#VIOLENT

Alan Cross

AlanLCross

A note on protests, riots, and false equivalencies: 1. Peaceful protest is a 1st Amendment right. We the people, and the GOVT, should listen to protests and citizens airing grievances.2.

@ijbailey

ijbailey

Thread: A real-life story to illustrate why "defund the police" resonates with those of us who don't even agree with it, why police brutality fuels street violence, why this nuance

Bloom & Oil

bloomandoil

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some stories that are incredibly important to us. We invite you to click through

T. Greer

Scholars_Stage

New Book Review: Epidemics--Hate and Compassion From the Plague of Athens to AIDS https://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2020/11/plagues-of-hate.htmlThis book is a historical survey of hundreds of epidemics from the 400s BC to the 1990s.

Dana Nawzar

DanaNawzar

You won’t read this in academia or media but Turkish conservatism was the largest non-violent resistance movement in Middle EastIn 80 years of oppression, they never resorted to violence or

The Claremont Run

ClaremontRun

Though openly opposed to sexual violence against women at a literal level, Claremont’s X-Men does frequently participate in a long-standing comics trope of commercializing implied sexual violence against women. 1/8

BLM | afro artist

Iam_Afrodisiac

As someone who has been kidnapped this was something I understood. That fear. That terror. I empathized and sympathized with sai and believed them and wanted so badly for them

Dee

MuppetPowerrrrr

This thread contains information/tweets about #Tiananmen ("massacre") of 1989.1."Facts, fiction and propaganda"https://worldaffairs.blog/2019/06/02/tiananmen-square-massacre-facts-fiction-and-propaganda/amp/?__twitter_im

Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

When liars like @HawleyMO scream "Cancel Culture!" and "WOKE!" because they are discovering liars and those who attack democracy are in a Consequences Culture, remind them of all the people

Evan Greer

evan_greer

In the last two weeks I have heard at least half a dozen full hour NPR segments about deplatforming and not one has included a single sex worker, Palestine activist,

Miss Private

mpm1122

Turns out these “unprecedented times” are not without precedent. Take the Wilmington 1898 Massacre—we weren’t taught this in my American history class. So many echoes of Trump and his gang

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

18 USC § 2385 criminalizes "organizing any assembly of persons who advocate the overthrow of the government by force"—and distinguishes "force" from "violence."The White House has organized fraudulent elec

Jennifer Taub

jentaub

"This was not a protest; it was an insurrection. . .I saw evil . . .these were traitors. . . And they were acting under the orders of Donald Trump."

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autogynamelia

Gender reveal parties aren't some ancient tradition. They're a few years old. They're part of the conservative backlash against the increased visibility and tolerance of trans people. They're not "just

Jeff Giertz

jeffgiertz

THREAD: Trump’s defenders will likely use video of Dems, incl @corybooker of all people, in the impeachment trial today to draw false equivalency with Trump’s incitement. I’ve got a few

Philip Wegmann

PhilipWegmann

Highlights from Trump's prepared remarks for tonight: Biden in the White House means "bloodstained sidewalks.""If you want a vision of your life under a Biden presidency, imagine the smoldering ruins

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