Twittervism, #KeepFamiliesTogether Edition
My current big essay requires a fair amount of editing. By the unfinished point it had reached, I had already contradicted the first sentence or two. I also have had a a few insights and revelations that have altered the course of it. Hopefully I'll find time tonight and over the next few days to get it published for Friday.
As consolation, bear witness to my Twittervism from this crazy and politically traumatic week thus far (seriously, the last three days were probably the most depressed and scared I felt in 2018, and I'm a white guy of European Descent!). It might actually provide a preview to the big essay since I've already started using some of the concepts from it.
Trump just said he wishes American people would "sit up and listen" to him the way Kim Jong-un’s people do. Kim Jong-un’s people “sit up and listen” to him because their lives literally depend on it. Now replace Kim’s name with Hitler’s. Scared yet, idiots who voted for him?
— OhNoSheTwitnt 🌈 (@OhNoSheTwitnt) June 15, 2018
Though I've also read that Bezos could also do a lot to improve work conditions at Amazon, too. https://t.co/kl11bcjOre
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 15, 2018
@jeffbezos, literacy, book distribution to younger people, & encouraging people to find enjoyment in reading fiction & poetry is an obvious place to donate money. It will help your bottom line while also improving empathy in the public. https://t.co/xZtv7Q9H7w
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 15, 2018
@jeffbezos, another data point to show that fiction & poetry help the world. Add to my previous suggestion: prison education and put more fiction & poetry into prisons. https://t.co/iHXKmOR1nh
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 15, 2018
Sarah Sanders stands at the White House podium and repeats Trump's lie that there is a law requiring children to be taken from their parents at the border.
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) June 14, 2018
This is a lie, and they know it.
There is no law, it is Trump's policy. He started this, and he could stop it at any time.
Nepotism is an illness and @EPAScottPruitt caught it from the Trump Foundation. RT if you don't want your tax dollars spent like this. https://t.co/t4kV331hGQ
— Swing Left (@swingleft) June 15, 2018
If I were the only person that [45] hadn't hired, whether for a personal, corporate, or government position, I wouldn't accept a job offer from him, no matter how much it paid.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 15, 2018
Paul Ryan: I'm not comfortable with Trump separating children from their mothers.
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) June 14, 2018
Also Paul Ryan: I'm also not going to confront Trump about it.
This week, I sent a letter urging @AjitPaiFCC to wait on the courts before the FCC moves forward w/ #SinclairTribuneMerger.
— Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) June 15, 2018
RT if you agree that no action should be taken before US Circuit Court of Appeals rules on Free Press v. FCC—a ruling that could make the merger illegal.
Following @SpeakerRyan’s comments that he hasn’t “paid that close attention” to @EPAScottPruitt’s very well documented scandals, I sent him a letter today to educate him a little. Read my letter here: https://t.co/6uiwhab751
— Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) June 15, 2018
Trump praises a dictator who uses death camps, summary executions, torture, and forced mass starvation to repress millions and says this dictator did what he had to do--and *not one* aide or appointee in Trump's regime resigns. It's a deplorable administration.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 14, 2018
Good episode w/ someone arguing that politicians/economists/businesspeople forgot that morals & caring matter. This finger pointing also includes communists & socialists. People are at the center.https://t.co/QmbMxwp0nZ
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 16, 2018
Points to @today_explained for providing the following option for race/ethnicity: "Caucasian / European descent" on their podcast suvey.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 16, 2018
AMC Silences Chris Hardwick Talk Show & Comic-Con Panels After Abuse Claims – Deadline https://t.co/7PilVQ5Ok3
— Radio Free Skaro (@RadioFreeSkaro) June 16, 2018
if you think stealing someone’s baby is a reasonable response to them crossing an imaginary line on the ground you are either brainwashed or a horrible person
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) June 16, 2018
Need more nuanced politicians: liberal here, radical there, progressive here but not there, etc. Sounds like she got the people of San Francisco to listen & showed she listened enough to adapt where needed to make clear where in platform she wouldn't bend. https://t.co/hZfyI4JsTC
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 17, 2018
How digital nomads/workplaces are affecting society & governments (tax base, benefit distribution, etc). No answers but interesting conversation starter. Mostly brings up anecdotal situations. Been thinking lately need to figure out. https://t.co/wqEzaXTg6l
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 17, 2018
[Actually hadn't known about the Fairness Doctrine that was withdrawn under Reagan. Withdrawal of Net Neutrality is reminiscent. One commentator stated that FDR pushed for Fairness Doctrime to prevent Hitler. Time to consider again?]
