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aliljaded 53F
23949 posts
5/20/2019 4:49 pm
LIBERATION

Liberation
(noun): the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release.

In Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio, r8pists now have more rights than their victims. Corpses have more bodily autonomy than anyone with a uterus (inclusive of women, trans men, non-binary folks). If you think this doesn’t affect you, you are wrong. It affects EVERYONE. Because it is only one example of the ways that oppression exists within our society.

If you think you’re free, you’re not. You may not feel your shackles as much as others, but they are still there. Oppression doesn’t just target one group of people, it STARTS with one group of people. It is how the middle class disappears, how democracy becomes theocracy, oligarchy, dictatorships.

Is it really freedom if it is at the expense of others? What about when you become the expendable one?

The word is out, privilege is no longer a secret, and there is ignorance is no longer viable. If you’re still ignorant, it is a stick your head in the sand and pretend it doesn’t exist kind of ignorance. Willful ignorance. You are making the choice and it is a choice that we cannot afford, and many of us do not have the ability to make.

I know many of you speak up and speak out. But some of you don’t, even when it is safer for you to do so. So this is for you:

If you believe the government/society shouldn’t be able to tell you what you can and can’t do with your penis, or how you raise your , or what you do in the privacy of your own home, or whether your relationship is abusive because it includes BDSM, then you should speak up.

If you’re having sex, but wouldn’t want to raise a born with extreme pain, who will only have an existence of suffering, then you should speak up.

If you believe life starts at conception but would support abortion in cases of sexual assault and incest, you should speak up.

If you believe abortion would be a viable option if someone you were with got pregnant, you should speak up.

If you say you support someone’s right to choose, even if you wouldn’t choose it yourself, you should speak up.

If you want people to speak up against the oppression of your skin color, disability, religion, age, nationality, body shape, sex, gender, or class- you should speak up.

See, the extremism of these bills make the pro-birth/life/choice argument obsolete. The ends DO NOT justify the means. This isn’t really about supporting abortion vs. not, it is about freedom. Do you want to be free? Speak up.

Because if you’re not speaking up for others, will there be anyone left to speak up for you?


"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”


Dreamcatcher__ 87M
7019 posts
5/22/2019 9:38 am

Your message is right for these difficult times, M. We need to reason together, not try to impose our will at the expense of others. Count me in. (Sorry this is late getting up... something went haywire and my screen froze when I originally tried to post it. Satanic forces at work, perhaps? )


jenny14 75T  
90121 posts
5/20/2019 10:55 pm

ali

First of all, this wonderful and very important post pertains to us all!! It pertains to anyone who believes in Freedom of Choice!

After, abortion, They will come after another minority!

YES! We must speak up!

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

Jenny


footer77 55M  
186 posts
5/20/2019 6:50 pm

used to be a bumper sticker that said : "keep the government out of my uterus" -- which said it all.


1uncommondom 77M

5/20/2019 6:34 pm

This shouldn't
be a hard choice
for any of us.
Because we are
all someones
choice.
My grandparents
came here from
Germany because
there weren't any
choices there.
If you were given
the gift of freedom
you were also given
the obligation to
defend it.


aliljaded 53F
8847 posts
5/20/2019 5:09 pm

This is one of the most important posts I've ever posted. I usually don't get political, but this was something that definitely struck a chord with me. If it doesn't pertain to you, then disregard it. I feel it's very Relevant.

"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”



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