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12 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper and far too many other anti-imperialists only oppose what they see as American imperialism while they excuse, promote, and defend Russian imperialism.
Rohini Hensman wrote a book I wish everyone would read. It's called "Indefensible" and is directed at the "left's" indifference to imperialist adventurism from Russia & Iran and the tolerance for totalitarian oppression in other countries
haymarketbooks.org/books/1164-ind…
It's a commitment. Reading about genocide is not easy. She also spends a lot of time on Marx and Lenin's views on imperialism. But, it is a valuable corrective to the pseudo-anti-imperialist left who conflate globalization and neoliberalism & whose anti-imperialism is not about
human rights and liberation but merely anti-Americanism posing as concern for human rights, but if you're an Assad or Putin, Chinese, or Iranian apologist, you're a poseur

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13 Apr
I sometimes wonder whether the reason there is near-impunity for police violence and police shootings is that we, as a people, value the collective trauma this violence inflicts on people, particularly on Black people.

I don't really wonder, I am pretty damn sure.
Look at the responses from police apologists. What words do they use?
The person did not: comply, obey, respect, listen
The person was: talking too much, angry, defiant, resistant, aggressive

In other words, they were not servile.
We see the high tolerance for disrespect, aggression, anger, and abuse from white suspects while poor Elijah McClain could not apologize enough.
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13 Apr
More training is not necessarily the way to reduce police murdering the public. I would argue that one reason police kill people is their training. Take the "Shoot, Don't Shoot" simulator.
kb.osu.edu/bitstream/hand… ImageImageImage
Since they are penalized for failing to shoot more than they are penalized for shooting in error, in essence, they are being encouraged to shoot. The answer is not more training, it's better training and training specifically in managing their own anxiety and in de-escalation.
And of course, the most important thing is to change Use of Force policies which in most places do not emphasize de-escalation. Tell the cops not to shoot people and they will shoot people less.
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13 Apr
Why are our police armed all the time they out in public? Why can't they lock their guns in the trunk in a gun safe to pull out when they are called to an armed robbery or other situation actually involving violence and menace?

The UK police manage to make arrests without SWAT
Are American police too incompetent and cowardly they can't work without a handgun? Can't they, with their training, assert authority without the threat of violence?
Weapons are not necessary for writing tickets for expired tags.

washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
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13 Apr
Whenever @CarolLeonnig is on MSNBC, I listen so much more closely and for such a stupid reason. Yes, what she says is interesting, but it's her voice. I could listen to her read the phone book. Her voice is so soothing, rich and calm.
I have always been someone who reacted emotionally to people's voices. There are people I cannot stand to listen to. Ronald Reagan - his voice made my skin crawl. It made me think of a child molester trying to entice someone with free candy to get them in their car.
And it's not partisan. Ron Wyden is my senator and one of the better senators in the Senate and his voice nauseates me. Not in one-on-one discussions when we would talk health care reform, but when he projects in a crowd he gets so nasal I can't bear it.
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13 Apr
This article from Kara Voght for @MotherJones has me wondering a few things
I was immediately wary after reading this humdinger. I mean, it is though the CBO wars of the past never happened. As though they were not forced to adopt the right-wing, ALEC-promoted dynamic scoring that presumes tax cuts raise revenue Image
The CBO is required to make their estimates based on the false historically-always-wrong supply-side theory that tax cuts always mean so much growth they raise more tax revenue.
modernhealthcare.com/article/201505…
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12 Apr
This is the Supreme Court ruling in Tennessee vs. Garner. The only reason a police officer can shoot a fleeing suspect is if there is a reason to believe that person is an immediate threat to them or to other people. There is no right to shoot someone so they don't escape. #BLM
Duante Wright was unarmed. Fleeing is not a capital crime. The Supreme Court forbids shooting someone simply for fleeing. At one time, common law allowed killing a fleeing suspect because just about anything you did was a capital offense.

supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/…
We don't hang people for stealing a loaf of bread anymore, so we no longer allow killing people for fleeing. The Use of Force policies that permit killing is making misdemeanors into capital crimes.
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