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 17, 2018
FCC fairness doctrine https://t.co/vhtahaOaMg
Law officers should need "necessary" standard, not "reasonable" std. They need training to de-escalate & to keep cool head. If can't meet "necessary" standard, they don't get proper training and screening to determine their suitability to benefit society. https://t.co/CtcflcB6fV
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 18, 2018
Chicagoans! Help some kids change the name of Douglas Park to Douglass Park, from a slaveholder IL Senator to Frederick Douglass, the freed slave who fought for social reform and abolitionism. https://t.co/8brCngvuxd
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 18, 2018
Per this book, https://t.co/V9IBozlh3S, the rate that soldiers pulled the trigger from WWII to Vietnam increased by A LOT! So alternate hypothesis for police shooting is it's not quantity of training, but type of training. People need conditioning to kill. Cops trained too well?
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 18, 2018
It's funny, I haven't seen any outcry from "pro-life" organizations about the treatment of children at the border. Almost as if they don't give a shit about actual babies.
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) June 18, 2018
Are Democrats responsible for DHS separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border?
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) June 18, 2018
Fact check: The policy was enacted by the Trump administration. https://t.co/hO29tdrUWU
Pritzker isn't necessarily my first pick for Illinois governor, but I can agree with his words about the atrocities [45] is inflicting on asylum seekers; https://t.co/ecsXYdrgO5
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 18, 2018
Can Congress, no matter who wins in 2018, PLEASE impeach [45]? He's committing atrocities to asylum seekers. How many people have died in World War II & other discord & wars b/c America turned asylum seekers away? How many more have to die for American White Supremacy?
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 18, 2018
"We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period," Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said.
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) June 18, 2018
The Trump administration does have a policy of separating families at the border. https://t.co/YspmnCxd9k
@SenDuckworth @SenatorDurbin @RepMikeQuigley I live in zip 60657. You're my representation in the US government. Something must be done about this maniac. His admin wants you to make a solution. How about this: Get rid if the maniac causing thw problem? https://t.co/VYSYQY9ZJy
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 18, 2018
America ripping apart families, BUT HEY! SPACE FORCE! WTF?! How about w3 resolve issues on Earth before waging war in space? Oh wait, it's he's going to escape with the 1%.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 18, 2018
Space Force and Air Force will be 'separate but equal,' Trump says - CNNPolitics https://t.co/IQlnh1ogKN
I would also say another difference is that barring disability, most people move their bodies and muscles everyday as a normal course of order. On other hand, there isn't that natural course of order for the creative parts of our minds.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 19, 2018
I wish joy, love, happiness, & empathy, & sadness that comes from destroying these things were spread like a disease because we could really use some way to get through to the heartless pigheads that are at lead many governments in the world.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 19, 2018
.@SenTedCruz I hope your emergency legislation provides results of campassion & empathy, but don't think you're fooling us. This is just a cynical attempt to save the GOP from losing in midterms. Provide permanent, COMPASSIONATE reform, not a wall or hate.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 19, 2018
.@GOP, the more you consider Trump your leader, support him, & stand behind him, the more you become the party of hate, cruelty, atrocity, & dare I say it, evil. Show backbone & decency, abandon Trump & stand up ro him. YOU KNOW BETTER! Power is not worth cost of humanity.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 19, 2018
Republicans control the Senate by only two votes, so if just two Republicans refused to vote for Trump nominees until the Administration stops separating families, this policy would quickly end.
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) June 19, 2018
[While on my high horse: WH blaming media & video games for gun violence in the US. Who do you think contributes & assists violent video games & media?]
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 19, 2018
Are video games just propaganda and training tools for the military? | Games | The Guardian https://t.co/zA9bAT2ADg
Democrats don’t support child separation
— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) June 19, 2018
Democrats aren’t enforcing child separation
Democrats want to dismantle child separation
So Trump blames it...on the Democrats?
