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Between the ages of 12 and 15, I was called the n word to my face on three separate occasions. And each time felt like a literal slap against my face. And each one has stuck with me all these years later. Some folks don’t understand just how hurtful certain slurs can be.

From Gaza, Jasmine Crockett’s primary, to Tourette’s we’re getting full displays anti Blackness & Racism. The receipts are plentiful as we head towards midterm general elections.

and, as a disabled person, have to say i’m super not a fan of a whole lot of people who are regularly ableist suddenly using that as an excuse for the harm caused to the people who had a slur yelled at them i know why you’ve very conveniently discovered ableism in this one particular instance

Reminder: non-Black people don’t get to dictate how Black folks respond to the n-word. Period.

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Now that my anger is waning, my heart is breaking for those two guys. It doesn’t matter the heights to which you rise, the accolades you earn, the prestige that surrounds you …that one word shatters it all. They deserved better We deserve better

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This is that poll I've been referring to. Published this past week, IIRC, and done by a very respected, unbiased pollster, Hart Research.

We fucking warned you, loudly, about Fetterman & Tulsi. Y'all didn't listen to us, even though we were right, and you can see now that we were right. So why are y'all ignoring us when we warn you about Platner, Kat Abu, and Talarico? FUCKING LISTEN TO US, MAYBE! LEARN FROM YOUR PREVIOUS MISTAKES!

If you feel that the audience on Bluesky is more hostile to you than the audience on the Nazi website, then the problem is not Bluesky and you should ask yourself some very difficult questions.

Timeline cleanse: YEAH! F@!% THE MAN! edition (via r/crows)

You aren't listening. He's being asked to apologize because of the harm his disability caused. He is not being asked to apologize for his disability. There is no world where Black people have to just accept the violence of the N-word without acknowledgment of the violence associated with that word.

I can also tell you one more thing: All you British mother fuckers telling us “dumb Americans” we don’t understand Tourette’s Syndrome. Yeah we not going to hear any lectures from you after your British Press nearly drove The Duchess of Sussex to suicide & you all just shrugged. GTFOH.

Congratulations to Mr. Coogler for his well-deserved, historical win of BAFTA's Best Original Screenplay award!

Calling someone a hard R then blaming a disability is exactly why folks want to beat yall ass! Cause what?

I just watched this video on FB, and it was powerful. It's about 10 minutes long, but it's very much worth the watch. #JasmineforUS www.facebook.com/share/v/17c4...

3/? Why does no one ask demonstrate that same understanding for how offensive, humiliating and steeped in generational trauma the N-word is? Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo are a part of the most Oscar-nominated movie in history and are at the top of their craft.

2/? A few things about this. Tourette's is real. However, Tourette's does not create language. It messes with the filter of what the person says. The tick is that they say things that are offensive. HOWEVER, while there is all of this understanding going on about Tourette's...

1/? Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were called the N-word by a man with Tourette's at the Bafta Awards. The man, Jonathan Davidson, is the subject of a film about Tourette's, that is nominated at BAFTA. Alan Cummings addressed the audience thanking people for their understanding.

One more vote for @jasmineforus.bsky.social !

I think it's time we stop letting the white leftists use us. If they pick Talarico, after using Crockett, every Black voter should vote in the fall on every seat, but the Senate seat. Let the white boy lose. I'm sick of this shit. They wanna let it burn. Well? Let it burn.

🔥The gall of telling a sitting Congresswoman, current frontrunner of her race & candidate with highest name ID + best standings in hypothetical general election match ups, that she “can’t win” in a state where she’s only ever lost a political contest once, the herdlike message unity was unnerving ⤵️

Some opp told you letters were bad. They fit it into a catchy 3 format (because y'all love a 3 word catch phrase) that you could pull out to throw at Dems whenever something happens. Y'all ate it up. sTrONgly WoRdED lEtTer

A great article written by an actual constituent who knows.

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LULZ in politically active Texan. 😄

I searched your t/l for anything about that nasty attack ad from Lone Star Rising PAC, which supports Talarico, and I found nothing. Odd. 🤔

It's a primary, opponents are going to attack each other. A PAC aligned with Talarico attacked Crockett and I didn't see complaints about attacks. Talarico has taken money from GOP affiliated PACs before.

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PT 2: now mind you he got cussed our way worse than this lmfao but I didnt know why that woman was upset until I saw the flyer. She popped the shit off then TOP Texas escorted him out.

The GenX urge to do the Safety Dance.

You all are absolutely falling for another GOP op. FFS, when will people learn to watch what they do and not what they say.

“I am asking Texas Democrats to vote strategically for the best candidate.” This is coded for white people. The qualified candidate has a law degree and has experience with legislation and voting nationally. And it long past time white people to vote for Black women. Vote for Jasmine Crockett!!!

Jasmine is still winning! She has blacks and Latinos on her side!

"minority leader gets all the anti trans language removed from budget bill despite it being a loud major public objective of the majority party" is a thing that happened and is more impressive than anyone on this site gives credit for

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Y'all...I made Black Eyed Peas today, just glimpsing at what spices people recommended, and then let my soul adjust the flavoring. It turned out so. damn. good! Next time I need a ham hock, but I made due. 😁

“Where do you get your ideas from, Ms Le Guin?” From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?

Or, if it's still not sinking in, remember how all of you wonderful progressives reacted to Liz Cheney endorsing VP Harris? React with *at least* as much fury to Lauren Boebert endorsing Talarico, please. bsky.app/profile/teee...

His willingness to jump on the "blame Joe Biden" train just shows an unctuous desire to ingratiate himself with leftists.

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Another brilliant campaign ad by Crockett! 👏🏼💪🏼 (Missing 900 votes is CRAZY, btw) “James Talarico says the right things, but he doesn’t practice what he preaches.” #VoteForCrockett

I need my fellow white people to get off the plausible deniability train with some of these candidates. "Well, he didn't say those exact words," when we saw him nodding along in agreement. CMAFB