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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · Mar 8

If you're white, you should read this book because I'm no longer talking to white people about race. @renieddolodge.bsky.social <--- amazing author.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 4h

I'd expect this to happen if his glasses fell off

a close up of a man 's face with a x-men logo in the corner

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a x-men logo in the corner

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 4h

He's at least half a foot shorter than that vile pig and still crushed him 😍IRL Clark Kent

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 21h

😍A fully-armored German cop getting taken down by a protester like he's nothing 😍

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 22h

Things are not easy for white women, but the average white woman has considerably more privilege than the average Black woman. It's a huge reason why white feminism is rejected so hard by WoC and POC in general.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 22h

This is why I tell white people to read the book "Black Fatigue" by Mary-Frances Winters. Far too much ignorance, wilful or not.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 22h

abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks...

Law enforcement is a joke of a "profession". Your barber is legally required to have more training hours than a cop in your city.

Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

"Jury of your peers" is bullshit, unfortunately. And trial lawyers, prosecutors and judges, all know that the jury selection process is rife with racism. POC never get a "jury of their peers" and that's a huge reason why POC are more likely to face a judge (still probably racist) than a jury.

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 1d

Post secondary education teaches people to critically think in a way that is very difficult to self-teach.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

100% agree. Those are very important years and I hate that there's so much anti-education propaganda going around. Post secondary education also isn't just classes and studying, it's all the experiences in between too.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

*LAW ENFORCEMENT, not just ICE.

Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

You're out here telling me that 1/5th of 7% of the population that Black men make up, and 1/2 of 9% of the population that Latino men make up, are why Trump won??

Like fuck off man, you're so insanely racist to fixate on such a comically small percent of people that voted for Trump.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

I can see why you put "I am not afraid to be called a racist" in you profile-- because you rightly get called a racist, but lack the self-reflection to think critically about that.

Keep whitesplaining if you want, but I'm muting you. Tired of talking to ignorant white people like yourself.

Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

Did you read your own source? The data in there is in congruence with the point I made. Your fixation on Trump's victory having more to do with Black and Latino men voting for him than comparatively huge number of white men that voted for him is delusional.

Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

Because most people can recognize that 60% of white people who make up 75% of the electorate is worth talking about far more than blaming 20% of Black men and 50% of Latino men, when they make up less than 15% of the electorate.

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Ororo Munroe ⛈️ @tashieej.bsky.social · 1d

Had she not told him he built it wrong, he probably wouldn’t have punched the shit out of her lol.

Give it up Deelishis you look like a man..🧍🏾‍♂️ @blackranga.blacksky.app · 1d

Arthur was not fucking around.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

I needed this laugh

Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

Been watching the video of this whole exchange. Beyond the obvious point that Bondi is being absurdly evasive, I gotta say Dick Durbin is a very good speaker.

Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

You asked! Don't blame me for posting this disgusting picture

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

I'm ngl, I know a guy who's almost 4'10 and he carries himself with far more dignity than Stephen Miller.

Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

My sarcasm detector's busted these days and I honestly have a very hard time trusting the average white person I encounter, unless I see them unambiguously sticking up for what's right.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

"They're not REAL law enforcement"

Fuck off with this stupid shit. Law enforcement have been acting this unprofessional from the start-- YEARS ago. You people just never personally experienced it, so you've got this delusional belief that "real" law enforcement act professional.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that you had to ask this says everything about how ridiculous conservatives are

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 1d

Governor Pritzker’s brown shirts, upholding the constitution.

Illinois State Police arresting protester for stepping into the street.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

White people make up 75% of the American electorate, and 60% of white people voted for Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024.

Stop spreading the racist narrative that Black and Latino men are to blame for Trump's victory, when the overwhelming majority of votes he received came from white men & women.

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Merchants of Misery @merchantsofmisery.bsky.social · 1d

He is seriously talented