Cynthia Blair
@cydblair.bsky.social
imho. bigotry not tolerated.
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Look I am just saying that if we simply threw women, Black folks, immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims and other minorities under the bus we could go back to discussing the class-based white people politics that I, a white male pundit, am most comfortable discussing. Is that so hard?
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Look I am just saying that if we simply threw women, Black folks, immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims and other minorities under the bus we could go back to discussing the class-based white people politics that I, a white male pundit, am most comfortable discussing. Is that so hard?
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The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
THIS is my sibs: “White ignorance…persists because there’s a refusal to engage with it. The videos, the protests…impossible to miss unless you wanted to miss them. Because once you admit you knew and did nothing about it, you’d have to admit you were fine with it. You have to admit complicity.”
"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."
I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.
rewirenewsgroup.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
THIS is my sibs: “White ignorance…persists because there’s a refusal to engage with it. The videos, the protests…impossible to miss unless you wanted to miss them. Because once you admit you knew and did nothing about it, you’d have to admit you were fine with it. You have to admit complicity.”
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This past ten days has taught me that
1) a cishet White man can denigrate & unleash hate upon marginalized groups & still somehow be a hero &
2) unless & until a cishet’s White man’s rights are violated, most of the United States doesn’t give a damn.
1) a cishet White man can denigrate & unleash hate upon marginalized groups & still somehow be a hero &
2) unless & until a cishet’s White man’s rights are violated, most of the United States doesn’t give a damn.
September 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This past ten days has taught me that
1) a cishet White man can denigrate & unleash hate upon marginalized groups & still somehow be a hero &
2) unless & until a cishet’s White man’s rights are violated, most of the United States doesn’t give a damn.
1) a cishet White man can denigrate & unleash hate upon marginalized groups & still somehow be a hero &
2) unless & until a cishet’s White man’s rights are violated, most of the United States doesn’t give a damn.
No Dem presidential nominee, if we get there, can utter the words “let’s just turn the page.” On behalf of people experiencing bigotry, jailed, fighting back, on behalf of the very meaning of the Constitution, Congress and the Courts, we canNOT move on with any efficacy until there is a reckoning.
September 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
No Dem presidential nominee, if we get there, can utter the words “let’s just turn the page.” On behalf of people experiencing bigotry, jailed, fighting back, on behalf of the very meaning of the Constitution, Congress and the Courts, we canNOT move on with any efficacy until there is a reckoning.
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Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"
September 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"
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I truly don't understand how democratic leadership think they are going to move forward after voting to honor a white nationalist who essentially called Black women—the base of the party—stupid.
It's insulting. I find it personally insulting.
It's insulting. I find it personally insulting.
September 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I truly don't understand how democratic leadership think they are going to move forward after voting to honor a white nationalist who essentially called Black women—the base of the party—stupid.
It's insulting. I find it personally insulting.
It's insulting. I find it personally insulting.
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Taps mic, ahem:
'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk’s assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.
www.nbcnews.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Taps mic, ahem:
'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
Where Ezra (and Gavin, Sally, Ben) lose the plot is a white, straight person view that if Kirk is safe, we’re all safe. In MAGA and Alt-Right worlds—Black, gay, trans, immigrant, Muslim people are not safe. We are the targets. That’s why it’s disqualifying. That is why we won’t have “discussions”.
September 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Where Ezra (and Gavin, Sally, Ben) lose the plot is a white, straight person view that if Kirk is safe, we’re all safe. In MAGA and Alt-Right worlds—Black, gay, trans, immigrant, Muslim people are not safe. We are the targets. That’s why it’s disqualifying. That is why we won’t have “discussions”.
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A lot of these white people don’t believe racism should tarnish someone’s legacy. They don’t see it as disqualifying, ironically revealing their character
September 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A lot of these white people don’t believe racism should tarnish someone’s legacy. They don’t see it as disqualifying, ironically revealing their character
Charlie Kirk was a direct descendent of the KKK—white Protestant supremacy with racism, homophobia, & xenophobia, inciting the destruction of civil rights. If you’re a woman crying for him you believe your place is behind the charade of a strongman. Religious righteousness doesn’t disguise facts.
September 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Charlie Kirk was a direct descendent of the KKK—white Protestant supremacy with racism, homophobia, & xenophobia, inciting the destruction of civil rights. If you’re a woman crying for him you believe your place is behind the charade of a strongman. Religious righteousness doesn’t disguise facts.
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"I don't care that he's dead."
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."
No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.
Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."
No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.
Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.
September 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"I don't care that he's dead."
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."
No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.
Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."
No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.
Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
The Right is filled with hateful bigots; MAGA are killing Dem politicians; the alt right are killing MAGA; and Trump is blaming the LEFT and using armies to abduct, harass, disappear people Blue cities. But MSM is “hoW wiLL AmeRiCA StoP thE BaCk aND ForTH CyclE Of VIoLeNCe…”
September 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Right is filled with hateful bigots; MAGA are killing Dem politicians; the alt right are killing MAGA; and Trump is blaming the LEFT and using armies to abduct, harass, disappear people Blue cities. But MSM is “hoW wiLL AmeRiCA StoP thE BaCk aND ForTH CyclE Of VIoLeNCe…”
Charlie Kirk was not a moderate. He was a walking hate crime: LGBT people should be stoned, Black women are not smart enough to be at any table (ironic given BW are the most educated population in the US), children’s deaths necessary to secure arms. Do not celebrate him or his death. Let’s be done.
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Charlie Kirk was not a moderate. He was a walking hate crime: LGBT people should be stoned, Black women are not smart enough to be at any table (ironic given BW are the most educated population in the US), children’s deaths necessary to secure arms. Do not celebrate him or his death. Let’s be done.
Political violence should absolutely be condemned. Which is exactly why we should condemn the hate-filled “work” and “debate” spewed by Charlie Kirk. It was political violence.
“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”.
-Charlie Kirk
-Charlie Kirk
September 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Political violence should absolutely be condemned. Which is exactly why we should condemn the hate-filled “work” and “debate” spewed by Charlie Kirk. It was political violence.
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“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
What is this statement, @governor.ca.gov? Like pondering with Kirk that Trans children exist and have needs and rights, you lend credence to a bigoted bro’s “work” to denigrate all LGBTQ people, the Black community, women, Muslims—anyone not white male. Did your Comms team approve this? You failed.
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What is this statement, @governor.ca.gov? Like pondering with Kirk that Trans children exist and have needs and rights, you lend credence to a bigoted bro’s “work” to denigrate all LGBTQ people, the Black community, women, Muslims—anyone not white male. Did your Comms team approve this? You failed.
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Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
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Breaking news: a new shooting happened in a Denver high school. 3 people shot — at least two are students. They are in a critical state.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Breaking news: a new shooting happened in a Denver high school. 3 people shot — at least two are students. They are in a critical state.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...