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tw just so much nazi shit

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catching up on this story because good news is good, even if it is British

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prepping to become a Harris stan at the moment this flips πŸ₯₯πŸŒ΄πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc)'s avatar Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.bsky.social
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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

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Chantal James's avatar Chantal James @chantalalive.bsky.social
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Frederick Douglass' speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" is required reading for the 4th of July. So everybody read this. This speech is read aloud annually by a historical reenact-or at Douglass' home that's preserved as a site across town from me in Anacostia, DC. That happens today.

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Like on the one hand I don't wanna post doom. But on the other hand, damn today's legal eagle thumbnail sure is something huh

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Nevermind, this is dumb and I don't stand by any of it. 4/4

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But every idea, if it's a good one, occurs to a bunch of people. Now the magic of internet access means that, if it's a good idea, somebody who doesn't suck will eventually share it with me. 3/

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Like I think there was a time when, some ideas, you would only hear them from one guy. And that guy sucked. Elite folks just agreed, hey, let's build a society around listening to odious people because dontcha know, we've all had that experience where a good idea came from a shitty person. 2/

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An underrated aspect of the current internet. I really *don't* need to engage with odious thinkers to get the benefits from listening to different thinkers 1/

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