Abusers tend to cultivate enabling friends in order to lend themselves a veneer of innocence. I know…this is an inconvenient truth.
https://twitter.com/neoavatara/status/1412011939069366274
Our goal should not be tolerance. Our goal should be justice.
But even setting that aside, this framing misunderstands what tolerance is.
But even setting that aside, this framing misunderstands what tolerance is.
Tolerance isn’t friendship. Tolerance is the bare minimum of justice. It’s permitting people to exist as equals under the law even if you find their beliefs or very existence offensive.
On almost every metric, Republicans fail the test of tolerance.
On almost every metric, Republicans fail the test of tolerance.
We *tolerate* Republicans.
If they get cancer, we think they should be treated without having to worry about cost. If they struggle to make ends meet, we think they should have a roof over their heads, enough food in their belly, clean water to drink.
They can’t say the same.
If they get cancer, we think they should be treated without having to worry about cost. If they struggle to make ends meet, we think they should have a roof over their heads, enough food in their belly, clean water to drink.
They can’t say the same.
We tolerate Republicans.
We think they shouldn’t have to worry about how they will live once their bodies become too old to generate profit.
We don’t have a list of bathrooms they should be kept out of.
We don’t seek to nullify their marriages.
They can’t say the same.
We think they shouldn’t have to worry about how they will live once their bodies become too old to generate profit.
We don’t have a list of bathrooms they should be kept out of.
We don’t seek to nullify their marriages.
They can’t say the same.
We tolerate Republicans.
If their twisted beliefs lead them to violence, we believe their physical safety should be a priority in their apprehension, their trial should be just, and their sentence carried out without violence or cruelty or exploitation.
They can’t say the same.
If their twisted beliefs lead them to violence, we believe their physical safety should be a priority in their apprehension, their trial should be just, and their sentence carried out without violence or cruelty or exploitation.
They can’t say the same.
We tolerate Republicans
We think their children should be well-educated and, if they come to school hungry, should be given food to eat, simply because they are hungry.
We think they should be able to vote, easily and safely.
They can’t say the same.
We think their children should be well-educated and, if they come to school hungry, should be given food to eat, simply because they are hungry.
We think they should be able to vote, easily and safely.
They can’t say the same.
Harmful marginalizing disenfranchising Republican efforts are real—targeting Black people, women, LGBTQ people, non-Christians, disabled and sick people.
Their willingness to be friendly with people who oppose them isn’t an expression of tolerance but an expectation of order.
Their willingness to be friendly with people who oppose them isn’t an expression of tolerance but an expectation of order.
Their axis is one of abuse.
Abusive people prefer to maintain an abusive order, and so cultivate relationships with those willing to overlook intentions. They launder their support of atrocity through individualist enablement.
That’s how abuse works.
But it’s not tolerance.
Abusive people prefer to maintain an abusive order, and so cultivate relationships with those willing to overlook intentions. They launder their support of atrocity through individualist enablement.
That’s how abuse works.
But it’s not tolerance.
Tolerance is the very lowest rung on justice’s ladder, and it is extremely offensive to the intolerant.
Many people consider themselves friends with the very people they harm, but get angry at the suggestion they begin a climb toward tolerance.
armoxon.com/2017/09/bubble…
Many people consider themselves friends with the very people they harm, but get angry at the suggestion they begin a climb toward tolerance.
armoxon.com/2017/09/bubble…
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