The New Society
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Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein tried to capitalize on Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson flubbing a question on world leaders by listing three figures she liked.
But none of the ones she listed are leaders of their respective countries.
A day after Johnson was unable to name a world leader he admired when asked at an MSNBC town, Stein tweeted out a list of her own.
Read more here
Just a reminder that if you vote for Stein or Johnson, you’re voting for candidates that have similar qualifications as Donald Trump. As in, no meaningful political experience.
Hillary Clinton is literally your only sensible choice in this election. Make sure you vote sensibly.
Don’t forget that in the past you had fucked up views and had soaked up oppressive ideology, including self directed and that you’ve said things or possibly even did things based on those views.
Don’t forget that it’s a constant lifelong process to defeat that in yourself and that you aren’t done yet, any more than anyone else.
Don’t lose sight of your issues, past or present or future because you think you’ve become ideologically pure. Avoid the trap of self righteousness and hypocrisy
Please don’t lose perspective. It’s important.
You must continue to decolonize your mind. It is a lifelong process.
Sometimes, we don’t know who is oppressed in our society until someone with privilege finally speaks out against that oppression. Because of that, we need to understand that there are things that we may say or that we may believe that were contributing to oppression, without us realizing it. Most of us have gone through this process already in learning about our own privileges. But you will never be fully freed from oppressive thinking.
We may strive to create a just and equitable world, but until the end of such a revolution, we must understand that there will be someone who is oppressed. There will be someone whose identity is invalidated, who is looked down upon for their physical appearance, who is treated unfairly because of their mental state, who is seen as “disgusting” because of who they love. We may not always see it, and that’s why there is value in paying attention, at noticing oppressive attitudes and structures, and working to tear them down.
You cannot champion equity when you do not look for inequities to correct.
White dudes: I don’t know who’s worse: Hillary or Trump.
LGBTQ people: Trump is.
Black people: Trump is.
Undocumented immigrants: Trump.
Muslims: It’s Trump.
Women: Trump duh.
White dudes: *shoves head deeper into ass* I just… don’t… know…
WHITE DUDES, if you’re complaining about being lumped into the category of “White dudes” in this post, consider how privileged you are that you can say “I don’t know who’s worse” and get away with it.
im not a misogynist, *but*… its about ethics in game journalism
It’s too real.
Actually, it’s about ethics in driving women out of the games industry.
Lately I’ve noticed people taking the quiz from iSideWith to give them an idea of who they should vote for. Having taken the quiz myself, I found that I align more with Jill Stein than with Hillary Clinton, who I will be voting for in November.
While it is absolutely necessary that voters make informed decisions, I believe sites like iSideWith are doing more harm to the voter base by including third-party candidates, especially in this election cycle. In 2012, the site featured five third-party candidates for users to “side with”. This year, there are two: Jill Stein and Gary Johnson.
Featuring these two candidates, when they will not achieve the necessary poll numbers to reach the CPD’s debate stage, and when they have no mathematical chance of winning the presidency, endangers this election, and
encourages people to “vote their conscience”.
Lots of disgruntled voters have talked about this idea. Bernie-or-Busters, frustrated independents, even Ted Cruz told the RNC to vote their conscience, before throwing his support behind Donald Trump. It’s a way to protest the two-party system, they claim, the candidates both pose a threat to the nation’s future.
Consider the following scenario:
Neither Clinton nor Trump can capture 270 electoral votes. New Mexico, by a miracle, goes to Gary Johnson. What happens now?
In this event, the House of Representatives would immediately elect the next President, with each state delegation receiving one vote. 33 states currently have a majority of Republican representatives to Democratic representatives, therefore, it is reasonable to assume that those 33 states will vote for, and elect, Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States.
And this is why “voting your conscience” is destructive and dangerous. It’s willingly giving your vote to a failed Congress that has had the lowest approval ratings in history. It’s risking the next four years of the country so you can feel pride that you “protested the system.” It’s essentially saying that you do not care who is elected president, and you don’t give a damn about the people whose livelihoods could be jeopardized as a result.
Voting your conscience is saying that your sense of satisfaction matter more than the future of the United States.
Make the right decision, and ensure that Donald Trump stays out of the White House.
Let me clarify something, because it seems that people either refuse to read my initial essay about free speech, or they are choosing to remain ignorant.
“Free speech” is nothing but a shield used to protect ideas that actively harm the oppressed.
This is in reference to people calling themselves “champions” of free speech. The sorts of people like those in the alt-right, who actively and intentionally use “free speech” as an excuse to defend their harassment and violent rhetoric.
Now read it once again, thinking of these people. Why are they so adamant about defending “free speech”? Because if people finally stand up and say that speech deserves restrictions for the protection of social progress, the are no longer able to defend the open exhibition their bigoted, harmful ideas.
