Thursday, November 21, 2019

Brittany DeBarros debunks the unity nonsense



I don’t really care about a candidate’s ability to “unite the nation.” There. I said it. THREAD 1/8
11:14 PM - 20 Nov 2019
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      2/8 why? Bc “lack of unity” is code. When the issue is framed that way, it draws on the myth that once upon a time America was great & there was unity across the land until the coloreds & women & poors started wilding so we gotta get a person who can just simmer things down
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      3/8 When exactly was this time? Was there unity when colonizers came and attempted to genocide Natives and then wrote themselves and friends and heroes in history books?
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      4/8 Was there unity when those same colonizers enslaved Natives and Africans to build an economy and nation that still doesn’t serve them or even offer reparations?
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      5/8 Was there unity when black businesses were being burned to the ground and thousands of people were being lynched and medals were being given out for slaughtering Natives, or maybe when women were still trying to have the right to get bank accounts in their own name?
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      6/8 Or maybe the unity we’re trying to return to is when queer people had to hide or riot to survive in our very “civilized society.”
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      7/8 Or maybe it was the time when we had the largest GDP in the world but somehow ppl were dying bc they too poor for their meds, signing up to kill for the gov to get college or health care, getting their kids taken bc they can’t afford their poisoned water...oh that’s now
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      8/8 There has never been unity. We don’t need a candidate that can “unify America.” That’s “there are fine ppl on all sides” bulls**t. We need one that will be courageous & uncompromising about exactly who they are fighting for & what they are fighting against.
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