Thread by @shailjapatel

Because we must mourn Ruth Bader Ginsberg with integrity, not hagiography, by acknowledging the whole truth of her positions and legacies, please read this, by a comrade who asked not to be named.

"To folks saying now is not the time to criticize RBG, all I can say is:

"This summer was not the time to side with the Department of Homeland Security against migrants who were escaping torture, beatings, and likely death, but RBG did anyway."

"2005 was not the time to invoke the genocidal 15th-century Doctrine of Discovery as justification to side with the United States against Indigenous nations, but RBG did anyway."

"The height of the right-wing backlash against Colin Kaepernick’s brave stand against police violence was not the time to call Kaepernick’s actions “dumb,” “stupid,” “disrespectful,” and “arrogant,” but RBG did anyway."

“Davis v. Ayala” was not the time to remain silent on the question of whether or not prolonged solitary confinement constitutes torture, but RBG did anyway."

“Heien v. North Carolina,” “Taylor v. Barkes,” and “Plumhoff v. Rickard” were not the time to side with the police against the loved ones of people who were killed by the police, but RBG did anyway."

“Samson v. California” was not the time to side with law enforcement officers who conduct groundless and warrantless searches on parolees, but RBG did anyway…"

Truth and justice ever.
Hagiography never.