My friend and I got in a bit of an argument because she was very mad that people were even bothering to talk about the “public school teachers can lead students in prayer” decision and how Roe is one piece of this massive shitstorm the Supreme Court is doing.
She kept saying how the narrative is “Women are second class citizens in this country” and nothing else, and looking at any other part of it dilutes that narrative.
To me this decision is exactly why I was saying she was wrong and you have to understand this as an attack on all civil protections from all sides by a rogue political body that needs to be stopped. The fact that they didn’t start with Roe and made very clear it wouldn’t end with Roe didn’t seem to bother her.
It wasn’t even that, it was “Don’t talk about Roe as part of a bigger issue of this institution attacking more groups. Only talk about Roe in isolation and happening because our society hates women”
She was basically being explicitly against the idea of solidarity and understanding that if one group is at risk all are at risk which is fucking baffling.
Agreed. Fascism doesn't come for one group specifically, it sets up a regime where any group can become the victims of the state at any moment, without any pretense of legality or rule of law. it'll usually pick one minority at a time to focus on, but that choice is arbitrary and can be swapped up as often as necessary.
My friend and I got in a bit of an argument because she was very mad that people were even bothering to talk about the “public school teachers can lead students in prayer” decision and how Roe is one piece of this massive shitstorm the Supreme Court is doing.
She kept saying how the narrative is “Women are second class citizens in this country” and nothing else, and looking at any other part of it dilutes that narrative.
To me this decision is exactly why I was saying she was wrong and you have to understand this as an attack on all civil protections from all sides by a rogue political body that needs to be stopped. The fact that they didn’t start with Roe and made very clear it wouldn’t end with Roe didn’t seem to bother her.
"A threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" is extremely true in a common law system.
identity reductionism
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Handmaid's Tale Brain
People don’t have a good sense of solidarity across intersectional lines, even on issues that directly affect them. It needs to be taught.
Seriously how hard is it to say that Cis Women's Issues are Women's Issues?
It wasn’t even that, it was “Don’t talk about Roe as part of a bigger issue of this institution attacking more groups. Only talk about Roe in isolation and happening because our society hates women”
She was basically being explicitly against the idea of solidarity and understanding that if one group is at risk all are at risk which is fucking baffling.
Agreed. Fascism doesn't come for one group specifically, it sets up a regime where any group can become the victims of the state at any moment, without any pretense of legality or rule of law. it'll usually pick one minority at a time to focus on, but that choice is arbitrary and can be swapped up as often as necessary.