I guess all nazis have to do to get away with murder is have their teen sons pull the triggers. Given the public statements of the judge in murder boy’s case, I want nobody to act surprised by this outcome. Outraged is cool, yeah, do that. But surprise? That would just be silly.
There’s a foul stench of danger hanging over this country, that the barely concealed racist fascism of the turn of our century will go overt, will remove the last pretenses of democracy from our processes and usher in a new era of far greater horrors. I can understand people feeling hopeless – and especially turning up their noses at our supposed liberal political party – but we can’t stop until this is over.
I mention these things because stuff like the result of this court case is empowering to the fash, which will make them more motivated to turn up in numbers next election, depending on what happens in the meantime. And what’s been happening lately is a 24-7 doubt parade from corporate media on the ability of the democrats generally and Biden particularly to govern. The “people say” style of reportage is in full gear, where any nasty fucked up lie from billionaire-funded nazi-ass think tanks turns into a headline.
Protestors will be returning to the streets. Some are probably there already. And now murderers have been forearmed with precedent for how to get away with straight-up executing them in broad daylight. But people will fight on anyway, and I fucking love them for it. Long live the fighters! Black Lives Matter. Black Power Now!
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