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@PatriciaLevesque @KayWhitlock @nancy a heitzeg I think the Left is fine, it's just that anything they try to do is attributed to "jobless slackers" and the MSM and the shrinking majority continue to believe it. I actually saw someone who claims to be of the Left wonder if civil disobedience actually worked, ever. He was alive during the late 60's and still asked this question.
Yesterday, the back of the bus I was in was full of wrinkly white people going to celebrate the gay marriage bill. We have to find a way to bridge the gap between Tookie and Sookie.
@KayWhitlock We do, and not only because retribution isn't working, but because we need to have other tools than the stick.
@KayWhitlock @nancy a heitzeg Even those who try to do it "the right way" AKA the White Way get ground down by a society that believes no matter how many degrees they have, no matter how much good they do, they are still deviants because not being white is an uncorrectable fault.
More research is always good. I do wonder why Rothstein's research wasn't considered "convincing enough" and whether this will likewise be ignored by those whose ideologies are more important than actual people's lives. Sadly, many of the aforementioned are our legislators.
And upon reading the Jezebel article, it seems I was making an assumption of a less racially stratified society than is actually on the page. *le sigh*
There's also the issue that in the books, it seemed to me like people of color were scattered through the society. In the movie, it's made clear that all the brown people inhabit only one district.
It's an odd POV. In my experience, the vast majority of white people really think the world is full of other white people to whom they are exclusively referring unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Thank you for continuing to keep this alive. Too many people get locked away and forgotten. Another reason to re-evaluate the cost-benefit equation of solitary.
Well put.
I think there's also a huge potential for medical/patent abuse of "donated" DNA evidence as well, a la Henrietta Lacks.
@ScottieThomaston @nancy a heitzeg
Scalia's recent statements do not inspire much faith, since they counter to his previous musings in (case I can't remember).
Yay federal scrutiny. Let's hope it's worth it.
These same guys who say they're for personal liberty and freedom also support NYC stop-and-frisk, strip searches of anyone accused of a crime at all, and fitting the entire Congress in my vagina. No thank you.
WTH Jerry? Sign that thing!
@nancy a heitzeg @rubyr Bwahahahahha! I'm a hafta watch that.
@nancy a heitzeg Watched Game Change last night. I know why Hanks got an Emmy. And now this morning, it looks like Ryan has gone full Palin. I keep thinking they've hit bottom, yet they find new depths.
I have gone from giggling like a schoolgirl to just dreading some new gaffe every day. I had no idea glee could be this banal. Yes, Obama is going to win over the Armani suit stuffed with straw. I just hope we don't forget the last few months in the rush for 2016.
For now, forward!
@KayWhitlock Downloaded and thank you.
@nancy a heitzeg @KayWhitlock Yes, yes it is.
Kay, thank you for this piece! The hate frame's shortcomings are disturbing but it's rarely discussed in a frank manner. More, please.