The White Privilege to Terrorize

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Black people don’t get to do this.
Muslims don’t get to do this.
Latinos don’t get to do this.
People who don’t look like this don’t get to do this.

They don’t get to swarm American capitol buildings in tactical gear with high-powered weapons, screaming in close proximity to police officers.
They don’t get to dress up like Call of Duty cosplayers and attempt to physically intimidate politicians into bending to their wills.
They don’t get to get to stop traffic in city streets decked out like they work at the Death Star and brazenly wield semi-automatic rifles.
They don’t get to terrorize decent people and walk away....

This is MAGA America in its dawning renaissance of outward racism, showing us what is at stake as we approach another election. We aren’t just choosing a president or party to steward us through the coming years, we’re making a statement on what we will and will not tolerate as a people.

What we witnessed in Michigan was an act of terrorism, by the very definition of the word. We have seen many such acts this week, and if November allows this malevolence another four years, they will seem tame. The self-appointed soldiers in the army of the Lord will grow more brazen and become more violent in their holy war to make America whiter—so decent white people need to resist them in the streets, on social media, and at the polls.

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/05/01/the-white-privilege-to-terrorize/?fbclid=IwAR3NsrcguCKGXZioynNDTGjN3fTESY01ufoFibpiE_Ok__0Ze3YV8DEWySU

[guillaumeb]

1. Recommended.

Beautifully said.

We all know...well no, we do not all know, but anyone with a more than superficial knowledge of US history is aware that racism is foundational to the US empire.

And these same white terrorists will insist, if asked, that they have no special privilege.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Indeed, they've been told they're underprivileged and they believe it ... they're morons (nt)

[Faux pas]

3. Kickin'

[mr_lebowski]

4. Clean link w/o telling John you're visiting via Facebook ...

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/05/01/the-white-privilege-to-terrorize/

?fbclid=

means 'This link came from Facebook'.

In fact, any characters in any link after and including the ? mark is superficial/unneeded tracking info (unless you're inside a website you're logged into, like your corporate intranet for example, in which case passing parameters between pages likely provides needed functionality).

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Thanks, didn't know that, I usually just copy and paste.

I'm not much of a Facebook fan but I check it now and then for cat videos and sometimes find other interesting items. I will remove the extra link data in the future.

[mr_lebowski]

6. Not a biggie, just one of those pet peeves ...

Although I use it to keep in touch w/friends and fam, I don't want FB getting undeserved credit for anything