Sunday, March 17, 2019

Racist Alyssa gets called on it

BULLY BOY PRESS &  CEDRIC'S BIG MIX   -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

HAGTRESS ALYSSA MILANO STEPPED IN LAST WEEK WHEN SHE DECIDED SHE WAS TRANS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD AND THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BOW DOWN BEFORE HER.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE A JOKE ABOUT THIS.  WE'RE JUST ENJOYING IT WITH A SMILE.  ALYSSA'S RACISM HAS LONG BEEN EVIDENT TO EVERYONE BUT THE DELUDED.  SOME OF OUR FAVORITE TWEETS ABOUT HER LATEST SCREW UP INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.



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    1.  Mar 12
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      This is so disappointing. This is white saviorism, the difference between fighting "for" and fighting alongside, as equals. I know that it's hard to sort through bad faith attacks, but I've watched you dismiss people who are trying to call you in and it's not the way to go.
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    2.  Mar 12
      All white people who engage in social justice work will be guilty of this at some point. It's hard to see honest critique because we want to be good people and for others to see us that way. But it's more important that marginalized people be heard and respected.
      3 replies3 retweets34 likes
       
       
    3.  Mar 12
      I hope that you will rethink your stance, because it's true that you've been an important voice supporting marginalized people. And that's why this hurts people so much. If you were someone else, people wouldn't be trying to get through to you.
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    4.  Mar 12
      Well said.
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    1.  Mar 12
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      Rules of apology: (1) Say "I am sorry that I hurt you/did the wrong thing." (2) Say that you won't do it again. (3) Say that you will do whatever you can to right the wrong.

      You will notice that "being defensive and self-adulating" isn't on that list.
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    2.  Mar 12
      &when you do that instead of following those rules? You keep this shit rolling on. I always see "eat our own" when 'our own" is white people complaining abt getting called on something. No one is eating you. You just need to apologize&mean it, not perform it.
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      Alyssa, here are a few things I learned while messing up being an ally:

      1. Intent isn't magic.
      2. Don't tone police the marginalized.
      3. Don’t get defensive when you're called out. Sit with the criticism and learn from it.
      4. Do better next time.
      2 replies14 retweets142 likes
       
       
    2.  Mar 12
      I'm still messing up and surely will again in the future. But we need to focus on listening to and amplifying marginalized voices. It might not be my place to explain this - I'm just doing this so they don't have to yet again.

      (This might be me messing up)
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    3.  Mar 12
      Yes! The CLAIM acronym is what I use and send to folks. The first one can be confusing the way it's worded but I take it as "take a deep breath and ground yourself before responding in anger"
      2 replies5 retweets13 likes
       
       
    4.  Mar 12
      Thanks, I'm saving this!
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    1.  Mar 12
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      I get your intent. Yet this reeks of “after all I’ve done for you people,” and you should reconsider. No one silenced you. They want you to choose your words better.
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    2.  Mar 12
      I would say her "apology" shows her character even better than her offense. In her mind, she is quite clearly the victim of an attack by grubby peasants who owe her some damn gratitude.

      She's showing you who she is; believe her.
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    1.  Mar 12
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      Asking somone to be better, educating someone that claims allyship about why their words are hurtful isn't eating their own or silencing. When 'allies' use hurtful terms unchecked it tells the uneducated or opposition that behavior is ok. Being an ally means it's not about you.
      2 replies7 retweets135 likes
       
       
    2.  Mar 12
      Being an ally sometimes means accepting that your mistakes are embarassing teaching moments of what not to do and why.
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      This type of non self reflection hurts your cause because you made yourself the victim.

      The fact is white allies DONT KNOW EVERYTHING.

      You need to accept that truth before you write off constructive criticism.

      Learn from this.
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      One's intention is less important than how words are perceived. When one engages in fragility, rather than listening, this is not showing concern for the very people one fights for.

      Marginalized communities decide who is an ally.
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    3.  Mar 12
      This is such an important point. Too many self anointed allies don’t get the concept of the necessity of consent from those communities they claim allyship with.
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    1.  Mar 12
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      INTENT DOES NOT NEGATE IMPACT. INTENT DOES NOT NEGATE DECEIT. INTENT DOES NOT NEGATE HARM. Why is it so hard for you to understand this? Why do you think that your advocacy work and activism shields you from accountability?
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    2.  Mar 12
      More importantly, why are you incapable of doing what's right and refusing to profit from Anti-Native racism?
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    3.  Mar 12
      narrator: she will never receive a response.
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    4.  Mar 12
      But she is honoring us...

      Some of us apparently don't count for .
       
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    5.  Mar 12
      My bad. That was probably outside of her 30 years of activism and advocacy. I'm sure she donates ALL the profits from her Touch line Redsk*ns slur gear to Native youth, or something super honorable.
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      hence her silence on the subject. (insert prayer hands)
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    1.  Mar 12
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      Or... “I tried to be poetic and profound, but it fell flat. Many have taken the time and energy to explain why it was offensive. If I hurt just one person I was trying to provide allyship for, I failed. I’m sorry. I’m listening. I’ll do better.”
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    1.  Mar 12
      Replying to 
      Please try saying the following, "The marginalized people I am fighting for said my Tweet was distasteful or even offensive to them. I apologize for what I now see as my well intentioned failure. I will continue to fight and I will always strive to be better than I was yesterday"
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    1.  Mar 12
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      I get like this too.
      I get defensive.

