The US government's armed goon squad executed a 13 year-old special ed student whose hands were empty and in the air and they're telling Americans to worry about Russia and China. ❖ The word fascist gets thrown around a lot, but if admitting you support police executions without trial as long as the victim is a "thug" doesn't meet the definition, I don't know what does. And that's exactly what anyone who smears such victims is admitting.
Caitlin's inflammatory opening sentence leaves the impression that the deceased was unarmed and that he was "executed." My understanding is that original body camera videos were for some reason cropped and didn't show the gun he was holding a fraction of a second before he was hit with a bullet, but my purpose here is not to adjudicate his death, just to point out that Caitlin has fallen for a narrative of police oppression targeting minorities.
Neither minorities nor men are the sole victims of unjustified police killing. Calling attention to that problem and fixing it will benefit everyone in the US, so it seems if people really wanted to fix it, they would report and talk about the majority of people killed by police who are white, because there are a lot more white voters that will vote for reform than there are people of any color who would vote to abolish or de-fund the police. Yet hardly anybody even has heard of Tony Timpa, Daniel Shavers or Justine Damond, and there were no riots after their deaths. So I have to wonder, what's the real agenda behind the constant inflammatory reports of the killing of POC? The elites reporting these killing apparently aren't seriously interested in reducing the overall level of police violence.
Caitlin is falling for one of the elite divide et impera tactics. She should rethink her rhetoric, because she's feeding the "white supremacy," "white privilege," "black victim" narrative that's dividing society, especially the working class, who are in no way "privileged" or high up in the supposed "cis-gendered, heterosexual, white patriarchy."
Tony D needs to grow up. Yes, some cops are brutal thugs but, the majority are just doing their job. If tony D thinks we don't need police, he should seek professional help.
Tony D needs to grow up. Yes, some cops are brutal thugs but, the majority are just doing their job. If tony D thinks we don't need police, he should seek professional help.
It seems to me, there is symptomatic proof of our common psychotic "management style" in the practice of electing tired old, corrupted, mostly men, to "lead" our world governments forward, when their only purpose in the present is to own more of it while ascribing responsibility to take care of it others, or avoiding it all together.!.!.!. I would vote for "Greta Thunberg" in a heartbeat, because she is uncorrupted by the stupid compromises of our current conflicted and blind governments.!.!.!..
So much of our current politics is geared toward not doing the right thing, followed by a guy with a broom behind the elephant-like propaganda machine whose sole purpose is to convince us otherwise.
Which brings us to this: A simple hurrah for mentioning the Palestinians. Recently, two of America's premier progressive politicians -- AOC and current NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang -- famously made damn fools of themselves attempting to justify and mollycoddle Israel.
Enough. The Overton window on Israel and the rancid power structures that support it are in need of a long overdue displacement.
Cops are sociopaths and murderers
Caitlin's inflammatory opening sentence leaves the impression that the deceased was unarmed and that he was "executed." My understanding is that original body camera videos were for some reason cropped and didn't show the gun he was holding a fraction of a second before he was hit with a bullet, but my purpose here is not to adjudicate his death, just to point out that Caitlin has fallen for a narrative of police oppression targeting minorities.
Neither minorities nor men are the sole victims of unjustified police killing. Calling attention to that problem and fixing it will benefit everyone in the US, so it seems if people really wanted to fix it, they would report and talk about the majority of people killed by police who are white, because there are a lot more white voters that will vote for reform than there are people of any color who would vote to abolish or de-fund the police. Yet hardly anybody even has heard of Tony Timpa, Daniel Shavers or Justine Damond, and there were no riots after their deaths. So I have to wonder, what's the real agenda behind the constant inflammatory reports of the killing of POC? The elites reporting these killing apparently aren't seriously interested in reducing the overall level of police violence.
Caitlin is falling for one of the elite divide et impera tactics. She should rethink her rhetoric, because she's feeding the "white supremacy," "white privilege," "black victim" narrative that's dividing society, especially the working class, who are in no way "privileged" or high up in the supposed "cis-gendered, heterosexual, white patriarchy."
I expected better from Caitlin Johnstone.
Tony D needs to grow up. Yes, some cops are brutal thugs but, the majority are just doing their job. If tony D thinks we don't need police, he should seek professional help.
Tony D needs to grow up. Yes, some cops are brutal thugs but, the majority are just doing their job. If tony D thinks we don't need police, he should seek professional help.
It seems to me, there is symptomatic proof of our common psychotic "management style" in the practice of electing tired old, corrupted, mostly men, to "lead" our world governments forward, when their only purpose in the present is to own more of it while ascribing responsibility to take care of it others, or avoiding it all together.!.!.!. I would vote for "Greta Thunberg" in a heartbeat, because she is uncorrupted by the stupid compromises of our current conflicted and blind governments.!.!.!..
Caitlin, your description on the back of your book says it all, so why the book?
By the same token, I find your essays too long and repetitious.
Why fall for the popular idea that "the more words the better--and maybe some will stick"?
IMO brevity, clarity, and simplicity are better.
You are quite good with the latter two.
I request more brevity, please.
So much of our current politics is geared toward not doing the right thing, followed by a guy with a broom behind the elephant-like propaganda machine whose sole purpose is to convince us otherwise.
Which brings us to this: A simple hurrah for mentioning the Palestinians. Recently, two of America's premier progressive politicians -- AOC and current NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang -- famously made damn fools of themselves attempting to justify and mollycoddle Israel.
Enough. The Overton window on Israel and the rancid power structures that support it are in need of a long overdue displacement.