To make it absolutely clear: I am not against free speech. I am against the concept of the marketplace of ideas, as well as an absolutist approach to free speech. I believe that certain forms of speech should be restricted and/or censored for the general welfare of society. That’s what my essay was all about, the necessity of placing certain limits on free speech, and not holding it as a gold standard of civilization that should never be questioned.
You don’t end hate speech with more speech. The Internet has made the marketplace of ideas irrelevant, and “bad ideas” are no longer being pushed out, they’re just moving into certain corners of society, where they are allowed to fester, and as long as they exist, we cannot progress.
Sorry, but I still have work to do.
Korryn Gaines
Renisha McBride
Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley-Jones
Miriam Carey
Messy Mya
Sandra Bland
Shelly Frey
Shelley Amos
Cheryl Blount-Burton
Dawn Cameron
Sandra Bee Wilson
Juliette Alexander
Alberta Spruill
Latanya Haggerty
Annette Green
Lenties White
Tameka Evette Anthony
Octavia Suydan
Andrena Kitt
Marcella Byrd
Emma Mae Horton
Angel Chiwengo
Guanda Denise Turner
Andrea Nicole Reedy
U’Kendra Johnson
Annie Holiday
Shonda Mikelson
LaVeta Jackson
Mary Williams
Tesha Reena Collins
Darneisha Harris
Nuwnah Laroche
Clanesha Rayuna Shaqwanda Hickmon
Ciara Lee
Dijon Senay Jackson
Denise Michelle Washinton
Keara Crowder
Tyra Hunter
Clara Fay Morris
Stacey Blount
Tanisha Anderson
Gabriella Monique Nevarez
Keisha Redding
Kendra Diggs
Laquisha Turner
Keoshia L. Hill
Kindra Chapman
Audwyn Fitzgerald Ball
Rosette Samuel
Makiah Jackson
Demetria Dorsey
Jameela Yasmeen Arshad
Joyce Quaweay
Mariah Woods
Jameela Cecila Barnette
Raynetta Turner
Bianca Davis
Patricia Hartley
Martha Regina Donald
Eulia Love
Sophia King
Joyce Curnell
Redel Jones
Tessa “Teesee” Hardeman
Tamara Seidle
Alicia Griffin
Shulena Weldon
Gina Rosario
Remedy Smith
Emily Marie Delafield
Jacqueline Culp
Delois Epps
Jacqueline Nichols
Queniya Tykia Shelton
Latoya Smith
Jacqueline Reynolds
Makayla Ross
LaTricka Sloan
Ralkina Jones
Elaine Coleman
Iretha Lilly
Gynnya McMillen
Malissa Williams
Janisha Fonville
Mya Hall
Patricia Thompson
Michelle Cusseaux
Janet Wilson
Latandra Ellington
Aubrey Zoe Brown
Terry Pittman
Carulus Hines
Lana Morris
Dominique Hurtt
Michelle “Vash” Payne
Tiffini Kuuipo Tobe
Yvette Henderson
Yuvette Henderson
Tameka Huston
Leronda Sweatt
Kisha Michael
Portia Southern
Kisha Arrone
Jessica Williams
Jessica Nelson-Williams
Vernicia Woodward
Alexia Christian
Tyisha Miller
Kourtney Hahn
Lamia Beard
Perlie Golden
Megan Holladay
Tarkia Wilson
Deshanda “Ta-Ta” Sanchez
Sharon Rebecca McDowell
Ricky Shawatza Hall
Glenda Moore
Danette Daniels
Shontel Edwards
Sharmel Edwards
Lashonda Ruth Belk
Zoraida Reyes
Islan Nettles
Avra Rosser
Natasha Renee Osby
Kathryn Johnson
Rekha Kalawattie Budhai
Natasha McKenna
Shontel Davis
Nizah Morris
Duanna Johnson
Asia Roundtree
Darnisha Harris
Shereese Francis
Alesia Thomas
Tracy A. Wade
Yvette Smith
Lnaaar Edwards
Gabrielle Lane
Varez Michelle Cusseaux
Taneisha Anderson
Aura Rosser
Raynette Turner
Tarika Wilson
Eleanor Bumpurs
Kendra James
Ahjah Dixon
Shantel Davis
Alberta Pruill
Marjorie Domingue
Bessie Louise Stovall
Margaret Mitchell
Darnesha Harris
Frankie Perkins
Monique Deckard
Kayla Moore
Queonna Zophia Edmonds
Sheneque Proctor
Kyam Livingston
Wanda Jean Allen
Kimberly McCarthy
Meagan Hockaday
Litvishma Millerr
Summer Marie Lane
Antoinette Griffin
Desseria Whitmore
Adebusola Tairu
Erica Stevenson
Halley Simone Lee
Erika Tyrone or Erica Rhena Tyrone
Lanaka Lucas
Breeonna Mobley
Antonia Martines Lagares
Delicia C. Myers
Tameika Carter
Dana Larkin
Kassandra Perkins
Rekia Boyd
Stacey Wright
Dorothy Smith Wright
BreeAnne Green
Adaisha Miller
Bettie Jones
Catrell Ford
India Kager
Deresha Armstrong
Chanda White (Pickney)
Sahlah Ridgeway
Marlene Rivera
Lashondria Rice
