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The White Christian Male Supremacist Constitution

Free speech, unless you criticize us
Freedom of religion, unless you have the wrong one
The right to vote, unless you're black or Hispanic
Justice, if you're a white male
Democracy, but only for us
That isn't democracy, it's minority rule. It's authoritarianism. And if you believe in it, everything Trump does to torch the real Constitution is justified.
dailykos.com/stories/2017/8…
"To them, the government is legal and patriotic when it protects minority rule, and a lawless plot when it doesn't."
dailykos.com/stories/2017/8…
This is why it's not enough to defeat Trump. The system that produced him has to go. That will require white people- especially white men- to admit we're complicit in a minority rule system that benefits us. If we really believe in democracy, we need to help build one.
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They wouldn’t have to hurt us if we didn’t try to stop them.
This is the mentality that drives cops to respond to police brutality protests with more brutality. *They* get to decide if we’re safe from them, not us. It’s the abuser logic behind everything in this country that serves white supremacy.
Police brutality is a weapon of white supremacy. People who try to take that weapon away get that weapon pointed at them. The crackdown is white supremacy refusing to give up power, and the right to keep that power through violence and fear.
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Any news outlet that doesn’t put Trump’s words in the context of white supremacy and authoritarianism is feeding you white supremacist, authoritarian propaganda.
If that seems harsh, ask yourself who benefits from pretending white supremacy and authoritarian fantasies aren’t the root of his behavior. It’s all been obvious since 2015. Their silence gives him cover.
It’s the same when outlets won’t say why, exactly, Trump gave his speech in front of a church, Bible in hand, and called BLM protests “crimes against God”. The Christian Right is a white supremacist movement, and he knows it.

@C_Stroop with more on that-
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White supremacy is an occupying force.
Scenes from an occupation that started centuries ago and won’t end when the national guard leaves.
White supremacy is an occupying force. And the backlash to Kaep was never about respecting the flag. The occupation demands the right to maintain itself through violence.
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