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dcxdpdabbles · 5 months ago
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Tucker: We're married.
Danny: What?
Tucker: If anyone asks you and I are married. We've been married for two years. Not platonic roommates. Understand?
Danny: I'm always down for marriage fraud, but can I ask why?
Tucker: *Sigh* We had a big company meeting today with every level employee at the event center the Wayne rent out. Tammy from accounts was assigned to my table-
Danny: Your mortal enemy.
Tucker: Exactly. So she started giving me grief in the middle of our team exercise project. The other four random employees are looking at me all wide eye and I'm getting tired so I say "Is it because I'm gay Tammy?" To shut her up. But at that time, Timothy Drake Wayne was walking behind me and heard me say it. He jumped in to ask what was going on, and I hate Tammy for being so annoying, but I am not about to accuse her of discrimination for no reason. So I said "Oh it was just a joke. Like on the internet." And then when Mr.Drake-Wayne face didn't relax, I blurted out."My husband thinks my jokes are dumb too"
Danny: Tucker....that's not good
Tucker: I know! I started panicking!
Danny: You ramble when you panic.
Tucker: I do, and I did. Before I realized it, I told Mr. Drake-Wayne, this whole made up childhood friends to lover romance between you and I. It was so good he told me to invite you to the office. So we're married. Please go along with it. If I can get Mr. Drake-Wayne's support I can rise in the company so fast.
Danny: Promotions are 50% networking. Alright, sure, what's the worst that can happen?
Five months later
Steph: What's the big emergency?
Tim sobbing:. I'm in love with the husband of one of my employees.
Steph: Tim....that's not good
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spop-romanticizes-abuse · 3 months ago
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i think that the hate zootopia gets is a little undeserved. now before you go on a rant, let me clarify. i do think that the movie has its blind spots and certain parts could have been executed better. and keep in mind, while i am a person of color and part of several minorities, i may also have my own blind spots, so if you think what i'm saying is wrong, feel free to correct me!
regarding the criticisms this movie received, i get that the idea of comparing predators to people of color or any other minority feels distasteful, and nick joining the police force in the end was not exactly the best conclusion to his arc. also, the sheep wasn't a great villain, i agree.
but i feel like people took these individual critiques and turned it into “zootopia is racist and promotes copaganda!” which, in my opinion, is just not true.
i think that it's generally not easy to illustrate something as complex as discrimination in a kids movie. but i don't think any kid watching this movie was gonna be like “well predators are biologically designed to kill herbivores, so this means marginalized groups are also biologically dangerous”.
as adults, we may notice the flaws in the message of the movie, but overall, i think its intentions trump the imagery. ultimately, it was a movie designed to promote equality and diversity, and it achieves that.
i think the metaphor for discrimination and prejudice was written extremely well in a lot of scenes, especially regarding judy's implicit bias and how that affects her worldview.
the whole scene after her press conference, where she tells nick that he is “not like them” and he responds with “oh, there's a them now?” is eerily reminiscent of the interactions minorities have with privileged people, essentially being told “every other person in your group/community is bad, but you're one of the good ones”. it's meant to be a compliment, but it's just a product of our biases regarding certain groups of people.
overall, while i agree that there were unfortunate implications of the metaphors and imagery in the show, i still think that it managed to send out its original message of treating people equally and checking our internal biases. also, it's just a fun action-filled movie honestly, there is not a single part of this movie that is boring.
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woman-respecter · 3 months ago
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i think people (men and men-simps) miss a crucial aspect of women hating men.
the harm it inflicts.
if a woman hates men and is vocal about it, the worst that happens is she alienates the men in her life and hurts some feelings.
but that's the extent of it. our society doesn't discriminate against men. our society doesn't value women's contributions over men's. our society doesn't sexualize men the way it sexualizes women. men aren't generally viewed by society as a commodity or a prize at the end of the battle or a reward for being a decent person. our society doesn't view men as tools for sexual gratification and nothing more. "misandry" is low-stakes.
and it's borne of misogyny. men hate us, men oppress us, men violate us, men have built the world to tear down our self-esteem and minimize our worth, men assault us, men are in charge and then they pay us less and don't promote us, men control our bodies and send us to prison if we don't act as incubators against our will, men view us as free maids and mothers and shoulders to cry on before using our holes for their own enjoyment. we don't know which man will hurt us like this by looking, we act suspicious and they tell us we're paranoid we trust them and get hurt and they tell us we should've known better.
of course we hate men. men oppress us in all facets of society and despite decades of progress we're still suffering under them, and it's getting worse with the overturn of Roe v. Wade and the election of a rapist into our nation's highest office because America hates women more than it hates rapists. it's to be expected that we would hate men.
when we hate men, we hurt feelings. when men hate us, we are murdered and violated and exploited and imprisoned.
and before the terf accusations pile on, i do not count trans women as men. i support anyone joining Team Woman. my goal is to smash the patriarchy, not other women.
yeah, it’s like that atwood quote about how men are afraid that women will laugh at them while women are afraid that men will murder them
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darkfictionjude · 2 months ago
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Regards to crownys race, I really like how they don't feel white (to me) when interacting with the trio, especially bc everything in relation to whiteness is mentioned by Lorcan about him and by him, which gives the vibe of the other 3 being people of color, which is rare, it does kinda change in relation to the family, they feel heavily white to me and by reading your asks about it, I headcanon my Crowny as a mixed Asian+white male and the one whose features do not pass as white, which plays a role in Prudence disliking him even more and Crowny being seeing as a sexless undesirable romantic prospect (as Asian men often were seeing thnx to the media), I just love imagining the kid Prudence hates the most is the one is more like her (in the hands of man who doesn't seen them as their own people and addicted to pills) and is also the one that tickles her not internalized racism, but also her being woc and marrying the asshole would've been seen as a big accomplishment, and it's no wonder she stayed.
Hmm you see maybe it’s because I don’t play the game much so I’m not really in it but I always saw the crowns in my head as having my skin color that it brownish olive toned
In terms of race, it is a bit of a controversial subject on assigning specific traits to a specific skin color because it can easily fall into stereotypes. I’ve seen minorities say that they are referred to as “white” in a disparaging way they act certain ways (i.e don’t speak slang) which can enforce the old notion of:
Nonwhite = backwards, archaic, uneducated
White = educated, literate, sophisticated
I’m born in latam but I’ve gotten called “Canadian” which is short hand for white because of certain ways I act that aren’t the norm. Which isn’t meant to be a compliment but I’m also too non-Canadian to be seen as Canadian by others due to my love for my ethnicity
I guess the crowns could be seen as more white because they are a) a founding family and in the western world that is rare for North America b) have no specific culture ties but those can be explained away.
