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In reply to the discussion: It's getting weird here....white privilege....rape threads a month ago....it seems a bit much [View all]Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Say what you will about HoF, but one thing they have always done, in their own way, is talk about women's issues. Surprise. Surprise. There are female persons of color too. Guess what? They want to be heard too. So, quit telling everyone else to STFU and calling people's lives a "wedge" issue. It's bullshit. GLBT rights were considered a "wedge" issue. Now, things are changing for the better, despite the fact that we were told to STFU. We would NOT STFU when DU told us too and now we are finally getting some rights in this country.
Personally, I'd like to see less beatings of black men for just being black near a cop and less rapes of all women AND men AND children that go unpunished because the system is set up to destroy the lives of those of us who try to press charges against rapists and in my case, at least, the people who helped the rapist rape me by holding me down to be raped. Yes, I found that beyond just unpleasant. It should have been considered a hate crime. I used to STFU, but that is what it got me. Fuck that. I'm speaking up now too.
So, you see, while I may not always agree 100% with HoF on a few key individual points(far from it), I am glad they are talking about rape culture and white privilege, because those things play a part in the injustices people face. WP and rape culture DO need to be addressed.