I will be writing a follow-up essay to “Abridging the Freedom of Speech,” specifically to answer the criticism that has erupted against it, recently.
Some comments I will address along the way:
“You want to eliminate all free speech/police thoughts.”
“Eliminating speech does not eliminate ideas. It allows them to fester.”
“Freedom of speech should be for everyone, not just those you agree with.”
“Your ideas are unsafe and undesirable, therefore by your own argument, your speech should be eliminated.”
“Who decides who is oppressed?”
“Is there a contemporary community standard committee that will define acceptable speech, like one might find in DPRK?”
“Who appoints censor for elimination of ideas? What is the penalty for thinking?”
“If speech is restricted, then it is not free.“
This will be different from my other essays, since this will be written specifically as a response, but nevertheless, I hope you read it and learn something.
Honestly if your feminism isn’t intersectional of brown, black and all women of color, disabled women, hairy women, bi and pan women, ace women, butch women, women that don’t have sex, women that have a ton of sex, women that do sex work, bigger women, women that deal with substance and drug abuse, lesbians, women that enjoy sterotypically “masculine hobbies”, women of different religions or sects, or trans women it’s B U L L S H I T. If your feminism involves excluding and belittling/constantly harassing other women your feminism is fucking shit and belongs in the toilet just like you.
“It is offensive to hear John Kasich tell black women what we should do with our bodies, though not at all surprising.
John Kasich blames black women for infant mortality, while as Governor, he cuts programs that help black families in Ohio. Kasich has created a web of policies that create unsafe environments for black families.
The black community recognizes the truth – the problem is you.” - Alencia Johnson, Planned Parenthood Action Fund
At the GLAAD Media Awards this weekend, Transparent creator Jill Soloway announced that Caitlyn Jenner would be joining the show for its third season.
The show’s creator and executive producer Jill Soloway called the news “a dream come true” in an interview Saturday at the GLAAD Media Awards.
Soloway would not reveal any details about Jenner’s character, but said they will begin filming her scenes next week. Jenner will appear in the series’ upcoming third season. […]
“We are all part of the same community. A lot of the trans women who work on our show are also in her show, ‘I am Cait,’” Soloway said. “Lots of crossover. Lots of friends.”
I…don’t know how I feel about this. How do you feel about this?
This will only make sense if Jenner is as transphobic on the show as she is in real life.
Congress can't repeal the 2nd or any other amendment. It takes another amendment to do that. You waste your time writing foolish essays about the Constitution in ignorance of it.
“The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified, and later repealed with the Twenty-first Amendment, showing that we are capable of both recognizing the mistakes that we make in lawmaking, as well as proving that we can repeal constitutional amendments.“
I am very much aware of how the Constitution works. Congress must propose any amendment, which must afterward be ratified by three-fourths of the states in order to be formally adopted. It is not an impossibility, even in the modern era.
i dont get offended at white people jokes even though im white because:
i can recognize white people as a whole have systemically oppressed POC in america, which is where i live
most people when they make white people jokes only mean the shitty white people and i am not a shitty white person
im not a pissbaby
my white friends that have reblogged this give me life
4. Sometimes I am a shitty white person and the jokes remind me to FUCKIN STOP
If ur white and like this post I fux with u
^absolutely
5. It’s hard to be offended when white people jokes involve bland food/tourist dads in socks and sandals/white girls in yoga pants obsessed with pumpkin spice/suburban PTA moms and other harmless and mostly true stereotypes while jokes about POC involve them being called thugs/criminals/slurs/uneducated/illegal immigrants.
i fucks with u heavy if ur white and you reblog this
6. They’re usually really fucking funny and don’t perpetuate stereotypes that will ever affect me economically, politically, or cause me any true harm, let alone create risks that “justify” my murder and/or death
