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“That Conversation about Race” category archive

Projection 0

At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tony Norman writes of the Ahmaud Arbery case and trial.

In one passage, he gets to the gist of the motive for the lynching–for a lynching it was (emphasis added).

To the three Georgians who pursued Ahmaud Arbery for five minutes on that stretch of road, he wasn’t a flesh-and-blood mortal deserving of the presumption of innocence. To them, Ahmaud was a shadow — a projection of their collective fears and moral panics.

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The Rittenhouse Rules Revisited 0

Title:  Gun Talk, with your host. the Glib Sociopath.  Image:  Your host says,

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A Sesame Bun(co) 0

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The Rittenhouse Rules, One More Time 0

Brian Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, believes that, in the reaction to Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal, some questions remain unanswered. A snippet:

Get out of Jail free cardWhat is a 17-year old boy doing with a semi-automatic AR-15 military-style rifle and why does society (read that his parents, friends, others adults in his presence and the police) allow him to strap that rifle across his body and march right into a protest against police brutality in the middle of Kenosha where emotions are high, flames of burning buildings even higher, and who knows how high many of the participants on both sides of the street might be?

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The Scales of Justice . . . 0

. . . and the systemic thumb upon those scales.

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The Rittenhouse Rules, Reprise 0

Via C&L, which notes, in part, that

(a) C-SPAN caller from Louisiana celebrated Thanksgiving by revealing that he is grateful that he can follow Kyle Rittenhouse’s example of legally shooting people.

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The Rittenhouse Rules 0

Title:  Tips for Future Protests.  Frame One, captioned

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society,” Portrait of Politeness Dept. 0

Picture of crying Kyle Rittenhoue labled

Via Juanita Jean.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Image One:  Picture of Colin Kaepernick, captioned

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As the Twig Is Bent . . . . 0

. . . and, boy! these twigs are bent.

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A Consummation Devoutly To Be Wished 0

A jury gets one right

Aside:

These days, that seems to be a rarity.

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None Dare Call It Terrorism . . . 0

. . . but it is.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Leonard Pitts, Jr., explains.

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Selective Deception, School Daze Dept. 0

Book standing on end, slightly opened, titled

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Dis Coarse Discourse, One More Time,
Boebert Is the New Gohmert Dept.
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Dis Coarse Discourse, Reprise 0

Bus Stop Guy:  I can't believe they kicked me out of the school board meeting.  Lemont:  I saw that on the news.  You were way out of line.  Bus Stop Guy:  I was a concerned paren exercising his first amendment rights.  Lemont:  You shouted that fif they let teachers teach kids about racism, you'd (censored) them, (censored) their cats and dogs, and (censored on their potted plants.  (Pause)  Bus Stop Guy:  This is America.  Parents have a right to voice their concerns passionately.  Lemont

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A Lawyer’s Tale 0

At The Roanoke Times, Bill Leighty tells the story of Oliver W. Hill.

Just read it.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Agitprop frolics.

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The Card Has Been Dealt 0

Get out of Jail free cardJoe Patrice argues that the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse bodes ill for the rule of law.

The devolution continues.

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CRT: Corrosive Racist Tactics 0

Writing at Above the Law, Chris Williams explains how the right-wing is using their made-up anguish oover “critical race theory” as a Trojan horse to fuel the culture war and recruit new adherents. Here’s a tiny bit of his piece:

Conservative activist and Manhattan Institute fellow Christopher Rufo said the quiet part out loud and openly admitted that the plan was to group any and all “cultural insanities” under the CRT umbrella back in March.

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