QOTD -- Garbage Man Failing Democracy

 

"In @ElonMusk’s Twittersphere, you can incite an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which led to the deaths of multiple people, and still be allowed to spew hate speech and violent conspiracies on his platform."

"You are failing our democracy. Your garbage poll means nothing. Did people outside the US vote? Did you reach out to marginalized communities—the targets of Trump’s rhetoric—for their input? Your followers don’t represent America. If you run Twitter like this, God help us all." -- NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson, in separate tweets yesterday, reacting to mediocre manchild Elon "Space Karen" Musk's decision to reinstate the Malignant Loser on Twitter following Musk's "garbage poll" that preceded the reinstatement. Garbage person, garbage poll, garbage decision.

BONUS:  A helpful reminder --

Sorry to disturb you, @elonmusk
…DJT asked me to pass this on- pic.twitter.com/tDZWthPPud

— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) November 20, 2022

 

 

QOTD -- Dismantling Democracy

 

"Senators, our democracy may be standing in its final hour.  The bedrock of freedom in America lies in our sacred right to vote.  Without it, everything else crumbles.  We still have time to act, but the window of opportunity is rapidly narrowing.  Let's not miss this critical moment to pass federal voting rights protections, what may be our last hope to save our democracy." -- Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, in a letter to 100 Senators in the likely futile attempt to appeal to a mojority's sense of justice and morality to pass voting rights legislation.

His plea essentially to the two corrupted Democratic Senators:

"Democratic senators:  what good is preserving a dysfuntional tradition of bipartisanship if bipartisanship cannot even preserve democracy? It is morally inconsistent to praise voting rights legislation while allowing a procedural rule to tank it.

Let's be honest, every voter suppression bill passed in the 19 states across the country has been passed by Republicans alone.  If one party can dismantle our democracy on its own, the other party should muster the courage to safeguard it."

After the maneuvering is over, and the votes are taken, and the voting rights legislation goes down, every Republican and Sinemanchin must be held to account for their decisions to dismantle American democracy.  This is a turning point in our history, and those on the wrong side of history must ultimately pay for their actions (as it's said, revenge is a dish best served cold).