Important Things

Don't let yourself waste.

May 1
stfusexists:

alexandraerin:

nezua:

theuppitynegras:

kyssthis16:

witchsistah:

everythingrhymeswithalcohol:

fandomsandfeminism:

izzi527:

Perfect

Congrats on perpetrating racist, sexism bullshitty stereotypes. You are a scummy scummy person. 

Give her a voice?
GIVE?!
I’m more than pretty fucking sure they’re born with one.

If the only way you can see to “de-stereotype” anyone is to make them more White and Western, then the issue lies with YOU, not them.

This is some white nonsense if I ever saw it. This is why I don’t fux with white feminists. Y’all ruin things.

what in the name of god did I just read?

What you just read was yet another failed attempt at the right wing mentality attempting to usurp the use of humor and art—natural enemies of the conservative mind.

Uh, let’s not fob this one off on the right wing and conservatives… whoever made this cartoon, there are plenty of liberal feminists who feel exactly the same way, and we should be prepared to own that.
(Personally, I don’t know many conservatives who would consider a woman flipping people the bird and and telling people to shut up to be progress.)
Edit: Also, the stamp on the side says “atheistcartoons.com”. Yeah, let’s not blame this one on the right.

Disgusting. Here’s how to actually “de-stereotype” a Muslim woman: stop giving into your racist, xenophobic instincts and accept that she too is an individual.

This type of shit is just awful, and we atheists need to start being less and less tolerant of this imperialist shit.
You don’t just “take” anything away from her or “give” her anything.
You abolish any laws that would force her to wear things against her will or prevent her from getting an education.  You don’t force the clothes off of her and force the education into her.
You fight against a society that tells her that her value is determined by X or Y or Z, instead of telling her the things that she “should” value.
There are legitimate criticisms you can make of the book of the Quran and the belief systems of Islam and the societies in predominantly Muslim areas.  This is because the Quran is a book, Islam is a series of ideas, and societies are cultures, and all of these things can and must be criticized.
This, however, is clearly the wrong way to go about it.

stfusexists:

alexandraerin:

nezua:

theuppitynegras:

kyssthis16:

witchsistah:

everythingrhymeswithalcohol:

fandomsandfeminism:

izzi527:

Perfect

Congrats on perpetrating racist, sexism bullshitty stereotypes. You are a scummy scummy person. 

Give her a voice?

GIVE?!

I’m more than pretty fucking sure they’re born with one.

If the only way you can see to “de-stereotype” anyone is to make them more White and Western, then the issue lies with YOU, not them.

This is some white nonsense if I ever saw it. This is why I don’t fux with white feminists. Y’all ruin things.

what in the name of god did I just read?

What you just read was yet another failed attempt at the right wing mentality attempting to usurp the use of humor and art—natural enemies of the conservative mind.

Uh, let’s not fob this one off on the right wing and conservatives… whoever made this cartoon, there are plenty of liberal feminists who feel exactly the same way, and we should be prepared to own that.

(Personally, I don’t know many conservatives who would consider a woman flipping people the bird and and telling people to shut up to be progress.)

Edit: Also, the stamp on the side says “atheistcartoons.com”. Yeah, let’s not blame this one on the right.

Disgusting. Here’s how to actually “de-stereotype” a Muslim woman: stop giving into your racist, xenophobic instincts and accept that she too is an individual.

This type of shit is just awful, and we atheists need to start being less and less tolerant of this imperialist shit.

You don’t just “take” anything away from her or “give” her anything.

You abolish any laws that would force her to wear things against her will or prevent her from getting an education.  You don’t force the clothes off of her and force the education into her.

You fight against a society that tells her that her value is determined by X or Y or Z, instead of telling her the things that she “should” value.

There are legitimate criticisms you can make of the book of the Quran and the belief systems of Islam and the societies in predominantly Muslim areas.  This is because the Quran is a book, Islam is a series of ideas, and societies are cultures, and all of these things can and must be criticized.

This, however, is clearly the wrong way to go about it.

