Spent a blissful few moments this morning visualizing what I'd like to see happen to @senatemajldr - and even @SpeakerPelosi after her "$600 is a lot of money" comments - but mostly, honestly, to all the GOP who have enabled and caused this current crisis. 1/9
I don't want jail time for them. Not even a single day.
Instead, I'd love to see them stripped of all sources of income, and their bank accounts distributed equitably starting with the lowest-income tier first.
Then, 2/9
Their retirement funds should be taken away - ill-gotten gains while an entire nation got repeatedly forked over are certainly not theirs to keep. So those, too, should be distributed to those most in need. After that, 3/9
Their homes should be sold - along with vehicles, luxury items, etc - again, with all wealth given equitably to those in need.
Finally, they should be given a job - provided they interview well and can get someone to hire them! - doing 4/9
part-time, minimum-wage work at a fast food place, or as a store greeter, or a bag clerk.
If they apply themselves and yoink hard enough on their bootstraps, they may be able to hold down 2 or 3 part-time jobs, and cobble enough together for the occasional 5/9
splurge like adding meat to their beans and rice casserole.
Of course, they will also need to pay rent; I won't inflict them on any urban centres because nobody needs that much racist in their midst, but I think a nice $1200/mo rent for a 1-bedroom apt. would be apt. 6/9
They would be fined 5 hours wages per complaint.
They should be eligible for government assistance - EBT, other services - but every time they apply, they'd hear an endless loop of themselves calling people who need that lazy and undeserving. 7/9
@senatemajldr should have a REALLY bespoke recording that alternates between that, and his "I'm the evilest evil that every blackmailed and held stimulus checks hostage" attempt at "laughter". 8/9
Then, and only then, do I feel justice would be truly served.
What's *your* fantasy? 9/9
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#ILeftBecause of several reasons, actually.
*CW* ABUSE/TRAUMA
Reason One: My broken arm, broken neck, broken jaw (multiple times!), broken nose, ruptured eardrums (multiple times), burns, and scars from torn flesh were, in fact, NOT "what god says you deserve for being evil". 1/
Reason Two in the #ILeftBecause saga -
I was not damaged goods because my father raped me.
I was not a seductive Jezebel because the evangelist groped me.
I was not ever "the strong woman he needs to be in ministry so get back w/your attempted rapist". 2/
I was being induced because of pre-eclampsia...after 16.5 weeks of increasingly problematic measures to keep me from delivering, thanks to going into pre-term labour at 20 weeks. (A thread) *CW:Abuse & pregnancy details*
Yes, I said 20 weeks. I was under a lot of stress at my job; they had a policy of firing pregnant women, and I'd been fighting that quite illegal discrimination.
So I wound up in hospital at 20 wks, contractions every 4-12 minutes, dilating, effacing, etc. 2/
I'd miscarried once before, and was finally pregnant after years of trying.
The first 20 wks had been spent continuously on antibiotics, with a permanent UTI, and breakthrough bleeding and repeat scares every couple of weeks. 3/
For all of you looking on in bewilderment, shaking your heads, asking how ANYone can truly believe that 45 won the election, that massive voter fraud occurred, that Biden is a cannibal/pedophile/insert Q crap here...
Here's why.
(A thread.)
Dinosaurs and man co-existed; God created North America as a place for Protestants; all dogs come from one pair on the ark.
This is the second time today that the...oddness...of my past has hit my timeline. This particular "prophet" hit big-time when I was around 15/16. His exegesis of Gorbachev's birthmark was a particularly odd twist. (short thread)
I hadn't followed him closely, just would pop in every now and then and see how much he was milking with his cultural appropriation, supersessionism, Islamophobia, etc. His site endtime.org is a doozy. He also ran jerusalemprophecycollege.com because of course he did. 2/
The fact that he died of Covid doesn't shock me - and kudos to him blaming the pandemic on the straights sexing it up this time, instead of going for the easier target of LGBTQIA folks. 3/
@TheRaDR Hi :) I was raised Pentecostal, in a tiny cult in Louisiana. My grandfather was a missionary.
(Yes, I've reclaimed the Judaism from the other, Sephardic, not-Pentecostal side of the family.)
Anyway, a multi-part answer because it's too long for one tweet.
@TheRaDR The White Supremacy Gospel believes that angels are constantly in Africa (and South America, specifically Brazil.)
They are engaged in "spiritual warfare" a la the The Book of Daniel. They can be summoned from this great warfare as needed. 2/
@TheRaDR The reason they hang out in those two places are because Black people have especially nefarious demons attached to them - ones they brought with them when they "came to America" and that Whiteous people have been in battle with ever since. 3/
Cab Driver: "Oh, he's letting us go first. Thanks, fella, that's very white of you."
Me: "Play that one back for me again and 'splain how it's not racist."
Him: "Um...um...I didn't expect a white person to let me cross?"
Me: Nope. Nice try though. (a thread)
This particular driver was actually funny. His cab was clean, and he did the 4 hours each way trip over two days without complaint. He was careful about my allergies. Those are all good things.
But when he picked me up this morning, he said "I told Dispatch "You know, I thought that lady was white. She's a Jew! And boy, will she tell you to watch your mouth! I gotta be careful!"