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jtolbertjr's avatar

The thing that drives me crazy is that we are being ruled by the most mediocre white folks ever.

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Abdul maliq's avatar

Mediocrity is having an entire system created to benefit you exclusively yet still the most miserably scared creature in the system

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Sean C Campbell's avatar

I absolutely LOVE your voice and wit, Michael! (And I won't even MENTION the wealth of information you infuse in such engaging, informative, and informed writing... Bravo!) Now, has anyone commissioned merch with those DOGE acronym reworks? Because a brother needs one to rock around Wilson, NC!

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Tim Polder's avatar

Not just any old wizards: Grand Wizards™.

Brilliant. Per usual.

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Sera Bella's avatar

Yup. Also, they see excellence in women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and like dots of color we stand out and in their minds take over.

The focus on those dots and the dehumanization adds to feeling disconnected and unempathetic.

Make no mistake the outrage in townhalls for the MAGA voter is real, because they never expected to be inconvenienced. If pain only happened to the "other" they'd have been fine.

As articulated in this brilliant article, this racist mindset is interwoven in American History and has threads punishing multiple groups throughout time.

That said, I sincerely believe, this revisitation will hurt this country more and more like that lesson you never quite learned.

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Tedra Osell's avatar

You have outdone yourself, sir. This is incandescent.

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Robin Jester Wootton's avatar

Begs the question if anyone has actually tried to throw a bucket of water on them

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Tedra Osell's avatar

Also I am going to turn your DOGE opposite-of-acronyms (there must be a word for that!) into protest signs.

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Sean C Campbell's avatar

We are so on the same page!

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Ellen Barry's avatar

I love your fury. I love your knowledge. Keep it up; we are reading and spreading your words.

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Charlene's avatar

Stay on they neck!

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Edward Bolds's avatar

The story could NOT be more cogently told!

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Brian Abel's avatar

Wizards of whacky white people. Most of us cannot stand them either.

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a detrick's avatar

The newspaper article about a Black man whipping up division because he called out lynchings is the overarching point for me: at every point, Black people noting white violence have been and are today called divisive (amazing how many whites still call obama divisive simply for Presidenting While Black); there's never been a time when calling out racism hasn't resulted in the racists calling out the calling out and calling it (reverse) racism smh. We're cooked.

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Miranda's avatar

Beautifully written 🙌🏾

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Matthew Wilder's avatar

Harriot, you ARE the wickedest witch in the west, and deserve the Victor Fleming, not Jon M. Chu treatment.

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