you want people to be more comfortable with their sexuality. These new generations are just that.
If you want people to come out of the closet, you're going to have to deal with the fact that most of them are not going to be like you.
The people coming out of the closet don't act like you, they don't like what you like, they don't look like you, they don't like your labels.
This is something older lesbians are going to have to get over.
You get pissed when women identify as lesbians but sleep with/kiss men. So no one wants to identify as lesbian anymore
you talk shit about/ostracize anyone who identifies as bisexual, so no one wants to identify as bisexual.
People are now in a place where they don't feel the need to identify as anything, they will get shit from all sides for whatever they choose to identify as.
Teenagers don't even know what the hell they are. They discover. They don't need a label. They don't need to act the way you want them to
31 May 2014
25 May 2014
Am I hearing this right?
If a child bullies another by broadcasting their torment, And the person being tormented commits suicide. Fuck them. They're weak. The tormenter should face no consequences
But if a man's own words are recorded by another, and that man loses his job. The person recording him is a worthless piece of shit and should be prosecuted to the fullest level.
capturing someone's face or actions or words, in any situation, is a violation (of rights).
But if a man's own words are recorded by another, and that man loses his job. The person recording him is a worthless piece of shit and should be prosecuted to the fullest level.
capturing someone's face or actions or words, in any situation, is a violation (of rights).
18 May 2014
Deep Thought
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me
Ayn Rand
Credit where credit is due
02 May 2014
Foundation of the -isms
I'm going to change my view on this
There are four foundations for the -isms.
The fourth one being power.
Maybe the most important reason I don't use the -ism words
Is privilege the same as power?
If you have no power over me, can you be a part of the -ists?
Or are you just an ignorant delusional asshole?
Realize that you are talking to people who think discrimination and prejudice are good things. And no one should be scorned for antagonism because...free speech
Now, If you call someone a racist, that means you are playing the race card and the issue you are actually addressing should be minimizes and disregarded.
Then the concentration should be on you and how you are the actual racist. And the person you called a racist is actually the one being oppressed (or just say something negative about black people. It's a good catchall.).
*previous post
I'm a little black and white about the -isms. Sexism, racism, ableism, heterosexism, etc.
When talking to people, I usually don't even use the -ism words.
I like to talk about the foundations.
For me, there are three foundations for the -isms.
Ignorance,
Delusion (usually of grandeur). Actually, the basis of this delusion is usually fear.
and Assholes.
Ignorance you can fix. It's usually the fact that they haven't had much interaction with 'the other'(that they even think there is an 'other'). They believe what they've been told. They think the media speaks truth (big no-no). They rely on preconceived notions with little facts.
All curable with time and patience.
Delusion is a little harder. This is based on passed trauma (or conceived trauma) It might take some serious counseling. Their mindset might never change.
Then there's the asshole. You have to watch them and realize that they're not focused on the -isms. They're focused on hurting people or finding entertainment from people's suffering. I wouldn't recommend interacting with them. Call it what it is and move on.
*Last posted 5/16/11
There are four foundations for the -isms.
The fourth one being power.
Maybe the most important reason I don't use the -ism words
Is privilege the same as power?
If you have no power over me, can you be a part of the -ists?
Or are you just an ignorant delusional asshole?
Realize that you are talking to people who think discrimination and prejudice are good things. And no one should be scorned for antagonism because...free speech
Now, If you call someone a racist, that means you are playing the race card and the issue you are actually addressing should be minimizes and disregarded.
Then the concentration should be on you and how you are the actual racist. And the person you called a racist is actually the one being oppressed (or just say something negative about black people. It's a good catchall.).
*previous post
I'm a little black and white about the -isms. Sexism, racism, ableism, heterosexism, etc.
When talking to people, I usually don't even use the -ism words.
I like to talk about the foundations.
For me, there are three foundations for the -isms.
Ignorance,
Delusion (usually of grandeur). Actually, the basis of this delusion is usually fear.
and Assholes.
Ignorance you can fix. It's usually the fact that they haven't had much interaction with 'the other'(that they even think there is an 'other'). They believe what they've been told. They think the media speaks truth (big no-no). They rely on preconceived notions with little facts.
All curable with time and patience.
Delusion is a little harder. This is based on passed trauma (or conceived trauma) It might take some serious counseling. Their mindset might never change.
Then there's the asshole. You have to watch them and realize that they're not focused on the -isms. They're focused on hurting people or finding entertainment from people's suffering. I wouldn't recommend interacting with them. Call it what it is and move on.
*Last posted 5/16/11
01 May 2014
White Privilege = House Negro
Divide and conquer
I think, in order to get people to acknowledge their privilege, you have to show them how that privilege oppresses them.
Privilege is just that, privilege. Privilege is something that can be given and taken away by a more powerful force.
White privilege was given so that workers would be divided.
White privilege was given by the heads of private industry in order to prevent worker (slave) revolt
What's happening now, is that white people are seeing white privilege as the sham it is, but in a clouded mirror.
They see that white privilege is not real power.
We've never met the people with real power. The people who give white people their privilege and take it away.
The leaders of private industry have us so twisted that we still fight amongst ourselves when white people see that their privileges are being taken away.
What white people need to see now, is that the heads of industry don't need white privilege as much as they did back then.
We are successfully divided. They use class privilege now.
They don't need working white people to have more privilege because they have successfully created a global economy where they can oppress us and people in other countries.
They can use class and nationalism to divide people of the world.
