It is truly wild how people talk about nonviolent action/protest as though it isn’t extremely violent on the side of the government/colonists/businesses the protesters are standing up against. And as though it doesn’t take a huge physical, mental, and financial toll, sometimes a lifelong one.

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All this is to say that King’s success was circumstantial and relied on a specific set of conditions that he couldn’t replicate in other places. Further, King’s success wasn’t “bloodless:” it relied on the blood of the folks who marched at selma, in Birmingham, and who pushed hard in Chicago.

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Outrageous. Shotspotter cost people calling 911 with serious emergencies precious minutes of response time, while neighborhoods that got rid of Shotspotter experienced larger-than-average shooting reductions. Alderpeople pushing this are addicted to bad ideas + I don't understand the mayor's play

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You're so so right, Le Pen is Milf Pétain

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lmao it just came out that Jill Stein reached out twice to hasan during the 2024 cycle (yes, she ran again) and hasan told her to get lost

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