OneBigSpud
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I feel as if there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
July 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I feel as if there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
In fact, straight from 4chan’s /pol/ forum: “I have a bunch of Tw@tter accounts for the sole purpose of astroturfing reparations. It will splinter the Democrat Party. Hashtag ADOS”
And: “Make sure we let them know Kamala is Jamaican/Indian mix and she’s not an ADOS American descendant of slaves.”
And: “Make sure we let them know Kamala is Jamaican/Indian mix and she’s not an ADOS American descendant of slaves.”
July 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In fact, straight from 4chan’s /pol/ forum: “I have a bunch of Tw@tter accounts for the sole purpose of astroturfing reparations. It will splinter the Democrat Party. Hashtag ADOS”
And: “Make sure we let them know Kamala is Jamaican/Indian mix and she’s not an ADOS American descendant of slaves.”
And: “Make sure we let them know Kamala is Jamaican/Indian mix and she’s not an ADOS American descendant of slaves.”
What you’re saying is in deep contrast with my own experience.
I saw a lot of talk from MAGA ideologues, like Trump, Byron Donalds, and Candace Owens.
I saw it in the Manosphere.
I saw it on right-wing forums, like 4chan.
So rarely did I encounter it in my circles — leftists and progressives.
I saw a lot of talk from MAGA ideologues, like Trump, Byron Donalds, and Candace Owens.
I saw it in the Manosphere.
I saw it on right-wing forums, like 4chan.
So rarely did I encounter it in my circles — leftists and progressives.
July 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
What you’re saying is in deep contrast with my own experience.
I saw a lot of talk from MAGA ideologues, like Trump, Byron Donalds, and Candace Owens.
I saw it in the Manosphere.
I saw it on right-wing forums, like 4chan.
So rarely did I encounter it in my circles — leftists and progressives.
I saw a lot of talk from MAGA ideologues, like Trump, Byron Donalds, and Candace Owens.
I saw it in the Manosphere.
I saw it on right-wing forums, like 4chan.
So rarely did I encounter it in my circles — leftists and progressives.
Interestingly, Carnegie found that individuals who did not view Harris as Black or mixed-race were three times more likely to report voting for Trump than for Harris.
July 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Interestingly, Carnegie found that individuals who did not view Harris as Black or mixed-race were three times more likely to report voting for Trump than for Harris.
I watched as Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell started the ADOS hashtag campaign and created purity tests about who deserves reparations.
And how they, surprisingly, never seemed to attack conservatives and whose messaging was picked up by Ann Coulter.
And how they, surprisingly, never seemed to attack conservatives and whose messaging was picked up by Ann Coulter.
July 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I watched as Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell started the ADOS hashtag campaign and created purity tests about who deserves reparations.
And how they, surprisingly, never seemed to attack conservatives and whose messaging was picked up by Ann Coulter.
And how they, surprisingly, never seemed to attack conservatives and whose messaging was picked up by Ann Coulter.
A quote from right-wing ideologue Ali Alexander: “Kamala Harris is implying she is descended from American Black Slaves. She’s not. She comes from Jamaican Slave Owners. That’s fine. She’s not an American Black. Period.”
July 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A quote from right-wing ideologue Ali Alexander: “Kamala Harris is implying she is descended from American Black Slaves. She’s not. She comes from Jamaican Slave Owners. That’s fine. She’s not an American Black. Period.”
I heard a lot of talk from Candace Owen’s and Janet Jackson who made it a personal goal to question her blackness.
July 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I heard a lot of talk from Candace Owen’s and Janet Jackson who made it a personal goal to question her blackness.
That was not my experience during the last election.
Trump accused Harris of “wanting to be known as Black” during a July 2024 conversation between Trump and members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and at the presidential debate in September 2024.
Trump accused Harris of “wanting to be known as Black” during a July 2024 conversation between Trump and members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and at the presidential debate in September 2024.
July 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
That was not my experience during the last election.
Trump accused Harris of “wanting to be known as Black” during a July 2024 conversation between Trump and members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and at the presidential debate in September 2024.
Trump accused Harris of “wanting to be known as Black” during a July 2024 conversation between Trump and members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and at the presidential debate in September 2024.
Governor Abbott didn't cause the rain.
But he created a Texas where floods kill not because of water, but because the systems to protect people were never built.
He had the power. He had the warnings. He made the choice.
But he created a Texas where floods kill not because of water, but because the systems to protect people were never built.
He had the power. He had the warnings. He made the choice.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Governor Abbott didn't cause the rain.
But he created a Texas where floods kill not because of water, but because the systems to protect people were never built.
He had the power. He had the warnings. He made the choice.
But he created a Texas where floods kill not because of water, but because the systems to protect people were never built.
He had the power. He had the warnings. He made the choice.
Abbott toured the wreckage at Camp Mystic and promised action—just as he did after Harvey, after Uri, after the Uvalde shooting.
But Texans have heard it all before.
But Texans have heard it all before.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Abbott toured the wreckage at Camp Mystic and promised action—just as he did after Harvey, after Uri, after the Uvalde shooting.
But Texans have heard it all before.
But Texans have heard it all before.
There was:
No state-imposed early warning mandate.
No support for county-wide alert systems.