The crowns could be brown and be a founding family even during times of slavery and discrimination in the 19th century as the town isn’t truly connected to the outside world. As for the cultural ties, it’s basically a metaphor for a complete breakdown of the family unit. Cultural ties many times are used to reinforce community but the crowns have none of that. That’s not to say white people have no culture it’s more that many times when they don’t in fiction people default to white. As someone who grew up second generation immigrant I can say that it’s easy to lose cultural ties overall in a foreign country that promotes assimilation (even if they say they don’t) you have to really try
Just word vomit I’m sorry for rambling 😭
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khromeangel · 3 months ago
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You studied theology in college or you were just interested in the Bible ?
I was a political science/law major in undergrad.
I had a private theologian because my parents wanted me to know the Bible rather than listening to what the church has to say. Mind you, neither one of my parents are heavily religious. My dad grew up Catholic and when he got older he realized just how wrong it is (hence the Catholic Church is currently dwindling) my mom grew up Methodist which is what I was baptized as, she also realizes just how corrupt the CHURCH was (not the Bible)
Many people are turning away from Christianity because of the way the religion has been misrepresented by some of its followers. Issues like politics, personal biases, and a lack of proper understanding have skewed the core teachings. For centuries, Christianity has also been used as a tool for societal control, rather than a source of spiritual growth.
One example of how the message has been altered involves the word homosexual. This term didn’t appear in the Bible until around 1946 or 1947. Before that, the original Hebrew or Aramaic words used in those verses were more accurately referring to acts like pedophilia or exploitative relationships—not consensual same-sex love. However, once the term homosexual was added, it became a justification for hatred and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community, especially by those who held onto strict or traditionalist views. This misuse of scripture has led to deep harm and has driven many away from the church.
Another example,
The way “purity” is often taught—especially in Christian spaces—tends to disproportionately target and suppress women’s sexuality, while rarely holding men to the same standard. Premarital sex is commonly framed as a moral failure, but this framing has historically been used more to control women than to promote genuine spiritual growth.
What’s important to understand is that the Bible never outlined marriage in the legal or ceremonial sense we think of today—there were no licenses, church weddings, or official documents. Instead, biblical “marriage” emphasized commitment, faithfulness, and monogamy. It was about honoring the person you chose to love and have sex with, not about conforming to state or church rituals. Over time, however, purity culture became a tool to measure a woman’s worth based on her sexual history, rather than her character or her relationship with God—a distortion of the Bible’s original messages about love and respect.
Essentially, the Bible has just been completely Weaponized to back up a lot of people’s hate, and the church actively enforces it and people don’t realize it because it is a source of religious psychosis, fear, mongering, and brainwashing. The Western majority, (if you know who I’m referring to) often uses the Bible to “prove” their nationalism and supremacy as well.
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yujo-nishimura · 1 year ago
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All the rage
A fauxpax at your job leads to some intimate time with your boss Sir Crocodile and even a promotion...
Warning: gore, blood, violence, smut, Sir Crocodile x female reader (It is not as gory as I intended it to write because I also do not want my readers to be disgusted)
NSFW - minors do not interact
words: 1932
I am tagging @lostfirefly since she has explicitly asked for it and she will understand the background of the story.. ;)
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What began as a promising career path quickly transformed into a daily grind filled with frustration. Your boss had placed you on the front lines of sales, fully aware that it was your charm and physical appearance that kept customers engaged, rather than the actual product you were selling. Initially, the attention may have been enjoyable, but it rapidly developed into an arduous routine of forcing a smile and feigning interest in even the most absurd customer requests.
In addition to your job-related frustrations, you hated the commute, enduring endless waits for public transportation alongside the empty expressions of fellow passengers. To make things even more difficult, you had developed romantic feelings for your boss, Mr. Crocodile, who failed to provide the attention you yearned for. Nevertheless, he remained the sole reason you clung to the job, at least for a little while longer. 
After enduring yet another exhausting and sweltering morning commute, coupled with three customer calls riddled with complaints, it's no wonder that you finally reached your breaking point.
The client you were scheduled to meet today had already displayed unpleasant behavior over the phone. However, you tried to stay optimistic, believing that people tend to be kinder in person compared to phone or email interactions. As the clock struck 10, the client was still nowhere to be seen, and impatience crept in, knowing your aversion to tardiness. Eventually, he arrived at 10:30, nearly an hour late. Upon entering your office, he offered no apology, opting instead for a shy smile. With his greasy blonde hair, ill-fitting suit, and repulsive demeanor, you took a deep breath and, attempting to maintain your professionalism, offered him a seat and asked if he wanted tea or coffee. To your annoyance, he requested soda water, the one thing you hadn't offered. You reluctantly went to the small fridge in search of anything to satisfy his stupid request.
Upon your return, he sported a sly grin and made inappropriate comments about your appearance as you turned around to face him. For a moment, you contemplated ending the conversation then and there. Not only because of the harassment, but also because he had already exhibited a series of missteps from the start, leading you to believe it would only worsen. However, you reminded yourself that this client had promised substantial purchases, resulting in a significant deal that would not only make you proud but also capture your boss's attention.
As you settled down before the client, you ensured your suit jacket and skirt were impeccably aligned, carefully placing product flyers on the glass coffee table. "So, as we discussed on the phone, this is what we can offer, and we're willing to negotiate a generous discount for bulk purchases," you initiated your customary sales pitch, fully aware that the man was likely not paying attention at all.
"I wasn't aware that they allowed women to work at Cross Guild Corp. as well," he suddenly remarked. 
"Pardon me?" you replied, looking up at him, meeting his watery blue eyes and sly grin once again. 
"I believe men excel in sales and business, but I can see why they placed you on the front line. You're a cute little Missy with a nice little butt. Are they sharing you around here?" 
"Sir...!" you sighed deeply, mustering all your strength to restrain yourself from snapping at him. "At Cross Guild Corp., our team strives to create an inclusive environment that does not discriminate based on gender or sexuality..." you trailed off, realizing that you sounded like a spokesperson for your company's marketing campaign. 
"I actually came here just to find out about your sexuality, girl, since you sounded so nice on the phone!" To your horror, the client stood up, walked around the table, and sat down next to you on the large leather couch. His sly grin remained etched on his face, and you understood that he had no intention of making any purchases. As he forcefully grabbed your hand and pushed it between his legs, you gasped. Your phone lay on the table, and the imposing wooden doors prevented any sound from escaping to alert your colleagues of your distress. Your eyes fell on the letter opener on the table, next to the flyers and paperwork from the morning. 
