Thread by @l78lancer

So you think (more like pretend) that CRT isn't real, or it's real but it's evil, or it's intended to make you feel badly or guilty? Well sit down and pay attention because school's in. Here's today's lesson on the collision of White Privilege, Racism, entitlement, and CRT:

The prosecutor has renounced the conviction of the life sentence in the #KevinStrickland case in MO, yet Gov. Parson refuses to acknowledge his innocence. Likewise, with the Julius Jones case in OK. He's scheduled for execution today, yet Gov. Stitt pretends he doesn't exist.

These governors are such evil, racist monsters and small men that they require human blood sacrifices in order to entertain and appease their voters for their next elections. If these men aren't political prisoners, then the expression is completely devoid of meaning.

Ye these governors have the full and complete powers within their states to rectify these egregious miscarriages of justice. They simply have no interest because some people may not be happy, and executions of black people is customarily what they do.

Meanwhile KKK, white supremacists, and neo-Nazi are in Charlottesville on trial goofing off, cracking jokes, and making merry as if they carousing at a college frat party while they are being tried for the murder and chaos they committed. For them, none of it is serious.

Meanwhile, just a couple of hundred miles away, hundreds of people are wondering why no one seems to understand why they destroyed the capitol, threatened the lives of everyone in the building, interfered with the transfer of power, and created mayhem and death.

They want understanding because they don't like being accountable to the court. They're even missing football season at home. But their feelings are hurt because some are locked up and they're being tried since domestic terrorism isn't really socially acceptable behavior.

Clearly there are structural and institutional factors at play that enable whites to feel justified and entitled even when they're wrong, but not available to black at any point. Yet too many people want to pretend that the playing field is level, and there's nothing here to see.

Bullsh!t.

Therefore, I don't want to hear sh!t from or about aggrieved white people in Washinton or Charlottesville claiming to be political prisoners or victims. They are not. They're just self-righteous, arrogant dumbasses who tried to kill people to get their way.

They absolutely did what they did of free will, but they want everyone but themselves to be responsible.

And I don't what to hear about the governors simply following the law and doing their jobs. They're no. Their jobs are to serve and protect all citizens, even the black ones.

For the people who say none of it is about race, you're damn liars, and you know it. It's all fact, and it's happening in real time. Pretending it's anything but that is denial. So, whether you feel badly or guilty is strictly your problem.

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