This Sunday, 2 AUG 2020, Citizens Against Intolerance and the League of United Latin American Citizens will be telecasting a virtual rally to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the issuance of Executive Order 9981, which desegregated the US military. The rally is virtual because of Washington, DC’s COVID-19 response precautions and orders and was recorded this past Sunday, 26 JUL 2020.
From our about page for the Rally to Honor Heroes:
The League of United Latin American Citizens and Citizens Against Intolerance
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has partnered with Citizens Against Intolerance (CAI) to conduct a voter registration drive and rally to celebrate the 72nd Anniversary of Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 2020, and to galvanize voters to turn out, November 3, 2020, to exercise their civic duty. LULAC and CAI will conduct a program to “Honor our Heroes” in Black Lives Matter Plaza, Washington D.C., with a star-studded array of some of the world’s leading experts in their respective fields of public policy and social justice.
You can register for the virtual rally at this link, which includes some further details:
Date:: Sunday, August 2, 2020
Time:: 2:00 pm EDT – 4:30 pm EDT
Place: LivestreamSpeakers:
Troy Mosley, President, Citizens Against Intolerance
Rick Collins, Co-Chair, Richard Colllins III Foundation
Dawn Collins, Co-Chair, Richard Colllins III Foundation
Ty Seidule, Professor of History Emeritus, West Point (invited)
As a teaser, here’s a short clip of LTC (ret) Troy Mosley, the founder and president of Citizens Against Intolerance:
We hope to virtually see you all there! And please share the info far and wide.
Open thread!
Full disclosure: I am the senior advisor for policy at Citizens Against Intolerance.
Gin & Tonic
Forgive my ignorance, but who is Richard Collins III?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
I’ll be working this Sunday, so I’ll probably miss it. Looks interesting!
raven
withdrawn
WaterGirl
same as raven.
Ken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Richard_Collins_III
MC
I hope I’m not bombing this thread, but does anyone have suggestions/resources on how to deal with suicidal thoughts? I have had enough. I need something to hold onto.
WaterGirl
@MC: I’m sorry to hear that you are in such a dark place.
Have you thought about how you would go about putting those thoughts into action? If the answer is yes, you should call a suicide hotline immediately.
Phylllis
@MC: Please call 1-800-273-8255. Be gentle with yourself.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Ken:
Guy has racist memes on his phone and was apart of an alt-right Facebook group and yet according to the judge there was no evidence the murder had no racial motivation; that it was “utter speculation”. Did Hill need a written confession by Urbanski that he was a racist and that’s why he murdered Collins?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@MC:
I’m sorry you’re feeling that way. You should definitely call the number @Phylllis: listed. It’s the national suicide prevention lifeline. There are always people who care about you
raven
@MC: When I get hit hard with negative thoughts it try to focus on the notion that thoughts are like clouds. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t seek support.
laura
@MC: please do not suffer in silence. Help is a phone call away.
Better days are ahead. I promise.
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/talk-to-someone-now/
Benw
@MC: Be kind to yourself and realize that there are people who want to help you. Someone will answer if you call the National Suicide Lifeline 1-800-273-8255.
Adam L Silverman
@MC: Call now!!!
Adam L Silverman
@MC: Here’s the link to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s website:
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Mike in NC
Good to know that these two organizations are out there. Looking forward to reading more.
Charluckles
@MC:
You are not alone in these thoughts. Call for help. You belong here and are valued.
Adam L Silverman
@Mike in NC: Here’s our about page:
https://www.citizensagainstintolerance.org/about
And here’s the post introducing the organization to the Balloon Juice community back on June 2nd:
https://balloon-juice.com/2020/06/02/an-announcement-for-the-balloon-juice-community-citizens-against-intolerance/
Adam L Silverman
@MC: Hold on to that we want you here commenting for years and years to come! And that there are people in your non-virtual life that want you around for years and years to come too!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Adam L Silverman:
God, was that all the way back on June 2nd? Damn, time has flown, hasn’t it?
Yutsano
@MC: Bomb the thread! I sincerely hope you call the number. Or if Adam is okay with it e-mail him. We’re certainly here for you as well.
Omnes Omnibus
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): More background.
Adam L Silverman
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): As long as my bills are paid on time, during the year of COVID-19, time has no meaning.
Adam L Silverman
@Yutsano: Why should MC be the only person who reads Balloon Juice who doesn’t get to email me?//
MC can email any time.