      But this tweet says, "This is how you treat me after all I'VE DONE for YOU PEOPLE!?"

      Don't do this.

      Don't center yourself when it comes to this, take time out for you as needed.

      White women have got to stop playing victim. 

      It harms us.
      3 replies10 retweets120 likes
       
       
    2.  Mar 12
      I feel like she is saying that she is trying and has tried to be helpful where she could on a number of issues. That her heart and intent were in the right place and she is frustrated at being misunderstood. As someone without a real platform, I want all the "triers" we can get.
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    3.  Mar 12
      That's pretty much what she is saying.

      I see more because of who I am.

      That's the thing about Twitter, people pick everything others say apart and try to destroy them with it.
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    1.  Mar 12
      Replying to 
      It’s not even about finding the words. You are cherry picking lines of poetry and making them fit something you want erasing the totality of a deeper message. You would be better off just posting the entire work and not trying to make it fit your agenda.
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    2.  Mar 12
      You have done this with Langston Hughes and now Rumi. Both of the works could have stood on their own but you distorted the meaning and their overall message was lost to suit your agenda. Do you understand that?
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      Then to now come on here and make this post like you are being victimized is an insult to those with basic level reading skills and Google. It is clear that is not what Rumi meant when you read the complete poem.
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    4.  Mar 12
      I just don’t understand how we are here yet again.
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FROM THE TCI WIRE:

US General Joseph Dunford, who is the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made his "fourth and final appearance" before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday "in support of the Department's annual budget request."  Also appearing before the Committee was Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan.  The topic was the Defense Dept's budget


In his written statement, Dunford noted the following:

Iraq and Syria. U.S. troops remain engaged in the D-ISIS campaign. As the campaign transitions from clearing ISIS-held territory to a focus on stabilizing the region, activities such as training local security forces, enabling local governance, and conducting counterterrorism operations will help prevent a power vacuum in Northeast Syria and a resurgence of ISIS. We are working with our Coalition partners to ensure we meet Turkish security concerns as well as protect those that fought with us against ISIS.

Wow. How novel.  How new.  Year after year, this is the same cycle.  Oh, now we're just clearing and holding.  Let's train.

What is this?  War or a shampoo?  Rinse and repeat?

How many years is the Iraq War going to drag on?  This is about the sixth time that the US government has declared we just need to train forces.  How many times are they going to be trained?

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over," said Senator Martha McSally but she wasn't talking about Iraq.  She was talking about "blue on blue crimes" -- assault within in the military.


Senator Martha McSally:  In 2017, there were 6,769 sexual assaults reported across our entire military, likely thousands of others that were not reported.  These blue on blue crimes are unacceptable.  They're harming our warriors and they're degrading good order and discipline and military readiness.  Many steps have been taken by the military over the last years and this body -- over a hundred legislative actions. But it's not enough.  There are thousands of our warriors and military readiness that have been harmed by these crimes.  I believe commanders must be educated, equipped and held accountable and still be responsible for the decisions, the culture and the discipline regarding sexual assault. However, something needs to change. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting  a different result.  Perhaps we need to take a fresh look at this issue.  I've spent a lot of time thinking about this and more so over the last week.  We have weeks now before the NDAA will be marked up before this committee.  I am fully locked on like a missile on this target.  And I want to be working with you and the military services to take a fresh look at this.  I've asked the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff to start with a summit at the Air Force but it's not just the Air Force, it's across our military forces.  So can I get your commitment that we are going to partner on this and we are going to take a fresh look and tackle this over the next forty-five days together?  Which includes being responsive to my questions and maybe forming a team of experts and resources to be able to really dial in as to what's working, what's not working, across the spectrum of prevention and in response and prosecution? And we can tackle this together, come up with some ideas and impact on the NDAA, culminating with a Tank meeting with all the leaders there including myself  and solve this thing together?  Can I get your commitment you'll work with me on that?


Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan:  Senator, you have my commitment.

Senator Martha McSally: Thank you. Chairman, Dunford?

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan:  Absolutely, Senator.

Senator Martha McSally:  Okay, great. Let's follow up immediately on that.  I appreciate it.


Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned the increase in the budget and we'll note that in another snapshot, including her statement that the budget was establishing  "a slush fund to hide what's happening with Defense spending."  Back to Iraq, AL-MONITOR notes:

Testifying before Congress today, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford said the Pentagon’s proposed 2020 budget will support an “enduring presence” of US troops in Iraq that’s “slightly less than the forces that are on the ground right now.”
Why it matters: The comments from Marine Gen. Dunford, the US military’s top officer, indicate the US plans to let Iraqi forces carry a larger load in the future as they clean up the remnants of the Islamic State (IS), which appears set to morph into an insurgency.
But that doesn’t appear to gel with President Donald Trump’s remarks last month that the United States would keep troops at Iraq’s Al Asad Air Base to “watch” Iran. Those comments sparked a firestorm in Iraq, where US troops are stationed at the invitation of the government in Baghdad. Dunford said in a prepared statement that the United States plans on “leveraging a relatively small footprint of US forces to enable local partners throughout the world.”


When do the training wheels come off?

Never because taking the training wheels off would mean the US couldn't occupy Iraq.  It would mean that the illegitimate government, installed by the US, could fall.  It would mean that the Iraqi people might be able to put in a leader who actually represents them and their needs.


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