(via folkandfemme)


Apr 30
christinsanity:

elsaify:

christinsanity:

I’d contrast Jainism with Islam, but you get the message…

THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR THE REAL TRANSLATION OF THE VERSE QURAN 8:39
The real translation is: “And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere”
Muslims count today up to 1700 millions (1.7 billions), do you think if that was our belief, would any place in the world be peaceful?
Oh, as for your kindness, I quote from Quran:
♦ “For Allah Loves those who do good” [3:148]
♦ “But indeed if any show patience and forgive, that would truly be an exercise of courageous will and resolution in the conduct of affairs.” [42:43]
♦ “ O my son! offer prayers perfectly, enjoin (people) for Al- Ma’ruf (Islamic Monotheism and all that is good), and forbid (people) from Al- Munkar (i.e. disbelief in the Oneness of Allah, polytheism of all kinds and all that is evil and bad), and bear with patience whatever befalls you. Verily! These are some of the important commandments ordered by Allah with no exemption.
     And turn not your face away from men with pride, nor walk in insolence through the earth. Verily, Allah likes not each arrogant boaster.” [31:17,18]
♦ “And speak to them words of kindness and justice” [4:5]
♦ “And, out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say: “My Lord! bestow on them thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood.” [17: 24]
♦ “speak to them words of kindness and justice” [4:8] [4:5]
The word kindness was mentioned in The Holy Quran more than 20 times.
If you want to contrast, then you will have a hard time understanding Islam.
Here, you say KINDNESS, but when it comes to hijab “No, she had NO RIGHT to wear hijab”
You’re just following what they tell on the media, STOP LISTENING and Start SEARCHING! 

I’ve searched:
So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world). Qur’an:8:39
your source? What is fitnah?
http://quran.com/8/39

You are using a bit of a biased translation of Fitnah there.  As far as I know it doesn’t *really* translate to non-Muslims.  You can just as easily dodge that accusation by saying it refers to strife/chaos/oppression directed at/among Muslims.
Besides, there were much easier ways to take down that post.
Right before [3:148] there is an ask for god to deliver them victory over the non-believers.  A bit after comes http://quran.com/3/151:

We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down [any] authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.

[42:43] is surrounded by details of the punishments for those who don’t believe (http://quran.com/42/40-46).
I don’t know why they would mention [31:17,18].  Right in there is calling everything evil that isn’t monotheistic worship of Allah.
There’s no need to attack a straw man version of the Quran.  There are some verses, even by the nicest translations or understandings, are still just evil.

christinsanity:

elsaify:

christinsanity:

I’d contrast Jainism with Islam, but you get the message…

THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR THE REAL TRANSLATION OF THE VERSE QURAN 8:39

The real translation is: “And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere”

Muslims count today up to 1700 millions (1.7 billions), do you think if that was our belief, would any place in the world be peaceful?

Oh, as for your kindness, I quote from Quran:

♦ “For Allah Loves those who do good” [3:148]

♦ “But indeed if any show patience and forgive, that would truly be an exercise of courageous will and resolution in the conduct of affairs.” [42:43]

♦ “ O my son! offer prayers perfectly, enjoin (people) for Al- Ma’ruf (Islamic Monotheism and all that is good), and forbid (people) from Al- Munkar (i.e. disbelief in the Oneness of Allah, polytheism of all kinds and all that is evil and bad), and bear with patience whatever befalls you. Verily! These are some of the important commandments ordered by Allah with no exemption.

     And turn not your face away from men with pride, nor walk in insolence through the earth. Verily, Allah likes not each arrogant boaster.” [31:17,18]

♦ “And speak to them words of kindness and justice” [4:5]

♦ “And, out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say: “My Lord! bestow on them thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood.” [17: 24]

♦ “speak to them words of kindness and justice” [4:8] [4:5]

The word kindness was mentioned in The Holy Quran more than 20 times.

If you want to contrast, then you will have a hard time understanding Islam.

Here, you say KINDNESS, but when it comes to hijab “No, she had NO RIGHT to wear hijab”

You’re just following what they tell on the media, STOP LISTENING and Start SEARCHING! 

I’ve searched:

So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world). Qur’an:8:39

your source? What is fitnah?

http://quran.com/8/39

You are using a bit of a biased translation of Fitnah there.  As far as I know it doesn’t *really* translate to non-Muslims.  You can just as easily dodge that accusation by saying it refers to strife/chaos/oppression directed at/among Muslims.

Besides, there were much easier ways to take down that post.

Right before [3:148] there is an ask for god to deliver them victory over the non-believers.  A bit after comes http://quran.com/3/151:

We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down [any] authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.

[42:43] is surrounded by details of the punishments for those who don’t believe (http://quran.com/42/40-46).

I don’t know why they would mention [31:17,18].  Right in there is calling everything evil that isn’t monotheistic worship of Allah.

There’s no need to attack a straw man version of the Quran.  There are some verses, even by the nicest translations or understandings, are still just evil.


