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Alex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>what a dangerously unbalanced and vindictive bast*rd the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USofA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USofA</span></a> has as a president... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/agentorange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agentorange</span></a></p>
Alex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<p>time for coffee... ☕ ☕ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ☮️ :flag_scotlandparrot: </p><p>Never in my lifetime could I have envisaged a president of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USofA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USofA</span></a> as the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/enemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enemy</span></a>... </p><p>but it has happened...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/agentorange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agentorange</span></a>...</p>
Juan A. Zamarripa [E.]<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> </p><p>On a trip back "home" (<a href="https://toot.io/tags/USofA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USofA</span></a>), months after 9/11, my Basque-origin surname doubled with my skin tone allowed for the privilege of a "wait right here" detention (along with partner + youngling) whilst some sort of security clearance took place after we disembarked from a plane en route to the baggage claim area. We got cleared after some long minutes and that ceremonial "welcome home" at the ID check gate was like some sarcastic joke.</p><p>As for "whitness": <a href="https://toot.io/@jaze/112570603135876446" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toot.io/@jaze/1125706031358764</span><span class="invisible">46</span></a></p>
Juan A. Zamarripa [E.]<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> </p><p>Re: The "White" myth:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/20/the-invention-of-whiteness-long-history-dangerous-idea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/</span><span class="invisible">20/the-invention-of-whiteness-long-history-dangerous-idea</span></a></p><p>(Article by <a href="https://toot.io/tags/RobertPBaird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertPBaird</span></a> at <a href="https://toot.io/tags/TheGuardianUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGuardianUK</span></a> </p><p>And re: the formation of "Ghettos" in the <a href="https://toot.io/tags/USofA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USofA</span></a>: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2015/05/14/406699264/historian-says-dont-sanitize-how-our-government-created-the-ghettos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2015/05/14/406699264/h</span><span class="invisible">istorian-says-dont-sanitize-how-our-government-created-the-ghettos</span></a> </p><p>(via <a href="https://toot.io/tags/FreshAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreshAir</span></a> at <a href="https://toot.io/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>)</p><p>It's healthy, albeit uncomfortable, to reflect on how that which one purports to hate with respect to "others" tends to indicate self-hate (lack of self-love?), so unbearable that it must be reflected outward. Conscious choices, in any case.</p><p>Thanks for posting! :vulcan_hmn_g1:!</p>
Juan A. Zamarripa [E.]<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://thepit.social/@peter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peter</span></a></span> </p><p>The "situation" is, sadly, not new in <a href="https://toot.io/tags/USofA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USofA</span></a> history, and, unfortunately, too similar to past events, almost a century ago...</p><p>Raving religious figures, coup conspirators, theocratic state "aspirers", nazis...</p><p>You can listen to the <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Ultra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ultra</span></a> series of podcasts, which lays this all out, presented by <a href="https://toot.io/tags/RachelMaddow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelMaddow</span></a> via *cough* <a href="https://toot.io/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSNBC</span></a>: <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-presen</span><span class="invisible">ts-ultra</span></a></p><p>:vulcan_hmn_g1:!</p>
Juan A. Zamarripa [E.]<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@RickiTarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RickiTarr</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://toot.io/tags/ThanksForSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThanksForSharing</span></a> </p><p>Here's a related <a href="https://toot.io/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a>: </p><p><a href="https://www.change.org/p/release-virgilio-aguilar-mendez-immediately" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">change.org/p/release-virgilio-</span><span class="invisible">aguilar-mendez-immediately</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.io/tags/ReleaseVirgilioAguilarMendez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReleaseVirgilioAguilarMendez</span></a>! <a href="https://toot.io/tags/USofA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USofA</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Nick 🇨🇦 Sorry I'm Nasty<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://oldfriends.live/@paul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paul</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> showed there is hope for the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/USofA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USofA</span></a></p>
PSiReN-X :verified_paw:​<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://syzito.xyz/@selzero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>selzero</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> wasn't "her" <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/OnlyGift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlyGift</span></a> to the <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/USofA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USofA</span></a>... </p><p>🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | ☕🎠🦹🐻​🦹🎠☕</p>