Notices by Ed Sanders (edsanders@mstdn.social)

@skinnylatte

If you can't manage something as basic as rice, what are you doing in the kitchen?

Rice cookers are great, but even without one, it's literally cooking 101.

@mekkaokereke there’s a lot of truth in this thread. The core of the Democratic Party (minorities [with Blacks first and foremost] & their true allies) and the leadership of the Democratic Party don’t necessarily have different values, but they definitely have different priorities.

With Biden (and the old guard he represents), that difference became a chasm that was about to tear the coalition apart. Harris put it back together, but there’s no way it holds without results.

@mekkaokereke
The ridiculous thing is, I know a ton of Trump voters who are “hiding” their plan to vote for him. By hiding I mean they never, ever want to talk about it. They’re embarrassed by their decision, but can’t bring themselves to examine why because they would have to acknowledge shit about themselves that they really, really don’t want to.

@mekkaokereke

That Pew headline really does capture the essence of institutional racism.

It is the most respected institution in the field of social research in the country.

It knows full well that the data supports the conclusion that systemic and structural racism pervades American society, but it couldn't stop itself from condemning people who understand that obvious truth as buying into conspiracy theories.

@mekkaokereke

Pew seems to be trying to step back from this incendiary "study" or the language in it, or something.

I can't really figure out what they're doing, but at least part of it is trying to redefine "conspiracy theory" when it has to do with race.

How about this Pew:

Admit you screwed up. Admit that these observations aren't "conspiracy theories", but data-supported conclusions by people with direct experience with these activities and institutions.

@mekkaokereke

Here's an example of the bait and switch tactics from the survey:

Anyone with eyes can see that black people are disproportionately jailed. Whether they all agree that it's specifically to make money for prisons or not I can't say, there's certainly evidence for lots of other reasons, like denying them their right to vote or even just "to keep them down" (the general supposition of the study).

It's the second part that tries to make the obvious conclusion seem "crazy".

@StillIRise1963

When I saw Pew’s headline on its website yesterday I gagged.

“Most Black Americans Believe Racial Conspiracy Theories About U.S. Institutions”

If Pew, which is probably the best organization in the country at presenting its findings on people’s ideas and feelings, is going to call the recognition of obvious systemic and institutional racism “conspiracy theories“ there’s no chance your neighbor is going to reconsider their own views.

It’s a disgrace.

@mekkaokereke @morecowbell this is absolutely the thing.

Dems wouldn’t lose a single white vote by prominently endorsing and fighting for the issues that most concern Black Americans (They were never getting those shitty people anyway) and fighting tooth & nail against the absolute bullshit voter suppression, and outright disenfranchisement, that is the ONLY policy position of the Republican Party is the shortest path to victory.

@atomicpoet the only “preserving culture “ I’m in favor is passive; write a history, write a procedure. Document an event in words and pictures.

Culture is a moment in time, not a framework for how things should be.

The dire situation this country finds itself in has been created entirely by Republican officials not just ignoring Trump’s criminality, which, fine, wait for a conviction, but the fact that he’s an absolute piece of shit who they embrace and promote either despite or because he’s so horrible.

@melaniesill @dankennedy_nu @jeff @BostonAbrams
I really don’t mean to be rude, but this is horseshit. The information was there. It had nothing to do with the public’s access to it & everything to do with willfully ignoring it. Stop pretending giving people the information will get them to do the right thing.

147 Republicans VOTED against certifying the election because they wanted to, not because they were uninformed. Yes, we need local journalism, but that’s not the problem here.