Apr 25
ikenbot:

Albert Einstein, Civil Rights Activist

Here’s something you probably don’t know about Albert Einstein.
Image:Einstein with the children of Lincoln University Faculty, May 3, 1946
In 1946, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist traveled to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, the alma mater of Langston Hughes and Thurgood Marshall and the first school in America to grant college degrees to blacks. At Lincoln, Einstein gave a speech in which he called racism “a disease of white people,” and added, “I do not intend to be quiet about it.” He also received an honorary degree and gave a lecture on relativity to Lincoln students.
The reason Einstein’s visit to Lincoln is not better known is that it was virtually ignored by the mainstream press, which regularly covered Einstein’s speeches and activities. (Only the black press gave extensive coverage to the event.) Nor is there mention of the Lincoln visit in any of the major Einstein biographies or archives.
In fact, many significant details are missing from the numerous studies of Einstein’s life and work, most of them having to do with Einstein’s opposition to racism and his relationships with African Americans.
That these omissions need to be recognized and corrected is the contention of Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor, authors of “Einstein on Race and Racism” (Rutgers University Press, 2006). Jerome and Taylor spoke April 3 at an event sponsored by the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. The event also featured remarks by Sylvester James Gates Jr., the John S. Toll Professor of Physics, University of Maryland.
According to Jerome and Taylor, Einstein’s statements at Lincoln were by no means an isolated case. Einstein, who was Jewish, was sensitized to racism by the years of Nazi-inspired threats and harassment he suffered during his tenure at the University of Berlin. Einstein was in the United States when the Nazis came to power in 1933, and, fearful that a return to Germany would place him in mortal danger, he decided to stay, accepting a position at the recently founded Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. He became an American citizen in 1940.
But while Einstein may have been grateful to have found a safe haven, his gratitude did not prevent him from criticizing the ethical shortcomings of his new home.
“Einstein realized that African Americans in Princeton were treated like Jews in Germany,” said Taylor. “The town was strictly segregated. There was no high school that blacks could go to until the 1940s.”
Einstein’s response to the racism and segregation he found in Princeton (Paul Robeson, who was born in Princeton, called it “the northernmost town in the South”) was to cultivate relationships in the town’s African-American community. Jerome and Taylor interviewed members of that community who still remember the white-haired, disheveled figure of Einstein strolling through their streets, stopping to chat with the inhabitants, and handing out candy to local children.
One woman remembered that Einstein paid the college tuition of a young man from the community. Another said that he invited Marian Anderson to stay at his home when the singer was refused a room at the Nassau Inn.
Einstein met Paul Robeson when the famous singer and actor came to perform at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre in 1935. The two found they had much in common. Both were concerned about the rise of fascism, and both gave their support to efforts to defend the democratically elected government of Spain against the fascist forces of Francisco Franco. Einstein and Robeson also worked together on the American Crusade to End Lynching, in response to an upsurge in racial murders as black soldiers returned home in the aftermath of World War II.
The 20-year friendship between Einstein and Robeson is another story that has not been told, Jerome said, but that omission may soon be rectified. A movie is in the works about the relationship, with Danny Glover slated to play Robeson and Ben Kingsley as Einstein.
Einstein continued to support progressive causes through the 1950s, when the pressure of anti-Communist witch hunts made it dangerous to do so. Another example of Einstein using his prestige to help a prominent African American occurred in 1951, when the 83-year-old W.E.B. Du Bois, a founder of the NAACP, was indicted by the federal government for failing to register as a “foreign agent” as a consequence of circulating the pro-Soviet Stockholm Peace Petition. Einstein offered to appear as a character witness for Du Bois, which convinced the judge to drop the case.
Gates, an African-American physicist who has appeared on the PBS show Nova, said that Einstein had been a hero of his since he learned about the theory of relativity as a teenager, but that he was unaware of Einstein’s ideas on civil rights until fairly recently.
Einstein’s approach to problems in physics was to begin by asking very simple, almost childlike questions, such as, “What would the world look like if I could drive along a beam of light?” Gates said.
“He must have developed his ideas about race through a similar process. He was capable of asking the question, ‘What would my life be like if I were black?’”
Gates said that thinking about Einstein’s involvement with civil rights has prompted him to speculate on the value of affirmative action and the goal of diversity it seeks to bring about. There are many instances in which the presence of strength and resilience in a system can be attributed to diversity.
“In the natural world, for example, when a population is under the influence of a stressful environment, diversity ensures its survival,” Gates said.
On a cultural level, the global influence of American popular music might be attributed to the fact that it is an amalgam of musical traditions from Europe and Africa.
These examples have led him to conclude that “diversity actually matters, independent of the moral argument.” Gates said he believes “there is a science of diversity out there waiting for scholars to discover it.”

ikenbot:

Albert Einstein, Civil Rights Activist

Here’s something you probably don’t know about Albert Einstein.

