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textualdevianceWhy do people always bitch about how their "free speech" or whatever rights are being trampled on when they're not allowed to hurt other people or are reprimanded for doing so?
Where the hell do people get the idea that they're entitled to be rude, mean and nasty to others, and if the object of their rudeness complains, they're just "whining"?
Jesus. The amount of self-centered little pricks who think everyone else is beneath them never ceases to amaze me. Since when is it a bad thing to be respectful and compassionate toward others?
I blame Bush. He made it legitimate to beat up other people just because he didn't like how they looked.
Which reminds me...
The next time I have to listen to someone who has never experienced discrimination tell me I'm just being paranoid for recognizing that discrimination exists, I do believe I will go postal.
Clue, darling: Unless you know what it feels like to realize that there are millions of people in the world who want to see you in jail, abused or even dead simply because of how you look, the language you speak, where your ancestors were born or the people you fall in love with, STFU. And yes, this also goes for privileged white girls who grew up in a post-feminist era and have never had to worry about not being able to get a job, an apartment, credit or an education because they have a cunt.
It's NOT all in our heads, thanks. There are examples of hatred, discrimination and violence every. single. day. against people I share traits with, and people who share traits with people I love. Just because you stick your fingers in your ears and try to pretend those things don't exist doesn't make them go away.
Where the hell do people get the idea that they're entitled to be rude, mean and nasty to others, and if the object of their rudeness complains, they're just "whining"?
Jesus. The amount of self-centered little pricks who think everyone else is beneath them never ceases to amaze me. Since when is it a bad thing to be respectful and compassionate toward others?
I blame Bush. He made it legitimate to beat up other people just because he didn't like how they looked.
Which reminds me...
The next time I have to listen to someone who has never experienced discrimination tell me I'm just being paranoid for recognizing that discrimination exists, I do believe I will go postal.
Clue, darling: Unless you know what it feels like to realize that there are millions of people in the world who want to see you in jail, abused or even dead simply because of how you look, the language you speak, where your ancestors were born or the people you fall in love with, STFU. And yes, this also goes for privileged white girls who grew up in a post-feminist era and have never had to worry about not being able to get a job, an apartment, credit or an education because they have a cunt.
It's NOT all in our heads, thanks. There are examples of hatred, discrimination and violence every. single. day. against people I share traits with, and people who share traits with people I love. Just because you stick your fingers in your ears and try to pretend those things don't exist doesn't make them go away.
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I know exactly what you're talking about. My current 'favourite' (the one that pisses me off the most right now) is the uneployment one. People who say "why don't they just get a job?" and roll their eyes when people make a comment about having no money because of their lack of employment. Just because YOU were lucky enough to grow up in a privileged home with a decent education and/or a supportive family/family who didn't have any mental/social issues, doesn't mean everyone else did. Some people can't 'just get a job'. Because A) there's not always jobs available that pay worth a damn, B) there's more often than not certain essential skills/specifications that one needs in order to apply for certain jobs that one may not have and C) Even if both A and B were no problem, sometimes people who issues than run deeper than lack of education or working skills. Sometimes people are (shock horror) depressed, and cannot find the courage to get up and look for a job. Or, they have kids who they can't just up and leave during the day in order to feed them. That's my favourite right there. If a parent (mother or father) doesn't have a job so that they can stay at home to take care of their kids, they're deemed to be neglecting their kids by not having enough for them to eat at home... but if said parent HAS a job in order to make money to put food on the table and a roof over their heads, they are deemed to be neglecting their kids by not being there to pick them up from school. It's so nice that you can please everyone all the time, especially when you work so fscking hard to look after your family.
Ugh. I'm going off on tangents again... anyway, I feel your anger.
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