Republicans feared Obama because they believed he would enforce the separation of church and state, take their guns, and ruin the economy through Obamacare. The sorts of things that were outrageous to their political sensibilities.
We fear Trump because he presents a clear and present danger to the livelihoods of real people. He wants to erase protections for LBQT+ folk, criminalize equity movements like Black Lives Matter, suppress reporting factual information that portrays him in a negative light, revoke women’s right to bodily autonomy, deport all undocumented immigrants, and legislate discrimination against Muslims. These aren’t just “bad political views,” they’re human rights abuses that he is championing.
Fear of Obama is symbolic of white fear: not getting their way.
Fear of Trump is symbolic of the fears of the marginalized: being subjected to regular harm.
Delaney Robinson, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill alleged Tuesday that a football player at the school raped her in February and that UNC has done nothing about it. In a powerful personal statement she explained how “she did everything a rape victim is supposed to do.”
Tell me again that rape culture is nonexistent.
Tell me again that there’s no crisis on college campuses.
Tell me again that justice will be served if victims “just go to the police.”
TELL ME AGAIN THAT OUR SOCIETY DOESN’T PROTECT RAPISTS AND SPIT ON THEIR VICTIMS.
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.
A gun rights group in North Carolina is raffling off an AR-15 rifle that comes with a photograph of Hillary Clinton that is “very popular at the range,” calling the raffle the “Hillary Clinton Special.” The raffle winner will receive the AR-15, 1,000 rounds of ammunition and the portrait of Clinton. All of the proceeds from the raffle will be put to unsettling use.
How is this not an endorsement of violence on their part?
In a move that will be described by angry men as “an attack on free speech,” Twitter decided that human decency was more important than the right to be a racist on the Internet.
I’m angry. I won’t be as cordial as I usually am in my posts.
Mass shootings have become something of a norm in the US. Turn on the news, see a breaking story, and think, “Another one?” That is not fucking normal.
Gun violence is an issue. Hate crimes are an issue. Guns enable hate crimes. They are responsible for the murder of women, POC, LGBT+ folks, among others.
But there are still people who think the “freedom” to keep and bear arms is somehow more important than protecting human lives. That an outdated portion of the Constitution is more important than protecting the innocent.
FUCK ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS WORTH MORE THAN THE LIVES OF MARGINALIZES PEOPLE.
Unfortunately, gun control isn’t the answer, either. It’s not enough when states with strict laws still enable men to buy a gun and shoot up a school, or a church, or a gay nightclub. It’s not enough.
The only solution we have left is disarmament. Confiscate firearms. Similar regulations have worked for the UK, France, Spain, Australia, Japan, and South Korea.
It’s time the US cared more about human lives than its fetishization with firearms.
I love the phrase “I’m all for equality but isn’t this going a bit too far?” because like. It acknowledges that the issue is a matter of equality and tries to soften the ideological blow of what’s about to be said with the waiver that in most situations equality is totally cool by them, but on this occasion, there is an excess of equality here. Too much equality. This makes people too equal and they cannot in good conscience stand by it. Slow down this equality at once before we get too carried away on people being equal.
“I’m all for everyone being equal but shouldn’t some people be MORE EQUAL than others?”
Honestly, fuck equality. Equality is about sameness, but sameness doesn’t make up for thousands of years of oppression. And it gives rise to these mindsets, these “I’m for equality, which means I’m against affirmative action” sort of statements. The people who say they’re for equality are trying to turn a blind eye to discrimination and injustice, while trying to feel good about how they “don’t see color” or “treat everyone the same.”
Equity needs to be the center of these discussions. Equity means fairness, justice, acknowledging the differences between the privileged and the oppressed, and putting them on level ground by raising them up or lowering them down appropriately. Plus, it’s harder for someone to say “I believe in equity, but I don’t believe in affirmative action,” as it becomes a contradictory statement.
We find out who our true allies are when we shift the conversation from equality to equity.
Can y'all stop pretending people don’t want to see the movie because it has women in it…
People don’t want to see the movie because the trailer sucked the jokes suck and overall it looks like it sucks.
Sexism has nothing to do with it. It’s sad that you would assume that people care as much about the gender of the actors in a movie as you think they do.
I thought feminism wanted to see a world with less sexism, why go out of your way to pretend there’s sexism where there isn’t any?
Because there wasn’t this much outrage over the remakes of Robocop, Clash of the Titans, Total Recall, Evil Dead, Footloose or The Karate Kid prior to their release.
Because the last time we saw this vitriolic behavior over a remake, it was with Annie, which featured a mostly black cast, though people swore it had nothing to do with race. Like how they’re trying to cover their misogyny in the same way.
Because the entire point is to make a movie STARRING WOMEN and FOR WOMEN, and the people that are angry are the usual gatekeepers of nerd culture that have been standing behind their “NO GIRLS ALLOWED” signs for years.
Because people will always make excuses in order to veil and ultimately legitimize their bigotry.
And most importantly, because if the movie was remade with a male cast, it wouldn’t give rise to hate campaigns and boycotts.