Image:Einstein with the children of Lincoln University Faculty, May 3, 1946

In 1946, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist traveled to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, the alma mater of Langston Hughes and Thurgood Marshall and the first school in America to grant college degrees to blacks. At Lincoln, Einstein gave a speech in which he called racism “a disease of white people,” and added, “I do not intend to be quiet about it.” He also received an honorary degree and gave a lecture on relativity to Lincoln students.

The reason Einstein’s visit to Lincoln is not better known is that it was virtually ignored by the mainstream press, which regularly covered Einstein’s speeches and activities. (Only the black press gave extensive coverage to the event.) Nor is there mention of the Lincoln visit in any of the major Einstein biographies or archives.

In fact, many significant details are missing from the numerous studies of Einstein’s life and work, most of them having to do with Einstein’s opposition to racism and his relationships with African Americans.

That these omissions need to be recognized and corrected is the contention of Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor, authors of “Einstein on Race and Racism” (Rutgers University Press, 2006). Jerome and Taylor spoke April 3 at an event sponsored by the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. The event also featured remarks by Sylvester James Gates Jr., the John S. Toll Professor of Physics, University of Maryland.

According to Jerome and Taylor, Einstein’s statements at Lincoln were by no means an isolated case. Einstein, who was Jewish, was sensitized to racism by the years of Nazi-inspired threats and harassment he suffered during his tenure at the University of Berlin. Einstein was in the United States when the Nazis came to power in 1933, and, fearful that a return to Germany would place him in mortal danger, he decided to stay, accepting a position at the recently founded Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. He became an American citizen in 1940.

But while Einstein may have been grateful to have found a safe haven, his gratitude did not prevent him from criticizing the ethical shortcomings of his new home.

“Einstein realized that African Americans in Princeton were treated like Jews in Germany,” said Taylor. “The town was strictly segregated. There was no high school that blacks could go to until the 1940s.”

Einstein’s response to the racism and segregation he found in Princeton (Paul Robeson, who was born in Princeton, called it “the northernmost town in the South”) was to cultivate relationships in the town’s African-American community. Jerome and Taylor interviewed members of that community who still remember the white-haired, disheveled figure of Einstein strolling through their streets, stopping to chat with the inhabitants, and handing out candy to local children.

One woman remembered that Einstein paid the college tuition of a young man from the community. Another said that he invited Marian Anderson to stay at his home when the singer was refused a room at the Nassau Inn.

Einstein met Paul Robeson when the famous singer and actor came to perform at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre in 1935. The two found they had much in common. Both were concerned about the rise of fascism, and both gave their support to efforts to defend the democratically elected government of Spain against the fascist forces of Francisco Franco. Einstein and Robeson also worked together on the American Crusade to End Lynching, in response to an upsurge in racial murders as black soldiers returned home in the aftermath of World War II.

The 20-year friendship between Einstein and Robeson is another story that has not been told, Jerome said, but that omission may soon be rectified. A movie is in the works about the relationship, with Danny Glover slated to play Robeson and Ben Kingsley as Einstein.

Einstein continued to support progressive causes through the 1950s, when the pressure of anti-Communist witch hunts made it dangerous to do so. Another example of Einstein using his prestige to help a prominent African American occurred in 1951, when the 83-year-old W.E.B. Du Bois, a founder of the NAACP, was indicted by the federal government for failing to register as a “foreign agent” as a consequence of circulating the pro-Soviet Stockholm Peace Petition. Einstein offered to appear as a character witness for Du Bois, which convinced the judge to drop the case.

Gates, an African-American physicist who has appeared on the PBS show Nova, said that Einstein had been a hero of his since he learned about the theory of relativity as a teenager, but that he was unaware of Einstein’s ideas on civil rights until fairly recently.

Einstein’s approach to problems in physics was to begin by asking very simple, almost childlike questions, such as, “What would the world look like if I could drive along a beam of light?” Gates said.

“He must have developed his ideas about race through a similar process. He was capable of asking the question, ‘What would my life be like if I were black?’”

