There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.
“There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.”
— DeRay Mckesson · Bombs
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There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.
“There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.”
— DeRay Mckesson · Bombs
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“There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.”
“Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is.”
“It is not a new tactic for people to use any avenue they can to silence black activists.”
“For our kids to go to school, they must be alive, and for adults to work, they must not be in jail.”
“Systemic change rarely comes overnight.”
“Most of my life's information is public. I got a text one day from a hacker who texted me all of my credit card information.”
“Look at black people dying and suffering in South Africa. I ask why. We've dropped bombs on no one, we've harmed no one in the world, yet for some incredible reason, black people have suffered at an extraordinary level all over the world.”
“Ideas must counter ideas. You can drop all the bombs you want, but if you don't pull up weeds by their roots, they just grow back.”
“Stop exposing your children to danger by sending them to throw bombs and stones at soldiers and civilians.”
“I support a guaranteed basic income. I think we should take care of sick people. I believe women can make their own choices and that the government is at its best when it's building bridges instead of bombs.”
“I like to throw bombs.”
“When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything.”