“I will give you a good tip, so show me - how is your head
!”, he murmured and the grip on your hand got tighter. That was your breaking point. In a split-second decision, you instinctively reached for the letter opener resting on your desk. Its design was reminiscent of the sword once wielded by your chief manager Mihawk, a renowned sword master.
With a swift motion and without any regret you stabbed the small iron blade into the neck of your attacker, making his eyes go wide in disbelief over the blood fountain suddenly gushing out from under his ear. He gargled, trying to cover the wound and hissed “You fucking bitch!” but you had already stood up, trying to get away from the fountain of blood spilling over the leather couch and your black suit and sheer tights.
The guy had finally stopped smiling and you felt a sense of relief. Still heavily breathing you went to your desk trying to grab anything to hold on to. You were still in shock but you also felt like this was the only thing you needed to do today. Your work was done here, time to punch out and go home.
As the client gasped for his final breaths on the couch, a sudden knock at the door startled you. Without hesitation, your boss, Sir Crocodile, made his entrance into the office, dressed impeccably in a sleek black suit, his presence accentuated by the cigar he held. 
"Y/n, I was just coming in to discuss the sales numbers from last month and review our plans for Q3..." he began, but his words trailed off abruptly as his gaze fell upon your pale face, the crimson stains on your hands, and the somber scene that unfolded on the couch before him. 
"Oh..." he remarked, his reaction to a dying person being the one you least expected from all possible responses.
“I
!”, that was all you were able to say, looking in horror at your own hands and the blood stains on the carpet. 
"Did the sales proposal go wrong?" your boss inquired, carefully placing the documents on a nearby shelf to avoid any stains. 
"He... he tried to assault me," you stammered, your voice trembling as you spoke. 
Crocodile approached the lifeless figure and casually lifted his arm before letting it drop back onto the couch with a nonchalant "flop." 
"What a tasteless suit brand. He reeks of cheap whiskey as well... I think you handled the situation very well, dear Y/n!" 
You couldn't believe what you were hearing as your boss praised you. 
"Are you alright, though? It must have been quite a shock for you..." 
With just two swift strides, your boss stood before you, his towering presence simultaneously intimidating and comforting. He gently took hold of your blood-stained hands, inspecting them as though he had stumbled upon a hidden treasure. 
"I'm... I'm fine, I suppose," you whispered, relieved to be able to utter any words at all. 
"How about you take the rest of the day off, my dear?" Crocodile suddenly suggested, causing your heart to race. Did your beloved boss just refer to you as "my dear"?
“I am fine, Sir..!”, you tried to utter and you looked into his dark purple eyes. A rush of adrenaline had run through your body, heightened now by the sensation of Crocodile's warm skin on yours.
He gently raised your hands to his mouth and you gasped in disbelief as he carefully opened his lips, licking over the blood on your fingers.
The tension in the office got unbearable and you suddenly realized that the death of the client and you having killed him had turned Sir Crocodile on. He didn't even ask for your approval, he did not need to hear it, seeing the same fire in your eyes as mirrored in his own was enough proof for him. Without hesitation he quickly grabbed your hips, pushing you up on your wooden office desk, starting to greedily kiss you. His lips tasted like cigar smoke and blood and it made your mind go blank.
Instinctively you wrapped your legs around his waist and put your arms around his shoulders. You were only kissing but you already felt like moaning into his mouth, your arousal palpable. Crocodile did not wait any longer. While still kissing you, he unbuckled his belt, pulling down both his trousers and underwear. His throbbing cock was so huge, pressing against your clothed folds, for a moment you were not sure if you could take it all. He did not give you a choice. Ripping your tights apart, he pulled down your panties and pushed your skirt up. Your bare ass was seated now on documents from the morning briefing and before your boss embraced you, he quickly checked with his fingers if you were ready for him. The slick sound made him smile, he kissed your neck and gently whispered: 
“Killing that guy turned you on, didn't it?”
Without waiting for your reply he pushed into you, his full length filling you in an instant. Surprisingly you were ready to take him - there was no pain, only pleasure. As he started to move relentlessly into you, your thighs and your butt started slapping against the wood of the desk. You moaned into his shoulder, feeling his big cock filling you to the brim. As you held onto him you were able to peek over his shoulder, seeing the lifeless body of the client still slightly bleeding, but much less than earlier, leaving a big crimson puddle on the floor. 
Crocodile gently but vigorously pulled your hair forcing you to look at him. 
“Focus on me, baby. I want you to enjoy every moment of this
!” his deep voice was laced with desire, you could feel his cock pulsating against your velvet folds. 
His demand made you feel getting close to your own orgasm, he pressed his hand on your mouth, trying to stifle your moans and holding on to you while his motions grew more forceful and vigorous. 
“Almost there..!”, he leaned over and whispered these words into your ear.
“I underestimated you, I knew you were beautiful and charming.. but I did not think you had the guts to kill someone
!”, his voice turned husky from the fast-paced breaths.
You pushed your nails into his skin and threw your head back as the orgasm washed over you like a wave. Seeing you squirting all over his cock made him go wild, with some last stuttering movements he pushed his cum inside of you, gently collapsing with his massive body on your suit jacket. You both were panting, the room was hot and sticky, the scent of blood and wrongdoing hung in the air.
He slowly stood upright, handing you your underwear and pulling up his trousers, adjusting his tie in a swift movement. 
Still overwhelmed by the intensity of the moment you silently grabbed your panties, pushing them into your jacket pocket instead of putting them back on. 
"Well, I've been in need of a personal assistant for quite some time now," Crocodile cleared his throat, smoothing back his slicked hair with a swift gesture. "How about we tidy up this mess together and then discuss your well-deserved promotion?"
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millaniumcat · 3 months ago
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J.K. Rowling donated 70.000ÂŁ to an organisation in order to take away rights from trans*women.
Without that money, the organisation would most likely not have achieved this blatant disregard of human rights.
Meaning that J.K Rowling did not simply support an anti-trans organisation, she deliberately made a historical impact on UK law with the means that she had to take away rights from a marginalized group.
The money she donated came from her personally, and the money she has comes mostly from her Harry Potter franchise.
So. If you still believe you can consume Harry Potter content without discriminating against or actively harming trans* people, you are wrong.
Every time you watch the movies. Every time you buy a book, some form of merch or a ticket to any of the parks, or buy her game, you actively take away rights from trans*people.
People say you can buy second-hand and such: sure, she doesnt get money then, but the fact remains that she needs to become irrelevant in order to stop her from abusing the power she got from the money she made from a book which includes antisemitic stereotypes, btw.