Gates said that thinking about Einstein’s involvement with civil rights has prompted him to speculate on the value of affirmative action and the goal of diversity it seeks to bring about. There are many instances in which the presence of strength and resilience in a system can be attributed to diversity.

“In the natural world, for example, when a population is under the influence of a stressful environment, diversity ensures its survival,” Gates said.

On a cultural level, the global influence of American popular music might be attributed to the fact that it is an amalgam of musical traditions from Europe and Africa.

These examples have led him to conclude that “diversity actually matters, independent of the moral argument.” Gates said he believes “there is a science of diversity out there waiting for scholars to discover it.”

(via reagan-was-a-horrible-president)


Apr 22

alexandraerin:

soundstorms:

alexandraerin:

welcometoblackprivilege:

There are tons of scholarships available simply for being black. White people have to work harder for scholarships.

Find me one scholarship that people can get “simply for being Black” and I’ll pay you the equivalent of four years tuition at any institution of higher learning of your choice.

http://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-type/minority-scholarships/african-american-scholarships/
Literally every one of these scholarships are given to people just for being black as long as they’re not failing

People who say black people don’t have an advantage at applying for colleges need to stop the ignorance. It’s not racism, it’s stating facts. If two equally qualified candidates apply for a school, one who’s white and one who’s black, the black person will get in.

Literally none of them are.

You’re mistaking a bare minimum requirement for application with the conditions needed to actually get the scholarship. When you see a scholarship that anyone can apply for, do you think “Wow, they give you a scholarship just for asking!” No, of course not. If you even thought that for a second, you’d stop and think about how silly that would be… they’d run out of money really quickly and then have to start turning people away.

For a scholarship organization to give people money “just for being Black”, they would have to have an unlimited amount of money available. They would have to be able to literally accept all comers somehow. That’s impossible, and it doesn’t happen. Instead, these scholarships are competitive (often highly competitive).

Also note that most of the scholarships on that list also have other requirements for application, like “ Career goal must be broadcast journalism”. 

Two questions, and if you want to pretend you care about facts and not racism, you must answer them.

1) How did you miss that? That is, why were you in such haste to prove that these scholarships “just for being Black” exist that you went and made a baseless claim that’s disproven by the first one on the list?

2) If you saw that requirement on a scholarship that didn’t mention race, would you think “Geez, these people will give you a scholarship JUST FOR BEING A BROADCAST JOURNALISM MAJOR?” Or would you assume it’s a competitive scholarship that evaluates applicants on multiple criteria, like most scholarships do, but it happens to be reserved for future broadcast journalists because someone has decided to spend their money specifically encouraging broadcast journalism?

Two things for you to think about.

The “fact” you cite at the end of your post isn’t a fact. You will not find any numbers that back it up anywhere, no laws, no widespread admissions policies. You say you’re not racist? You say you care about facts? Then go look it up. You’ll see.

You’ll also learn that the numbers not only don’t back you up, but they show the opposite. The existence of scholarships that favor students of color and the -small- amount of slots that are specifically earmarked for “diversity” exist because we white people have an overwhelming advantage. We have it easier, even with the supposed “quotas” and these scholarships. We get admitted out of bounds with our actual achievements and our proportion with the population. We get most of the money, again disproportionately large compared to our percentage of the population.

These are facts. What you’re spouting is just bigoted nonsense designed to assuage our egos by telling us that we don’t have as much as we deserve and that other people don’t deserve what they have.

I’m pretty sure I need a gif for this exact situation.

(via racismschool)


Apr 21

Regarding “Islamophobia”

hatefulatheist:

I realize perhaps a little bit of clarification on my part would help. I don’t in any way deny that there are a lot of ignorant and irrational people out there that make blanket prejudice statements against Muslims, but I don’t think labeling it a “phobia” is a good description. Generally we don’t fault people for phobias, we don’t get mad at someone because they are arachnophobia, we would never argue and yell with someone because they’re agoraphobic. Phobias are medical conditions, people that are often labeled “Islamaphobic” suffer from a form of ignorance or prejudice, not a phobia and just as importantly not all people that comment on Islam are doing it from a place of ignorance or prejudice. In some ways my disagreement with the term is purely definitional, not a practical objection that such  prejudice people don’t exist.

I’d like to point out that phobias are not just a medical conditions.  A phobia is just an extreme or irrational fear of something (perhaps best said as a fear of something beyond the point at which such a fear would be rational).

