i feel you.

sure. the list could go on and on and on. given, some of these movements, including the arab spring, did not necessarily yield the results those protesting wanted, but the idea that protest itself should happen within a specific framework works toward taking away the point of protest in the first place.

that’s all fine, but that’s not what i am commenting on. i am responding to the commenter’s belief that protests that happen within the framework of protest-limiting laws is somehow helpful.

also, most of those movements did not “win” mainstream support.

i am commenting on the person’s call for BLM to act a certain way within a certain set of rules in order to be “reputable,” whatever that is meant to mean in this case...

malls are one of many symbols of capitalism, which people glorify over the value of human life, black or otherwise. in this particular case, many sects of BLM link critiques of capitalism to policing bc the latter is often acting in defense of the former (couples, of course, with white supremacy). the system of…

the idea that protest must happen within a specific framework is never a) proportionate to the terror and oppression the people protesting (and/or those for whom they protest) face and b) in line with reality. look at every.single.historical.example. of actual change, then tell me if the people “followed the rules”…

almost as bizarre* as that rosa parks bit..

is your abuela also cool with deporting children to their deaths? awesome!!!

this is tough, mainly because i am not sure if nicki minaj is necessarily any more guilty than, say, any celebrity who buys clothes made by sweatshop workers or absurd amounts of diamonds (many of which, btw, mined in angola under brutal conditions overseen and perpetuated by the govt and for which one is subject to…

woot for miracle mop (i have had many an imposter and they work like a charm), but boo for wringing that thing out in the kitchen sink. gross. bucket then TOILETS, folks, not the sink.

it is, actually (which is scary):

i agree with you (not sure if your comment was meant to be in contrast to mine or not). the problem is that conservatives in this country seem to cover their eyes and ears when their people do something royally effed, but then sound the alarm when anyone professing a belief in islam does. but if you objectively…

um what?

yes, ugh, i saw that report on gay men being accepted and wanted to scream. it’s also soooo tied up in weird gender norms that run counter to actual proof to the contrary (women and gay men can’t be terrorists?)

to me it makes total sense: conservative muslim values align very well with conservative christian values. think about it: limited rights for women, no reproductive rights, no sexual health or education, advocacy of wars against people whose beliefs differ from your own, homophobic, limited belief in religious…

related note: i cannot help but think about orlando patterson’s discussion of social death and the ways in which the trans-atlantic slave trade contributed to a disruption of an african sense of self that relied on social units that included extended family and community members in ways relatively unknown in the west.…

Yessss. I remember the mosque arson. Thank you for adding further perspective.

i am really happy canada is being so welcoming, but the entire story keeps getting left out. after the paris attacks, they switched up their plan to take in ONLY women, children, and families, leaving single men out. once again, considering that none of the guys in the paris attacks were syrian but instead locally…

this isn’t a good example. nor is that waste of space comrade of his clarence thomas. hey were both affirmative action hires and are doing a shitty job. they are also both rabid racists and classists on top of hating women.