Watching dude twitter flip the entire fuck out over being told they don’t get to unilaterally order women to smile in public raises a couple of points: if it’s exhausting to me, imagine how much more exhausting it is for the women who have to live with this shit every. single. day. Secondly, dudes, if you still can’t see it, let’s flip it around. You should totally smile. On my demand. Because I think you look more attractive when you do. So smile more. Because I want you to be pretty.
You need to understand that colonialism in Latin America has never ended. They want you to break it up, into individual incidents, and the will of some “mistaken” Presidents because if you see the whole picture – it’s clear we took over from Spain & never left.
The question of whether or not Maduro is good or bad is an intentional misdirection. The point is this: the US has no right to be staging a coup in Latin America, period, let alone for the purpose of stealing Venezuelan resources under the guise of “fostering democracy.”
Oh, good lord. I just had somebody fling an accusation of racism and sexism in my direction because I’m less than enthused with Kamala Harris as the likely Democratic front-runner. Several things to consider:
I won’t be voting in the Democratic Party primary, as I’m not a Democrat. (I am also not a Republican, before you set your hairs on the fire.) So, no, this isn’t about preferring an old white dude (Bernie, I suppose), over a woman of color. My objections to Harris are entirely about her really troubling record as a prosecutor, and the fact that she’s largely Hillary 2.0: a corporatist war hawk that I don’t want in the Oval. But, again, I won’t be voting in the Democratic primary, so I can’t swing your primary one way or the other.
Since 1996, I have voted for:
Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke twice, in 1996 and 2000.
David Cobb and Pat LaMarche in 2004.
Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente in 2008.
Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala in 2012.
Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka in 2016.
…if I had a problem with women or people of color in the Executive, I wouldn’t have voted for them in every single election over the last twenty-odd years, don’t you think?
I have zero problems with the fact that Kamala Harris is black (yes, I’m aware of her parentage, don’t play the “buuuut her mom is Indian” thing, people – she’s more than black enough for it to matter to racists, and you know it), or with the fact that she’s a woman.
Neither of those things are why I won’t be voting for her for President unless the polling in NJ is close enough that I’ll have to. (Just like last time, and the time before that, and the time before that, etc etc).
Sigh.
Democrats, look: if you honestly think Harris is the best qualified candidate to lead the country, go with your chosen god. I’m not here to tell you who to vote for. I’m well aware that my politics and my priorities are waaaay to the left of nearly all of you.
But if you’re going to give the left shiz over its voting priorities, can that criticism be based on why we’re actually voting, and not the fantasy critique that lives in your head?
Most of the politicians now calling for humanitarian aid to the people of Venezuela have voted for crippling sanctions on Venezuela, knowing full well they’d make people suffer by depriving them of food & medicine. If they really wanted to help, they’d start by lifting sanctions.
Want to help the people of Venezuela? Support Mexico & Uruguay’s proposal to de-escalate crisis in #Venezuela: a “new process of inclusive and credible negotiations with full respect for the rule of law and human rights” to resolve the dispute peacefully.
-Backed death squads in Latin America that murdered 1000s for right-wing dictators -Lied to Congress to cover up treasonous Iran-Contra affair -Led 2002 US coup attempt in Venezuela
Still think this is about democracy & human rights?
But… but… buuuuut… socialism has never worked aaaaanywhere… evaaaaaar…. whine whine whiiiiiiiiine….
Amazing news from Sweden! The Swedish Greens Miljöpartiet de gröna have just formed a government with the Social Democrats, blocking right-wing extremists from power! 💚
They lied about #Iran They lied about #Vietnam They lied about #Chile They lied about #Iraq They lied about #Afghanistan They lied about #Iraq. Again. They lied about #Libya. They lied about #Syria. But yeah, sure, THIS TIME it’s for a good cause. #Venezuela
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