Brandy Martell
Marquesha McMillan
India Beaty
Chandra Weaver
Teikeia Dorsey
Deanna Cook Patrick
Ashley Sinclair
Zella Ziona
Tiara Thomas
Papi Edwards
India Clarke
Constance Graham
Shade Schurer
Erica Collins
Rosann Miller
Lonfon Chanel
Sonji Taylor
Malaika Brooks
Ashton O’Hara
Vida DeShondrell Byrd
Maria Tripp
Eveline Barros-Cepeda
Rosa Flores Lopez
Sarah Ann Riggins
Ty Underwood
Yazmin Vash Payne
Kandis Capri
Elisha Walker
Keonna Redmond
Rikessa La’Shae Lee
Charquissa Johnson
Fatou-Mata Ntiamoah
MOVE bombing victims
Kristina Grant Infiniti
Ariel Levy
Yolanda Thomas
Marquita Bosley
Barbara Lassere
Taja Gabrielle DeJesus
Tamara Dominguez
Vionique Valnord
Linda Yancey
Penny Proud
Amber Monroe
Brianna Elaine Carmina Ford
Kendrinka T. Williams
Arabella Bradford
Loretta Gerard
Hanna Abukar
Talana Salissa Cain
Diane Kemp
Amber Nashay Carter
Pearlie Golden
Brenda Williams
Catawaba Tequila Howard
Beverly Kirk
Tamu Malika Bouldin
Denise Gay
Anita Gay
Laura Felder
Alice Faye DeFlanders Clausell
Uteva Monique Woods Wilson
Mrnell Robertson Villarreal
K.C. Haggard
Derrinesha Clay
Milinda Clark
Angela Beatrice Randolph
Denise Nicole Glasco
Mercedes Williamson
Dominique Battle
Demetra Boyd
Francine Sonnier
Angelique Styles
Linda Joyce Friday
Shari Bethel Cartmell
Ashaunti Butler
Laniya Miller
I was scrolling and expected the names to stop….but they just kept going…and going…
When this is a list of men, I usually recognize more than half. This list, I’m ashamed to say, is mostly unfamiliar to me. That needs to change.
Stop the misconception that Black Men are the only ones killed. Saying protect our Sons leaves our Daughter vulnerable because their is no one to protect them. These deaths are barely mentioned. And most people can’t name at least five of these names.
My stomach just kept getting tighter and tighter the more I had to scroll, with most names unrecognizable, this has to end.
One name is one too many. Unacceptable.
I think I’ll continue living, but thank you for your concern.
I laughed at this.
Read my argument again, then come back and try.
I’m sorry that you want to silence the voice of a marginalized person speaking out against oppressive structures and social ideals.
I honestly don’t know how to respond to this.
I am not an authoritarian.
I am not a nationalist.
I am not right-wing.
If I am a fascist, your definition of “fascism” is incorrect.
Another comment from someone who didn’t pay attention to the argument.
Put me on the front page.
Embarrassing for whom?
You can choose not to engage with it.
Speech needs restrictions to ensure that it does not contribute to harming marginalized peoples. Yes, fully unrestricted speech poses a danger.
Are you contributing to the marginalization of people with intellectual disabilities?
Signs point to yes.
My speech has not contributed to harming you or any other marginalized person, assuming, of course, that you aren’t simply another cis, white, able-bodied, hetero male.
“Restricting certain forms of speech means no one is able to speak.”
I am, and I will not apologize.
Being able to speak freely without restriction or care for who is harmed by it is not the indicator of a just society.
Again, this is about limiting speech that normalizes oppression and violence, actions that reinforce inequality and injustice in modern society. This is not about restricting speech that combats oppressive structures.
“Restrict speech I don’t like.” Fantastic argument.
I don’t believe speech that combats oppression needs to be restricted. Speech that contributes to oppression should not be fundamentally “free.” It deserves limits, because with it, we become a society that silences the voices of the marginalized.
Apologies for what’s about to come, but I’d like to illustrate the amount of harassment I’ve received for my posts regarding the failures of free speech. Take a moment to read them. I will tag these posts with “Answered.”