So imagine conservatives are out there telling each other:

First they gave women rights, and I did nothing.

Then they gave black people rights, and I did nothing.

Then Obama gave consenting adults the right to get married, and I did nothing.

Then Hillary gave trans people rights, and I did nothing.

Then QAnon told me I needed to act—and there was no one left to bully.

After trans people, who's next on the basic human right's agenda?

  • silent_water [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    after? you're mighty optimistic. there are a lot of comrades fighting for societal recognition of their basic humanity that don't have much traction currently - disability justice comes to mind.

    also rights discourse sucks. society doesn't give anyone "rights". demands for recognition are made collectively through struggle and eventually society is forced to stop mistreating people, in some contexts, sometimes. what even are "trans rights"? the right to receive basic medical care? the right to be treated as one wishes? the right to not be brutally attacked or murdered? these aren't rights - they're just recognition of the shared humanity of people different from the so-called norm.

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      3 months ago

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      • silent_water [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        who cares? either society will be forced to recognize the disabled as people or the disabled will have to fight society until it relents. there was never any middle ground and the culture war is basically irrelevant. it doesn't matter what gamers want because gamers don't wield any real power. they're just consumers demanding treats.

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