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Thread. With less than 11 hours to go, it's difficult to quantify just how badly the worst U.S. President of my lifetime caused this nation to fall.
Gone is the illusion of rock solid American Democracy. Gone is the notion of American jurisprudence & no one being above the law.
Gone is the illusion of rock solid American Democracy. Gone is the notion of American jurisprudence & no one being above the law.
Only slavery prevents Donald Trump from being definitively the worst President in U.S. history- but the argument can still be made.
Treason, extortion, obstruction, insurrection, negligent homicide: All valid charges against this President- but he wasn't alone.
Treason, extortion, obstruction, insurrection, negligent homicide: All valid charges against this President- but he wasn't alone.
No, Trump had plenty of help: Foreign interference, A 24/7 propaganda network dumbing down the population, a complicit Republican party - but MOST of all- America's #1 weakness since its inception: Racism.
Stop letting his voters off the hook. Yes, I mean 74 Million of them.
Stop letting his voters off the hook. Yes, I mean 74 Million of them.
They saw the SAME THINGS you did... And yes, they were propagandized to death. Yes, they've been lied to incessantly...
...but you know what made them susceptible to it? Wanting ways to justify their racism. Trump was able to say & do things for which they'd face consequences.
...but you know what made them susceptible to it? Wanting ways to justify their racism. Trump was able to say & do things for which they'd face consequences.
It all culminated in what you saw on January 6.
It was never about "blue lives mattering" or "not kneeling during the anthem" as the murder of a cop & Confederate flag in the Capitol attest.
You can't support Israel with a "Camp Auschwitz" T-shirt on either.
It was never about "blue lives mattering" or "not kneeling during the anthem" as the murder of a cop & Confederate flag in the Capitol attest.
You can't support Israel with a "Camp Auschwitz" T-shirt on either.
Nope, this, as black people, Natives and anyone not shielded by white supremacy can attest is the same old, same old.
It's been said the North won the (Civil) war, but the South won the peace.
We're still *discussing* whether military bases should be named after traitors.
It's been said the North won the (Civil) war, but the South won the peace.
We're still *discussing* whether military bases should be named after traitors.
The long story short is this: This nation needs a 150 years overdue truth & reconciliation.
Trump is the stress test America failed & exposed this nation as a hypocritical fraud.
There's an opportunity to fix this- but it won't come without dealing with the truth.
Trump is the stress test America failed & exposed this nation as a hypocritical fraud.
There's an opportunity to fix this- but it won't come without dealing with the truth.
America has had her wake-up call now. Empty, disingenuous calls for reconciliation can't come without justice.
To date myself, America needs a "scared straight" program- or it can expect recidivism & self destruction.
Start with YOUR FAMILY- and work outward.
To date myself, America needs a "scared straight" program- or it can expect recidivism & self destruction.
Start with YOUR FAMILY- and work outward.
