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Wright Thompson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

There is a storage unit somewhere in Chicago right now that his family keeps paying the monthly bill on.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

And it was Mamie Till's storage unit.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

And in it is Emmett Till's toy train.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Man.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

That's tough.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Yeah, it's really something.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

And like, if you want to know whether you're a monster, ask yourself the question, am I comfortable with that story being told in my children's classroom?

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

And if the answer is no, then you need to go to church, man.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Well, that's just the only relief is that, like, if these folks do what they were doing, this is really dangerous.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Yeah.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Like, this is so absurd that, like, this isn't going to stick.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

You know, I mean, the history book I just read you, that's dangerous.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Yeah.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Because it's written in a measured way, even though the idea isn't measured.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

I mean, the political violence is scary.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

And everybody, everybody in one of those offices should sort of tone it down.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Every politician knows how to run a populist campaign.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

They just have all chosen not to for a very long time.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

What you don't want to end up is an America where you have

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

80% of us just trying to raise our kids.