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Qasim Rashid, Esq.

Nine months before Rosa Parks, a 15-year-old Black child named Claudette Colvin was ordered to move to the back of the bus. She refused, was forcibly removed from the bus by police officers, whom she then assaulted in self-defense.

Ms. Colvin was charged with violating segregation laws, and assaulting an officer. Yet she persisted in her fight as a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to dismantle racial segregation. Her fight helped end Jim Crow laws.

She has died at the age of 86. 😓 Rest in Power. ❤️✊🏽

violettejean Jan 13

That is great! but in those days, She had access to a law and representation.She was not just shot in the head or send to El Salvador. I don't know that she would have been able to defend herself in a court of law today?

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Jan 14

@violettejean @QasimRashid

Claudette Colvin would not want you to give in to cynicism and lose hope and faith in working for the better. she worked for better. we can and we should to

not flee and panic at the first sight of cruelty. nor assume bigotry and ignorance has completely won

it's not like she lived in an era free of systemic racism, violence and abuse, right?

violettejean Jan 14

@benroyce @QasimRashid

Absolutely, you are right. racism and injustices are still here. We can't give up and should keep Good alive!
I am just saying how the recourse to law seems gone for most of us, and how many people are kidnapped and disappeared without being charged or having a trial.

Ashwin Dixit Jan 15

@violettejean @benroyce @QasimRashid

The illusion that we ever had a democracy has gone away.
The illusion that "the law" was fair, or had our backs, has gone away as well.

Before you say stuff implying that:
she had recourse to law, and we don't because we're shot in the head without due legal process
please inform yourself.

This is the same "law" that allowed slavery, then segregation, then Jim Crow laws, and still goes on.

https://we-glue-earth.gitlab.io/when-was-america-great/

USA is coming apart. No going back.

Why MAGA is a Futile Quest and Fighting Nazis is a Sham

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Jan 15

@purrperl @violettejean @QasimRashid

i love how toxic idealism and mindless cynicism dovetail

of course we have democracy. of course it is imperfect. of course the goal is to make it better

no?

instead

"we never had democracy"

😂

and then... what ashwin? what is the fucking point

you pine for perfection without a fucking clue how to get there?

just stop it man

think. stop with the cynicism and perfectionism

Ashwin Dixit Jan 15

@benroyce @violettejean @QasimRashid

Just a western mode of thought to want a quick solution, instead of sitting with the discomfort of acknowledging the status quo, to yourself, to others, and see how that goes.

Let us get properly uncomfortable.
Let us really feel the pain, before we go looking for medication.

All will be revealed in due time.
For further insights, please pay cash or crypto.

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Jan 15

@purrperl @violettejean @QasimRashid

oh yeah let's just like do nothing until we're in full fascism, because that's completely harmless, nobody will suffer. all in order to satisfy some ignorant idea of burning our house down to save it

and it figures you're a fucking crypto bro

Ashwin Dixit Jan 16

@benroyce @violettejean @QasimRashid

Read "The Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan for a burning house example.

I have solutions, that could be adapted, after peer review.

Though trying to explain seems disingenuous, like being on a floor, with a fascist boot on your neck, choking your air; the fascist demanding answers, mocking you for being unable to provide solutions, pretending to be unaware of his boot. Making it appear that you don't have answers, when they cut off your air. 🐈 got ur 👅?

Ashwin Dixit Jan 16

@benroyce @violettejean @QasimRashid

We've never not been in fascism. You and I know it. Let the public be made aware. Solutions will emerge.

Anyway, tell the Shitillluminati their time's up, and Justice is happening. Get with the new thing. And settle your debts.

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Jan 16

@purrperl @violettejean @QasimRashid

Fascism and Democracy are not absolutes. To talk about it in binary ways means you're ignorant. There is abuse. And there is the struggle to choose. And both go on at the same time. Do you understand this and you think you're a clever liar? Or is this an honest represent of how incoherent you are

Ashwin Dixit Jan 16

@benroyce @violettejean @QasimRashid

Nor are they fixed. Anyway, I have solutions to put forth, which is exactly why I am being persecuted by the incumbents whom my truths would upset.

This is not a good faith discussion anyway and will not serve my purpose.

I have health/gear/money issues to attend to. No time to waste.

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Jan 16

@purrperl @violettejean @QasimRashid

That's right it's not a good faith discussion: you're not speaking in good faith. Stop speaking in mindless cynical absolutes that are a lie

Ashwin Dixit Jan 16

@benroyce @violettejean @QasimRashid

Please tell me more.
What, in your kind opinion, is a lie?
Please be specific.
We can talk in big vague generalities, and not exchange any meaning.

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Jan 16

@purrperl @violettejean @QasimRashid

you know you've been in a thread with a guy for a number of comments now exactly answering that question

"please be specific"

please fucking read

Ashwin Dixit Jan 16

@benroyce @violettejean @QasimRashid

Yeah, you know that thing you said over there, and that other thing that you did? Yep. You know what I'm talking about.

Please fucking think.

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Jan 16

@purrperl @violettejean @QasimRashid

nice reply ashwin. very exciting. so do you understand why you're lying yet ashwin? or are you just flapping your gums. which is it ashwin

Ashwin Dixit Jan 16

@benroyce @violettejean @QasimRashid

I thought I was flapping your rectum with my big dick. As you like it.

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Jan 16

@purrperl @violettejean @QasimRashid

nobody's interested that you're sexually frustrated ashwin. i asked you a question. do you understand how you're lying ashwin? are you avoiding answering because you do understand but lack the honesty to admit your error? why are you so dishonest ashwin

Ashwin Dixit Jan 16

@benroyce @violettejean @QasimRashid

Oh, moan. Just like that. Please don't be specific. Just moan passionately.
You might spill a name in the heat of passion, that would ruin the fun.
Ah, yeah. That's good. Moan!

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Jan 16

@purrperl @violettejean @QasimRashid

again ashwin we get it: you're sexually frustrated. i'm sorry you have this problem

why are you a liar ashwin?

Ashwin Dixit Jan 16

@benroyce @violettejean @QasimRashid

Ohhh yeahh! Hang in there!!! So tight! Moan!!!

@violettejean @QasimRashid Not that much has changed since then. KKK was still accepted in usa at that time. They still are, just not using that name any more.

Helgi Crookehorne Jan 14

@eq @violettejean @QasimRashid I saw new names... White and Proud BoyZ. And secret nazis from Patriot Front, threw Roman salutes and said heil Hitlar

MeaningfulBits Jan 14

@QasimRashid she wasn't used as the face of the movement because she was 15 and pregnant. We, the community, still recognize her contributions. Rest In Power. ✊🏽

oldfartjmb says FREE PALESTINE Jan 14

We must not forget those who have helped move our society forward. She was one of our heroes.

Ken Owen Jan 14

@QasimRashid she was the true hero! But less presentable to the media as Parks and less well connected!

Francis Mangion (M)Jan 23

Claudette Colvin (1939-2026). #RIP #HailAndFarewell