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handmade34

(22,758 posts)
7. righteous rant...
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 10:13 AM
Sep 2017

what you say ...and this must read article by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"... so the most powerful country in the world has handed over all its affairs—the prosperity of its entire economy; the security of its 300 million citizens; the purity of its water, the viability of its air, the safety of its food; the future of its vast system of education; the soundness of its national highways, airways, and railways; the apocalyptic potential of its nuclear arsenal—to a carnival barker who introduced the phrase grab ’em by the pussy into the national lexicon...

The American tragedy now being wrought is larger than most imagine and will not end with Trump. In recent times, whiteness as an overt political tactic has been restrained by a kind of cordiality that held that its overt invocation would scare off “moderate” whites. This has proved to be only half true at best. Trump’s legacy will be exposing the patina of decency for what it is and revealing just how much a demagogue can get away with. It does not take much to imagine another politician, wiser in the ways of Washington and better schooled in the methodology of governance—and now liberated from the pretense of antiracist civility—doing a much more effective job than Trump.

It has long been an axiom among certain black writers and thinkers that while whiteness endangers the bodies of black people in the immediate sense, the larger threat is to white people themselves, the shared country, and even the whole world. There is an impulse to blanch at this sort of grandiosity. When W. E. B. Du Bois claims that slavery was “singularly disastrous for modern civilization” or James Baldwin claims that whites “have brought humanity to the edge of oblivion: because they think they are white,” the instinct is to cry exaggeration. But there really is no other way to read the presidency of Donald Trump. The first white president in American history is also the most dangerous president—and he is made more dangerous still by the fact that those charged with analyzing him cannot name his essential nature, because they too are implicated in it."





What she wrote about Russian interference is a must read dalton99a Sep 2017 #1
Why leave out the voting machines?? stevepal Sep 2017 #67
When pukes show they will lie, cheat and steal not fooled Sep 2017 #70
Yes yes yes Lulu KC Sep 2017 #75
The FBI was more complicit than the Russians. (eom) StevieM Sep 2017 #2
No. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #5
The "she made a lot of mistakes" meme is useless. Girard442 Sep 2017 #3
A campaign is a huge project, lots of moving parts, and mistakes will be made ehrnst Sep 2017 #4
She made mistakes, but Putin, Trump & GOP have agendas to grossly exaggerate the quantity. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #6
Exactly. Well said. iluvtennis Sep 2017 #26
..but because shes a woman her campaign was expected to be perfect samnsara Sep 2017 #62
righteous rant... handmade34 Sep 2017 #7
I can't understand why MontanaMama Sep 2017 #8
It's easy to understand. BlueMTexpat Sep 2017 #12
As to why, here's a hint: NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #29
and except for Al Gore, they did not even win the popular vote treestar Sep 2017 #58
Response to your question sacto95834 Sep 2017 #30
No other candidate has been excoriated the way she has been. nolabear Sep 2017 #36
"Bernie followers constantly snipe at her on social media"... InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #55
Is Obama keeping a low profile? murielm99 Sep 2017 #37
First of all MontanaMama Sep 2017 #39
Bernie was a losing candidate and you didn't complain about his writing a book. How come? pnwmom Sep 2017 #40
Yeah, but that's different Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #71
She was asked to apologize LONG before the book came out lunamagica Sep 2017 #46
Not just the voters, but the media too. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #9
That's the bottom line Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #10
I cannot K&R this enough. BlueMTexpat Sep 2017 #11
K & R for the truth! mountain grammy Sep 2017 #13
How much cash was slipped to the media to create the Trump storm? L. Coyote Sep 2017 #14
K&R UCmeNdc Sep 2017 #15
So what do Democrats do about it now? PDittie Sep 2017 #16
Yes, you are missing something Hekate Sep 2017 #20
Everything Including The Media Put Hillary On Her One 5 Yd Line/Tromp On Her 5 Yd Line. TheMastersNemesis Sep 2017 #27
45 made FAR worse "mistakes." ananda Sep 2017 #17
+1 treestar Sep 2017 #59
Please tell us how you feel :) Perseus Sep 2017 #18
K&R It's only getting worse every day. AHardRainsAGonnaFall Sep 2017 #19
KnR Hekate Sep 2017 #21
Third world countries know how to void a fraudulent election but America cannot?????? judesedit Sep 2017 #22
we have a process: certification of the results of the electoral college. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #24
We do not know that it was stolen. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #23
Could not disagree more. broadcaster90210 Sep 2017 #34
we don't know that it WASN'T, given invisible ballots, proprietary software, and no public access to TheFrenchRazor Sep 2017 #45
Yes sure we don't know it wasn't either. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #65
I agree with this treestar Sep 2017 #61
there is also a complete lack of acknowledgement that certainot Sep 2017 #25
Once again you're right. Ligyron Sep 2017 #44
K&R Gothmog Sep 2017 #28
True. Combined with endemic women-hating in this country, and millions who would rather sit on LuckyLib Sep 2017 #31
K + R Raastan Sep 2017 #32
No argument here. broadcaster90210 Sep 2017 #33
2016 Election F***ing Failure Dot L Sep 2017 #35
Stein helped 45 win the election. murielm99 Sep 2017 #38
Wow, two whole posts and this is what you choose to vent on? Hekate Sep 2017 #50
Every compaign... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #41
THIS, dammit! calimary Sep 2017 #42
decades, barbtries Sep 2017 #49
She won the f**king popular vote! drmeow Sep 2017 #43
keep putting it forth nonetheless, barbtries Sep 2017 #48
yep, it's a damn shame. barbtries Sep 2017 #47
F'in' A right, Ralph! 2naSalit Sep 2017 #51
The Supreme Court Seat was STOLEN too! bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #52
Agreed 100% nt riderinthestorm Sep 2017 #53
Yes she did. No, it wasn't. What exactly do we really know? tonyt53 Sep 2017 #54
I like this OP, but I'd like it better if it didn't open with "sure she made mistakes." Squinch Sep 2017 #56
I believe Hillary won. tomp Sep 2017 #57
Republican traitors and Russian trolls stole American democracy Achilleaze Sep 2017 #60
++ heaven05 Sep 2017 #63
Agreed! Then why is she still blaming Bernie? Chasstev365 Sep 2017 #64
That's different. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #66
Show me a candidate- from any party- who has ever run a perfect campaign... Still In Wisconsin Sep 2017 #68
"TOO MANY WHITE RACISTS" Sparkly Sep 2017 #69
This thread (the replies not the op) sum up what I hate about this place. Kentonio Sep 2017 #72
You're absolutely right onetexan Sep 2017 #73
You Can Organize All You Want. But If The System Is Gamed You Have To Attack ------- TheMastersNemesis Sep 2017 #74
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