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I'm not not even mad at any particular organized religion, and I haven't studied enough theology to truly favor one over the other. On paper, I think every religion has its merits and is generally peachy keen. In practice, I find the rituals of some religions exhausting, but my laziness has nothing to do with this article. Save the religions I may or may not be making up right now, where participants sacrifice infants, eat poop three times a day or commit other grievous acts to get the favor of some unknown energy or creator, I think religion and mythologies are pretty cool. I get a little rumble-y in my tummy when I think of how several major religions have used faith to encourage otherwise kind and rational people to abandon all they know is right and do some horrible things. If the purpose of religion is to control people, in a lot of cases, it's doing a bang up job. "Let's go do some heinous shit because a few contrary words came out of a dude who said he had a private conversation with God." That idea alone makes me want to write an angry breakup text to the concept of organized religion.

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Crosspost: Rocking (and Flapping) at 1000 Revolutions a Minute

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Trigger warning: ableism, censored use of the R-word, and abuse

From the article:

When the things that make up a part of who we are is so suppressed, how can it not be revolutionary to rock in public? How could I not include this part of myself when protesting a system that treats people without economic means as worthless? Why shouldn't I stim in the face of a world — one both outside and inside — that tells me that I, too, am worthless? (If you are new, I am indeed fond of rhetorical questions.)

I am stimming 1000 revolutions a minute when I go out and stim at a protest. I'm being Autistic, fat, disabled, queer, poor, covering, and many other things in public when I am in public, and being visible here is bringing all of those things out and into a space where revolution can happen. I am speeding our revolutions while joining their revolutions, even if it is only that tiny amount that visibility brings.

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We Can't all be Gandhi: In Support of Violent Resistance

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From the article:

We are allowed to celebrate violent revolt. We are allowed to cheer on rebels and freedom fighters without having to mark our approval with phrases like, “Well of course I always hope for peace, however...” Of course we have all hoped for peace. None of us wanted to wake up to the news that towns filled with our cousins and sisters and brothers were being shelled. That Pearl Roundabout in Bahrain, Tahrir Square in Egypt, Benghazi in Libya, Daraa in Syria, Change Square in Yemen, and Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia were being “cleared” by government forces. We, the supporters and the families of those in conflict, have always wanted the government to acquiesce to the overwhelming wishes of the people. We have asked and petitioned and begged for them to step down and let the councils elected by the people take over and determine the next course of action.