Let’s do a quick comparison between islamophobia and homophobia.  Those who argue against something like gay marriage often do so because they are afraid of god coming down and punishing them if homosexuals marry.  They are afraid that somehow allowing gay people to marry may hurt straight marriages or children.  In essence, their fears of homosexuality and gay marriage are irrational.  We shouldn’t do them the disservice of not saying that their beliefs are delusional.  Any fears they have based on these beliefs must be treated the same: deluded fears are by definition phobias.

Now, there is a clear difference between islamophobia and homophobia.  Homosexuality is clearly not a choice by any meaning of the word choice.  We certainly don’t choose our beliefs, but we choose our sexuality even less than we choose our beliefs.  In essence, homophobia involves an irrational fear of someone based on an essentially unchanging feature of their persons.  Islamophobia involves an irrational fear of someone based on a belief system they subscribe to in at least some part.

Now, there certainly are good reasons for certain individuals to be afraid of Islam or the adherents of Islam.  If you are an atheist doing nothing more than telling the truth about your beliefs in an Islamic country, you are disproportionately more like to be in a bad situation than if you were in a non-Islamic country.

However, we must also be clear that we are not speaking about all Muslims when we say this.  We are speaking, when we speak in general, about Islam (and more specifically: the Qu’ran and the surrounding hadiths), a belief system, and not all the people who subscribe to their interpretations of it.  Because there are those who do have the symptoms of Islamophobia, and would willingly target all people who seem even a tad bit darker than themselves because their hate has seeped into other areas of our life.

Hate can be justified.  It just needs to be wielded with pinpoint accuracy, because otherwise it can react with fear and produce some very horrible reactions in some very horrible people.


Apr 19

cognitivedissonance:

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the “lone wolf” hypothesis personified.

Just let me point out the cognitive gymnastics Kirsten Powers is performing here: A Muslim man is not necessarily a terrorist, but could be; however, an abortion clinic bomber is never a terrorist because that person is crazy and is totally and 100% not representative of the pro-life movement.

So… just like the miniscule minority of Muslims who commit terrorism are not representative of the overwhelming peaceful majority who follow the teachings of Islam?

Just so we’re clear, domestic terrorism motivated by radical anti-choice ideology is just that — terrorism.

I just can’t…

I think the bigger picture here is that neither Islam nor the “pro-life”/anti-consensual-abortion movement do a strong job discouraging terrorism.

If you believe that fetuses have rights superseding the rights of the individuals carrying them, it becomes fairly easy to justify murdering gynecologists who perform abortions.  This is also safely assuming that somebody who does this doesn’t understand how their actions are actually not going to really change the number of attempted abortions, just making them more unsafe for the individuals who attempt to get them… or understanding but not caring because the “pro-life” movement has never really cared about the health of women or reality in general.

It is also fairly easy to read the Qu’ran and come away with the impression that it is okay to murder certain non-Muslims if they offend you or insult Islam.  It is clearly not a religious text that you have to twist much (if you have to twist at all) to encourage violence.

Both ideas don’t make it difficult enough to come to the conclusion “it is okay to kill civilians to achieve my goals”.  It is certainly worth mentioning here that Christianity does an even more abhorrent job, just by the numbers, of providing a framework that results in an avoidance of killing civilians.  But Islam and the “pro-life” movement also provide a rationale in which it isn’t just okay to kill civilians, it’s okay to specifically target civilians.


Apr 18

Apr 17
“Voting for ‘the lesser of two evils’ in a de facto two-party ‘winner-take-all’ system is a stupid idea. To demonstrate my point, imagine the only two candidates with any real chance of winning in an election of this kind are an undead Adolf Hitler and a non-fictional Darth Vader. In such a system I’d be forced to either not vote or vote for Hitler because, unlike Darth Vader, Hitler never ruled an oppressive intergalactic empire or blew up an entire planet and all of its life forms in the blink of an eye—but Hitler is still Hitler! And if I tried to vote for a third-party candidate my vote would just be wasted because any third-party vote would really just be a negative vote for either Hitler or Darth Vader and not really a positive vote for the third-party candidate at all! And all either of the two-party candidates have to do in order to win is to be perceived to be just slightly less evil than their two-party opponent and simultaneously sabotage their two-party opponent better than their two-party opponent sabotages them by secretly out-competing their opponent in support of the campaigns of third-party candidates who hurt their opponent’s chances of winning but who also have no chance of winning themselves! And just because the winning candidate is perceived to be or is literally the lesser of two evils it doesn’t mean that they’re a necessary or even remotely acceptable evil!”

