Author Archives: John Lusk

If Trump is impeached and removed from office, current GOP policies will continue and some potentially-Dem voters will stay home, thinking the problem has been handled. This is the danger of focusing on one Bad Guy as the problem.

(Of course, I still think he needs to go, because he is that dangerous, but after that, the world will still be on fire.)

White women get a black woman fired for sharing an article about… white women using their tears to shut black women down

Ruby Hamad (@rubyhamad) Tweeted:
Just to cap off a great weekend, I have just been informed a WoC got fired for sharing my white tears article. So there you go. https://twitter.com/rubyhamad/status/1031356010995150848?s=17

Ruby Hamad (@rubyhamad) Tweeted:
Okay. About this. This will be a short thread. Lisa has given my permission to tell all the details. https://t.co/m9hU90cyOi https://twitter.com/rubyhamad/status/1031662732968251394?s=17

Watched Fences last night

So, I finally got around to seeing Fences. Wow, great movie (and play, presumably — the movie sure did a good job of being play-like).

Also (and here’s my big realization), I had a hard time concentrating on it because I kept expecting violence that never materialized. (Maybe that’s kind of racist of me, I dunno. Just remember: a mile in my moccasins, please. Or a couple of years in my middle school experienc — ok, too much.) That makes me think of kids with “ADHD” (yes, quotes). Sometimes, it’s just hyper-alertness in response to the stress of abuse.

Anyway, I think I’ll have to watch it again, now that I know Something Awful never happens (although it’s got a ton of ugly in it).