We're Stuck With White People

[Hermit-The-Prog]

39. omg

I remember seeing that exact 78 label when I was a kid! There was a shed on a neighbor's place that had a loose board. He was a little eccentric and rich, so I just knew some goodies were in there. I had to see. There was an old Victrola and boxes full of records -- waxy, thick, and heavy. That label stood out to me because I'd heard the tune in some old war movie. Put it on, cranked it a few times, put the big old heavy needle on and damn near jumped out of my skin! It was loud! Or seemed to be -- I was not invited into that shed. Maybe the old gentleman was a WWI vet. I did no damage but never went back.

Anyway, thanks for dredging that memory up.

As to the puzzling comment -- best I could figure out is it was a whataboutism on par with men being falsely accused of sexual harassment. Unfortunately, the numbers support the pessimism expressed in the article you posted. Domestic terrorism mostly comes in the form of radicalized white right-wingers and the current regime mostly depends on white voters. The fact that some of us old, white, males do not support the current regime does not change those other, depressing facts.