lawmaker's "Black Friend" is no longer friendly

[butters]

the lawmaker who's the lead mover behind legislation against teaching real history in class–history educating those who are unaware about America's relationship with p.o.c/racism/slavery/denial of rights–decries her 'friend's behaviour
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...d-victimhood/ar-AASfi9N?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

In an unprovoked tweet that was roundly ratioed, the legislator went on Twitter Wednesday to proclaim that she had "a black friend" who she once liked, but the anonymous friend was now "hostile and unpleasant."

"I am sure I didn't do anything to her, except be white," the representative states. "Is that what teachers and our political leaders really want for our society? Divide us because of our skin color?" And of course, the obligatory "#CRT" closed out the tweet for good measure.

The 71-year-old Republican is the prime sponsor of legislation she introduced this year that would ban "the teaching of divisive concepts and shall prohibit making any individual feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of their race or sex."

Basically, Morgan introduced what conservatives have deemed anti-critical race theory legislation that effectively bans discussing America's racism in public K-12 schools.

denying history, your friend's own history, isn't likely to keep them friendly. just sayin'

of course, when the person in question isn't even your friend in the first place but just an excuse:

The saga got a bit more complex, as a queer Black Rhode Island state senator Tiara Mack shared the tweet and noted that she was the subject of Rep. Morgan's comments. They are also colleagues in the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state's lawmaking body.

Senator Mack tweeted that they haven't actually met each other in person.

of course, this nonexistent "friendship" only became a tweet point after this queer Black colleague dared challenge the mandate to resume student loan payments in february (before Pres.B extended the stay), and the aggrieved tweeterer called her "friend" arrogant and disgusting. How dare this uppity Black woman challenge her?

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Trump called him 'my African American.' His life hasn't been the same since

If Gregory Cheadle had not cracked a joke, his life would be a lot less complicated today.
His troubles began when he attended a rally by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Redding, California, in June 2016. Cheadle was a California congressional candidate at the time, and he stood out as a Black Republican.
As Cheadle watched from the VIP section of the overwhelmingly white crowd, Trump went into an extended riff about a Black supporter who had assaulted an anti-Trump protester at an Arizona rally. Trump wondered aloud where his supporter was when Cheadle decided to play along and shouted, "I'm here!"

"Oh, look at my African American over here," Trump responded with a smile, pointing at Cheadle as some people in the crowd cheered. "Look at him. Are you the greatest?"

Cheadle laughed along with everyone else, but that soon changed. He left the rally early, took a nap at a friend's house, and by the time he woke up, he had gone viral.

His phone was filled with texts and voicemails from reporters wanting interviews. There also were angry messages from family and friends wanting to know why he let Trump insult him. His Facebook page was filled with both Black and White people calling him "Uncle Tom" and the N-word and threatening to kick his butt.
"Oh, you got to be kidding," he thought at the time. "America doesn't have anything better to do than this?"

Cheadle was about to discover the loneliest place in the universe may be reserved for a man who becomes known as Trump's Black buddy.
"Man, I did it for a joke," he says now. "When I did it, people around me burst out laughing." He sighs before adding: "Then the joke turned sour."

 

[butters]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...-race-theory/ar-AAShcUc?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
she's getting some well-deserved backlash over this, but–like most casual racists–appears completely baffled about it.

Morgan defended her tweet, telling The Providence Journal she believed it was in good faith.

"I'm sad that this is the way our country is going, that we are judging people by their skin color, not their character," she said. "I didn't think it was controversial."

as for the whole 'going that way' part of judging a person by the colour of their skin, that's just plain willfully ignoring how p.o.c have been treated in American history!

George Takei takes the biscuit with his tweet:

"I had a white friend. I liked him and I think he liked me, too. But then Pearl Harbor happened and whites became hostile and unpleasant. I am sure we didn't do anything but they sent us to camps anyway. And now they don't want to teach about this because it make kids feel bad," he wrote.

she then goes on to say how much she liked her friend, how she was funny and smart and how they had such a great time whenever they got together, right up till that christmas party where this friend ignored her. Let's not forget the 'friend' in question says they've never met in person. I hate to say this, but could morgan possssssssssssibly be a little confused? perhaps she has trouble telling her "Black friends' apart? (or merely those she invents for a tweet)

 

[YDB95]

They're so steeped in their own bullshit that they honestly believe it at this point. You can pretty much count on that every time you see someone allude to the Martin Luther King quote she's misusing there. There's a reason why that's the only thing he said that right-wingers ever remember.

 

[BidudeinWi]

the lawmaker who's the lead mover behind legislation against teaching real history in class–history educating those who are unaware about America's relationship with p.o.c/racism/slavery/denial of rights–decries her 'friend's behaviour
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...d-victimhood/ar-AASfi9N?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
denying history, your friend's own history, isn't likely to keep them friendly. just sayin'

of course, when the person in question isn't even your friend in the first place but just an excuse:

of course, this nonexistent "friendship" only became a tweet point after this queer Black colleague dared challenge the mandate to resume student loan payments in february (before Pres.B extended the stay), and the aggrieved tweeterer called her "friend" arrogant and disgusting. How dare this uppity Black woman challenge her?

What drivel do the Dowrights teach in bullwinkle land? We don’t care what citizens of third world Country’s think!