Omnes Omnibus
@Adam L Silverman: Also expressed this way.
Adam L Silverman
@Omnes Omnibus: That too!
WaterGirl
@MC: I hope you will call the numbers that Adam and Phyllis supplied, or call a local suicide hotline.
I can promise you that there will be a caring person on the other end of the call. We had 48-hours of training when I volunteered for the local suicide hotline, so with that kind of training you know it’s staffed with knowledgable people who care.
Yutsano
Gonna go way OT here but: who had woke Ammon Bundy on their 2020 Bingo card’? The comments from the wingnuts are *chef kiss* beautiful.
WaterGirl
@Yutsano:. I’m going with “no one had that on their bingo card”. Wow.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Omnes Omnibus:
Thanks.
Urbanski manually saved those memes onto his phone. He viewed them at some point. I don’t think it should matter whether he saw them on the day of the murder or not. It was hate-based imo
Adam L Silverman
@Yutsano: The 6th seal of the apocalypse has been broken!!!!//
More seriously, as you listen to him, it is very clear, that his defunding the police thing is completely in line with his usual anti-government schtick. It’s the BLM bit that has me a bit off kilter.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: So it turns out that his belief system is somewhat consistent and he applies it consistently. Good for him. He’s still a loon.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Adam L Silverman:
True that. During my voluntary 3 month LOA, I burned through a little bit of my savings. The stimulus check and this year’s state and federal tax returns definitely helped soften the blow for me. I don’t have many bills thankfully atm. Can’t imagine the stress many are going through with the end of the enhanced unemployment insurance benefits
Omnes Omnibus
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Can you prove that opinion beyond a reasonable doubt?
Jay
@MC:
MC, call, please call.
things get better, I promise. stay alive. There is a future.
I know.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Yutsano:
“If you think Antifa are the ones who are going to take away your freedom, you must have a problem with your mind.”
Ammon Bundy, 2020
Wow! I mean, it is in line with his anti-government politics, but yeah speaking out of support of the evil Antifa is especially a sin on the right these days.
Ammon Bundy doesn’t seem to understand that for most of the right, being anti-government is only fashionable when Democrats are in charge
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Omnes Omnibus:
I don’t know, but it would’ve been nice if the jury would’ve gotten a chance to decide that. I’m not the only one who is disturbed by the ruling
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Adam L Silverman:
Tbf, I think he spoke out against the family separation policy as well
rikyrah
Omnes Omnibus
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): No one is saying that he wasn’t racist. Not even the defense argued that. Can you or anyone prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he killed Collins because Collins was black?
Jay
Adam L Silverman
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): He spoke out against the government separating his family from his family’s cows.
Omnes Omnibus
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): People are disturbed by rulings in criminal trials all the time.
ETA: He was convicted of first degree murder by a jury that needed less than two hours to deliberate. It’s not as though dismissing the hate crime charge is going to change anything. Also, his life in prison will be strongly affected by the racial circumstances.
Jay
Looks like the tear gas didn’t “take” on the Mayor.
Maybe an unmarked van, unmarked goons and a secret detention center might be in order.
Jay
@Adam L Silverman:
Nuneism?
MC
I’m okay for the moment. Thanks, everyone. I’ll be around.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@MC:
Glad to hear it. If you ever have thoughts like that and think of means to carry them out, seek help please. We care about you and want you to stick around to contribute
Adam L Silverman
@Jay: No. If it was Nuneism, he’d be sueing a fake cow.
Adam L Silverman
@MC: GOOD!!!!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Omnes Omnibus:
Yeah, he is going to rot in prison for the rest of his life. I guess I can live with that
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus:
This typo is just gawjuss. And yes he’s still a total whackjob. Pisses me off he got off.
@Adam L Silverman: Oh it’s partially consistent. But the support for BLM made me go whaaaa? And the fact that his whitebread “followers” lost their shit because of this is just catnip to me.
Yutsano
@MC: Frabjous! Still get some kind of help. Get through this night then please get a hold of a health care worker tomorrow. And if nothing else, look at ducks. Any kind of ducks. Because ducks can be your new happy.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: Ducks?
Adam L Silverman
@Yutsano: All while he’s trying to overthrow the Republican governor of Idaho over COVID-19 emergency orders.
Adam L Silverman
@Omnes Omnibus:
Jay
@Omnes Omnibus: lndian Runners, pure stress relief