THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

After the terrorist insurrection, we learned from @Reuters that 12 percent of Americans approved of it. Twelve percent of Americans support Y’all Qaeda or Vanilla ISIS or Yokel Haram or the Yee-Hawdists, or whatever people are calling them. This will demand epic work — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

That number confirms what many Black and brown people have known all along, which is that there is a significant chunk of the American populace who wants them gone, who is willing to burn down democracy rather than share it, who prefer power and privilege to liberty and justice. — PolitiTweet.org