from my interaction with him I would posit his only real principle is the maintenance of some fake image that he is placed at the absolute midpoint of any issue. If its raining outside, and some right winger screams it is not, Blois will be there to insist we must allow the question of the rain.

We need to have political fights right now.

I’m Black, I live in North Minneapolis, have lived in Treme in New Orleans and hail from the Southside of Chicago, came of age in Terrortown in the early 90s, I believe in defunding the police - have you fucking heard Black folk now? Do I qualify? Or did I get my thinking from a white leftist?

perplexing about your statement here and this whole railing against the idea of Defund, you know full well how police budgets are allocated in cities - we don’t get a choice on what they fund within the dept or how they use the resources, we dont even get transparency or an audit of efficacy