4.3 years ago, I felt like the United States bitch slapped me straight across the face. Over the last 4 years, I've felt subjected to repeated existential abuse, a fresh set of wounds just as I was getting over the last ones. 1/

I started posting on Twitter as a way to express my rage and fear. As a steward of my Firm and as an "influencer," I felt buttoned up elsewhere. At home, with a man who repeatedly told me "what harm can 4 years do?" I felt misunderstood (at best), and betrayed (more often). 2/
It was on Twitter that I discovered I wasn't the only one who crawled into the bathtub and wept on Nov 9 2016, I wasn't the only one who saw the threat to our democracy, I wasn't the only one who was learning--day by day--how many who shared our borders won't share our values. 3/
It was on Twitter that I discovered how many people still love our country, however much we sometimes hate our country. 4/
To all the judges who pressed their shoulders into the bulwark of our Republic, who leaned in to reinforce the mettle of our Constitution, thank you. I have never been more proud to be a member of the bar in my life. 5/
To all the lawyers who advocated on behalf of free elections, and in so doing, upheld the very framework of our democracy, thank you. I have been humbled by the union of your skill and activism. 6/
To all the journalists who chose to report with justice, who relentlessly checked those in power, who deployed every weapon at their disposal to supply us not only with facts, but with hope, thank you. 7/
To all of you, who've shared this journey with me, whether for 4 yrs or 4 mos, thank you for your rage, fear, your honesty. Thank you for inspiring me to recommit to the ideals I had when I was a little girl learning English, when I studied Con Law, when I cast my first vote. 8/
Just 2 more hours, all, and we finally get to unsaddle ourselves from one of the most heinous mistakes in our history and begin the hard work of learning from it. I can't wait to start that chapter with you all!!

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I don't normally do threads like this but I did want to provide some deeper thoughts on the below and why having a video game based on a real world war crime from the same people that received CIA funding isn't the best idea.

This will go pretty in depth FYI.


The core reason why I'm doing this thread is because:

1. It's clear the developers are marketing the game a certain way.

2. This is based on something that actually happened, a war crime no less. I don't have issues with shooter games in general ofc.

Firstly, It's important to acknowledge that the Iraq war was an illegal war, based on lies, a desire for regime change and control of resources in the region.

These were lies that people believed and still believe to this day.

It's also important to mention that the action taken by these aggressors is the reason there was a battle in Fallujah in the first place. People became resistance fighters because they were left with nothing but death and destruction all around them after the illegal invasion.

This is where one of the first red flags comes up.

The game is very much from an American point of view, as shown in the description.

When it mentions Iraqi civilians, it doesn't talk about them as victims, but mentions them as being pro US, fighting alongside them.

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