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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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. 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. 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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What she said doesn't matter as much as passing the police reform bill she got thru the House
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She was trying to say the right thing, but words got in the way.

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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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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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