Exposing the Right

THE VIDEO of the cop kneeling dismissively on neck, which sparked a revolution, was taken by a seventeen year old girl who is probably now hiding in her parent's basement, fearing right wing or police retaliation. Assuming she survives, she may well one day be revered as an icon to freedom, and her statue may appropriately replace Robert E. Lee. America's right wing is on the run, with good reason. The pandemic and George Floyd are ganging up against Trump and the conservatives. Trump, down by doulbe digits, cowardly but expediently canceled his MAGA mob Juneteenth gathering in Tulsa, under pressure, and the great reprobate even paid limp lip service to slavery's end, choking on every word, like Lysol. All three of his black supporters insisted he refrained, and he refrained. So much for devotion to cause. Lebron James and other athletes are starting to activate, as athletes once were socially aware, and involved in good cause, until teh nineteen seventies brought them money, and with it, a quieter frame of mind.  Back then Jackie Robinson refused to rise for the anthem, and Muhammed Ali refused to serve America's imperialist and racist interests in Viet Nam, on account of his having nothing against those Viet Cong, but having a great deal against the white folk in Louisville, who did not allow him to drink from white water fountains or walk on certain streets. Jim Brown and black olympic athletes gave black power salutes, which were really black equality requests. Jackie, like Colin Kaepernick, was no concerned with disrespecting mere symbols like a flag or a song; he had far bigger fish to fry. His disrespect he reserved for American culture and society. One might wonder why anyone with any moral credibility or patriotism would do anything else.