I think the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue should immediately be flown to Boston, and laid on the ground in front of the monument to the 54th Massachusetts so we can all beat it with sledgehammers.
For Christmas.
The glee with which they gloat about punishing their enemies. Can you imagine Democrats saying “The only people this bill will screw are in Alabama and Mississippi” Never. https://t.co/NNb0elwCdD
We’ve got to stop using this language that people voting for Roy Moore are being “bamboozled.” These folks know exactly who & what they’re voting for & they know exactly why they’re doing it.
I’m all for empathy, but let’s not be disingenuous.
Just a super quick reminder that Trump's evangelical supporters want him to declare Jerusalem the capital because they believe it well help advance THE LITERAL APOCALYPSE AND THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
Watching the Roy Moore re-endorsements I'm reminded of the many, many times I've seen white people on cable news arguing black culture is excessively tolerant of criminal behavior.
One of the many consequences of housing segregation is that ppl who occupy positions of power rarely exist in any proximity to poverty.
If more people knew first-hand how inexplicably horrible poverty is then I wonder how different our politics might look.
In retrospect, we should have taken to the streets when McConnell refused to let Obama rightfully fill a Supreme Court vacancy. That was an epic fail on our part as citizens.