This right here is offensive as HELL to me. And I'm gonna tell you why.
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https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1314384093388431360
To say that the manifestation of trump and the current GOP is every Americans fault is HORRIBLY out of touch.
Not only am I personally offended by it, b/c I've been screaming from the rooftops for 30 years about our broken system and it's ramifications...
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Not only am I personally offended by it, b/c I've been screaming from the rooftops for 30 years about our broken system and it's ramifications...
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...but I'm offended for every single american who's had their voting rights taken away, or who's been beaten down by a system that worships money and power in which they have none.
Is it logical to tell the black community, who have been systematically devastated...
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Is it logical to tell the black community, who have been systematically devastated...
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...by a system that not only denies them a voice in our system but actively KILLS them that's it's THEIR fault we got here?
I think not sir, and you should apologize for even HINTING that.
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I think not sir, and you should apologize for even HINTING that.
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Is it logical to tell 99.9% of a populace who has literally ZERO voice in the halls of our Congress that's it's THEIR fault the powerful bought our government?
I think not sir.
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I think not sir.
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Lemme tell you something Mr. Abramson, the hubris you just exemplified in that tweet is GALLING. And I say that as a guy who's been BEGGING his fellow citizens to pay more attention to the system for 30+ years.
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But how can we? To make ends meet we spend ever increasing time working to make more money for the very people who continue to destroy our system with their power and money for their own ends.
How can one do deep dives into policy daily like you do if all their time...
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How can one do deep dives into policy daily like you do if all their time...
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...is spent working two or three jobs, or constantly answering work emails while they're at home? How can we spend time raising kids better than ourselves when our corporate overlords demand more of our minds and bodies every day?
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Every American ends their day EXHAUSTED just to put food on the table and keep the lights on and you have the gall to say it's OUR fault?
As our schools get worse and worse, our infrastructure crumbles around us and the rich just keep taking more and more power,...
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As our schools get worse and worse, our infrastructure crumbles around us and the rich just keep taking more and more power,...
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...which btw is the record of all of human history, you have the nerve to tell us to feel guilty that we are where we are?
What responsibility do our leaders have?
What can the powerless do against the powerful in dire straits besides lay down their lives?
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What responsibility do our leaders have?
What can the powerless do against the powerful in dire straits besides lay down their lives?
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I'm going to stop now, because I could rant about you blaming the powerless for a long damn time sir.
It seems likely to me that you have become full of yourself, and out of touch.
In the words of Ice Cube:
"You better check yo self before you wreck yo self."
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It seems likely to me that you have become full of yourself, and out of touch.
In the words of Ice Cube:
"You better check yo self before you wreck yo self."
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Know what? I'm not done.
Let's talk about a political party that has engaged in outright fear mongering propaganda and racist voter suppression for four decades.
Let's talk about a corporate system that has literally polluted our minds and bodies since the sixties.
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Let's talk about a political party that has engaged in outright fear mongering propaganda and racist voter suppression for four decades.
Let's talk about a corporate system that has literally polluted our minds and bodies since the sixties.
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Let's talk about a war mongering military industrial complex and its hunger for power, money, and OIL at the cost of some of our best citizens' lives.
Let's talk about politicians who've deliberately poisoned our citizens at the behest of corporate interests...
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Let's talk about politicians who've deliberately poisoned our citizens at the behest of corporate interests...
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...then ignore us when we fight back, THEN pick who is allowed to vote for them.
Let's talk about people like you Mr. Abramson, who sit atop an ivory tower like some all powerful wizard, spewing information that is sometimes proven false as fact,...
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Let's talk about people like you Mr. Abramson, who sit atop an ivory tower like some all powerful wizard, spewing information that is sometimes proven false as fact,...
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...then demanding our fealty to your words because some fools still believe all you say without questioning a single word.
Then, like ALL powerful people, and you are whether you believe it or not, blame those without power for the world burning around us.
Un-freaking-REAL.
Then, like ALL powerful people, and you are whether you believe it or not, blame those without power for the world burning around us.
Un-freaking-REAL.
And really, when you think about it, this says all you need to know about Mr. Abramson.
"Those who don't listen to others are doomed to die in ignorance."
- me
"Those who don't listen to others are doomed to die in ignorance."
- me
In the interest of fairness, I will put Mr. Abramson's answer to me right here:
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1314683908001275906?s=19
I'm also going to point out now, that the big man Seth blocked me. I dared him to go through his tweet point by point, after returning his snark of course, and he blocked me.
Somebody got his fees fees hurt.
Omg he commented THEN blocked me.
That right there just proves my point.
That right there just proves my point.
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