How many of you know people who you formerly respected politically for their activism, especially in our Black and Brown communities, who are now pedaling right wing, anti-vax ct, who don't seem to see they are contributing to killing our people?
I'm really, really angry and disgusted that there are people I've known for over 50 years, former Young Lords and Panthers, and members of other similar movement groups who are now posting crap that is also being sent out by QAnon and the Klan.
I'm also pissed that some of my comrades are excusing them. They have disagreed with them privately- but are letting the anti-vaxx shit slide. Silence about it = death for too many of our people. These are folks who say they are radicals/revolutionaries/progressives.
It's real easy to point out right-wing nut jobs. However we need to call out the cancerous harm being spewed by members in our own ranks.

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