So when white people talk about their current struggles (struggles that people of color have been going through for centuries before), they need to know that their privilege is being taken away. Because it's almost unnecessary.
The leaders of private industry have complete control over our government, our laws.
The leaders have created a culture where they can redistribute wealth to the wealthiest individuals and make us believe that the poor and people who can't find jobs are the ones threatening our prosperity.
And yet, institutional racism, the racism where a person of color is sent to jail with higher frequency, higher sentencing, less opportunity for jobs and housing when they get out of prison, is still working very well.
When white people get more government assistance, yet the face of welfare is black... we're successfully divided.
The seeds have been planted and the trees are fruitful
WE have fallen for the best strategy of the minority (wealthy) against the majority (working class).
Divide and Conquer
There is no need for an apology.
There's no need to be ashamed to be white
There is a need for seeing the part you play in a game you didn't create
There is a need to see that working class white people are pawns
You didn't create the game. and it's time to stop playing along
We're made to believe that marginalized groups had no true power to begin with. When really, their power was just systematically taken from them
and barriers people can easily overcome, or rather, traits about them have become barriers because we perceive them to be barriers.
All people are strong if they are allowed to find their strength and learn how that strength can be used in cooperation to form a better society
Patriarchy is still about providing false privilege to men by denying women access to the tools (and each other) that give them power.
It's still about this false premise that women are weaker or that being a woman is somehow a physical barrier to something
But when you look back on your childhood and the childhood of our ancestors, you see how men are given tools and training to develop their physical strength and women are not given those same tools.
You see the difference in physicality of the women who are given those tools at an early age.
The idea of women has the weaker sex is a lie. It's a product of male privilege that, like white privilege, can be given and taken away
patriarchy is still about power and control of the few over the many.
It's still about wealth. Patriarchy is about maintaining power and control over property, resources, people
The leaders just changed the nature of the game.
It's still divide and conquer.
It's easy to exploit perceived weaknesses. It's easy to convince a person they are weaker than others, even when they are not.
It's easy to exploit perceived weaknesses in an individual when you demonize cooperation.
An entire family who is oppressed by one man, because they are pitted against each other and don't realize that they can overcome that one man if they unite as a true family.
Physical and mental barriers are barriers because we refuse to cooperate.
We refuse to acknowledge the strength of those with perceived weaknesses.
Originally posted 3/14/11
I think, in order to get people to acknowledge their privilege, you have to show them how that privilege oppresses them.
Privilege is just that, privilege. Privilege is something that can be given and taken away by a more powerful force.
White privilege was given so that workers would be divided.
White privilege was given by the heads of private industry in order to prevent worker (slave) revolt
What's happening now, is that white people are seeing white privilege as the sham it is, but in a clouded mirror.
They see that white privilege is not real power.
We've never met the people with real power. The people who give white people their privilege and take it away.
The leaders of private industry have us so twisted that we still fight amongst ourselves when white people see that their privileges are being taken away.
What white people need to see now, is that the heads of industry don't need white privilege as much as they did back then.
We are successfully divided. They use class privilege now.
They don't need working white people to have more privilege because they have successfully created a global economy where they can oppress us and people in other countries.
They can use class and nationalism to divide people of the world.
So when white people talk about their current struggles (struggles that people of color have been going through for centuries before), they need to know that their privilege is being taken away. Because it's almost unnecessary.
The leaders of private industry have complete control over our government, our laws.
The leaders have created a culture where they can redistribute wealth to the wealthiest individuals and make us believe that the poor and people who can't find jobs are the ones threatening our prosperity.
And yet, institutional racism, the racism where a person of color is sent to jail with higher frequency, higher sentencing, less opportunity for jobs and housing when they get out of prison, is still working very well.
When white people get more government assistance, yet the face of welfare is black... we're successfully divided.
The seeds have been planted and the trees are fruitful
WE have fallen for the best strategy of the minority (wealthy) against the majority (working class).
Divide and Conquer
There is no need for an apology.
There's no need to be ashamed to be white
There is a need for seeing the part you play in a game you didn't create
There is a need to see that working class white people are pawns
You didn't create the game. and it's time to stop playing along
We're made to believe that marginalized groups had no true power to begin with. When really, their power was just systematically taken from them
and barriers people can easily overcome, or rather, traits about them have become barriers because we perceive them to be barriers.
All people are strong if they are allowed to find their strength and learn how that strength can be used in cooperation to form a better society
Patriarchy is still about providing false privilege to men by denying women access to the tools (and each other) that give them power.
It's still about this false premise that women are weaker or that being a woman is somehow a physical barrier to something
But when you look back on your childhood and the childhood of our ancestors, you see how men are given tools and training to develop their physical strength and women are not given those same tools.
You see the difference in physicality of the women who are given those tools at an early age.
The idea of women has the weaker sex is a lie. It's a product of male privilege that, like white privilege, can be given and taken away
patriarchy is still about power and control of the few over the many.
It's still about wealth. Patriarchy is about maintaining power and control over property, resources, people
The leaders just changed the nature of the game.
It's still divide and conquer.
It's easy to exploit perceived weaknesses. It's easy to convince a person they are weaker than others, even when they are not.
It's easy to exploit perceived weaknesses in an individual when you demonize cooperation.
An entire family who is oppressed by one man, because they are pitted against each other and don't realize that they can overcome that one man if they unite as a true family.
Physical and mental barriers are barriers because we refuse to cooperate.
We refuse to acknowledge the strength of those with perceived weaknesses.
Originally posted 3/14/11
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