Allow me to introduce this new Twitter account.
We are The 99 Percenters.
We have all seen what has been going on over the past week, and the discourse about institutionalised racism in America. It's no secret that certain groups get treated unfairly.
@kungfugrip22 @godmoringmm@WhiteHouse I don't think you're a bad person for supporting Trump, I just think you're misguided and that you've been played by this fraud.
@godmoringmm@WhiteHouse Because he has fooled a lot of blue collar Americans into thinking he "gets them." This man, who has been the face of corporate America for decades.
People say he has no experience of politics, but his campaign in 2016 was enacted in true politician style.
All well and good saying this Donald, but what are you going to do to make sure the good American people are treated as equals and not entries on a hierachy?
"Equal justice under the law must mean that every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement, regardless of race, color, gender, or creed."
This is what we're talking about. A media outlet encouraging violence and division. As if things aren't bad as it is.
We support the protestors.
We support George Floyd getting his justice.
We do NOT support privileged people promoting communities destroying themselves.
@Slate Why is a media corporation encouraging the destruction of inner city, working class owned businesses? A lot of them black owned, too.
It's easy to do such a thing, knowing it will never affect your community.
@HarryDibbs_@AyoCaesar All lives do matter, of course, but BLM was founded by black people to address problems that affect the black community. "Black Lives Matter Too" may be a more apt way of putting it.
No different to, say, the numerous Jewish led organisations that combat antisemitism.
@AyoCaesar Certain elements of people on the right view white people who believe in egalitarianism as "traitors." To them, Black Lives Matter is still just "Black Lives Matter".
Although you're Armenian and we're not, and you're entitled to your own personal views, I find your attitude curious. The fact the Armenian genocide is not widely recognised leads to ignorance about the event.
If it was more widely known, maybe this wouldn't have happened.
The Armenian Genocide monument in Denver sadly became collateral in the protests today.
But we understand the outrage, we understand the pain.
Our monument honors all victims of #genocide, & the only people responsible for its desecration are those perpetrating genocide today.
@MarxistSoccer Happened with Occupy Wall Street. America was on the verge of a class war, and the corporate types shut it down and diverted their attention to identity based issues, rather than the one issue that unites most white, black, gay, straight, Christian and Muslim people.
George Floyd is a recent victim of a system that has failed many people before him. What can be done so people don't suffer the same fate at the hands of the powerful?
#BlackLivesMatter#NoJusticeNoPeace#JusticeForFloyd
Allow me to introduce this new Twitter account.
We are The 99 Percenters.
We have all seen what has been going on over the past week, and the discourse about institutionalised racism in America. It's no secret that certain groups get treated unfairly.
We, the 99 Percenters, aim to unite you, a very divided group of people, against the people implementing these divisions. We are not left or right wing. We are not liberal or conservative, socialist or nationalist, Christian, Muslim or Jewish.
We are simply pro-humanist.