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B.See

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Tue May 7, 2024, 03:18 AM May 7

On Being Civil to Incivility: TRUTH TO POWER/POWER TO TRUTH

Or telling it like it IS:

Democracy is in peril because ‘both sides’ journalists let MAGA spread disinformation - The Kansas City Star

Blue-sky journalism is more insidious and dangerous than yellow journalism because it’s subtle and slick and classy, in the same way that subtle and slick and classy racism is more effective than a mulleted screamer with a pointy white hood and a tiki torch he got on sale at a big box store.


John Legend Goes Apoplectic on ‘Racist’ Donald Trump - Daily Beast via Yahoo

“He’s gotten away with a lot for a long time, he’s been a fraudster for a long time, he’s been cheating people for a long time, he’s been lying for a long time and he’s actually been litigating for a long time.

“So yes, there is a two-tiered justice system, but not in the way that he thinks. He’s the beneficiary, absolutely ... the fact that he’s out in the world, that’s not normal for a lot of people.”

“he’s made it clear throughout his life that Black people are inferior, he believes that to his core, in his bones... but also when you hear some of the stray comments he makes, he clearly believes in a genetic hierarchy of humanity and is racially determined, so he is a tried and true, dyed-in-the-wool racist. In the core of his being, he’s a racist.


Michelle Obama Says An Indicted Black Man Could Never Run For Office - Shine My Crown

Al Sharpton Rips Apart Donald Trump and ‘Shameless Blacks’ Who Applauded (Trump) As He Claimed That His Criminal Indictments Boost His Popularity Among African-American Voters - Atlanta Black Star


IN RELATED NEWS:

Pew report pokes a hole in the ‘Blacks are backing Trump’ narrative - MSNBC

AND:

Right-Wingers Can’t Stand That ‘Reacher’ Star Alan Ritchson Isn’t One of Them - The Mary Sue


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