“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” - Abraham Lincoln
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I’m laughing at reading everybody’s responses and okay I get the irony. But I still think he would’ve said it because the larger point remains. Transformations created at the ballot box are more profound for a society in the long run than is the assassination of any one person.
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Transformation doesn't tend to happen at the ballot box at all, but rather already elected officials cede to the pressure created by direct action. That means strikes. That means riots. That means things that might be Improper and Uncomfortable.
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Replying to @kayandskittles
Actually no. Black Lives Matter is the biggest social movement in the history of the U.S. It’s extremely important but the truth is that it hasn’t created one legislative change yet. Those will happen according to how we vote. Politicians respond to being hired or fired.

Oct 13, 2020 · 6:57 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @kayandskittles
Did you change your shit views on medicines and vaccines when you didn't get the job? Or do politicians not respond to failing to get hired?
Replying to @marwilliamson @kayandskittles
Unfortunately, the American public no longer does the hiring/firing of politicians. Their checks are signed by the wealthy. Increasingly elections are determined by think-tanks and media conglomerates. We are beyond the point that voting can fix things.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @kayandskittles
I've always loved your consistency throughout the decades, but this is very inconsistent with all of your speeches. You've always pointed out that the abolitionists, the suffragettes, and the civil rights movement were responsible for making politicians do the right thing
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Replying to @marwilliamson @kayandskittles
youtube.com/k3pdSF8BO7I Frankly speaking: @bayareas415 nails why voting is going to change jack.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @kayandskittles
So the largest peaceful uprising in our countries history hasn't produced change...and that means peace works?
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Replying to @marwilliamson @kayandskittles
That's not true Marianne, I know there were a number of legislative changes made following the Breonna Taylor murder. I.E. Bodycams required. No knock warrants outlawed in that state and some other things I can't recall.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Joe Biden will not make substantial concessions to BLM and CERTAINLY not if the protests and riots stop after he takes office. The people in the streets create the change. Jim Crow doesn't go anywhere without the civil rights movement.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @kayandskittles
yet
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Replying to @marwilliamson @kayandskittles
Protest the donor class. Skip the politician middle-men. Go right for the source of our pain and make their estates tremble.
Replying to @marwilliamson @kayandskittles
They are hired by the ruling class. Omg you can’t be this ignorant. Those same politicians call BLM a Putin op. You haven’t said a smart thing in months. I’m really disappointed in you.
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