C’mon. Is anyone that stupid?
It’s time for Secretary Nielsen to resign. The government should be keeping families together, not tearing them apart. Add your name to demand her resignation.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 18, 2018
I'm already feel sorry for [46], if they're a sane human being. I provide that dependent clause because [46] could very well be Pence or some other demagogue that doesn't fully represent the people of the US.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 19, 2018
Good summary -- Migrant Children at the Border - The Facts - CBS Chicago https://t.co/7i87quz3xk
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 19, 2018
We're used to the ire, the discrimination, the dismissive behavior... but in this moment in time, it's really beautiful to see so many recognizing this as an issue that transcends citizenship. #KeepFamiliesTogether - even if they weren't born in America.
— Grace Parra (@GraceParra360) June 19, 2018
The Nazis never saw themselves as villains.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 18, 2018
You look at the horrible atrocities they committed and you think they MUST have known they were the monsters.
But they didn't.
Instead, the Nazis thought they themselves were the VICTIMS.
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Outraged by family separation? You can do something to help. Tune in to our webinar Thurs June 21 2-3pm CT for info on how to meaningfully support immigrants in your community. Go to https://t.co/lsQDrwA1BT or dial 7732319226. The meeting ID is 1488797885!
— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) June 18, 2018
These families are fleeing violence in their home countries to seek asylum in America -- only to watch in horror as their children are thrown in jail cells. We must #KeepFamiliesTogether.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 19, 2018
Welcome to the world quite a few of us have been living in and YELLING ABOUT IN WARNING since that bigot opened his presidential bid spewing racist shit about Mexicans that didn't tank his run immediately. WE TOLD Y'ALL BUT Y'ALL LAUGHED THEN AND NOW WE'RE ALL IN THIS HELL. https://t.co/G6VSRMoart
— M. Trota Fieriosa 🔥🍜📖🦄 (@GeekMelange) June 19, 2018
This week alone I've been fighting tooth and nail to find some reason why it's worth continuing to work,, create, build the life I have here when it's so depressingly clear I live in a country run by bigots who see me as less than human & where enough of my neighbors AGREE.
— M. Trota Fieriosa 🔥🍜📖🦄 (@GeekMelange) June 19, 2018
White men are feeling like others are breaking trust (privilege=status=sense of receiving trust) that was there when the problem is that majority of white men never did the work to build trust with other comnunities in the first place. It's time to do that work.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 19, 2018
.@SenatorDurbin @SenDuckworth @RepMikeQuigley SERIOUSLY! This maniac MUST BE IMPEACHED & permanent immigration reform be put in place. THIS IS INSANE! Now established Naturalized citizens are at risk? https://t.co/Euf79i0IYM
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
Then get all the Reps in the House to vote for it to make it veto proof. Good luck! That's where the real disagreement is.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
How we got to NOW with immigration from GOP Congress on 1996 to 9/11 to Bush to Obama to [45] & a little driving into philosophy of executing law. https://t.co/89S23zQ2B3
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
Important fact about [45] pinning "zero tolerance" on Bill Clinton signing a law in 1996: Clinton might have signed the law, but Congress was controlled by the GOP. We are living in a world drafted by the GOP, Trump is just executing their wording to the logical end.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
On the bright side: we agree that we need justice. It's better than not considering some people as subhuman. We just need to figure out how to work our justices together into a combined force for good.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
Gen X & Millennials, we have had to deal with economic promises broken by our elders. Now we have the responsibility to keep promises to Gen Z and the generation after them. We have social promises of equality, equity, & trust to keep. Let's keep promises & build econ trust again
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
[Nothing like a white politician claiming how many great things they've done for marginalized people.] As Governor, Rauner Says, He's Done More for African-Americans than 'anybody' https://t.co/ngS0raXflO
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
Is the GOP talking about Nancy Pelosi so much because they fear her becoming Speaker of the House then Trump then Pence getting impeached? Works for me.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
If Trump thinks retracting a policy will pacify the resistance, he doesn't know what's coming. Last year, it was Charlottesville & "both sides". This year, it's this BS. Trump needs to be relieved of his position after the 2018 Election. He's destroying America.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
Chicago Sun Times: U.S. support for brutal Central American dictators led to today’s border crisis https://t.co/9Lvfk5MrEY
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
Tired of politics? I get it. We’re over a year into @realDonaldTrump's presidency, and every day brings another assault on our values, our democracy, and our plain old common sense. But we have to keep fighting back. Are you still with me?
