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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social

So is the whole “blue cities are crime-ridden hellholes*” rhetoric just setting the Trump administration up to take over, impose martial law, and establish curfews in progressive enclaves right before the midterm elections? Because they know this is a myth, and they don’t care about unhoused people.

aug 13, 2025, 4:25 pm • 59 5

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social

I'm sure that's at least part of it. But there's also the bit about ridding the country of as many black and brown people as possible.

aug 14, 2025, 11:28 am • 0 0 • view
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social

I’m sure that plays a role, but most of the cities with the highest crime rates also have large Black and brown populations, like Memphis, Cleveland, Little Rock, Nashville, Beaumont, Salt Lake, Corpus Christi, and Shreveport.

aug 14, 2025, 12:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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mad-science-guy.bsky.social @mad-science-guy.bsky.social

What they are really saying: "blue cities have lots of brown people and we need an excuse to kill them all"

aug 13, 2025, 4:30 pm • 3 0 • view
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To the Moon and Back @to-the-moon.bsky.social

Occam's razor -- if their mouths are moving they are spouting racist nonsense

aug 13, 2025, 4:36 pm • 3 0 • view
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Uncle Kitsune, Freelance Inquisitor @unclekitsune.bsky.social

It's bait. He wants protests he can call "riots."

aug 13, 2025, 5:06 pm • 2 0 • view
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Erys @evilspacewitch.bsky.social

This right here. The BLM protests framed as "riots burning down cities" did numbers in the white suburbs, and they want more of that.

aug 13, 2025, 11:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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Palaeo3D @palaeo3d.bsky.social

You may be on to something there...... HELL YES WHAT ELSE?????

aug 13, 2025, 4:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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S.M. Pritchard @smpritchard.bsky.social

Correct.

aug 13, 2025, 4:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Lisa who used to use her last name here but deleted it:) @amidprivilege.bsky.social

Seems likely they will hold elections for the appearance of democracy and just try to keep us from voting. So, in the streets and at the polls we are not completely poweelesa.

aug 13, 2025, 4:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Lisa who used to use her last name here but deleted it:) @amidprivilege.bsky.social

Poweelsa LOL now that's the most creative typo I've ever made. Powerless. Powerless. Not completely powerless. We can mobilize to vote if there are enough of us involved.

aug 13, 2025, 5:01 pm • 1 0 • view