This last week I've had arguments with too many mra's (alleged mens rights activists, in reality seriously disturbed abusive men), pissed off white people, people who just can't see the realities of racism and misogyny, and god forfend they understand such complex ideas like privilege and intersectionality ...
Oh but that ignorance doesn't stop them, oh no, they have to try to explain their BS to you as if you're stupid, because of course you need everything fecking mansplained to you. Even apparently that mansplain isn't a word, except it is in the recent OED editions, so officially a word in the English language.
But don't be fooled into thinking it is just these ignoramuses who are the problem, that would be far too easy. No it is each and everyone of us who on hearing about a race issue going "well they shouldn't have been ..." or on hearing about a rape say "well it's terrible but she shouldn't have been drunk, stoned, dressed sexy ...." and the million and one fecking bullshit platitudes we mewl. Fucking get angry, stand up and be counted.
Because if you don't, if you join the ranks of the "well he shouldn't have been playing with a water pistol" "well he was wearing a hoodie" "she was out after dark" "she had been drinking and flirting with him all night" then you ARE the fucking problem. You are as good as the rapist, you are as good as the cop, thug racist freak who thinks killing black kids is ok because after all 'niggers' ( I loathe that word and all it means) ain't the same as us white folks ... For the love of god get angry, shout, stand, pick a damn side and make a fucking stand because mewling racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic platitudes whilst pretending not to be racist, rape apologist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic is fucking disgraceful!
Yes I can put all of this into coherent academic language, yes I get all the theories, yes I intellectually understand the opposing view points, it's still all BS. End of the day this is life and death, sitting on the fence shouldn't be an option.
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