horserace brain is going to kill us all. "wedge issue" is derogatory, it's a term that refers to venal politics, and here it's used as a simple fact of the matter, as natural and inarguable as the air we breathe

KMkevinmkruse.bsky.socialOct 9, 2024 12:55am

"Most of the White Citizens Councils' ads do not criticize the Negro community in general. Instead, they zero in on specific wedge cases, such as Negro men in sports, Negroes sharing bathrooms and swimming pools, the use of taxpayer funds for the welfare of Negro prisoners ...."

"Oh, we don't hate you or want to drive you out of public life and then existence in general, just death by a thousand cuts. Why can't we discuss this in a civilized manner?"