A leftist who detests bigotry in all its forms.
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Trans woman commits suicide after Daily Mail attack If this makes you as angry as it makes me, then contact his publishers and/or sign this petition calling for him to be fired from his £700k a year job as a writer.
Lucy Meadows was a primary school teacher who did nothing other than to transition while keeping her job in the school. Unable to get her fired under the equal rights act, the more bigoted members of the community contacted the Daily Mail, and Richard Littlejohn wrote a column personally attacking her. He used the young children that she taught as a weapon, insisting that the transition would “damage their innocence”, referring to Miss Meadows as “he” throughout and declaring that she was putting her own wants above the well-being of the children she taught.
She was subsequently harassed by the press, all because she dared to transition and keep living her life like any other normal human being.
The Daily Mail only removed all mention of Miss Meadows from its article after she killed herself this week.
(via viritan)
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I probably won’t be updating nearly as much, going forward
I still detest tumblr sj, but honestly paying any attention to them isn’t good for me. I’ve unfollowed the anti-sj blogs I follow, although I appreciate what they do, because knowing what kind of people exist in the sj community didn’t fix anything, just made me mad at people I can’t change.
There are some awful people on tumblr using some warped idea of justice to bully and shame people for people for things out of their control, and I hate them as much as ever. But it’s a lot easier to keep up with my dash , and a lot more enjoyable to use the site, when they’re out of sight and out of mind.
Keep fighting the good fight. If I see a good post from one of the blogs I follow for other reasons, either a politics post or an anti-sjw one, I’ll reblog it here, but I doubt I’ll maintain this blog like I used to.
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The Violence Against Women Act has been reauthorized
The Republicans caved. It now applies to abuse committed on native reservations, abuse aimed at immigrants, and abuse in same-sex partnerships.
Took them long enough. Hallelujah.
(Also, if any MRAs want to start an argument, keep in mind that despite the name it thankfully does not only apply to women beaten by their spouses. Battered men benefit from the same protections in the law.)
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the stupid little girl who dared: honestly nonchristians are not that oppressed. i’m really only talking... honestly nonchristians are not that oppressed. i’m really only talking about western white ppl who are new atheists or pagans or some bullshit right now, as you may notice these people are the quickest to drop a christians-have-privileges-over-me bomb.
i honestly see a lot more “privilege” in the…
If you took the time to read through the #atheism page, among the standard posts regarding atheism, religion, and science, you’ll also find stories of what’ve happened to people when they either came out or identified as atheists, some lost their connections to their families, some have been kicked out of their homes, some have been made into social pariahs, all because of what we are.
However, your post is about the alleged nonexistence of Christian privilege. I will remind you that in sociological terms, “privilege” is an advantage or preferential treatment given to people in a set group, usually unbeknownst to them.
So let me ask you, when the president ends a speech with the phrase “…and may god bless America.” Do you have to wonder which god they meant? No, because it’s automatically assumed that they are referring to the Christian God.
When you read a newspaper, you’ll see headlines reading “Islamic Terrorists Arrested.” but never “Christian Abortion Clinic Bombers Arrested.” Why? Because it is assumed that everyone in the US is Christian unless otherwise specified.
When testifying in court, the default item to swear in with is a Bible, and anyone who wishes to swear on the Constitution or a Book of Law has to request to do so in advance, again, because it’s assumed everyone in the US is Christian.
These are only three examples of Christian Privilege, but you can rest assured that there are many, many more. It’s all around the country, and the very notion that you think you can talk down to us for criticizing your beliefs demonstrates it more clearly than any of the other examples I’ve listed above.
(via janjancolored)
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non-violence isn’t about being nice
It’s about setting up situations so that the bad guys will be forced to either do the right thing or be openly and undeniably violent.
And then when the bad guys are openly violent, it makes it possible to point out the violent nature of their everyday behavior.
It’s not about being gently persuasive. It’s about provoking people in ways that provide clarity.
(via lyraeon)
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Download These Slides and Take Your Picture with Them To Help Raise Awareness
anarchistpeopleofcolor is a blog I would recommend strongly. I really appreciate their reblog choices.
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The only reason SJWs say “Power + Prejudice = Racism” is to absolve themselves of guilt.
Face it, you want to sound like you’re in the right, and when you can avoid being called racist that just makes you feel as if you’ve done no wrong.
FUCK WHITE PEOPLE? Oh, that’s bad? SORRY, I’M NOT RACIST.
DIE WHITEY? Oh, but it’s not racist!
Yeah, come up with a new excuse guys.(via socialjusticefail)
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dumbthingssocialjusticeblogssay:
I’m white then.
Kudos to OP for having no idea how language development works. I have no idea how to correctly pronounce something = I’m racist.
I think this goes for non-Anglo names, which, you know, white people as well as PoC can have. Also, many PoC in the Western world have Anglo names that these people would have no problem pronouncing.
No one ever gets my surname right. I always have to spell it out for people. My surname doesn’t come from outside of Europe. It doesn’t even come from outside of Great Britain.
If your surname comes from England or is common enough, regardless of your racial origin, it will be pronounced correctly. If not - whether your family comes from Africa, Asia, or Scotland - people are going to screw it up.
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An alleged image of Golden Dawn members patrolling a Tripolis hospital searching for immigrant patients. Once they find people they perceive as immigrants, they use force to remove them from the hospitals. Rumor has it this is now a regular practice throughout Greece. What’s worse is police officers haven’t tried to stop them and some of the hospitals’ staff even cooperate with them.
Racist and xenophobic sentiments within a society are always exploited and even promoted by fascists during an economic crisis. Rather than blaming the plutocrats, corrupt politicians and corporate greed for a country’s economic decline, fascists will blame PoC, religious minorities and immigrants in order to gain sociopolitical power.My one criticism is that ethnic tension is not always racial, and ethnic minorities of the same “race” can just as easily be targets as visible minorities. For instance, Mussolini banned all languages other than Italian, and Franco oppressed the hell out of the Basques and Catalans.
Otherwise this post is spot-on.
(via thepeoplesrecord)