Which means we need to stop promoting her franchise. Stop giving her platforms.
And yes, i was a Harry Potter fan as a child. It also was "my childhood'" and i met so many friends through this story.
But my comfort doesn't exceed basic human rights.
Become an ex-fan. It is possible. Harry Potter isn't the only story out there. Find something else.
(Also: JKR is acephobic. She went out of her way to promote acephobic hate, which is only further proof she simply hates the queer community.)
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mllemaenad · 7 months ago
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Well, everything about this confuses me.
For a start, all the way through I would have thought Taash and Shathann should have had better (and less clunky for the setting) words to describe their situation than pretty much anyone else.
Obviously transgender people are going to exist in every culture, but we've spent a lot of time establishing that Tevinter is quite regressive on social issues.
I mean, they've got fucking slavery for a start.
But beyond that ... Yes, Krem is ultimately a transgender man. But his problem began because as a (presumed) woman, his military career would have been seriously limited, because Tevinter has a sexism issue. Women suffer discrimination. He dressed "as a man" to get better pay and promotions, because his dad was a slave by this point. He nearly died over this! And part of his bond with the Iron Bull comes from the fact that Bull's attitude to all of this is "Whatever. Now get your shield up."
Dorian's personal quest is very much about his people's attitudes to homosexuality. In his case, his father, who had always been an ethical man who refused to go around cutting people's throats for power, broke with all his principles precisely because he wanted to conduct a mind control ritual to stop his son from preferring men. This is quite horrifying.
And Maevaris Tilani is an undeniably brave woman. But her family also has an obscene amount of money and she had a loving and politically well connected father, so her transition did not immediately destroy them. They got her dad in the end, though. And now she's been thrown out. The fact that she's still alive and fighting is a fucking miracle.
But Tevinter now sounds like a place where they run university courses on gender studies. They get to define all the language around this.
But the Qun ... the Qun is flexible on gender, but inflexible on roles. I actually think a more likely scenario in Taash's childhood is that Shathann would have switched over to referring to them as a "son" once it became clear they had a head for combat. And that might have been frustrating for someone who was already struggling with the question. Their mum got that they weren't a good Qunari girl ... but just made the decision on what that meant for them.
Even in Taash's particular situation, I feel like there's probably an out. The Arishok is always male; soldiering is a man's job. The Arigena is always female; crafting is a woman's job. The Ariqun's role is not tied to gender; men and women serve among their priests. Box number three sounds like a solid place for the Qun to put someone like them.
Might that mean Taash's mother pushed them toward a career that they didn't want? Yes! Of course! And that's a solid reason to leave the Qun. "I hate this box, but the Qun can't cope without its boxes" is a thing that comes up. But that's a different argument to the one we're having.
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... Probably not? I still don't know why, if this is a Qun problem, Shathann isn't insisting on male pronouns. Her kid fights dragons. Ergo, her kid is a son. Again – clearly a problem for Taash! But not the problem we are discussing.
People in Tevinter were threatened with death over not complying with gender norms. Taash's problem should be "If you're gonna use a sword, we're gonna call you 'he'".
And Rivain ... isn't the whole point of Rivain that it's multi-cultural? There are practising Qunari in Rivain, although Par Vollen might take issue with the idea. It's also got Andrastians, particularly among the wealthy and the nobility, and practitioners of the traditional religion involving seers and the communion with spirits. And all of it gets mixed together into a culture you find nowhere else in Thedas.
Picking Rivaini culture over Qunari culture is a bizarre idea, because the Qun is embedded in Rivaini culture.
I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something. But this whole conversation left me flailing.
Taash is more than welcome to define their identity in a way that works for them. But I don't feel like Veilguard framed any of this in a coherent way.
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radfemsiren · 5 months ago
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aita for disliking the term islamophobia?
as someone who lived in southeast asia (clue: the biggest one), i always feel icked every time (mostly) western never-muslims use the term islamophobia to describe discrimination to south asians and middle eastern ppl. like wtf, dude? 😭 muslim is not a monolith group 😭 meanwhile, in my country, the term 'islamophobia' is always used by the conservaties as a checkmate or to attack the other religious group or even someone critize islam (regardless they're muslim or not). i remember when the conservatives saw a tiktok user (and now she got banned 😭💔) critized hijab mandatory law in public school and they acted like a whiny child and they called her "islamophobia" for that. g-d! i hate it here 😭
No ur right, I hate the term! It’s like if we said “Christianphobic” for being racist against whites
 like it makes no sense. Not all whites are Christian, and prejudice is tied more with race and culture, not faith.
I think the term racist is better to use when talking about actual prejudice towards minorities from other cultures, and Islamophobia should be thrown away. It stifles reform to Muslim communities and is so idiotic and inaccurate of a term. Racist people don’t hate Islam, they hate brown people. Like they don’t even know what an ayah or Hadith is, or even the difference between a Sikh or imam
 it’s ignorance and racism that should be called out. Not criticism of Islam
 that should be encouraged lol.
Islam is the patriarchal, economic, social powerhouse: it’s the system, the oppressor, the vehicle of subjugation of the marginalized. Making criticism of it synonymous with bigotry makes it impossible for feminists and other activists to reform our societies.
I was just talking about on twitter how many Muslim countries promote the Shia ruling of allowing temporary marriages to children, to allow sex trafficking industries to flourish, esp in places like Egypt where they rely on the money from sex tourists
 guess who got called Islamophobic for that? Yeah
 the words gotta GO, I’m over it!
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deathbxnny · 4 months ago
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Can i request Joker, Doll, and beast having a s/o with heterochromia eyes?
Conetxt:
Just like the other troupe members, the reader was abandoned due to having “cursed” eyes and they met the other troupe members in the East End and joined them. When Baron Kelvin found all of them and made them into a circus troupe, the reader was assigned as the magician as their eyes are promoted to be magical.
I really love the circus troupe members so much. I cried when they died, so i hope you like this request and have a good day/night!
- Flower Anon 🌾
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Goddd, I'm so sorry for taking so long to post stuff, guys. I'm really fighting for every ounce of motivation here, lol... anyways, I hope this is okay for you, Flower Anon, even if it isn't very long. Thank you for your request.<3
Content: Discrimination?, some slight angst, fluff, established romantic relationships, sfw
Reader has no mentioned pronouns.
((Not proofread))
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》JOKER
He absolutely loves your eyes and finds them to be the most fascinating things ever. It is beyond him how anyone could ever consider them cursed and therefore does his best to make them the most magical part of the show. He never wants you to feel bad about them after all.
