Gay kids will die because of this, which is the desired purpose of the bill.
https://twitter.com/juddlegum/status/1495489220995129356
To those who scold that we mustn’t assume evil intentions into the actions of people who consistently pursue absolute evil with steadfast dedication and unshakable resolve: yes, we should.
I guess the ultimate answer to "you don't know what their true motivations are" is "who gives a shit what their motivations are?"
I care *that* you want to burn down my house. I only care *why* you want to burn down my house to the extent it helps me stop you.
I care *that* you want to burn down my house. I only care *why* you want to burn down my house to the extent it helps me stop you.
Even less interesting than what their motivations are, is what they claim their motivations are.
When abusive people intend to do harm, you don't learn what their motivations are by believing what they say, but by watching what they try.
When abusive people intend to do harm, you don't learn what their motivations are by believing what they say, but by watching what they try.
"But they truly think they're doing this for good."
The idea that abusive people who mean harm often even convince themselves of the lies they tell themselves and others is not news.
They mean harm and abuse. Hear what they say, then watch what they try.
The idea that abusive people who mean harm often even convince themselves of the lies they tell themselves and others is not news.
They mean harm and abuse. Hear what they say, then watch what they try.
"But how will you convince them if you don't engage?"
Abusive people who mean harm love it when people try to convince them—not because they are open to being convinced, but because the attempt reinforces their dominance; it agrees that they control the permission structure.
Abusive people who mean harm love it when people try to convince them—not because they are open to being convinced, but because the attempt reinforces their dominance; it agrees that they control the permission structure.
"You'll never reach people if you demonize them."
Truth is just truth. Sometimes the truth is that somebody is behaving demonically. Truth didn't make them demonic. Truth observes it.
And: more people exist than you and your subject. Any truth stated will reach other ears.
Truth is just truth. Sometimes the truth is that somebody is behaving demonically. Truth didn't make them demonic. Truth observes it.
And: more people exist than you and your subject. Any truth stated will reach other ears.
"This is just the same kind of divisive polarization that the other side engages in."
No. We are diverse people all trying to work together. We ARE the sides. They don't get to be one of only two sides.
Abuse and harm is what divides. Naming it joins all sides in solidarity.
No. We are diverse people all trying to work together. We ARE the sides. They don't get to be one of only two sides.
Abuse and harm is what divides. Naming it joins all sides in solidarity.
I've 1000% had it with people who would work to build bridges to connect harmful and abusive intention to its desired victims, then credit it back to themselves as virtue.
"We" and "us" are interesting words. You can follow them back to the lair of their underlying assumptions.
“We've never been more polarized as a country,” for example, says something clear about who is considered a part of this country, and who is not.
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“We've never been more polarized as a country,” for example, says something clear about who is considered a part of this country, and who is not.
getrevue.co/profile/julius…
Maybe for people who suffer systemic disenfranchisement, maybe the increase in strife actually feels like the first fluttering sign of solidarity—because when people fight beside you as you struggle for dignity and life, then you are *less* polarized from them, not *more.*
Let me suggest something that might seem counterintuitive:
We have rarely been LESS polarized as a country.
Am I saying we’re not polarized? Far from it. I’m saying we’re miscategorizing what polarization even is.
We have rarely been LESS polarized as a country.
Am I saying we’re not polarized? Far from it. I’m saying we’re miscategorizing what polarization even is.
*We* are still very likely to treat gay, trans, Black, undocumented, disabled, ill, impoverished, or unhoused people—and many others—as if their lives and dignity don’t exist, or at least matter enough to fight about.
But more and more of *us* are unwilling to do that to them.
But more and more of *us* are unwilling to do that to them.
Increasingly, *we* are insisting that *they* are actually our friends and neighbors and parents and siblings, and that *their* lives have the same value as *ours,* and *they* deserve protection from those of *us* who would mistreat *them* as if *they* were not *us,* too.
Which means *we* are increasingly unwilling to keep comfortable and normalized relationships with those of *us* who insist on treating our friends and neighbors and parents and siblings as if *their* lives don’t matter.
And that isn't polarization. It's solidarity.
And that isn't polarization. It's solidarity.
And yes, *we’re* willing to fight about that with some others among *us*—not because *we* see ourselves as separate from *them,* but because *we* know that even though we’re fighting *them* ...
... *they* are actually *us* too …
... and *we* demand better from *ourselves.*
... *they* are actually *us* too …
... and *we* demand better from *ourselves.*
That isn't polarization. It's solidarity.
It’s not the beginning of “us versus them.”
It’s the end of it.
Or, I hope, at least the beginning of the end of it.
And those Florida bigots and everyone like them can go to hell—and will, if their God is really all they say.
It’s not the beginning of “us versus them.”
It’s the end of it.
Or, I hope, at least the beginning of the end of it.
And those Florida bigots and everyone like them can go to hell—and will, if their God is really all they say.
… and I’m out.
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