I want to point out one of the most sinister and disingenuous arguments I've heard from conservatives regarding the rights of marginalized communities.
It's an argument I've seen hundreds of times, it's very common, and it goes like this: 🪡
(For this example, the subject at hand is gay marriage, pre-legalization)
"Gay people have the same rights as anyone else. What rights do I have that gay people don't?"
"I don't have the right to marry a consenting adult of the same sex."
"I don't have that right either! See?-
-You DO have equal rights!"
This little gotcha moment relies on a fundamental and purposeful misunderstanding of equity: the idea that different people in different situations require different provisions in order to have equal standing and freedom in society.
So please, allow me to logically refute the open letter recently published by numerous women's organizations in support of a certain abuser and disgraced actress.
Line. by. line. 🪡
"Five months ago, the verdict in the defamation trial between [JD] and [AH] deeply concerned many professionals in the fields of intimate partner and sexual violence."
I could only find a handful, maybe less, of (relevant) experts who have actually stated that this verdict-
-concerns them. Most experts (especially those that understand that the precedent set by the verdict does not say that a person cannot speak about their experiences with abuse, but rather that they cannot LIE about the actions and behaviors of another: aka the entire function-