@QasimRashid

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?

@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?

@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.

@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.

@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

@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.

@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