Racist messages telling people that they were selected to pick cotton for a plantation group have been received across the country -- including in the Detroit area.

Summary

Women across Detroit and other U.S. locations, including Virginia and universities in Alabama and South Carolina, have reported receiving racist text messages instructing them to “pick cotton at the nearest plantation.”

The messages, which include threats and references to white supremacist groups, have raised concerns among recipients.

FOX 2 Detroit received multiple reports from affected women, with similar cases reported by news outlets in Atlanta and Virginia.

The source and motive behind these messages remain unclear, with some online speculation suggesting possible foreign interference aimed at sowing division in the U.S.

  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
    52·
    15 hours ago

    I don’t know why you think this is naive. We might not be able to know or actualize the path the peace but that does not mean it isn’t there.

    The present danger doesn’t say anything about what is the most effective way to resist or diffuse this danger. Do you think you have the strength of arms to defeat the US military? Now that I would call naive.

    • Carmakazi@lemmy.world
      83·
      16 hours ago

      I think its naive to think that every single armed conflict in history could have been avoided if only certain people had the vision to “take the path of peace,” whatever that means in the circumstance. Since peace requires at least two opposing parties, you can also derive it to mean “we would have peace if bad, violent people weren’t bad and violent” which is simply a waste of breath and keystrokes to say.

      Bad people are bad. Very rarely can we persuade them to be otherwise. Sometimes they have to be fought, because the alternative is to let them abuse and kill you.

      I’ll give you this, I think the only path to avoiding widespread violence in the near future is a mutual, peaceful secession of blue states. I think that is extremely unlikely given that the GOP has nearly all the cards and I believe is in no spirits to negotiate. And it basically says “fuck you, you’re on your own” to vulnerable people in red states.

      Do you think you have the strength of arms to defeat the US military? Now that I would call naive.

      The most I’m willing to say on a public forum right now is that circumstances will be more complex than you’re laying them out as.