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) June 15, 2018
Open Future: How to alleviate the refugee crisis https://t.co/hbN0gti64r via @TheEconomist
— Cobie Smulders (@CobieSmulders) June 20, 2018
I feel sorry for future historians that will need to dig deep holes for the truth.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
#Appropriations Democrats are using the end of the State & Foreign operations markup to speak out against Trump’s abhorrent family separation policy. #FamiliesBelongTogether
— Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) June 20, 2018
They are in the minority *and they're too irrational/immoral to be convinced by any reasonable argument.* Yes, focus on people with some damn sense. https://t.co/cFZKZUjlL4
— N. K. Jemisin (@nkjemisin) June 20, 2018
One the main Dem refrains in 2016 was "When they go low, we go high." Apparently we're not going high enough because we still need to get [45] in the nose or some other vital spot.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
I spent 20% of the last year listening to podcasts. I almost asked if that's sad or not. Then I realized that's time spent bike riding, walking, & doing random chores around the house. Also since I got a waterproof speaker, other things. Averaged out, that's 5 hours a day!
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 20, 2018
Please don’t relax, everyone. Putting families together...under arrest in camps run by the military...is not exactly much of an improvement, and in the meantime there are still a few thousand kids without their parents out there. What will happen to them?
— Louisa (@LouisatheLast) June 20, 2018
In addition, the prosperity of America has been built on destroying non-white families, ripping them away from their culture, dehumanizing them, and commodifying them into property or bargaining chips. This isn't new.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 21, 2018
Conservatives want America to have a shared story/narrative. Lets make it a story of redemption, learning, and empathy, not one of continued hate, continued bigotry, and continued atrocity.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 21, 2018
My new Marshall Project piece is up... https://t.co/4WSD4LskGa
— Bruce Western (@WesternBruce) June 21, 2018
In the 20 years of working on my project about utopianism, I focused a lot on how someone develops a sense of "ownership" of their community. Now I'm realizing I should have equally or moreso focused on how the community makes a member feel trusted.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 21, 2018
Look at that! Despite all the bad press Chicago gets about violent crime & even police brutality, the frequency per per 1K/1M per people is a lot more favorable compared to a lot of other cities. https://t.co/AlstEhHMR6
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 21, 2018
You will never hear this on @foxnews because immigration is a wedge issue to get people to vote for republicans so business interests can get their tax cuts and have no regulations. They don’t want you to know this. They lie to make people support them. It’s a scam https://t.co/5nNLRdutAX
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) June 20, 2018
Reaching impression Obama had success in elections because he had a consistent narrative & came from below, an everyperson. [45] came from the top, but he has a consistent narrative & was able to "relate" with his chip on the shoulder. Dems need good, consistent, everypeople.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 21, 2018
This crisis is not over.
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) June 21, 2018
Thousands of families are still separated with no plan to reunite them.
“Zero tolerance” is still official U.S. policy.
Trump’s new order seeks to indefinitely detain children & families.
Your voices are still needed. RT to spread the word.
Don’t be fooled. If you carefully read this executive order, there is no guarantee children can't be separated from their families. This crisis is far from over. https://t.co/Kx9Wlzcuqd
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) June 21, 2018
This crap will bite the US in the ass with lawsuits (why are taxes going up? Why the inflation?) then probably in 10-17+ years when these kids become teens/adults & angry about their trauma. . .. https://t.co/WTk5xhEygA
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 21, 2018
Government. . .meaning us Americans will pay for it.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 21, 2018
There are currently private prisons and private immigrant detention centers that have established massive political action committees (PACs). We should end all three.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) June 21, 2018
But from an interview he did with @samsanders on @NPRItsBeenAMin, I can see @BetoORourke focusing on his Senate duties if he gets there. . .which is all the more reason that I'd love to see him as head guy, his dedication. The interview: https://t.co/FOj9dDMPIv
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 22, 2018
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