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The minor/adult binary is flawed, justifies domination and lends itself to reactionary politics easily. It is no coincidence that you often see the idea of minors used as weapons against marginalized people. Let me explain things more [1/7]
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#minor #adult #politics #reactionary
The terms themselves are deceptive. 9yos are very different from 17yos in many ways, yet by calling them both simply "minors" it appears as though they are the same thing. The same applies to calling both 18yos and 40yos simply "adults" despite their huge differences [2/7]
Just like any binary, it assumes that both parts are full opposites to each other in their characteristics. Minors are assumed to be helpless, irrational, innocent, weak and naive. Adults are assumed to be independent, rational, mature, strong and self-reliant [3/7]
Everyone who says "#BoThSiDeS" can shove that phrase right up their backside, because of the @GOP using the turocharged capitalist equivalent to #warlordism in #congress and #senate, holding the entire nation as hostages for their reactionary bullshit!
And this "political #instability" and "#political uncertainty" is making the #USA a worse place to invest, conduct business in or with and to have to deal with in general.
Because Ghouls like #McCornell are just being #assholes for the sake of doing so and not facing #accountability for it!
Spoke to @Guardian podcast about growing up in post-War #France... that is post-#Algerian War of Independence, still v. much in living memory. The War’s legacy is perceived in all kinds of aspects of modern life, still blighted by the #colonial experience. 
A point that is easily overlooked by foreign observers is that the 2nd most influential party in #France now was founded by far-right nationalists who wanted to keep #Algeria French. #LePen's FN -now called the Rassemblement National -is openly racist, islamophobic & antiSemitic.
In his '#Separatism' speech @EmmanuelMacron was sugar-coating #reactionary policies based on the premise that 5-6M French #Muslims can’t be trusted to manage their own affairs & required surveillance at all times.The emphasis was that Islam is a chronic #problem around the world