No statewide zoning reforms.
No pressure on summer camps to implement enforced, standardized evacuation plans.
No state-imposed early warning mandate.
No support for county-wide alert systems.
No statewide zoning reforms.
No pressure on summer camps to implement enforced, standardized evacuation plans.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
There was:
No state-imposed early warning mandate.
No support for county-wide alert systems.
No statewide zoning reforms.
No pressure on summer camps to implement enforced, standardized evacuation plans.
No state-imposed early warning mandate.
No support for county-wide alert systems.
No statewide zoning reforms.
No pressure on summer camps to implement enforced, standardized evacuation plans.
The Guadalupe River has flooded before. It will flood again.
But Abbott's Texas wasn’t ready.
But Abbott's Texas wasn’t ready.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The Guadalupe River has flooded before. It will flood again.
But Abbott's Texas wasn’t ready.
But Abbott's Texas wasn’t ready.
Abbott's budgets have repeatedly prioritized highway expansion and border militarization over environmental resiliency and emergency communications—shaping a state that can surveil immigrants but can’t warn families a flood is coming.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Abbott's budgets have repeatedly prioritized highway expansion and border militarization over environmental resiliency and emergency communications—shaping a state that can surveil immigrants but can’t warn families a flood is coming.
The Texas Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF) was created in 2019, but Abbott refused to press for full replenishment in subsequent sessions—leaving rural communities like Kerr County without needed resources for basic warning systems.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The Texas Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF) was created in 2019, but Abbott refused to press for full replenishment in subsequent sessions—leaving rural communities like Kerr County without needed resources for basic warning systems.
Only a fraction of the proposed mitigation projects were actually completed by 2025, due in part to Abbott’s prioritization of tax cuts and other budget constraints.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Only a fraction of the proposed mitigation projects were actually completed by 2025, due in part to Abbott’s prioritization of tax cuts and other budget constraints.
In 2019, after Hurricane Harvey devastated the Gulf Coast, the Texas Legislature passed bills to improve flood planning. Abbott signed them—but then allowed implementation delays and insufficient funding.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
In 2019, after Hurricane Harvey devastated the Gulf Coast, the Texas Legislature passed bills to improve flood planning. Abbott signed them—but then allowed implementation delays and insufficient funding.
How about how he opposed local control when Democratic-led cities tried to strengthen zoning, emergency alerts, or building codes in flood-prone areas—while championing local control only when it undermines accountability.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
How about how he opposed local control when Democratic-led cities tried to strengthen zoning, emergency alerts, or building codes in flood-prone areas—while championing local control only when it undermines accountability.
After Winter Storm Uri, Abbott deflected blame to green energy while protecting fossil fuel and utility executives, many of whom donated heavily to his campaign. He refused to mandate weatherization for the power grid or flood infrastructure upgrades.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
After Winter Storm Uri, Abbott deflected blame to green energy while protecting fossil fuel and utility executives, many of whom donated heavily to his campaign. He refused to mandate weatherization for the power grid or flood infrastructure upgrades.
Or how he vetoed bipartisan bills aimed at improving emergency preparedness and response coordination across rural counties. Instead, he prioritized bills attacking “woke ideology” in schools and businesses.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Or how he vetoed bipartisan bills aimed at improving emergency preparedness and response coordination across rural counties. Instead, he prioritized bills attacking “woke ideology” in schools and businesses.
Solidarity is not weakness. It’s not naivety. It’s strategy, forged in fire, aimed at freedom. And if we’re serious about liberation, we need to stop trying to out-burn the arsonists — and start learning how to put the fire out.
July 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Solidarity is not weakness. It’s not naivety. It’s strategy, forged in fire, aimed at freedom. And if we’re serious about liberation, we need to stop trying to out-burn the arsonists — and start learning how to put the fire out.
Building political education, mutual aid, and mass movements rooted in trust and shared material interests.
July 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Building political education, mutual aid, and mass movements rooted in trust and shared material interests.
We honor his legacy not by romanticizing his words, but by living them. That means:
Rejecting carceral logic, even when it’s tempting to use it against our enemies.
Calling out performative diversity that props up extractive systems.
Rejecting carceral logic, even when it’s tempting to use it against our enemies.
Calling out performative diversity that props up extractive systems.
July 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We honor his legacy not by romanticizing his words, but by living them. That means:
Rejecting carceral logic, even when it’s tempting to use it against our enemies.
Calling out performative diversity that props up extractive systems.
Rejecting carceral logic, even when it’s tempting to use it against our enemies.
Calling out performative diversity that props up extractive systems.
When we embrace "Black capitalism" or "representation in corporate boardrooms" as victories, we’re mistaking inclusion in a burning house for freedom. Hampton knew the house needed to be rebuilt entirely — not just repainted.
July 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When we embrace "Black capitalism" or "representation in corporate boardrooms" as victories, we’re mistaking inclusion in a burning house for freedom. Hampton knew the house needed to be rebuilt entirely — not just repainted.
A recognition that the fight against racism, capitalism, imperialism, and state violence is one struggle — and the only way to win it is by uniting across artificial divisions.
July 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A recognition that the fight against racism, capitalism, imperialism, and state violence is one struggle — and the only way to win it is by uniting across artificial divisions.