FWIW— seeing a lot of “Left: denounce Farrakhan” BS out there— I’ve been blessed to be acquainted w/a lot of black ppl over the yrs: Xians, Muslims, & Jews. Never heard *anyone* defending Farrakhan, r treating him as anything but an ass r a joke. 1/
Trump & Co. are screwing this nation six ways from Sunday. Whatabouting Farrakhan is a stupid move rn. Of course F is an anti-Semitic demagogue. Of course he shd be denounced. But whatabouting him rn is equating a campfire w/ a forest fire. 2/
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FFS, can we please have some sense of proportion here? And some sense of self-preservation? WTF is the use of bickering about how to get rid of yr pest problem when you’re all being eaten by wolves?! 3/
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This is a non-problem. Trump has immense power & sway. Farrakhan has little power, if any, & v limited sway. His antique black nationalist bigoted demagoguery simply isn’t worth this kind of distraction. 4/
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If we can pull the country back fr the brink of fascism, & out the hands of plutocratic oligarchs & bought dogs of corporations, then I’ll gladly assent to making sure everyone on both L & R denounce all the riff-raff bigots, incl Farrakhan. But can we have some priorities?! /end
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