tails__miles_prower [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agoLmao they aren't even hiding it anymoreimagemessage-square48 fedilinkarrow-up184
arrow-up184imageLmao they aren't even hiding it anymoretails__miles_prower [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agomessage-square48 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]hexbear13·edit-22 years agoMost people think women were peacefully allowed to have the right vote/abortion/etc There was no 'allowing' about it, women fought and died for those rights. Many suffragettes were (CW: sexual assult) spoiler beaten, raped, demonised, arrested and killed same as any struggle for freedom. link
minus-squareBloobish [comrade/them]hexbear12·2 years agoYup, my favorite callback to people asking for peaceful protests like with MLK (which is a lie), is "what you mean is you want protestors to get hurt, not the cops". link
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear4·2 years agoMy favorite suffragette fact is that UK suffragettes invented the mail bomb as a concept. link
minus-squareSaniFlush [any, any]hexbear4·2 years agoWhen do the history books cease being re-written? link
Most people think women were peacefully allowed to have the right vote/abortion/etc
There was no 'allowing' about it, women fought and died for those rights. Many suffragettes were (CW: sexual assult)
spoiler
beaten, raped, demonised, arrested and killed
same as any struggle for freedom.
Yup, my favorite callback to people asking for peaceful protests like with MLK (which is a lie), is "what you mean is you want protestors to get hurt, not the cops".
My favorite suffragette fact is that UK suffragettes invented the mail bomb as a concept.
When do the history books cease being re-written?