“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.” @repjohnlewis#GoodTrouble
We will not give up, we will not stop, we will not sink and we sure as hell will not betray the legacy of the leaders who stared down violence and hate so we may benefit from their substantial sacrifices. #WeWantVotingRights
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The Oath Keepers on #60Minutes tonight are the same group who bullied, harassed and intimidated students and senior citizens at a #BlackLivesMatter rally back in September.
It was nothing short of terrorizing under the guise of 'protecting downtown'.
Last week the #LofgrenReport published 177 pages detailing Paul Gosar's efforts to aid the 'Stop the Steal' movement and push the #BigLie that led to the 1/6 insurrection.
Notice that some tweets are still up & some are deleted. But there has been no retraction, apology, or acknowledgement of his role pushing the #BigLie & resulting insurrection or the promotion of the America First white nationalist agenda. #RemovePaulGosar
It's as though Paul is brazenly pushing it to see how much anti-democratic behavior large donors like @AmerDentalAssn@AmerAcadPeds & @SRPconnect will let him get away with.
Why do they continue to fund an insurrectionist who emboldens white nationalists? #RemovePaulGosar
1/ Truth and reconciliation are sequential. This is something that white people must come to grips with, too many white folks are inclined to want to just skip over the uncomfortable truth part to get to reconciliation.
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2/ That's not how it works. It is why we have these recurring cycles of violence going back generations, because white people can and do opt out of really wanting to know.
3/ Until something happens where they can't, but even then instead of confronting the uncomfortable truth of our shared past they choose to opt out by making it about themselves, and thus we have "All Lives Matter" intended to invalidate the lived experiences of black people.