He/him. Social justice warrior, snowflake. I stand for LGBTQ+, Black/trans lives matter, immigrant&refugee rights, women in charge of own bodies, end cruelty.
Dec 4, 2020 โข 8 tweets โข 2 min read
1/ The US has been exceptionally cruel towards immigrants/refugees/asylum seekers, including torture, ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ & other ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ against ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐. Many know the 0-tolerance child separation policy, still happening today, its cruel intentions & consequences. โฆ
2/ Many don't know of substantially larger number of family separations, >8800+ in 2020 ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ as a result of 159,000+ expulsions/deportations this year, including U.S. residents via ICE raids, +more in other 3 years of the Trump admin, the lengthy & squalid incarceration,โฆ
Dec 3, 2020 โข 20 tweets โข 6 min read
1/ Some of us suspected that Trump would use ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ to enable those ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ so that they can be free to ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ and ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ at Trump's request.
2/ We suspected Trump may threaten those who are not loyal, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐. If we allow these pardons to stand, it will send a message that the President, and those loyal to him, are ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐. We cannot allow that precedent to be set.
Oct 12, 2020 โข 11 tweets โข 6 min read
1/ For Trump, the cruelty is the point:
00:57 @MilesTaylorUSA "At the border he wanted to restart zero tolerance & separate families; to go further & have a policy of ripping children away from parents to show they shouldn't come in the first place." 2/ Cruelty is the point:
16:38 @MilesTaylorUSA "The Pres would say "We've got to go back to family separation". It was a deliberate policy of "just rip every kid from every parent and keep the kid away from you." For the Pres, cruelty was the point."
Sep 30, 2020 โข 18 tweets โข 7 min read
Any doubt Trump's racism is galvanizing white supremacy groups? The debate makes that clear. Asked if he would disavow white supremacy, Trump's response: "Proud Boys, stand back & stand by." Proud Boys heard it loud & clear. Proud Boys won the debate. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-newsโฆ
Legalism is not a precedent for moralism or righteousness. We all know someone who would use the premise of law and order and legalism to commit unspeakable acts.
@BotheredBoy tells us this story of Sophie Scholl.
Sophie Scholl was arrested by citizen's arrest at age 21, along with others, by Jakob Schmid for distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets at the University of Munich. After a show trial, they were beheaded 4 days later.
Sep 24, 2020 โข 8 tweets โข 2 min read
There is hope for America. America becomes a lost cause the day Americans give up instead of fighting.
@BotheredBoy
0:53 "Federal agents kidnapping people away in unmarked vans, to instances of police brutality, one of if not the worst president in American history, just unparalleled economic inequality, a bungled pandemic response, wildfires, death, murder, kids in cages.
Sep 15, 2020 โข 20 tweets โข 7 min read
Some thoughts:
On suckers, Charlie Chaplin, and America's inspiring racial policy:
at 13:04
"We are at a time in this pandemic of unprecedented economic desperation. I will bet the farm that that has way more to do with any uptick in crime than the New York City police department's budget.
Sep 11, 2020 โข 60 tweets โข 15 min read
This film was made in 1945. I wasn't around then. So why does this look so familiar?
Where have I heard this before?
"You want to know why you are not getting the breaks you deserve? I happen to know the facts. Some of the things I see in this country of ours make my blood boil! I see people with foreign accents, making all the money!
"White supremacy is a belief system based on the idea that people of color, especially Black people, are fundamentally illegitimate as equal citizens or human beings.
Sep 10, 2020 โข 11 tweets โข 3 min read
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC: "Crime is a symptom of a diseased society that neglects its most marginalized people, and we do not solve that problem with police."
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"We are at a time in this pandemic of unprecedented economic desperation. I will bet the farm that that has way more to do with any uptick in crime than the New York City police department's budget.
Sep 9, 2020 โข 5 tweets โข 2 min read
This article is an excellent resource, with data and sources, for the history of police violence in America, and a chronology of the demonstrations that have taken place.
Some right-wing media outlets have taken a clip of a Kamala Harris interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert aired before June 18, 2020 out of context, and using it to paint a picture of Kamala Harris as "instigating violent riots". Part 2 of 3:
This aired only weeks after the Black Lives Matter protests grew resulting from the murder of George Floyd, well before she was nominated for Vice President. She was already showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Sep 2, 2020 โข 8 tweets โข 3 min read
Samantha Francine
Sign reads:
"Black Lives Matter
Say their names:
Eric Garner โข Amadou Diallo โข John Crawford III โข Travon Martin โข Michael Brown โข Breonna Taylor โข George Floyd โข Ahmaud Arbery โข Sean Bell โข Kendrec McDade"
