere Rudy Giuliani held his press conference in 2020.
That being said, I'm not questioning the driver.
I'm wondering what TK Transport was doing transporting 8500 gallons of fuel on the interstate when they apparently have no active licensing or insurance with the government....
When I heard female gunman at a private school, this is what that made me think I'd find.
Not to justify, whatsoever... but would be an interesting track for any interested journalists to pursue - racketeering to protect leaders sexually abusing children. casetext.com/case/davis-v-c…
Look for a solution rather than a fight, @ALALibrary :
If some parents are concerned about 'questionable' books, let parents manage their own children's access.
Schools provide 'unsubscriptions' that keep those kids from checking out books parents don't want.
Integrate those 'unsubscriptions' into the library management system, and if a student tries to check out a book they shouldn't, simply don't allow attempts to check out books to be completed...
Or keep a list taped to the desk. Add a 'restriction' sticker to their student id.
or, perhaps, send an email receipt to parents when their child checks out ANY book and let them ensure it is returned the next day.