@RoccoRoc4@kmele@Mike_chen2 For sure agree. I hate that race gets used as a political cudgel. It ends up having a boomerang effect on the people they’re trying to convince, pushing everyone further into their own beliefs.
Our discourse needs to improve before we’ll be able to solve anything as a society.
@RoccoRoc4@kmele@Mike_chen2 You’re right. And if they had Twitter in the third century BCE, they’d be discussing Persian Supremacy.
I say recent because the last civil war widow died last year. This particular brand of imperialism, which brought slavery to the US, is the one still affecting society.
I never thought I’d be saying this, but y’all, we’ve gotta learn to walk and chew gum at the same time. Too many of us are just stopping in the middle of the sidewalk for basic mastication, and folks, we’re better than this.
@kmele@Mike_chen2 I’m talking about British colonialism, where a white “civilized” nation decided to take ownership of most of the world.
This was a pretty recent development in human history that also included the capture and sale of African slaves.
Not sure how else to categorize that.
@Mike_chen2@kmele Agreed! All I’m saying is: we’re not that far removed from a history of white imperialism and there’s still work to be done dismantling it.
I was only comparing the two things mentioned in the original tweet. I agree that it’s not the ultimate problem facing the country.
@kmele I suppose if you look at the overall amount of perniciousness, versus the percentage, that would be true.
I simply believe there are good faith arguments that white supremacy is a tangible issue worth overcoming.
Qanon is entirely bunk with no relevance to reality.
@vornietom It’s amazing how much joy everyone on this thread is missing out on in life. Like, you’re too dignified or whatever to verbalize your doggo’s little internal monologue? What do you enjoy more? Sipping tea with your pinkies up and over-pronouncing the “g” at the end of sipping?
Happy Biden is finally moving on gun reform, but like...can we talk about bullets? Seems to me the focus of legislation should be on ammunition more than firearms. There are already enough owned guns in this country to arm the next five generations.
#banbullets
Getting my first Pfizer dose in an hour, but the most exciting thing to happen to me today was finding out that Caravan of Courage and Battle for Endor are now on Disney+.
Yes I’m an adult, no I did not watch either of these when I was a child.
Feeling nervous for my first shot. Not because I’m scared of needles or vaccines, but because I haven’t been excited about anything in over a year and I forgot how to process that emotion as anything other than nerves.
Can’t wait to relearn how to be a person again!
I just want to say that I spent five years in college, and never once got indoctrinated into believing white supremacy.
I actually learned about it much earlier when I opened my eyes and walked out the door and the clouds kept tumbling down and it’s bye bye goodbye I tried...