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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2021

    Jeet Heer Retweeted The Recount

    1. Pelosi's words are being dismissed as a gaffe, a sign of verbally ineptness or lack of thought. But there's something more interesting and important at work about not understanding what Black Lives Matter means.https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1384624338683502592 …

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    Speaker Pelosi at the Congressional Black Caucus presser after Chauvin verdict: “Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice.” pic.twitter.com/JfapSsKdtX
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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2021

        Jeet Heer Retweeted Kelsey D. Atherton

        2. Atherton is persuasive here that what Pelosi was doing was echoing the language civil rights movement used when talking about those martyred for a cause.https://twitter.com/AthertonKD/status/1384628317588885509 …

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        Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD
        The language Pelosi used is reminiscent of that adopted for the obituaries of civil rights martyrs, framing it as knowingly risked sacrifice with political aim. She fundamentally misunderstands how Floyd's murder was violence police chose to inflict on him during his daily life.
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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2021

        3. It's easy to see Pelosi's logic here. The language of sacrifice & martyrdom was how the civil rights movement steeled itself in the face of violence. Floyd energized a new civil rights movement. But the horror of Floyd's murder is that he wasn't a martyr but a ordinary person

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      4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2021

        4. The radical claim of Black Lives Matter is that all Black lives matter, not just the heroes & the martyrs. This is in the face of a white supremacy where it's all too easy for any Black life, not just the heroes & martyrs, to face state violence. Pelosi's words obscured that

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      5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2021

        5. Pelosi's attempt at a false consolation point to a fissure between the Democratic leadership and the social movements that continue to press for change. More thoughts on this (and other things) here:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/how-not-to-mourn-george-floyd …

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      2. Healthcare Pony 🌹 🏳️‍🌈‏ @CultusMusicorum 21 Apr 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Dismissed by whom?

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      1. teschage‏ @JosephSchager 21 Apr 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        What she said doesn't matter as much as passing the police reform bill she got thru the House

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      2. A Manager of Time‏ @EcclesiastesSun 21 Apr 2021
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        She was trying to say the right thing, but words got in the way. 🥴

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      3. bhawk6969‏ @althawk921 21 Apr 2021
        Replying to @EcclesiastesSun @HeerJeet

        pretty much this. I doubt very much that George Floyd went out that day thinking I'm gonna make myself a civil rights icon/hero by being killed by a cop.

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      1. Masks work!‏ @WinsomePines 21 Apr 2021
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        Pelosi's whole tone is bizarre. She's gleefully thanking Floyd for crying out for his mother in his final moments.

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