@Account4Invest@YallLuvCris I saw it more as bringing the issue (problem) to light, showing the hypocrisy of it. If they (cops) had suffered actual consequences it wouldn't have been realistic because that's not the world we live in, especially Baltimore.
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion.
So, let's see if I have this right. Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell both went to prison for sexually abusing and trafficking over 1200 minor girls and young women - spanning decades.
The FBI spent years interviewing these girls, watching videos and came up with nothing? Is the FBI telling us that there were no other participants?
So, we're to assume that these young girls weren't victims of hundreds of sick men?
My question is how does something like this happen and why? They're treating these girls as if they are all liars. How do you buy off the FBI?
So, Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell acted alone?
Will the Epstein Files ever be released?
-Wood Harris: MFA from NYU
-Wendell Pierce: BFA from Juilliard
-Larry Gilliard Jr.: Juilliard, Stella Adler Conservatory, American Academy of Dramatic Arts
-Lance Reddick: MFA Yale School of Drama
Imagine getting your period, finding out you're broke, grieving your dead son, getting questioned by everyone, the Hightowers deceiving you again, and your father-in-law calling your kids bastards... all on your first day as Queen.
Rhae Rhae deserved wine, not more problems.
@KachySZN Corlys addressed this in season 2 when he told Alyn he didn't know much of their mother's heritage, insinuating it must have come from her side
Hard to think of a better compliment to one's work than how almost everyone who sees the news of his passing will react by saying the same word, exactly the same way 🙏
I still think about this a lot. This was the first time I managed to put the feeling into words. Since then, I've found some new words to describe it:
Being present.
Enjoying the now.
Forgetting for a moment about the "other shoe"
There are moments in my life that stand out to me, moments where the fog lifted, all the noise in my head stopped and I just felt safe and settled and happy, and able to live in the moment. These moments are few and far between, and when I realize I’m living in one, it begins /1/
In America today, the government is using coercion, threat, censorship, intimidation, disappearing, extortion to support an authoritarian regime. It’s clear this is their modus operadi. The threat is stifling people’s lives for fear their actions or speech will make them a target for destruction. For many Americans this is a shocking dystopian change to our society that threatens our values. Never seen before.
But for me, it’s a reminder of growing up watching my grandfather farm sugar cane in Louisiana. He was charged more for feed and seed, his crops were devalued never getting the fair market price, by the same sugar mill threatening to steal his land pressuring foreclosure by driving him further into debt. He was attacked with coercion, threat, censorship, intimidation, and extortion. For many in our community this is nothing new. This has been the America we have always known.
The challenge now is to replicate how we have survived and thrived in authoritarian America. Exercise radical self care. Nothing counts so much as family. Care first for your family to prepare to care for your community. Be serious. Elevate education and excellence and truth. It will not only fortify you against attacks but embolden you to meet them head on. There is an attack on dissent. Be prepared. Truth will be your shield. To thine own self be true. There are those who do not have your best interest at heart but will tell you otherwise. Exercise your right of self determination.
We don’t know if this is a Pandora’s Box never to be shut again. Reach for the best part of your human nature as others manifest the worst part of theirs.