(universalequalityisinevitable)

I really have to disagree with this.  Because let’s take a similar situation:

You are presented with two buttons.  If you don’t press either button, there is a 50% chance that 1 million people will die, and a 50% chance that 10 million people will die.  However, if you press the first button, suddenly the percentages shift and there is a 50.000001% chance of the first situation happening.  The opposite happens if you press the second button (a 50.000001% chance that the 10 million people die).

No matter what you do in that situation, at least a million people are going to die.  However, a small effort leads to a small chance of having a much less shitty situation come true.

(via kiranirvanna)


Apr 16
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detectivebuttcop:

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devotress:

fabulouszeppeli:

shitstraightwhiteguyssay:

sexistfacebookdudes:


Submission: Stan Siva: http://www.facebook.com/stan.boss.1

“If you cover yourself in steaks and go jogging through Africa and get mauled by a lion”… omfg I can’t even
This guy would probably think that there are lions everywhere in Africa but no public libraries with free wifi.


Lion is embarrassed for you, Stan. Lion thinks you should stop being a rape apologist and learn how to control your dick.

Woah now, this guy may not have the best argument but he does have a point with the “don’t get fucked up beyond recognition thing.” Like don’t fucking put yourself at risk for danger. That’s not being pro-rape culture, that’s being smart.

THE ONE AND ONLY, A SANE PERSON ON TUMBLR. I get fucking sick when sluts get themselves drunk beyong recognition and then blame boys for being inappropirate with them. NO MEN AREN’T TO BLAME, IT’S NOT THEM WHO GOT THEMSELVES DRUNK AS FUCK TO THE POINT OF BEING UNCONCIOUS.

This post was also tagged “bitch”, “misandry”, and “asking for it”. Nice.

Hi, everybody. It’s time for betp to be unreasonably angry about rape culture again, who’s ready?
I’m allowed to get however much drunk I fucking want. If being drunk lowers my defenses, it’s still not my fault for being attacked. Stealing things from someone’s house is still illegal and still wrong even if your door was unlocked, even if you know the person, even if you invited that person in! Being shot is still reason for pity, concern, and legal or emotional help even if I’m not trained to fight back, even if I’m blind, even if I’m not wearing a bulletproof vest! Stop vilifying women who get raped because they weren’t capable of protecting themselves from rape! 
I’m also allowed to dress however the fuck I want! If my body tempts you, that’s your fucking problem! If my car tempts you, that’s your fucking problem! Yep, I made another theft analogy! Theft and rape are not the same thing, but seriously, guys, stop punishing people for having a crime committed against them. I’m a human being who deserves basic respect regardless of what I wear. 
In your jogging-through-Africa metaphor, you set men up as animals. Did you know that men are capable of logic and self-restraint? Lions are, too, but not quite to the extent that men are. Isn’t that crazy? I think it’s totally wild! (Get it? Because animals.) (You’re a shithead.) By comparing yourself and other men being tempted by a woman who is showing her body and/or drunk or drugged to a lion being tempted by someone covered in food, not only are you making the argument that you shouldn’t be trusted with any kind of restraint or decision making and should, if you want to be in an urban location, be imprisoned and trained, but you are also comparing the sexual pleasure you get from a person’s body to food. Did you know I’m not a fucking object? You ever heard the phrase, “I am not a piece of meat”? Well, that’s still true. It’s continued to be true. It hasn’t stopped being true. Still a thing. Keep that in mind.
We all know that rape isn’t about sex. It’s about power and control. No one should be blamed because some asshole decided to exhibit control over someone else using a perverse method of torture.
In conclusion, you’re fucking wrong, and I rue the day you reproduce! I hope you fall into a well, or contract dysentery. Goodbye!

Reblogging for commentary :)

H-h-h-hooollleeeee shit.

sexistfacebookdudes:

detectivebuttcop:

sexistfacebookdudes:

devotress:

fabulouszeppeli:

shitstraightwhiteguyssay:

sexistfacebookdudes:

“If you cover yourself in steaks and go jogging through Africa and get mauled by a lion”… omfg I can’t even

This guy would probably think that there are lions everywhere in Africa but no public libraries with free wifi.

Lion is embarrassed for you, Stan. Lion thinks you should stop being a rape apologist and learn how to control your dick.

Woah now, this guy may not have the best argument but he does have a point with the “don’t get fucked up beyond recognition thing.” Like don’t fucking put yourself at risk for danger. That’s not being pro-rape culture, that’s being smart.