You're supposed to feel proud of your uniqueness, and yet he understands when you hesitate to do so. British society isn't too kind to those who are the slightest bit different in appearance, yet that barely matters here in the circus anyway.
People will learn to know you as the stunning sensation that you are under his watchful eye.
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》DOLL
She loves your eyes, although she never voices it in grand gestures or large compliments. Instead, she whispers soft praises in your ears about them with a ghost of a smile, hands trailing across your face in loving emphasis when no one was looking. She truly believed you were magical from day one because of them, a single look being enough to quell the angst in her heart.
Anyone who tries insulting or hurting you because of your eyes will get the brunt of her silent wrath. She'll be unkind, the hostility very clear to the unfriendly person who's quick to scurry off with simple, barely composed words.
She wishes people around you would see your beauty through her eyes.
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》BEAST
She never admits her love for your eyes out loud and therefore tries showing her appreciation through different gestures. Whether it is by keeping a close eye on you during shows or helping you with your makeup that accentuates your eyes, she always finds a way to make you feel her love.
Her temper certainly doesn't mesh well with anything that even slightly offends you in any way. She's quick to lash out and angrily curse out whoever dares to lose a bad word about you, despite you timidly having to hold her back every time.
Beast doesn't tolerate the hate and doesn't want to understand it either.
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kharmii · 3 months ago
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I hope this dunking on white people is gonna stop soon
A wise man once said that to end racism is to stop talking about it.
The need to bend over backwards to appease certain audiences has gone so far that we can't even have a Snow "White" or fairytales that reflect the area they originated from. (it's up to debate when there are different versions but if its the Grimms version there is no debate for me)
The need to constantly berate or belittle white people to make yourself feel better really is just an excuse to be shitty to these people. And a shitty person in general.
(I think there has been a bias to some degree in the past but swinging full force the other way is wrong too)
We need to stop elevate one group of people just to belittle another one.
That way these people aren't better than their "oppressors". And pushing back isn't always -isms or -phobia... this narrative has to stop. The people are sick and tired of it.
IF this nonsense ever stops (and we haven't nuked ourselves off the earth) I wonder how people 100 or 200 years later will look back to this time and what they think...
The worst offenders pushing this crap are liberal white women (with heteronormative traits but they act LGBT to be trendy). I could build a profile based on the last two in the MLA fandom who accused me of being a 'white supremacist' and blocked me for being a Trump supporter.
There's Fungs...mid-thirties, shut in, only leaves the house to take cripped dog out to poop and pee. Projects dysfunctional self-inflicted physical/mental state on favorite pookie. Will probably live in parents' basement and sponge off them for life. No husband and/or kids. Will never become productive member of society. Then there's Frost who has all those same characteristics except she, -despite being a white woman- only makes black ocs with orange-ass hair. Probably never interacts with black people on daily basis due to never leaving the house.
Since I'm a white woman with a family who has seen discrimination against whites in the workplace due to DEI policies, none of the bullshit flies. Since this ask was received, a white high school aged boy was murdered down in Texas, stabbed in the heart. Twitter is all abuzz over it, but the mainstream Pravda media is silent. SJWs claim that the black murderer did it over 'sitting in the wrong seat'. Here's what really happened:
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People put up those pop-up canopies to store equipment for their school. It's unclear if Karmelo Anthony was sitting there to loot. It's possible he was there only to cause trouble and pick a fight with the first white guy who dared say something.
Matt Walsh did a segment on the beginning of his show the other day detailing how since CRT has riled up the black populace, there have been many instances of black males going around picking fights and murdering white people for no reason.
IE: Lawrence Herr a handyman was minding his own business fixing his elderly mother's mailbox in a suburb of New Orleans when two black men 'out hunting for white people' drove by and shot him in the head.
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Some of the victims (too many to count):
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The above was talking about Seth Smith who was murdered by an anti-white racist for the sin of being out for a jog on a college campus.
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This wouldn't surprise me because of the way we all know foaming-at-the-mouth Marxists can get. USAID money probably went toward this:
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Christians are told by people who hate Christianity and want it wiped off the face of the earth that we are being "UnChristian" if we don't cheer our own destruction and support policies promoting the end of Western Civilization.
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Audrey is a far-leftist who hates Christians and white people for sure.
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One can see the suggestions in the comment section. They seem pretty innocuous.
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antheshewro · 10 months ago
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AOT headcanon — (My) personal analysis on Paradis
I previously wrote my own headcanon about Levi's sexuality, based on the official content we have about him. I saw that it was appreciated (23 notes for me are like a hundred so thank you!), which led me to share more headcanons of Attack on Titan. This time, in particular, I'll focus on Paradis as a nation—culture, moral values, etc.
First thing first, Paradis is a country that was secluded and was denied a technological development. Not having the knowledge that there is a whole world outside the walls and beyond the sea, they got to the point where their own development benefitted the military (think about the equipment the soldiers use, which is not really aligned with the middle ages setting). That leads me to believe that the progress in terms of morality got affected by this.
I can see their society being conservative; very "old school" type of approach when it comes to dating, for example. Men had to show up at their women's door to ask for their hands in marriage to their parents, wanting their daughters to be virgins when they got married, expecting them to settle and pop out a few kids. Men were expected to be the heads of their families, having a certain control over their wives. I would mention misogyny as consistent: when a Marleyan called Sasha a 'whore' completely unprovoked; when the Military Police's soldiers were discussing about Historia getting impregnated; the entire ordeal with Mikasa and her mom, about their heritage and the fact that they were targeted to be sold to the black market. It's useless to mention how much prostitutes were hated.
Hookup culture was surely a thing, and in my opinion, a lot of soldiers resorted to it. The Scouts are the branch that has the lowest survival rate, and having a committed relationship meant each time they would leave for their monthly expeditions, they always had the fear of not seeing their wives, husband or children ever again. Erwin, to me, agreed not to date Marie not only to focus on his duty, but also because he couldn't bear to think about her grieving if he died. Because of that, the Scouts either dated between each other or resorted in hook-ups with women who were drooling over soldiers—I can picture only men having those 'adventures'.
The Garrison, until the fall of Wall Maria, were as lazy and drunkards as ever. They only had to protect the civilians from the titans, which gave them a higher survival rate (though we could see how incompetent they were when Shigashina was attacked). That meant they surely had more opportunities to marry and settle; Pixis had a wife, for example. This, however, doesn't exclude the fact that men still hooked up with women, mostly to have someone to warm their beds.
