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Silence is not the only way to be complicit. Cheap talk without action will do the job.
The problem is that Biden can only do so much. We like to imagine that the President is the ultimate leader of the land, but he really isn't. If Congress refuses to act (or can't due to filibusters in the Senate and a Republican controlled House), then the President can only do so much.
It also doesn't help when one of the two major parties tossed their dogwhistles aside and whips out the bullhorns instead. It's wrong to imply that both sides are equally to blame when one side is actively encouraging the racists and the other side is trying but failing to stop them.
Please point out where I suggested the blame was equal. I don’t want to eat a shot sandwich, but it’s self-evidently better than a shit-and-glass-shard sandwich. That’s how I see the Dems and GOP. Bothsidesism is for fools.
I don't see much action from a keyboard warrior like you.
Tbf you don't know what they're doing in addition to this. I'd get this comment on facebook or somewhere that you know the poster, but for all we know, Izzent is actually out there marching and more.
You don’t know me, what I do, or what I have done. And because I do know what I’ve done, I don’t have to justify myself to you. Just because you sit on your ass all day arguing on the internet doesn’t mean that’s what everyone’s doing. Any more projection, you could run a movie theater.