Hear me out; we take all the statues of Confederate losers and whatever gaudy atrocious bullshit cheeto comes up with, set them all up in a swamp with catwalks placed close enough that people can spit, piss, and if so motivated and properly prepared, projectile vomit/shit on their memories.
chatel slavery seems alive and well in the US Prison system
You think so, and you’re right, but ask yourself why TACO want would want to reframe slavery as “not that bad.”
Its because they’re going to start renting out the detainees of the concentration camps for labor.
The JohnBrowncoats vs the Brownshirts
I don’t think the United States in general gives a flying fuck about non-whites, now or in the past.
I give a flying fuck though, so I’m gonna get pissed when I see a basic lack of respect for any person. I’m going to get pissed and rail against every single erosion of rights I can, right up until I get the fuck out of this insane country.
You misunderstand; getting stuck there is exactly what the senator should have done if they wouldn’t let him take Mr. Garcia.
This is a falsely accused, illegally deported human stuck in an El Salvadorian mega-prison. Mr. Garcia is incredibly lucky to be alive at all. Can you imagine being in that scenario, meeting with your US state senator, then being lead back into lock-up‽ They had zero justification for sending him there, zero justification to hold him there, and zero justification to keep him one second longer.
What was the point of Van Hollen flying down there personally if not to bring him home? Leaving Mr. Garcia behind is tacit approval for disregarding due process.
Am I the only one concerned that the senator didn’t forcibly bring him home? I feel like a US Marshall or three should have accompanied Mr. Garcia and the senator out the front door and onto the jet all the cons are complaining about.
I think bookending the two recent quotes with the obviously more problematic quotes from 8 years prior is intentional. A lot can change in 8 years, especially when you transition from military to civilian life. I think the ACAB sentiment he expressed in 2021 shows growth.
(Anecdotal bias incoming) The comment on rural white Americans, while inflammatory and unhelpful, isn’t all that off-base in my experience. If you are born into, grow up in and stay within the same rural 10 mile radius your entire life you tend to lack perspective to say the least. Growing up in a town or village that is 90%+ white provides no frame of reference for the varying struggles people of color experience.
I grew up in one such town. Demographics were roughly 90% white, 10% Hispanic. I didn’t have a black classmate until junior year of high school and I don’t want to speculate about the reception they received.
As for stupidity, acquiring knowledge is at best unemphasized and at worst actively, intentionally discouraged. Willful ignorance may be a more accurate term.
There are certainly children curious enough to seek out knowledge and learn about other human experiences (hi) but I’m still struggling to escape that bucket of crabs and it has consumed and scarred me. The access to quality healthcare was abysmal, employment was primarily factory-based and starting from a place of low familial wealth is something I’ve struggled against my entire adult life. I’d venture a guess that he was raised in a similar setting and was only able to escape via military service.
In short; I agree with the sentiments he’s expressed recently. I vehemently disagree with the sentiments he expressed over a decade ago. I’m willing to believe the tattoo was an arbitrarily chosen flash piece done in Croatia during his time in the Marines. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but I’ll never be his constituent so my opinion ultimately means jack shit.