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9 Jan, 10 tweets, 3 min read
Of course, some fool libertarian thinks that Trump should be allowed to continue fomenting coup attempts and violence against fellow American citizens.
Almost-unfettered cartel control over social media and ultimately, the Internet itself, is something we should end. But the folks complaining about Trump's ban from Twitter and Facebook don't care about any of that.

They're just mad that their God-MC was deplatformed.
Keep this in mind...
Censorship is the least worst thing Black and Brown people face daily. In fact, almost a nothing.
White men are upset at the idea that they just can't incite Supremacist terror without any consequence.
Never forget, by the way, that censorship isn't the worst thing done to Black and Brown people. Not by a country mile.

We walk by sites of past oppressions every day. Even go to schools built by our ancestors while they were in chains.
Meanwhile Conor, being who he is, engages in some Trolley Problem-ing.
Correct!
That's White men for you.
Sounds about White.

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RiShawn Biddle Profile picture
11 Jan
In general, I agree. Just give everyone money and vaccines. At the same time, keep in mind that the result of folks 'cutting in line' is that those with the most will get vaccinated while the marginalized (especially Black, Latino, and Indigenous essential workers) get screwed.
The ultimate solution to that problem is for the federal government to be competent in vaccine distribution as well as stemming the pandemic (and community spread) overall. The latter would make it easier for most folks to wait their turn for vaccination.
If we're are all being honest, the deliberate failure of the Trump regime to stem the pandemic (as well as provide money for folks to stay home and avoid infection) is the single-biggest factor in folks trying to jump ahead of folks in most need of vaccination right now.
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11 Jan
The mistake most folks make is that they think facts are debatable when it's really contexts and conclusions that are.

A fact may be relevant to one subject or issue, but not to another. You can also look at data and reach different conclusions.
The facts themselves may or may not stand scrutiny based on what underpins them. A study can offer one conclusion, but if its dataset is limited or is based on a highly flawed element (such as self-reports), it is still a 'fact', but not necessarily useful.
If the 'fact' is made up, it isn't a fact at all. It's just fiction.

But in general, when based on actual information, facts are facts. Whether or not they are relevant in a context is another story. As is whether the conclusions gleaned from them are or aren't disputable.
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11 Jan
1) Many private schools have high COVID infection rates, yet don't always report. So parents are paying good money to endanger the lives of their kids and themselves.
2) If the federal government did its job and stemmed the pandemic, public school buildings would be open.
As folks such as Kenya and I have pointed out, growing evidence shows that 1) youth get COVID, 2) the infection rates for youth under 18 is now often higher (double) the rates for the population overall, and @DrStevePerry
In countries where school buildings have remained open, notably the United Kingdom, teachers are getting infected with COVID at rates higher than the overall population. @DrStevePerry
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10 Jan
Thomas Jefferson was no different than Reinhard Heydrich is what's being said.
The plantation was the pre-modern concentration camp. Death and depravity happened there. But a lot of what was done within them was working enslaved Black people to death. The same way the Nazis did with Jews and others at Auschwitz a century later.
The mistake most folks make is thinking that all concentration camps were only for committing immediate genocide. Not true. Most of Auschwitz's 31 subcamps were factories where Jews and others were worked to death for profit. Just like the average American plantation.
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10 Jan
How about we also expel the rest of you Congressional Republicans because you have spent four years abetting and aiding the very insurrection Trump has fomented?
Let's remove this fascist, too.
Expel them all. thewayofimprovement.com/2021/01/09/abo…
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10 Jan
Pence, McConnell, McCarthy and the rest of the Republicans are also fascists. And White Supremacists.

No one calling Trump a fascist and White Supremacist is exempting the rest, Jacobin dude.
Bessner's statement isn't surprising when you consider his blinkered populist views on other matters. Image
Ross' response to Bessner is spot-on.
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