I still can't swallow what's going down in the 66^th^ district of the Great State of Michigan (and most likely in other districts as well, but as they say, vermin prefer the darkness and silence). Remember: you of the 66^th^ district voted for this misguided soul and you of the 66^th^ have done nothing in regards to his removal from office. Silentium dat consensum.
After ca. a month of Rep Schriver having his budget and staff stripped for his continued online espousal and propagation of "white-nationalist, far-right conspiracy theory", it took House Minority Leader Matt Hall all that time to finally issue a carefully-worded, no-sharp-edges statement in regards to Rep Schriver's…ermmmm…questionable behaviour…
Hall did not use the word "racist" in describing the "great replacement" post that Schriver shared on the social media platform X, and his comments fell short of the condemnation Democrats have requested. But Hall said lawmakers and other public servants "have to understand how other people feel about the words you use."
On Wednesday, Hall said he's discussed the issue with both Schriver and Tate and has encouraged Schriver to communicate in a more effective, inclusive and sensitive way, though Hall stopped short of saying he had encouraged Schriver to apologize.
Hall said he'd never heard of "replacement theory" before Schriver brought it to his attention.
The entire statement misses the mark by just so much…of course, that's in my less-than-humble opinion.
Alt links and further reading:
- Via archive.is
- Read how tone-deaf DetNews columnist Kaitlyn Buss tries to equate Tlaib's diatribes with Schriver's mere "reposting" as freedom of speech(via archive.is)
Don't know if you or other readers here had noticed but I like to link to citable evidence in my posts and comments whenever possible because I got an allergy to assertations on the squinternet. You got a recent-ish link for me?
I'd settle for just the education part but you gotta admit it's tough for us mere mortals with the 24/7 assault of propaganda coming at us 360°. If the free-floating bunk isn't too granulated, my Bullshit Detector™[^1] will usually flag it. The innoculation part though is never automatic and must come from within. Careful it doesn't mutate into baseless, romantic dogma.
[^1]: © 1977 Joe Strummer Garage Band Ind. All rights reserved.
Here's a news article about it. This is also corroborated by the FBI, who've been warning about white supremacists for years now. All the way back in the early 2000s they were telling people about white supremacists infiltrating the police for recruitment.
Of course, all you have to do to notice this pattern by looking at what groups are showing up to protest LGBTQ+ events and counterprotest leftist events (You'll regularly see Atomwaffen, Patriot Front, etc), and try doing any research on them. It takes very little to find out they're white supremacist. Or just look at what the vast majority of mass shooters believe. You can track that yourself too, just wait a week or so and they usually have their history uncovered.
This is also nothing new. We've had white supremacists attacking the black community since emancipation, such as the KKK. MLK's assassination was ultimately pinned on white supremacists (that is the controversial official story told by the FBI).
Here's a video talking about a history I hear alot about Vietnam being responsible with many of the white supremacist groups we see now.
Thanks, pal! You went above and beyond.