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Separate from "Should we ban Black users for not being sufficiently happy that their abuser can't hurt them anymore" is the discourse around "Should Dem politicians say nice things about their 'colleagues' when they pass?"
This is complicated, and tied in to the nature of racism in the US.
No one expected Dem pols to say nice things about Bin Laden when he passed. Because he attacked Americans, and was not considered a colleague.
Similarly, no one was expected to say nice things about the premier of any nation that the US was at war with.
But if the British queen passed, they were.
It comes down to two important questions:
1) Who is an "us," and who is a "them?"
And
2) Are there any irredeemable acts that an "us" could do, that would prevent us from saying nice things about them when they pass? Is there any limit?
The US history of racism leads to some weird answers here.🤷🏿♂️
The short answer to the second question, is no. There is no limit.
There is nothing that an in-group "us" politician could do, that would be so irredeemable, that US consensus would be OK with not saying nice things about them when they die.
Take all the time that you need to process this.
@mekkaokereke
As well as dead white privilege, half the issue is that Black people dare voice an opinion or someone speaks as an ally to them.
The difference is Black and white.
One of the 1st things that Biden did that started losing him support of Black voters, was his callous reaction to Black capitol Hill staffers after Jan 6.
Staffers were terrified of working with people that they knew had opened doors for the insurrectionists.
So he threatened... his own staffers.
Seriously.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/113420269527791142
The expectation is that staffers be civil and polite with their "colleagues," even if those colleagues publicly express genocidal intent against them.🤷🏿♂️
This trend applies even more so in the event of the passing of a colleague.
Eg, Biden gave Strom Thurmond's eulogy.
Strom. Thurmond.
Seriously.
So we wind up in this ridiculous situation in the US, where some politicians say out loud, that they want to undo civil rights, and ethnically cleanse the US turn it into a white ethnostate...
But when those politicians pass, Black politicians are expected to find something nice to say.
🙂🙃
So yes, you are going to see all kinds of politicians that are supposedly here to protect us, saying nice things about the people who dedicated their life's work to destroying us.
And you're going to see pundits and election strategists wonder why Dem candidates that don't do this, are surging.
🤷🏿♂️
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