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Fucking hell.

John Lewis get’s a pass. Always.

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YMMV, and I am aware of his history, but: to my eyes, John Lewis is the canonical example of a black radical who sold his soul to the Democratic party establishment.

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A now-deleted tweet from the official Kingdom of Saudi Arabia account:

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It’s strange to see such a completely foreign kind of message management. It’s like meeting serious golfers for the first time…

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https://twitter.com/standard_tweets/status/1026502088141037568?s=21

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For the military history buffs only, but interesting in that context:

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My first reaction was that Blanchardianism doesn’t make much sense either.

But Blanchardianism usually involves psychs speculating about other people, who have to go along to get medical treatment, instead of psychs speculating about themselves. So it’s not surprising that Blanchardianism persists, only surprising that Freudianism did persist so long.

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And when (if) they get out, guess what job they won’t be qualified for because of their record?

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Even above the slave labor this pisses me off the most. Not only do they train and force prisoners to work, they then dump them on he side of the road and refuse to hire them.

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