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#WeTriedToTellYou And STILL trying to with no sugar-coating. WILL piss you off at some point. Blerd. Love Sports & British Mysteries. Support 🏳️‍🌈 ♀️🏳️‍⚧️ #BLM No profile pic, no description, no posts = 🚫 Follow Back

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@sjoyner1965.bsky.social · last yr.

The idea of people refusing to vote bc they don’t want to compromise themselves morally is utterly foreign to Black folks, bc only an extreme amount of privilege makes it possible for people to treat voting as a statement of virtue rather than a tool to improve the material conditions of others.

@sjoyner1965.bsky.social · last yr.

To be Black in America is to be forced to compromise yourself on a daily basis in order to survive. People who sneer at Democrats genuinely do not get the sheer fear that motivates voting for survival.

@sjoyner1965.bsky.social · last yr.

In this capacity, they double down on the “Democrats do nothing” narrative, bc it excuses the behavior of their MAGA family members, whom they claim are somehow principled enough to reject the shortcomings of the Democratic Party but not those same shortcomings in Republicans.

@sjoyner1965.bsky.social · last yr.

Ime they’re people who grew up with conservative parents but who have LGBT+ friends, so became leftists so that their views align with both parents and friends. They can be socially liberal while also being able to bash democrats while telling themselves their bigoted parents are secret leftists.

@sjoyner1965.bsky.social · last yr.

A lot of them tell themselves that their parents would vote for Democrats if they were economically progressive enough, and that they only voted for Trump to “burn it all down” and “reject the status quo.” Even though Trump’s fiscal policies are textbook post-Reagan neoliberalism.

No Fuqs To Give@respectoakland.bsky.social · last yr.

Jaysus, Mary & Joseph. God forbid a white man who cheated should be punished. MLB to rule on request to end Pete Rose ban after Trump meeting /www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44905639/mlb-rule-request-end-pete-rose-ban-trump-meeting

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · last yr.

“When you’re healthy you believe you’ll always be healthy. That if you get sick it’ll be a temporary slow down & you will be back to normal after a few days. When you learn that isn’t true, when you come face to face with the reality of how quickly you can lose your health, you become cautious.”

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