Francis 🇾🇪 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @francis@greenplenty.social

This makes me want to scream and pull out my hair.

"Reduce your vocabulary by 10-20% to prove you're a human."

I was recently called a misandrist for the first time in my life. Why? Because I told a man that men needed to “behave better”. He screamed “not all men!” At me and then demanded I show more deference and acknowledgement that there are “good guys out there”.

This was someone I considered a friend - so I tried to explain that of course there are good guys - but we don’t know who they are. We have to approach EVERY man with caution because of the constant threat of rape and abuse.

I explained that’s why we say men have privilege - because they don’t have to move through life with that constant threat. They don’t have to be on guard ALL the time. They aren’t judged by what they wear, how many kids they have, how much they drink or how late they were out at night.

He proceeded to school me that he in fact experienced No benefit from being a man. He genuinely could not comprehend that I wasn’t saying he didn’t work hard or earn whatever he had - just that it would have been HARDER had he been a woman or marginalized in another way.

Nope. I was told I hate men and that we could no longer be friends.

guys - please don’t do this. I kept my cool and tried to gently explain where I was coming from only to get berated and repeatedly told that if I didn’t do exactly as he wanted - the friendship would be cut off.

This dude proved my point and couldn’t even see it.

We KNOW it’s not all men - but it’s too many men. And we DON’T know who the safe ones are.

I’m debating writing an article about this - especially considering disabled women are far more likely to experience abuse. I’m just not sure it “fits” with Disabled Ginger. Though reproductive health is certainly something I will be diving in to.

Thoughts? Is it too far removed from my normal topics?

#giselepelicot #notallmen #toomanymen #metoo #rape #abuse #misogyny #patriarchy #fuckthepatriarchy #shamemustchangesides #discrimination #womensrights #womenshealth #believewoman

perspective

It is extremely frustrating to me that people use the insult 'carrot top' to describe people with red hair because carrot tops are green thank you for listening and another thing red hair is rarely actually red also red onions are clearly purple who is naming all this stuff.....

Subject: word games and oppression

'It's not fair"
"Life isn't fair"

"Black lives matter"
"All lives matter"

"Women are exploited and marginalized"
'Men get discriminated against too"

"I'm scared to go on the school bus"
"Your sister never had any problems with it"

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If the fascist version of cognitive dissonance is ignoring reality so that you can justify and enact authoritarian measures, the anarchist version is ignoring reality so you can skip from step one to done.

The people that think collaboration can't happen remotely are also the ones who only get their ideas implemented by being loudly wrong and basically a bully. They need face to face interaction because how else will they float around, sprinkling their bad ideas, and pushing for features that both no one asked for and don't meet user's needs.

Brutal but also realistic.

#climatechange

Police told Winstanley he is not under arrest, but they’re confiscating his devices on the off-chance they can find evidence.

https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/everyone-who-opposes-genocide-is

Rather than condemn all atrocities and seek justice for the victims, governments try to pretend the atrocities of their allies are acceptable. Only enemy atrocities are "real" atrocities. It spits in the face of the victims and of humanity everywhere.
https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/10/07

Now there's absolutely no doubt - Lord Starmer's UK is a fascist regime. https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/uk-police-raid-home-seize-devices-eis-asa-winstanley #StopArmingIsrael #fascism #UKPolitics