Robert DenbyDec 20, 2022

@RiversideBryan @juddlegum
at any time within the temporal continuum, no less. Honestly, I think one of the greatest damages this country ever did to itself was allowing the Confederazis to play the victim after they lost the civil war they started in hopes of continuing to own people like livestock. I am white, and pigs like Vicky Baggett provide ample evidence that there is NO such thing as a superior race.

Sorry, had that in my craw, needed to fish it out.

Show threadMommysreadingDec 20, 2022
@Bullix @RiversideBryan @juddlegum I agree. I’m from the Deep South and what I saw there growing up was horrific.
Show threadRobert DenbyDec 20, 2022

@sitKonrad @RiversideBryan @juddlegum

And the thing is, that I don't only blame the south. Because racism and segregation were EVERYWHERE in the early 20th century on back. For example, Colorado, my home state, was controlled politically by the F-ing KLAN for a period in the 1920s.

Behold, from the Canon City newspaper in colorado, 1926:

Show threadRocketCat42Dec 20, 2022
@Bullix @sitKonrad @RiversideBryan @juddlegum Colorado has recovered somewhat. The gay Gov has been reelected and they put a right to have an abortion or not in the constitution. Denver's Mayor Hancock is a black man reelected for several terms now. There's still creepy places, Canon City, CO Springs, Weld and Douglas County, some western slope rural among them. And all children get free school lunch.
Show threadRobert Denby
@RocketJCat1 @sitKonrad @RiversideBryan @juddlegum
What's fun to think about is that when I was a kid, one of our senators was Ben Nighthorse Campbell. A native american.
Dec 20, 2022 at 5:08pmWeb