Every time I see Ashli Babbitt trending, I will remind you:
Ashli Babbitt never imagined the Capitol Police would shoot her because the police rarely shoot white women, unless it’s a cop who shoots his wife at home. feministgiant.com/p/white-women-… #January6th
Ashli Babbitt never imagined the Capitol Police would shoot her because the police rarely shoot white women, unless it’s a cop who shoots his wife at home. feministgiant.com/p/white-women-… #January6th
She never imagined she'd survive fighting for regime change “over there” only to die fighting for regime change “over here.” A 14yr Air Force vet who fought in Iraq & Afghanistan, she was the only person shot by Capitol Police while trying to storm the Congress of her own country
Babbitt and other white women who stormed the Capitol were supporters of QAnon, a far-right conspiracy movement that says Trump has been secretly fighting deep state enemies and a cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibals operating a child sex-trafficking ring.
QAnon is the latest polite mask for white supremacy and was instrumental in driving #Jan6
Although the media is full of male QAnon supporters who stormed the Capitol, QAnon--which the FBI labelled a domestic terror threat in 2019-- is driven largely by white women like Babbitt.
Although the media is full of male QAnon supporters who stormed the Capitol, QAnon--which the FBI labelled a domestic terror threat in 2019-- is driven largely by white women like Babbitt.
Babbitt reminds me of the men who joined the mujahideen to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan only to return home to Egypt or Algeria and turn their guns on governments there.
Is the U.S. ready to make those connections? #January6th
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Is the U.S. ready to make those connections? #January6th
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When U.S. media take deep dives into QAnon, it is stunning how much fuckery white women get away with and for which they are given so many excuses. QAnon provides a convenient disguise behind which white women channel far-right white supremacist fuckery into concern for kids
That Trump et al are turning Babbitt into a "hero" is a reminder of the innocence afforded white womanhood.
Even when they join an insurrection, even as they pummel their way through the doors that held back the mob from the upper echelons of the U.S. government... #January6th
Even when they join an insurrection, even as they pummel their way through the doors that held back the mob from the upper echelons of the U.S. government... #January6th
...white women are still remembered for the best versions of themselves.
Women who joined ISIS were never afforded such an audacious innocence.
But those comparisons must be made. #January6th
Women who joined ISIS were never afforded such an audacious innocence.
But those comparisons must be made. #January6th
So eager of a footsoldier of white supremacist patriarchy was Babbitt that she was the first to scramble through a window in a door separating the insurrectionists from an area where members of Congress were sheltering from the mob.
feministgiant.com/p/white-women-… #January6th
feministgiant.com/p/white-women-… #January6th
Although the media is full of male QAnon supporters who stormed the Capitol, QAnon--which the FBI labelled a domestic terror threat in 2019-- is driven largely by suburban white women.
It has elected 2 representatives to Congress, both white women #Jan6
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It has elected 2 representatives to Congress, both white women #Jan6
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