THE ONE AND ONLY, A SANE PERSON ON TUMBLR. I get fucking sick when sluts get themselves drunk beyong recognition and then blame boys for being inappropirate with them. NO MEN AREN’T TO BLAME, IT’S NOT THEM WHO GOT THEMSELVES DRUNK AS FUCK TO THE POINT OF BEING UNCONCIOUS.

This post was also tagged “bitch”, “misandry”, and “asking for it”. Nice.

Hi, everybody. It’s time for betp to be unreasonably angry about rape culture again, who’s ready?

  1. I’m allowed to get however much drunk I fucking want. If being drunk lowers my defenses, it’s still not my fault for being attacked. Stealing things from someone’s house is still illegal and still wrong even if your door was unlocked, even if you know the person, even if you invited that person in! Being shot is still reason for pity, concern, and legal or emotional help even if I’m not trained to fight back, even if I’m blind, even if I’m not wearing a bulletproof vest!
    Stop vilifying women who get raped because they weren’t capable of protecting themselves from rape!
  2. I’m also allowed to dress however the fuck I want! If my body tempts you, that’s your fucking problem! If my car tempts you, that’s your fucking problem! Yep, I made another theft analogy! Theft and rape are not the same thing, but seriously, guys, stop punishing people for having a crime committed against them.
    I’m a human being who deserves basic respect regardless of what I wear.
  3. In your jogging-through-Africa metaphor, you set men up as animals. Did you know that men are capable of logic and self-restraint? Lions are, too, but not quite to the extent that men are. Isn’t that crazy? I think it’s totally wild! (Get it? Because animals.) (You’re a shithead.)
    By comparing yourself and other men being tempted by a woman who is showing her body and/or drunk or drugged to a lion being tempted by someone covered in food, not only are you making the argument that you shouldn’t be trusted with any kind of restraint or decision making and should, if you want to be in an urban location, be imprisoned and trained, but you are also comparing the sexual pleasure you get from a person’s body to food. Did you know I’m not a fucking object? You ever heard the phrase, “I am not a piece of meat”? Well, that’s still true. It’s continued to be true. It hasn’t stopped being true. Still a thing. Keep that in mind.
  4. We all know that rape isn’t about sex. It’s about power and control. No one should be blamed because some asshole decided to exhibit control over someone else using a perverse method of torture.

In conclusion, you’re fucking wrong, and I rue the day you reproduce! I hope you fall into a well, or contract dysentery. Goodbye!

Reblogging for commentary :)

H-h-h-hooollleeeee shit.

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Apr 11
nationalpost:

Anonymous threatens to out boys involved in alleged gang rape of N.S. teen unless RCMP charges them
The “hackivist” organization Anonymous says it knows the identities of at least two of the four boys involved in the alleged gang rape of Rehtaeh Parsons and are threatening to release their names and locations unless the RCMP charges them.“Our demands are simple: We want the N.S. RCMP to take immediate legal action against the individuals in question. We encourage you to act fast. If we were able to locate these boys within 2 hours, it will not be long before someone else finds them,” the Anonymous group working under the name “Operation Justice For Rehtaeh” said in a Wednesday press release.The group initially said they knew the names of two of the four boys, but within 30 minutes said on Twitter it knew the names of all of the alleged perpetrators.“We do not approve of vigilante justice as the media claims. That would mean we approve of violent actions against these rapists at the hands of an unruly mob. What we want is justice. And that’s your job. So do it.” (Facebook)

I am so confused by /b/ recently.
I mean, heck, if they are going to be doing this shit, might as well do it to a bunch of rapists.

nationalpost:

Anonymous threatens to out boys involved in alleged gang rape of N.S. teen unless RCMP charges them


The “hackivist” organization Anonymous says it knows the identities of at least two of the four boys involved in the alleged gang rape of Rehtaeh Parsons and are threatening to release their names and locations unless the RCMP charges them.

“Our demands are simple: We want the N.S. RCMP to take immediate legal action against the individuals in question. We encourage you to act fast. If we were able to locate these boys within 2 hours, it will not be long before someone else finds them,” the Anonymous group working under the name “Operation Justice For Rehtaeh” said in a Wednesday press release.

The group initially said they knew the names of two of the four boys, but within 30 minutes said on Twitter it knew the names of all of the alleged perpetrators.

“We do not approve of vigilante justice as the media claims. That would mean we approve of violent actions against these rapists at the hands of an unruly mob. What we want is justice. And that’s your job. So do it.” (Facebook)

I am so confused by /b/ recently.

I mean, heck, if they are going to be doing this shit, might as well do it to a bunch of rapists.

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