Cori Bush's Book Deal

[Patooka]

No. It's hypocracy. I get protection by not you.

So you do need an explanation then. Those two beliefs are not in contradiction of one another. You can be concerned about law enforcement having little to no accountability and take appropriate measures to defend oneself from Q-tards who believe politics is war through other means. No hypocrisy required.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

She had second thoughts about a second abortion, saying “I don’t want to do this,” but the staff nevertheless went ahead. Though she was furious about that, “I couldn’t find my voice.”

This should be a crime.

If it happened. I very much doubt it.

 

[Oleg]

She had second thoughts about a second abortion, saying “I don’t want to do this,” but the staff nevertheless went ahead. Though she was furious about that, “I couldn’t find my voice.”

This should be a crime.

If it happened. I very much doubt it.

I’m no fan of the lady. But what motive for her to make up an anti-abortion story?

 

[Loren Pechtel]

She had second thoughts about a second abortion, saying “I don’t want to do this,” but the staff nevertheless went ahead. Though she was furious about that, “I couldn’t find my voice.”

This should be a crime.

If it happened. I very much doubt it.

I’m no fan of the lady. But what motive for her to make up an anti-abortion story?

Support from the right.

 

[Derec]

Wanting the Police to be less militarized and needing protection because the people you idolize and worship literally want Cori Bush dead are not mutually exclusive opinions. Do you need me to explain why?

It's hypocrisy because she wants the protection for herself, but wants to defund police for the hoi poloi.
Rep. Cori Bush isn't backing down on "defund the police" slogan
What even do you mean by "militarization" of police? It's not like police departments have F18 Hornets and aircraft carriers and fast attack submarines or any other cool military gear.
Using riot shields and Bearcats during civil unrest (such as the Ferguson riots that Bush supported) does not mean police is now "militarized".
Speaking of the military, she also wants to defund the Pentagon.

 

[Derec]

So you do need an explanation then. Those two beliefs are not in contradiction of one another. You can be concerned about law enforcement having little to no accountability

1. Law enforcement has a lot of accountability already.
2. Cori Bush's slogan is not "more accountability for police". It's "defund the police". Herein lies the hypocrisy.

 

[Derec]

I’m no fan of the lady. But what motive for her to make up an anti-abortion story?

To show how "racist" US is. Duh.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

$100,000 advance? I wouldn't hold my nose to it, but doesn't seem too high. And why is it against the rules to make money?

When people decry "profit-driven capitalism" then it is quite a bit hypocritical to be "you go girl"-ing Cori Bush for turning a handsome profit on her inane musings.

Handsome profit? We are talking $100k (an advance).

American "socialism" isn't about asceticism.

No socialism is. Politburo members have always lived high on the hog.

You have no idea about America's grade of "socialism".

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

She had second thoughts about a second abortion, saying “I don’t want to do this,” but the staff nevertheless went ahead. Though she was furious about that, “I couldn’t find my voice.”

This should be a crime.

If it happened. I very much doubt it.

I’m no fan of the lady. But what motive for her to make up an anti-abortion story?

Attention? The story could be true, and it would be extraordinarily unethical if it happened as suggested.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

So you do need an explanation then. Those two beliefs are not in contradiction of one another. You can be concerned about law enforcement having little to no accountability

1. Law enforcement has a lot of accountability already.

It has virtually no accountability because our justice system isn't designed to manage Police actions. Only the most egregious of wrongs ever lead to a trial... and that requires cell phone or video coverage of the incident.

After all, the guy died in Minnesota because of a medical condition after being handcuffed.

2. Cori Bush's slogan is not "more accountability for police". It's "defund the police". Herein lies the hypocrisy.

This is "Bad English". "Defund" seems to imply lower funding for the police so they aren't a SWAT team in the field for casual speeding tickets. If she said "Abolish" the police, that'd mean "abolish" the police.

 

[ZiprHead]

She had second thoughts about a second abortion, saying “I don’t want to do this,” but the staff nevertheless went ahead. Though she was furious about that, “I couldn’t find my voice.”

This should be a crime.

If it happened. I very much doubt it.

I’m no fan of the lady. But what motive for her to make up an anti-abortion story?

Attention? The story could be true, and it would be extraordinarily unethical if it happened as suggested.

I'm not so sure. As she stated, the instrument was inside her and started. It may have been too late to stop when she said stop. She was surely under sedation at the time too.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I'm not so sure. As she stated, the instrument was inside her and started. It may have been too late to stop when she said stop. She was surely under sedation at the time too.

Yeah, once some has been removed stopping just causes medical problems, it can't continue the pregnancy.

However, another thought comes to mind: People's memories when sedated are unreliable. It's bad enough that false allegations of sexual misconduct (things radically incompatible with the facts) are known low-probability side effects of some sedatives.

 

[ZiprHead]

I'm not so sure. As she stated, the instrument was inside her and started. It may have been too late to stop when she said stop. She was surely under sedation at the time too.

Yeah, once some has been removed stopping just causes medical problems, it can't continue the pregnancy.

