the term "looting," which was on the tip of so many tongues when desperate people were being drowned in hurricane katrina, seems to have gone missing when reporting on a bunch of aggrieved white people stole stuff from the us capitol.
its just really really really glaring this week how our society - the media, politicians, the general public, law enforcement - has really really really different reactions to white people doing things and black people doing things.

its just really out there this week.
and honestly i keep saying it because i comment on everything. but i really really hope white people are seeing it this week. i probably give white people more benefit of the doubt than a lot of black folks, but at the same time the... blindness is something even i can see.
you have to do better. we are together as a society here. especially in america. there just cant be these damn silos based on race. we're all together. and if that's the case, we have to all be treated the same. no exceptions.

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11 Jan
for the people who might be new, the theory behind The Plan is simple. everything the right has accused the left of doing is actually true. but ALL OF IT. every single second of it. no matter if makes sense together or not. it's all true.

it's all part of ... The Plan.
The Plan is formulated by all the evil liberals you have heard of. An unholy alliance of Obama, Biden, Clinton, but also Chomsky, Bernie, AOC, and of course Soros -- always Soros. they are all allies and architects of... The Plan
and what is the endgame of The Plan?
complete power. total control. absolute dominance. a left-wing superstate with lots of same-sex marriage and squishy things conservatives hate
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now its like "yeah, 5 people died at the capitol on wednesday. yep." or "4,000 people died from a virus yesterday. sure." or "some guy killed 60 people in the middle of vegas. yeah, that happened." and we just ... move along.
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conservatives understand the value in jumping on top of people - politicians, media, institutions. it works.
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it doesn't work. all that does is tell the bad actors that you'll sit and take it. and they do more.
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No turning the page, no fresh start, no bygones. They own this crap. A pox over their door.
Democrats have stupidly let George W Bush off the hook. Don’t do this shit again . Ever. Fuck.
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