THIS IS T/RISE OF GOOD OLD AMERICAN WHITE SUPREMACY accompanied by t/Silent White Majority who feel vindicated & validated for their HATE & faux victimhood now CHAMPIONED by SEXUAL PREDATOR TRUMP WHO HAS CHAMPIONED RACISM ALL HIS LIFE.
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Hate has its rewards; t/sadism of watching HATED others suffer, it's practically a Christian tenant.
These folks are perpetrators, posing as victims, looking for an excuse and Trump has given it to them.
But make no mistake, its who they were, muted by social norms 2/x
These folks are perpetrators, posing as victims, looking for an excuse and Trump has given it to them.
But make no mistake, its who they were, muted by social norms 2/x
LONG BEFORE TRUMP CAME ALONG.
That WP don't want to see or deal with this, that they'd rather stick to denial, find excuses that give victim status (I was in a cult/brainwashed/programmed/just following orders) to WHITE perpetrators is emblematic of their refusal to reckon 3/x
That WP don't want to see or deal with this, that they'd rather stick to denial, find excuses that give victim status (I was in a cult/brainwashed/programmed/just following orders) to WHITE perpetrators is emblematic of their refusal to reckon 3/x
with the embedded structural institutional and cultural systemic racism& misogyny that's codified as US law.
It's the denial that allows those automatically granted privilege and power by NOTHING more than the color of their skin, to turn away from fixing these conditions 4/x
It's the denial that allows those automatically granted privilege and power by NOTHING more than the color of their skin, to turn away from fixing these conditions 4/x
from which they continue to benefit, to the detriment of all others; whether by overt hate, or covert silence and complacency.
But, if you insist on talking cults them lets talk about THE CULT OF WHITENESS as this might actually apply.
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But, if you insist on talking cults them lets talk about THE CULT OF WHITENESS as this might actually apply.
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