This narrative that black people who want an accurate reflection of history are "angry and resentful" leaves us wit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020First, let's be clear: The Founders were racists.
They weren't "products of their time." They KNEW slavery was wr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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James Madison, who wrote the Constitution, "thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020In the only book Thomas Jefferson ever wrote, "Notes on the State of Virginia," he dedicated pages to explaining wh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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BUT here is the thing:
When these truths are pointed out by black people or actual historians, it doesn't mean we… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020The problem is that many white people believe that being a racist is an all-encompassing trait that stains everythi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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For instance:
The fact that police disproportionately shoot black people is racist. It does not mean that individ… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington and others did not explicitly say they hated black people.
They just created a syst… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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White supremacy is the reason there is an electoral college There were more enslaved people in the south, which wou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020White supremacy is the reason every state has different voting laws.
Some states allowed free black landowners to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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White supremacy is the reason behind America's military might.
Southern states didn't think the federal government… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020So, instead of facing these historical truths and force us to reconcile with how this country has treated black peo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Why wouldn't you hate the idea of defunding the police if you didn't know that American policing descended from sla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020Why wouldn't you think black people are lazy and less intelligent if you didn't know about redlining and how it sti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Why wouldn't you think a speech at Mount Rushmore was a great idea if you didn't know how America stole the land fr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020Confederate monuments do represent history.
They represent the historical lengths this country has gone to whitewa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Removing these symbols of white supremacy has nothing to do with anger or resentment.
If black people ever unleash… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020There is only one way.
See, a long time ago, we read another activist explained exactly how to eliminate racism an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free:"
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The Obama Diary 
what can you say?
Tags: athletic, Barack, bigot, blog, Central, club, comment, committee, county, de, hate, Jefferson, linda, missouri, Obama, party, President, racism, racist, republican, riet, right, tea, teabagger, teabaggers, van, wing
A comment left on the blog today, in response to that Texas interview with the President, by a Linda Van de Riet from Missouri.
There’s also, coincidentally, a Linda Van de Riet on the Missouri Jefferson County Republican Central Committee. A relation, maybe?
You know, these people will be consumed by their own hate one day. Hopefully.
PS Another coincidence! There’s a Linda Van de Riet from Missouri on Facebook:
I see she’s ‘interested’ in God. But not in His teachings, it seems.
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Blackman reminded me of this rally in the comments – wow, that day must really have pained Ms Van de Riet:
Sen. Barack Obama waves as he arrives at a rally of 100,000 supporters in St. Louis, Mo., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008
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Theo67: I’m grateful to see this nonsense from these types, because it reminds me how desperate this fight is for those who seek goodness and light. There are many who are wallowing in darkness, consumed by hate, and deceiving themselves that they are somehow fighting a “godly” fight – yet, as evidenced by this woman, the hate just spews forth from them – telling us the real story. We can never let these creatures win. This is not just a political fight. It’s much more than that, and I think it’s a battle that’s been raging for a long time.
I’m encouraged when I think of those who had to put their very lives in harm’s way, and those who still do in places far away, simply to gain the rights of being treated like human beings. Watching clips from the Civil Rights struggle, the clips from those fighting for their freedom now in the Middle East… if all we have to do is read nasty words from these lost individuals, then we have it so much easier. It does take a little away from your spirit each time you’re confronted with this stuff, but we can replenish our spirits quite easily because of … the many billions of people around the world who are not consumed by hate.
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Thank you Theo