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30 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Enes Kanter didn't suddenly start speaking out last week. The guy has risked his personal safety and his family by actively and continuously standing up against one of the most brutal dictators in the world. @EnesFreedom 's dad spent 7 years in prison because of it.
@EnesFreedom He has shown more courage than all his critics could ever dream to have. And now he is rightly calling out the hypocrisy of those that exaggerate the issues here while profiting from much worse abuses elsewhere. That makes those who promote such selective outrage uncomfortable.
People who experience life elsewhere and know the reality outside the US also know that America is the freest and most tolerant country on earth so it bothers them when others ignore that context and make it seem like our problems are much worse than they actually are.
Anyways, I am glad he is now an American and appreciates the freedom we have here. And I hope he continues to speak out for those facing abuse around the world and applies pressure on those profiting from that suffering while delivering moral lectures here at home.

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28 Nov
I swear I think this account is a parody sometimes because it shows just how little intellectual depth is required of Professors at some Ivy leagues.

dangerous to Democratic institutions because they advocate for free speech and intellectual diversity on college campuses.
These guys want a bubble where they can indoctrinate kids with their extreme beliefs without interference or pushback. They view any challenge to that environment as a threat to the society they want to create and cannot be tolerated.
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24 Nov
Want to bet that the same people that spent the last week writing articles declaring our system is racist based on the outcome of a case that had little to do with race will now ignore the Arbery verdict, which had a racial element, because it undermines their conclusions?
How many of these takes did we get over the last few days?

All about a case that had nothing to do with race. Yet the Arbery trial was just ignored by the same people because they knew that the outcome wouldn't allow them to promote their smears.
These weren't random people. These were major outlets and leading politicians that tried to divide us by lying and insisting the KR was all about race while ignoring a case that actually did have racial elements.

Shameful. People should not forget it.
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23 Nov
Is this a joke?

We are dealing with unprecedented supply chain crisis, partially driven by a labor shortage. Restricting the pool of possible drivers will only make that problem worse.
I’m honestly exhausted by the incompetence of this administration. They seriously don’t think about any consequences when they put stuff forward. Same story on issue after issue. And it’s bc all their decisions are driven by politics.
No different then scheduling Afghan withdrawal during fighting season bc they wanted it to be around 9/11. Or rescinding the Stay in Mexico policy at the border. Or suspending new and oil and gas drilling leases on public lands. Each time surprised they made the problem worse.
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21 Nov
The US is not where it needs to be on race. We have a black mark in our history that lasted a long time & not easily overcome.

With that said, we are now also one of the most racially tolerant and diverse countries in world history and have made enormous progress.
Both of those things are true. There are a lot of people stuck on part 1 and insistent on ignoring part 2. What's even worse is that many of those people, in powerful positions, have promoted the belief that only way to deal with 1 is to reverse the progress that led to 2.
The way we achieved 2 was by recognizing that racial differences are not central to a person's identity or what we should judge others on. But a certain religious-like cult which believes that is wrong has now been normalized in the parts of the press, politics, & culture.
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21 Nov
Here is this journalist justifying terrorism and the murder of innocent civilians.

What a despicable human being.
The attack she is justifying is a Hamas terrorist opening fire on a group of Jews at the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. 4 were injured and 1 was killed.

Eliyahu David Kaye is the 26-year-old tour guide who was killed. Image
I like how one of the big crimes Israel is allegedly committing that would justify a terrorist shooting random Jews at a Jewish holy site is the effort to "Judaize Jerusalem"

The horror of allowing more Jews live in a Jewish holy city.
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20 Nov
Go to hell.

The cases aren't even remotely similar. These are such garbage people. And I'm not just talking about the attorney, but the press outlets trying to push this divisive and dishonest garbage.

Why would @wolfblitzer even ask him about the Kenosha case?
Despite what these deplorable clowns want you to think, today was an example of our justice system working correctly... not an indictment on our system. The flaws in our system, which do exist, were actually overcome in this case.
Every CNN show is basically starting with the premise that today's verdict was wrong because they spent so much time lying to their audience about what actually happened. And then they wonder why they have fewer viewers than midnight cooking shows.

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