The Military Police had it simple: their job was fairly easier and safer. Women would settle with them because their paychecks were higher; if men had one night stands, it was because they used their own ranks or job as MP officers to be entitled to women's attention. In this case, we know that Nile Dok had the possibility to marry Marie and also be a father, a privilege since he didn't constantly risk his life.
The fact that women were allowed to join the military was surely something that was allowed after ages. Yet, we can see the military where the percentage of male soldiers was surely way higher. The reason why no women became Commanders. When Hange got promoted, I could see tons of Scouts being against it, because of their gender. There's a bit of confusion since they use she/her with Hange sometimes, especially in the anime, but whatever the case is, they aren't male. And therefore, a Commander who's not male was surely a big no-no for a lot of people.
Paradis surely is a country where discrimination is rampant, and some people would turn their heads to the side whenever there was someone being targeted. Classism was very much normalized; the government completely ignored the poorer and lower classes. They never cared about the Underground, and when the fall of Wall Maria happened, with Shiganshina that welcomed most, if not all lower classes, it could be seen when their residents got sent to Wall Rose after evacuating. The government also sent the lower classes outside the walls to "work" when the food supplies weren't enough, and as Armin stated, the situation got a bit better. It wasn't surprising that they were all people who lived in Shiganshina.
I do see the richer classes being reluctant to lend a hand to the homeless, for example, whether it is giving them a few coins or engaging with volunteering. If they can, they avoid it. They're greedy, and if they can exploit the poor, they don't back away from it.
In terms of racism, it wasn't a thing until the discovery of Marley. From that moment, with the entire 'Eldian race' type of stuff, it surely flared up and mostly in the Scouts, because of the Jaegerists. It wouldn't surprise me that once Onyankopon began to help the Survey Corps, a lot of them (especially Floch) resorted to prejudices and blatant snarky remarks about his skin color, and of course, his home country—there was indeed a scene where he got cornered.
Homosexuality... I'm a bit conflicted about it. On one hand, I could see Paradis having several people believing that women had to only date men to assure that the Paradisians wouldn't be extinct one day. On the other hand, history tells us that homosexuality always existed and was a trait shared even in the Middle Ages. The only hint that Paradis had certain religious beliefs is the "cult of the walls"; though, the presence of pastors or some sort or alternate version of Catholicism or anything along those lines, which included the cult of the walls, was surely a thing. There, sodomy was a sin. A lot of homosexual encounters were perhaps shared in private places, or designated ones. In AOT, however, no one had anything to say about Historia and Ymir; everyone understood they weren't surely best friends. And since the barracks were divided into male and female ones (Isabel Magnolia was stunned by it once she joined the Scouts), we can't deny that there were gay cadets, or gay couples/officers among the ranking in each Regiment.
Finally, gender identity. If we push aside the entire "church and conservatives didn't approve that" thing, I can think of transvestites, mostly men. Hange is the only character that's canonically not a man nor a woman. When they joined the Corps, people surely questioned it; some were appalled, others were reluctant. Not out of malice, or better, not all of them, but I would say out of a lack of knowledge. When they saw that Hange was a valid member and Squad Leader, the Scouts realized that they couldn't care less about how Hange defined themselves: gender identity is the last thing you should care about when you're constantly a step away from being chewed like a chewing gum.
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mightyflamethrower · 5 months ago
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CAIR normally works underhandedly, portraying Muslims as victims as it exploits cultural Marxism to advance Islam, keeping its terror connections in the background. But we have some idea what’s under the surface.
Via Discover the Networks:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) describes itself as a “non-profit, grassroots membership organization 
 established to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America,” to protect Muslims from hate crimes and discrimination, and to present “an Islamic perspective on issues of importance to the American public.” According to the Council’s Director of Communications, Ibrahim Hooper, “We are similar to a Muslim NAACP.”
When the mask slips, the image promoted is not so positive.
Presenting Jordan-born Noora Shalash, former Director of Government Affairs for CAIR-Kentucky:
This quote illuminates the agenda:
“I demand Jihad, I want ISIS to kill all of you.”
She is referring to Jews, not all non-Muslims. Jews enraged Mohammad by refusing to acknowledge him as a prophet and have managed to maintain a non-Islamic pocket in the Middle East. But when they are done with Jews, they will come for the rest of us.
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theposhsworld · 11 months ago
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Slavic life hack: Be apolitical
My advice to unmarried women who wish to get married and even if you have a live in partner is to never post about politics or religion in your social media no matter how important the cause. When I was unmarried I had very different views than when I got married and this is the same according to statistics.
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When I was completely incompetent with men I was progressive and liberal, and only attracted commitmentiphobes. Marriage minded men who are provider protectors are allergic to anything progressive. And men adopt or pretend to adopt progressive views for the sake of responsibility avoidance. Progressive men delay commitment and split bills. Usually the two come in a package. Pearl's Corner was writing about this too and she is liberal in Nigeria who believes in indigenous spirituality, not religious.
When I was inexperienced with men I thought it’s wonderful if a man is progressive and not a bigot. When I got more experience with men I understood about trade offs, that men are only progressive for responsibility avoidance.
Yes if you want princess treatment you need some who is a bigot misogynist fascist by the standards of purple haired progressives but a centrist by the standards of financially successful men.
If you want 1000% princess treatment with private jets & all the luxury in the world, you are going to have to date Donald Trump. There is an opportunity cost for everything. I couldn’t put up with the personality of very big men but if that is what you want understand it’s not free. With power and money does come entitlement.
So obviously my views changed when it came to achieving my goals.
I learned in the West there is a luxury beliefs game. The Western elite yell about woke because you can’t get there by being woke. It’s gate keeping.
They promote Lizzo the obese singer as inclusive but even Ginie Sayles says you can’t marry into the western elite without being slim.
They promote being a loud gay but then people will quietly discriminate against you, so smart gays act conservative in public and party in private and move up fast. The west has the lowest social mobility compared to developing countries. If you follow the mainstream in the West you will be blocked from moving ahead.
For example I say don’t yell about Palestine. There is a rise in anti sĂ©mitism that will turn into Islamophobia once the Gaza war is over. Jews are concerned that anger towards Israeli war crimes will result & it has resulted in prejudice and violence towards the Jewish community because in the past protests complaining about Jews resulted in concentration camps.
The Palestine protests trigger Jewish hereditary PTSD because they remember when a German stirred up dusties against Jews as a scape goat for power . Like Kevin Samuels hating on single women. So when you support Palestinian human rights they don’t know if you do or you are a racist narcissist playing games like the French Olympic committee.
My experience is most white people at Palestine protests are there because they are anti semites not because they care about Palestine. When Assad persecuted Syrian Palestinians they ran.
