A thread.
This just came across my news feed. If you're pushing antivax talking points, you need to know the history of it.
Residents in Hays County, TX are receiving antisemitic letters at their homes that spread #COVID19 conspiracy theories. chron.com/news/houston-t…
This tracks because the antivax movement's roots are based in white supremacy. This is from a Socialist website. If you're a "leftist" antivaxer, WTF are you doing?
⚡️ The new alliance between anti-vaxxers & the far right is a deadly threat. The claim that vaccines are being used to commit genocide is an echo of the white supremacist “Great Replacement Theory”. newstatesman.com/science-tech/2…#Covid19
It's very important we begin to push back against antivax talking points from people on the "left". This sort of stuff completely delegitimizes our movement & harms it greatly.
The BIG 🚩-
If you're a "leftist" and you're against mask mandates, vaccine mandates, & the #COVID19 vax itself, I challenge you to look deep inside yourself & ask why you're on the side of literal hate groups like the Christian Nationalist movement. alternet.org/2021/03/modern…
Interesting. The statistics here are valuable ones. I'll thread this with screenshots & pics because it's paywalled & this article is an important one. Here's the article 👇
This is going to be a very deep & personal thread about my mom's death from Covid in December. It will be difficult for me to write it but I hope maybe it can change a few minds on things from a perspective many haven't heard. I'm going to try my best.. #Covid
On December 12th my mom died from Covid & it's the circumstances which caused her death I want to talk about & how it relates to what's happening all across the country with masks & vaccines.
My mom lived in assisted living here in Denver. The building had been down for
several months but it only took 1 incident to completely upend things. Understand late last year that Covid wasn't taken that seriously (it still isn't today IMO). Despite this lockdown of the building with no visitors allowed at all, it was ultimately someone who is supposed
Ok I'm going to address this divide some people are preaching with this whole "either or situation" when it comes to Nina & the M4A march. I'll be muting it afterwards because I'm not interested in arguing.
First off it's possible to support Nina & the march as I do.
Now that said let's think about things seriously.
Nina is running a campaign against a toxic centrist who has the backing of Hillary herself. She takes money from Republicans & big Trump donors. Her opponent is desperate & has the establishment backing her. This is war.
And like it or not here's reality - There's 2 choices in this primary. Nina or Shontel. One will vote for M4A, GND, & ending war. The other will not. That's the bottom line. Do you want to give centrists more power or do you want the things you support?
I'm going to speak on this & I'd like you all to read it.
This is a very personal issue for me with a POV you all likely haven't heard before or thought about.
Please follow along.
My feelings on Obamacare are well known. It is not the answer. We need #MedicareForAll immediately. That said......
I am ecstatic it was upheld. Why? Because I would literally be dead had this been overturned. I'm not joking. I'm not being over dramatic.
This is the world I live in relying on Medicaid & being very ill infected with 2 antibiotic resistant superbugs. Had this been over turned just 2 months ago, I wouldn't be here now & would have died a couple weeks ago when I was sick with sepsis. Think about that for a moment.
Ok everyone gather around because it's story time with LeftwardSwing & I've got a good personal story for you involving Dem insiders, pedophilia, child porn, & Twitter!
Sounds dramatic, eh? Well it is. And much of it happened on this very website.
You ready? Let's go!
I've always wanted to write about this but didn't know how to address it. Years later, today, I said "F it!" & am just going to do it. Do diving in...
When I first joined Twitter I ran around in Dem party supporter circles. There weren't many fellow leftists on here then..
This was back when Dem supporters like Bernie. They cheered him on & everything. The year was 2013. There had been a split on Twitter between Dem party supporters & it was a BIG deal. There was a full on Twitter war between the 2 factions. It got bad. It got nasty. It got dirty.
It's 2020. Racism is alive & well. Want a great example of it?👇
Why are there STILL in this day & age "Sundown Towns", all 137 of them across 21 states. Most are in Republican controlled states but California? WTF is going on? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:…#BlackLivesMatter
This history or "Sundown Towns" --
The term came from signs posted that "colored people" had to leave town by sundown. The practice was not restricted to the southern states..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_t… #BlackLivesMatter
This summer, one such "Sundown Town" was protested by #BlackLivesMatter protestors; Anna, Illinois of all places.
The town "Anna" is abbreviation for "Ain't No N-word Allowed" according to local folklore. propublica.org/article/a-sund…