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this morning's hnv
the third rails. we all know what they are.
hillary clinton not only grabbed on to one yesterday, she ripped it out of the ground, held it up in the air, and said, “ok americans, make up your mind”. many people hold that we americans need to have more discussions about race. i disagree. what we need to do is make DECISIONS about it. we need to force people to look inside themselves and decide, once and for all, how they really view themselves. as a white guy living in a white guy world, i can say that the majority of white americans have been pretty much able to skate by on the race issue. hillary planted a flag, and said, “here’s reality. pick a side."
i have commented that i have been waiting for someone to give this speech for a LONG time. someone to stand up and look white americans in the eye and say, “this is what the underbelly looks like”. and by doing this, she looked poc in the eye and said "i'm not going to let this go unexposed any longer”. no longer can a white american say “well, i didn't know that”. they do now. the facade has been ripped off, and people can no longer look at themselves in the mirror and deceive themselves.
it is hard to overstate the importance of this. while this was not hillary’s “best" speech, it was her most impactful. she laid bare the connections and the backstory of how the alt-right works, and what it does. i cannot remember a time when someone slapped white americans right in the face in such a way. and in doing so, she forced the narrative to where she wanted it to go.
it needed to be done. it needed to be done long ago. we have someone with the GUTS to stand up and do what was needed. and hillary has proven for many decades she has the guts to do the right thing, regardless of personal cost.
people are worried about this getting ugly. i want it to get ugly. i want to drag every last cockroach out of every last corner and get them all in the sunlight. the ugliness that is going to be exposed is on their side, not ours. and it is ugliness that we have to deal with someday, and we might as well do it now while we have a position of strength.
not that i needed another reason to believe it, but this speech was the number one of example of #sheswithus.
not only won’t she stay throwed, but she is ready to do some throwin’ of her own.
this is your friday afternoon open thread. kick back, pop open a cold one, pour it in a 100% shattered glass and have fun.