Understandably because of this Jewish people are afraid of an Arab posting pro Palestine stuff loudly and quietly make it difficult for you to social climb.
As an Arab who is routinely discriminated against, bullied and harassed for my faith and background I can emphasize with Jews though I hope when we Arabs have power we are more open minded, less skittish and allow well meaning Zionists who don’t hate Arabs to advance and agree to disgree.
It’s not fair to us Arabs though understandable and life isn’t fair.
Talking about Gaza while a minority will get you blacklisted quietly everywhere but if you are white they will let you go as it’s seen as just a phase.
The reality is when you level up, we are not who we are but who we are becoming.
In my case with my IQ I am years ahead of people so I had to learn to shut up until I got married. I didn’t shut up and it cost me.
You have to ask what is more important, goals or self expression. When you achieve your goals then talk.
The girls who were complaining about how I think, they married a provider and now I think they are extreme for me.
Our opinions change as we level up and get closer to our goals. Politics and religion are divisive. As much as I have to talk about it on my wall so you stop having the politics that attracts commitmentophobic bill splitters, don’t post politics or religion.
When with a man if you want him to provide you have to validate his opinion. If he hates Trump be ware he might not be a provider & protector but you have to say how Trump is so bad and has a giant orange rump. If he doesn’t like Harris you don’t like Harris. Otherwise you split bills.
People don’t care about truth but their opinions validated.
And people’s opinions are a product of their environment, success or lack their of.
Don’t let the current you block the blessings of the future you.
Once you have reached your relationship goals then you can talk about politics and religion with your opinions. Until then you have to bullshit and lie especially in western democracies with their stupid elections that just tear the fabric of society and make people hate each other.
Basically you have to lie to westerners but it’s helpful to lie about your political opinions until you achieve your goals. It’s hard for me as an autist but being a liar when it comes to politics & religion is the smartest thing you can do. Why? Politics makes people emotional and emotional people are stupid and only want their feelings validated.
So if you lie and just fake it and pretend to agree with people’s sometimes crazy often poorly thought out emotional opinions you will have a lot of friends
If you have an unmarried friend who has a lot of gay and single female friends.. she is not going to have the to the opinion of married friends and 50-50 won’t have the point of view of hypergamous. If you are the biggest liar and lie to everyone you agree with their bullshit you will be the most popular.
When it comes to politics and religion, as Sheera said, Lie Lie Lie. I hate lying and find it painful but if you are capable of it, it will make your life easier.
Never lie when people are rational because they will catch you but lie when people are emotional & they will love you.
When people are emotional they don’t want a friend or to hear the truth. They feel they have a right to be rude but become angry after insulting you that you don’t allow people to treat you that way.
Emotional people are extremely rude and lack self awareness. Progressive women are emotional and moralizing so they are continuously rude towards their friends and partners when they mean well. Then get mad people don’t like being treated with disrespect.
So if someone is talking about morals, politics or religion say “you are right. You are always right. Your opinions are valid.”
And that is how you social climb. By lying about politics and religion and agreeing with everyone and having no opinions of your own until you reach a position of privilege and power and don’t have to care.
The point of shutting your mouth & lying is to achieve freedom where you can be yourself.
When you are not in a position of power you are very vulnerable and can arouse anger over nothing and get hurt.
Melania kept her politics and spirituality to herself until her husband dragged her into the White House. and even then she doesn’t have political opinions and avoids the campaign trail as much as possible.
My Russian mother told me being apolitical is the best way to get ahead in life as a woman. The Arab in me disagrees with her especially in my 20s, but now I understand her. We can’t change politics but we can make enemies.
Affluent men love to bring up current events and just agree with whatever he says. If he catches you say that you are not his wife and you have been brought to not discuss politics and religion because it brings strong emotions and simply agree with whatever people say so you don’t get hurt.
Personally getting rid of progressive views is the biggest life hack because they inspired me to be rude and attack people. I am trying to undo the bad habits of my social justice warrior days where I am less callous and unthinking.
I notice women who are bigots are better at regulating their emotions and getting what they want because bad girls are not doormats who neglect themselves to help the whole world.
Keep your opinions on politics and religion to yourself until you are very close with people.
My opinions evolve as I grow so I don’t want my opinions to be my first impression as they change.
I am always leveling up and I am who I am becoming. Don’t post your politics and religion opinions on social media until you have achieved your goals. Discuss them in private.
On social media you have so many different opinions. Posting politics unless everyone you have you selected for the same opinion will alienate people. And when we grow our politics change.
Younger me who couldn’t get a date & struggled at work would call me now a bigot and I call myself then a naive loser who couldn’t achieve her goals. To achieve my goals I had to keep trying different things until something work. This challenged my ideas, so I changed my ideas to reflect what I saw and not the mainstream propaganda from television and the schools.
As we evolve we lose what we have in common with our old friends and have to dump them before they get jealous and attack us. If we simply are apolitical like Slavic women, we avoid most unnecessary conflict.
Once you have achieved where you want to be then it’s okay to talk about politics and religion as long as you understand it makes people emotional and disrespectful & are fine with the drama it brings because we need to breathe at some point.
Politics, morals & religion makes us feel emotional and self righteous and okay to hurt other people and bully other people. We don’t even realize we are doing it then we hear we made someone feel unintentionally bullied by posting something about politics or religion.
I posted a lot about the Paris Olympics. Don’t post anything about it if unmarried or didn’t achieve your goals.
A political opinion is a privilege you can excercise once you have achieved your goals
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haggishlyhagging · 11 months ago
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Here's the reality of it, and I beg you to think about this when you hear all the shit that you hear about the First Amendment. I beg you to think about this Constitution that was crafted to protect the institution of slavery; crafted not to interfere with it, with the buying and selling of human beings. It is not a surprise that this state, regulated by this Constitution, is deeply insensitive to crimes against people that involve buying and selling them.ïżŒ
And I will remind you that the Founding Fathers were—many of them—slave owners. But especially—especially—that James Madison, who crafted the First Amendment, not only owned slaves but bragged that he could spend $12 or $13 a year on their upkeep and make from each slave $257 a year.
The First Amendment doesn't have anything to do with protecting the rights of the people who historically have been chattel in this country. And it is not a surprise that right now the First Amendment is protecting people who buy and sell people: the First Amendment is protecting pornographers. And we're told that their rights of speech make our rights of speech stronger. You see, they take one of us, or ten of us, or thirty of us, put gags in our mouths, hang us from something, and our speech rights are stronger. It defies comprehension but they keep saying it's true. I keep saying it's not true.
