Laura quigleyApr 7, 2023
MicheleV_AK
On today's expulsion of the two Black representatives, but not the white rep, Elie Mystal summed it up pretty darn well: "Tennessee has now given the entire country an object lesson in critical race theory better than any AP history course ever could have. Everybody sees it now. Everybody knows it now. Everybody gets exactly what is going on."
#Racism #SystemicRacism #WhiteSupremacyInAction
Apr 7, 2023 at 1:09amWeb
Show threadAndiApr 7, 2023
@MicheleV_AK #TNAssembly Speaker 
Cameron Sexton Loves to hear from voters! Give his office a call & let him know your thoughts on school mass murders, racism, party over country frauds, and his own hypocrisy #TNKlan https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/speaker.html
Speaker of the House of Representatives - Tennessee General Assembly

Show threadKaren StrickholmApr 7, 2023
@MicheleV_AK Word.
Show threadJordan WarshavskyApr 7, 2023

@MicheleV_AK @donmelton

Great… but honestly, no snark intended… what the f#%k are we doing to do about it?

We do not have the luxury of “evolutionary” change pacing.

And I honestly don’t know that anyone has the stomach for ”revolutionary” pacing and it’s associated collateral damage.

…

All I know is we have to continue to persevere, exercise our civic duties… and what? Pray that the tide of authoritarian nativism dissipates?

Show threadsOlOw-NHApr 7, 2023

@MicheleV_AK

No longer a theory

Show threadAT-AT Assault 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 7, 2023

@solownh @MicheleV_AK

That's not how the word theory works.

Scientific theories are frameworks of explanation for observations and facts you already have.

Show threadsOlOw-NHApr 7, 2023

@atatassault @MicheleV_AK

Yes, overwhelming spurious correlations are proof that theories become laws

Show threadAT-AT Assault 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 7, 2023

@solownh

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Take some high school science again.

Here's a fast example for you. The law of electromagnetic attraction existed before the Theory of Quantum Electro Dynamics.

Show threadsOlOw-NHApr 7, 2023
@atatassault Literal interpretations of text means that everything written in the Bible is factual
Show threadGebhard HopfmüllerApr 7, 2023
@MicheleV_AK
U sure the underlying matter "gun control" would have fared any better if the white lawmaker had been expelled as well?
Show threadMicheleV_AKApr 7, 2023
@tropenfisch This was not about the protest or push for gun control; it was a blatant display of systemic racism. If three people do the exact same thing, two are black, one is white and the only ones who are punished are the black men, there is only one conclusion for me. Those white Republicans in the TN House don't like having smart, young black men speaking truth to power so they got rid of them. However, the GOP in TN is too stupid to realize they have empowered both of these men beyond their wildest dreams. White supremacy never went away; it's always there, just below the surface and yesterday, the world saw it on full display. I suspect both of these men will be returned to their seats in the House, but more importantly, they now have a national platform on gun violence and other important issues. Anyone who believes racism is over is seriously delusional. To expel them for peaceful protest was an excuse to punish/silence these black men who dared to speak out.
Show threadRickd6Apr 7, 2023
@MicheleV_AK they can afford to lose the black vote but not the women’s vote? Or they’ll be in sh*t at home if they vote out the woman!