They sent pipe bombs to Obama, Clinton, CNN, and a major Democratic donor. They marched through the streets chanting “Jews will not replace us.” They jailed and brutalized and outright killed Black protesters. They ran a woman down with a car for protesting their hateful rhetoric.
They threatened from the start to resort to violence if they didn’t get their way, and then got their way…and resorted to violence anyway. They are the purveyors of a body of politics that sees most of us as subhuman and undeserving of life, and actively works toward our destruction.
Remember that during this election.
This is not a matter of choosing the “lesser evil”. This is flawed politicians vs. actual fucking terrorists. This is human failings vs. inhumanity. This is not being progressive enough vs. silencing the opposition with violence.
I have a thing about voices and speech cadence, and, y’all can I just talk about Winston Duke for a moment?
Now, I’ve only ever watched him in Black Panther, and as M’Baku, he pitches his voice to be deep, guttural, and loud, and I believe he’s said that the accent of the Jabari people mirrors that of the Kenyan people. It fits his character, and adds fun comedic contrast when he does that giggle after the “we’re vegetarians” joke.
I watched his speech at HeForShe, and heard his voice out of any character for the first time. And, oh my god, it is so incredibly soft and smooth when my only other reference was M’Baku.
He rounds his vowels instead of making them flat (as I’ve heard commonly in the accents of the American South), he lingers on his diphthongs (sh, ch, th, etc), long vowels are often carried on an upwards lilt, and his S sounds are soft and he occasionally lingers on those, too. And his voice will take on a undulating tone whilst speaking for thirty seconds or longer without an extended pause
TL;DR Winston Duke’s voice is beautiful and I could listen to it for hours
They already sent me the degree plan for a Sociology major, with a suggested minor in Psychology…but I just kept feeling this little twinge…this little nudge…the little voice that whispered “Ask them to write up a Psychology degree plan, too.”
I think I already know. It’s going to be hard…and expensive…and time-consuming…but, man…
I really think I can help people.
I think that’s what I’m here for, and why I’ve survived so much shit.