Please understand that we now live in a country where the courts are actively protecting pornography and the pornography business. When the civil-rights ordinance was passed in Indianapolis, the city was sued an hour after the ordinance was passed for passing it. For passing it. It was never even used. For passing it.
The first judge, in federal district court, was a Reagan-appointed judge, a woman, a right-wing woman. She said in her decision that sex discrimination never outweighs First Amendment rights in importance. That's the right-wing position. The First Amendment is more important than any harm that's being done to women. This First-Amendment-first decision was then appealed. Another Reagan-appointed judge, Frank Easterbrook, wrote the appeals court decision striking down the ordinance. He said that pornography did everything that we said it did. He said it promoted rape and injury. He said it led to lower pay for women, to affronts to women, to insult, to injury. And then he said that that proved its power as speech. Its ability to hurt women proved its power as speech and was the reason it had to be protected. A right-wing, Reagan-appointed libertarian.
So if your theory says that the right is against pornography and will use any means in its hands to stop pornography from existing, it seems to me that reality forces you to change your theory because your theory is wrong. Both the right and the left agree that a woman being hung from something is somebody's speech. Somebody's speech. And this means there is a new legal way in which women are legally chattel. Do you understand that once we're made into speech, we are owned as speech by men in the age of technology? Once we're technologized, once the abuse of us is technologized, we are legally their chattel.
-Andrea Dworkin, “Woman-Hating Right and Left” in The Sexual Liberals and the Attack on Feminism
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mariacallous · 4 months ago
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It was supposed to be a major moment for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Jewish community.
The Senate minority leader, who’s also the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history, was set to appear at the Upper East Side’s Temple Emanu-El Tuesday evening to launch his new book, “Antisemitism in America: A Warning.”
But the event has been canceled as, instead of fanfare, Schumer and his book have ignited the ire of many of New York’s Jews — from both the right and the left.
On the liberal end of the political spectrum, Jews are among the voices criticizing the senator for voting with Republicans last week on a stopgap spending bill — which House Democrats have characterized as a “blank check” for Trump — that includes some $7 million in federal agency cuts to avert a government shutdown. They see him as inadequately standing up against the Trump administration.
On the right, some Jewish critics say it’s hypocritical that the senator is promoting his book on antisemitism while the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which would adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, and would enshrine antisemitism as a type of discrimination that could trigger corrective action under Title VI, is stalled in the Senate.
Ahead of a week of planned promotional events for “Antisemitism in America,” disgruntled Jews from both camps made plans for their voices to be heard. A protest organized by a local chapter of anti-Zionist organization Jewish Voice for Peace was planned outside Schumer’s Monday evening event at Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library. Meanwhile, a protest organized by a group of pro-Israel Jews, colorfully promoted as “F—ck Chuck and His Book!,” was planned for Tuesday evening in Manhattan.
But on Monday —  following protests from frustrated Democrats outside his Park Slope, Brooklyn home and outside his Midtown office, where one protester held a sign that said “This Jewish mom is very disappointed, Chuck” — Schumer postponed all promotional events for his book due to “security concerns,” a spokesperson said in a statement.
Schumer had been scheduled to hold book events in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., later this week.
Schumer’s Emanu-El talk was going to bring him in conversation with Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat who is a staunch supporter of Israel. Outside, “a broad coalition of Jewish New Yorkers,” planned to gather to demand that Schumer facilitate the passing of the Antisemitism Awareness Act, according to co-organizer Aliza Licht, a branding expert and pro-Israel activist.
Temple Emanu-El did not respond to a request for comment about the event’s cancelation — though registrants were issued refunds for their tickets and were told that it might be rescheduled.
David Klion, a Jewish, Brooklyn-based writer for, as he says, “many lefty mags,” was planning to attend the Emanu-El event on Tuesday ahead of writing a review of the book for a culture magazine. He declined to comment on the content of the book itself but did have thoughts about Schumer’s decision to back the Republican spending bill.
“It might actually be the least bad scenario in that we didn’t get a shutdown, and the focus stays on Trump,” Klion said. “But, also, everyone hates Chuck Schumer now.”
Schumer was one of 10 Democrats who voted in favor of the continuing resolution, which staves off a government shutdown for at least six months. In the aftermath, Schumer has received a “torrent of criticism” from his party.
Phylisa Wisdom, executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda, a progressive Jewish advocacy organization, declined to speak about the continuing resolution. But she said that, for the most part, she agreed with another controversial stance Schumer has taken recently, about the Trump administration’s effort to deport the Palestinian Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
Referring to Schumer’s statement on March 11, in which he condemned the content of Khalil’s activism but also asked for the Department of Homeland Security to provide evidence as to any criminal violation, Wisdom would have liked Schumer to use “stronger language,” she said.
“This administration are not people that we can trust to keep us safe and to be taking actions in our best interests,” Wisdom said. “So I’m grateful that SEn. Schumer drew a line between his concern around antisemitism that shows up at Columbia and protest spaces, and this extremely dangerous precedent that the Trump administration is aiming to set.”
The New York Post, meanwhile, reported that Licht and the organizers of Tuesday’s demonstration “say they also are angry with his response to the Trump administration’s efforts to deport anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil.” They support the deportation effort: As co-organizer Lizzy Savetsky, a pro-Israel influencer who recently drew condemnation for praising Meir Kahane, recently posted on Instagram: “If you’re more outraged about deporting a terror supporter than the terror they support, you’re not an ally to the Jewish community. You just hate Trump more than you care about Jewish students.”
Licht indicated that while Tuesday’s protest was canceled because Schumer’s event at Emanu-El was canceled, her group’s aims remain the same. “Our focus has always been working to get the Antisemitism Awareness Act passed and that is what we will continue to do,” she said.
“I personally was looking forward to it..,” Licht posted on X about the protest, adding, “We will find a new date.”
Schumer’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Schumer described his book as a “warning” in a statement in August.
“If America fails to understand the context and history of antisemitism, if America’s darker impulses ultimately overwhelm its better angels, an age-old truth will prove true once again: that antisemitism inevitably leads to violence against Jews and a rise in bigotry in our society at large,” he said.
Ben Akselrod, an organizational consultant who also serves as a district leader for Part A of New York’s 76th Assembly District on the Upper East Side, says his constituents are frustrated that the Democrats in the House and Senate are not on the same page.
“And the reelection of Donald Trump does not help that,” Akselrod said. “And he’s referring to Chuck Schumer using ‘Palestinian’ as a slur.”
“Antisemitism flourishes in a low-trust society,” he added. “We need our elected officials to be engaging with people on the ground, having that sort of back and forth, because democracy is a two-way street.”
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