However, another thought comes to mind: People's memories when sedated are unreliable. It's bad enough that false allegations of sexual misconduct (things radically incompatible with the facts) are known low-probability side effects of some sedatives.

Yup. I wonder if she thought it but didn't actually say it.

 

[lpetrich]

Democratic Rep. Cori Bush on her memoir and her 'politivist' approach to Congress : NPR
Interviewed by Juana Summera.

SUMMERS: Now, as she nears the end of her first term as a Democrat representing St. Louis, Bush is out with a new memoir, "The Forerunner." It starts with her family. Her father, Bush says, was a guy everyone knew - president of her elementary school PTA and, at one time, mayor of the St. Louis suburb where she grew up. He taught his kids to be proud, filled their house with books on Black history. And at Christmas, Bush's father scoured stores to make sure his daughters had dolls that looked like them.

BUSH: I'm dark-skinned. My sister is light-skinned. Like, there is a big difference in our color. But my dad never made a - he made sure that we understood, your Black is beautiful. You're beautiful the way you are.

Thus trying to avoid "colorism".

SUMMERS: Bush writes that she thrived in elementary school, but that confidence was shattered when she started high school at an elite, overwhelmingly white Catholic school.

BUSH: It just ripped apart everything that I had believed about myself, and I had nothing left. Like, I was - I remember when I took that entrance exam, and that administrator said to me, well, we don't believe you scored this high. We believe you cheated. And then, after that, just being tripped in the hallway, being called the N-word repeatedly. There were all of these moments where it was just like, I want you to know that we don't want you here.

SUMMERS: Bush eventually transferred to a school she says was more supportive, co-ed and Black. But by then, she says something in her had died.

Then about her adult life as a working-poor person: low-wage jobs, living in her car, surviving sexual violence and abusive partners..

 

[lpetrich]

Then about the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson IL in 2014.

BUSH: It was this photo of this 18-year-old boy laying in the street, uncovered. And just throughout the day, you know, I just kept seeing this photo. And we didn't know - like, there was no playbook before that. There was no instruction manual saying, do this if this happens. We just reacted to this happening. And it absolutely woke people up because what happened was, there were protests that started all across the country, you know, in solidarity with what was happening in Ferguson. And I'll never forget, in our community, there were people from all over the world who showed up to be out there with us.

The book leaves off when CB prepared for her first term in Congress.

BUSH: You know, I think about when I first entered Congress. I wanted to represent the people of St. Louis to the best of my ability and then push further than that ability, but still unsure about what I could really affect - what I could really do being a freshman. And now that we've been able to do so much - you know, the eviction moratorium that happened back, you know, when we were out there protesting on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, which we've heard many times, was an unprecedented action. And then, just money that we have been able to get for the St. Louis area. So I'm going into this second term. I'm a lot more sure of the work. I have my shoulders back, my head up - you know? - and I am ready to walk into Congress in this next session completely confident that I'm doing what the people are asking.

She's an activist at heart, and she's found Congress to be a good platform for activism. Much like AOC, and the two women are good friends.

She calls herself a "politivist", a word she coined for a combination of politician and activist.

 

[Derec]

Handsome profit? We are talking $100k (an advance).

Nothing to sneeze at for an advance.

You have no idea about America's grade of "socialism".

Which is, in your opinion, what exactly?

 

[Derec]

It has virtually no accountability because our justice system isn't designed to manage Police actions.

There is both internal and external accountability. Just because a cop is not charged every time an angry mob demand it, does not mean there isn't any accountability.

After all, the guy died in Minnesota because of a medical condition after being handcuffed.

Who do you mean?

This is "Bad English".

It's bad English to think that "defund police" means "more accountability for police".

"Defund" seems to imply lower funding for the police

"Defund" means "remove funding". Which implies at least a substantial reduction in funding, if not all of it. Not just a little bit at the edges.

so they aren't a SWAT team in the field for casual speeding tickets.

That's just nonsense. SWAT teams are not used for traffic stops. Now, officers who conduct traffic stops are armed - and for a good reason - but that is a far cry from SWAT.

If she said "Abolish" the police, that'd mean "abolish" the police.

She did not go quite as far as some, but "defund police" is still a pretty radical demand. As is "defund Pentagon" which she also subscribes to.

 

[Derec]

BUSH: It was this photo of this 18-year-old boy laying in the street, uncovered. And just throughout the day, you know, I just kept seeing this photo.

First of all, an 18 year old is not a "boy". Second, these couple of sentences underline that it has been all about emotionalism, not facts of the shooting.

And we didn't know - like, there was no playbook before that. There was no instruction manual saying, do this if this happens.

How about letting the investigation into the shooting proceed and accepting the facts?
Instead, #BLM decided that burning down the QT and smashing the city is the new "playbook".

you know, the eviction moratorium

It was a horrible idea to let that moratorium continue past the point when the economy reopened. And Bush wanted it to continue indefinitely, probably even until this day.

She's an activist at heart, and she's found Congress to be a good platform for activism. Much like AOC, and the two women are good friends.

Two extremist peas in a pod.