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Heather MC

(8,084 posts)
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Sun Jul 31, 2022, 11:33 AM
Jul 2022

I didn't mean for it to sadden anyone
I hope people see the beauty in the truth
And it provides the clarity we may need to lean on when the republicans are trying sew a seed of complacency within the Democratic Party potential voters.

Example Rising Gas Prices
That's always an easy hot button they like to push whatever democrats are in office.

Remember when Jimmy Carter was in office and there was a gasoline shortage and everyone blamed poor jimmy Carney.

And what did we get next Ronald Reagan a man who used cocaine. Funneled into the black communities is crack... In an attempt to fund illegal operations in the unran contra affair.

And then had the audacity to make crack, carry more for prison symptoms than cocaine.

And so not only did they create a money making scheme and a listed drug into the black communities. They also use that opportunity to completely destroy the black community and make money off of our black men and women by throwing them into their now for profit prisons. And not one president has decided to correct that wrong in a meaningful enough way.

Those people's records are not exponged, Those people don't get pardons, Many of those people only recently got their voting rights back.

Find the joy in the truth. Does the long as we remember history.

We are not doomed to repeat it💜

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Excellent essay. sop Jul 2022 #1
💜 Heather MC Jul 2022 #2
Thank you for putting your story/history down in black and white. MLAA Jul 2022 #3
💜 Heather MC Jul 2022 #4
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. MLAA Jul 2022 #5
That I agree with you, Heather MC Jul 2022 #8
What you're describing is the functional racism that exists. plimsoll Jul 2022 #14
As long as law enforcement is on the wrong side of racism, we are a racist nation. sop Jul 2022 #16
Hard for me to argue, plimsoll Jul 2022 #17
You are right in that not all Republicans are racist. However, the Republican party is racist. halfulglas Jul 2022 #10
Also they don't want to acknowledge/admit the racism. MLAA Jul 2022 #21
💜 Heather MC Jul 2022 #22
I am saddened and uplifted by your story Bobstandard Jul 2022 #6
💜 Heather MC Jul 2022 #7
Powerful words about your lived experience. Lonestarblue Jul 2022 #9
💜 Heather MC Jul 2022 #11
The best thing about the 50's Traildogbob Jul 2022 #12
💜 Heather MC Jul 2022 #18
Thank you Wild blueberry Jul 2022 #13
💜 Heather MC Jul 2022 #20
Thank you Delphinus Jul 2022 #15
💜 Heather MC Jul 2022 #19
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