Oh, Trump didn’t come
up with this all on his own. He’s just so stupid
he can’t stop talking. The plight of the white man, I guess. They will
talk and talk because they think everyone should have to listen to them, or it is censorship or ethics in gaming,
I’m never really sure nor do I particularly care.
Let me break this down in the simplest of terms: antichoicers want to ban abortion. You know
criminalize it. So anyone having an abortion would be breaking the law. Thus, if caught,
they would be punished. Everyone got that, show
of hands?
A lot has been going through
my mind the last couple of weeks including this “Clinton is a liar” thing,
which feels really gendered, but I don’t want to get into the concept women are
inherently untrustworthy because I know fellas that weren't your intention, and
of course, your intention is what is the most important. So hold back
the male tears. A friend of mine used the phrase “politically dishonest” which I’d
like to unpack with him sometime. I suspect this means Clinton will say
anything to be elected. This raises a few
questions for me: Are all politicians who change their minds, liars?; Are you holding different candidates to different
standards based on whether we like them—likability
if you will?; What is the point of debate if not to sharpen and expose leaders
to better ideas?; and what is the point of any of this?
The last thing taking up a lot of my mind is the revolution.
It seems like everyone is cool with the revolution happening (even if we have
to endure a Republican president to facilitate it—I’m looking at you Susan) with
little thought to what the means or would look
like. A woman I know posted about how people who are willing to elect
Clinton over a Republican need to check their privilege because obviously a
Trump Presidency will usher in the revolution. I feel like it is the opposite.
People who are willing to endure a Republican in office for the revolution need
to check themselves. I bring this up following the Republican front-runner arguing to punish women who have
abortions and the doctors who provide them. And I want to bring a little
reality into the discussion of the revolution.
Some of us are more likely than others to usher in the
revolution on our bodies or maybe over them is the more appropriate phrasing.
The obvious people are going to be poor, black, trans, and/or women. You know the one’s you can murder and violate with
little consequence at this point. So yeah, a Trump presidency will probably get
us all into the streets where the police state can open fire on the same people
they have been victimizing for decades. Gee, the revolution sounds a lot like
the status quo right now. Talk about a
revolution. Anyone calling for a revolution think it is going to be bloodless?
Because we can’t have demonstrations about the
murder of children without tear gas and clubs. They bomb and open fire
on clinics.
I’m just not seeing where the white male body is under fire.
While, Sanders has a diverse group of supporters, we (non-white men) know what
happens when they (white men) get together. Men think a room comprised of 30%
women in is overwhelmingly women…their
perspective is skewed. So forgive me for
thinking when the majority of Sander’s team leadership is male that maybe we’re
going to be getting a lot of the white male perspective. Hell, I’ve been in
rooms with one white dude, and he never
shuts the fuck up, talking over anyone
and usually everyone. Enlightening and liberating us, I guess. Alright, I’m
done complaining about the status quo, shortsightedness, and the inevitability
of things.
