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14 Jan

While the historical disdain & hatred for women isn't a surprise, the severity of suffering & the unrevealed stories are frightening & devastating. I balk at what we don't know. This report covers 18/41 of these dark mills & only a fraction of the 231 years of their existence. 1/

I'm overwhelmed by the threads & accounts I've been reading over the last few days. I don't want to do it anymore, but at the same time I feel like we all need to bear witness to this atrocity. 2/

We rightly quiver at the though of the innocent babies. those pure beings so effectively eliminated in a fashion the worst of 20th century humanity could have provided; so callously offered up to strangers, given away by those who had no right to rend. 3/

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Sean

@poetsoup

25 Nov 20

Today is the international day for the elimination of violence against women. The violence, harassment & inequity perpetrated & fostered by men against women must stop & it‘s up to men to stop it.

#WhiteRibbonDay

An est 6% of males are rapists, that's approx. 234mil worldwide. This stat comes from two different studies cited below on the veracity of the Enliven Project re: the legal issues around rape, prosecutions & concerns about false accusations.

yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/mee…

In the UK, the number of prosecutions & convictions for rape is down to the lowest level since annual recording began. In Ireland, 50% of women experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime, compared to a fifth of men.

irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4008…

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Sean

@poetsoup

24 Nov 20

https://twitter.com/AmnestyIreland/status/1331295333104701441

the facts of biological reality & sexual dimorphism aren't unkind. just as the support of women's equality on the basis of their sex-class isn't bigotry. who is acting the bigot here? those calling for reflection & discussion or those calling for the removal of democratic rights?

https://twitter.com/AmnestyIreland/status/1331295333104701441

you slandered every person who's spoken up for all the women who feel like they are being erased & for children to be able to lead the healthiest lives possible, both physically & mentally. you've lied about your intentions & cowardly turned off replies. it's unconscionable.

critical thinking is needed for a functioning society. this is an extremely complex issue with so many variations & side roads. but to lay baseless accusations & defame anyone asking for deliberation shows how flimsy your stance is.

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Sean

@poetsoup

24 Nov 20

@HollyCairnsTD

this industry does not need ring-fenced millions from our taxes & mine, incl €2.5m next yearto bring its annual subsidy to + €20m. @HollyCairnsTD & @SocDems are right to challenge this; it's a righteous cause.

irishexaminer.com/opinion/column…

@HollyCairnsTD

but i wonder if @HollyCairnsTD & @SocDems can please respond to the extraordinary measures taken by @AmnestyIreland & @NWCI to effectively lobby the gov, & them as representatives, to deny political representation to a large swath of their constituents?

are Women's & Children's Rights also a noble cause worthy of discussion & respect? are they worthy of a response in the face of the most extraordinary call for direct disenfranchisement of Irish citizens?

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Sean

@poetsoup

23 Sep 20

i'm not an expert, obvs, but IMO referring to the possibility of male violence as "fantasy" multiple x in an argument seems a bit blind & demeaning. an est 6% of males are rapists, that's approx. 234mil worldwide. that's a lot of fantasies, & that's not including DV or common

assault or indeed the persistent occurrences of violent, degrading & sometimes life-threatening messages that women who don't conform to an ideology/dogma receive daily. & since rapists, abusers & misogynists usually don't have a note on their forehead claiming as such, it's

one of the female burdens to be wary of all male bodied people. if Judith Butler wants to term this fantasy, then surely it's a fantasy borne from reality & one that does its best to keep women alive & safe. to condescend that is not constructive or empathetic.

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Sean

@poetsoup

21 Jul 20

@joncoopertweets

@RoseOfHeaven7 @joncoopertweets i agree, defunding should be the priority. remove the police's ability to wage war w/military tech, make a reinvestment in communities by allocating money away from ballooning police budgets into worthwhile programmes. more than that, we should be talking about the improvement

@joncoopertweets

@RoseOfHeaven7 @joncoopertweets of quality of life in terms of housing & education & health-care systems-where you know yourself Black Americans are disproportionately affected by Covid & black women are more likely to die in childbirth. we should be actively fighting redlining & voter suppression. but i also

@joncoopertweets

@RoseOfHeaven7 @joncoopertweets think what's happening in Portland has gone beyond BLM. it's a true authoritarian test drive for suppression of dissent in a very serious election cycle by a megalomaniac & those who enable him. in this case & imo, it's every citizen's duty to do whatever they can.

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