Karen Attiah: “The Washington Post Fired Me”
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Former Washington Post opinion columnist Karen Attiah this morning on Bluesky: “I’ve been fired from the Washington Po

She made only one direct reference to Kirk, quoting his own words:

“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. - Charlie Kirk

  • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    A republic is a kind of democracy, and we’re not even a functioning one of those, considering most of our elected officials don’t represent the public.

    • NateNate60@lemmy.world
      1·
      20 hours ago

      Republics are not all democracies, and not all democracies are republics.

      • Republic and democracy: France, Germany, South Korea, Singapore
      • Democracy, but not a republic: Japan, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
      • Republic, but not a democracy: North Korea, Russia, Venezuela
      • Neither a republic nor a democracy: Saudi Arabia, Eswatini, Vatican City