The Ed of an Era

And tbh, seeing Black people harassed and assaulted for existing is not what moved LBJ to pass civil rights. What moved LBJ was the fear of a Black socialist revolution in the U.S. We have to remember that this took place during the Cold War when socialist and nationalist movements were establishing independence from former colonial powers. LBJ was afraid and made concessions he believed would pacify Black Americans in exchange for staving off revolution.

I’ll refer you to the Selma protests, and George Wallace, also known as Bloody Sunday. The world saw nonviolent protestors violently attacked on a bridge by their own government for wanting to vote. It was so horrific that a few days later Lyndon B Johnson presented the Voting Rights Act to Congress. Obviously, these protestors shouldn’t lose their lives, but it isn’t futile to attack Trump and Vance. Trump is reactionary and easily embarrassed. He would absolutely hate it if protestors showed up at his rallies and disrupted them in the same fashion they did Kamala Harris on her book tour. That would generate a lot of media coverage and create the disruption they’re looking for. But many of them won’t do it because it was more important to make the Democrats pay than to actually hold power accountable consistently.

The average couple. Just both mediocre looking, nothing about their entire existences being noteworthy. They work a boring 9-5, drive run of the mill sedans and spend their weekends watching TV. They’ll have 2 kids, a boy & a girl - who will carry on this unremarkable cycle.

With a loss to the Pistons, the Hornets are officially locked into the Play-In 🔒

The Washington Wizards will officially finish the 2025-26 season with the NBA’s worst record.