June 15, Monday, 2020 - Tulsa Rally: Rubbing Salt into Old Wounds.

Sheesh and Jiminy Crickets. Drumpf plans to have a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma,  on Juneteenth --what a disgustingly racist play that is. Steve Miller will write his speech, I've heard.  That despicable guy needs to be shown the door. And I don't need it to be a terribly polite move, either. 

Tulsa, where one of the deadliest race massacres ever occurred, when the thriving black community was destroyed almost over night through fire, riots and murder.  This is no coincidence and even if the start of the rally was pushed back by a day, the innuendo is not lost on us.  (The Tulsa History Museum has a write up of the events.  and the Black Wall Street Times has an editorial about the HBO mini-series Watchmen which is based on the events in Tulsa. )

 

And that's not the only thing wrong with the rally. Covid-19 still runs rampant around the land; this is no time to have a face-to-face rally of thousands of people, many of whom don't believe in wearing masks or taking precautions. Tulsa isn't too happy with this plan, as they struggle to contain and manage the disease. 

But I've heard a rumor -- there's a link flying around encouraging folks to sign up for two tickets to the rally and then of course, not go. It's kind of a K-Pop thing. The idea is to siphon the tickets away from Drumpf's fans, making for a smaller crowd. Ingenious! The best part is that the tickets are free, so no loss there.  I have heard that the rally is sold out and that they are building an outdoor stage to handle the crowd.

Hmmmm.

Links about the Massacre

https://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/ 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-happened-99-years-ago-in-the-tulsa-race-massacre

https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2019/10/21/the-realness-of-watchmens-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-scene/