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Some very eloquent notes on violence as a necessity for resistance.

There is no paradox of tolerance, because tolerance is not a matter of ethics. It's a peace treaty - an agreement that only covers the people who abide by its rules.

Tolerance is not a moral precept

The title of this essay should disturb you. We have been brought up to believe that tolerating other people is one of the things you do if…

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And for cis white guys who are always trying to figure out how to be an ally without talking over marginalized people, without reshaping the issue to be all about you - this guy shows how.

His tactics don't work for marginalized people. They can't get away with that.

#Isms #nazis #Also it is insane to me that you have to apparently censor so much stuff on Tiktok including the literal word nazi #ally #allyship #ask to tag #Good article too #Going to sit down and take a longer read later but really liked the bit I was able to read #isms #racism #intolerance #tolerance #debate #articles

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“And, of course, I am afraid – you can hear it in my voice – because the transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation and that always seems fraught with danger. But my daughter, when I told her of our topic and my difficulty with it, said, ‘Tell them about how you’re never really a whole person if you remain silent, because there’s always that one little piece inside of you that wants to be spoken out, and if you keep ignoring it, it gets madder and madder and hotter and hotter, and if you don’t speak it out one day it will just up and punch you in the mouth.’”

— Audre Lorde, “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”

#words #audre lorde #silence #I thought this sounded familiar #articles

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To many male gamers, feminist just means “someone who will not tolerate the only jokes I know how to make.

To My Someday Daughter, by Geordie Tait - a Magic: the Gathering Miscellaneous Article (via 3liza)

i don’t know if i already posted this, but the article is a really fantastic look at male-dominated gamer culture and all of its problems.

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someone who will not tolerate the only jokes I know how to make

SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT TOLERATE THE ONLY JOKES I KNOW HOW TO MAKE

Perfect phraseology is perfect.

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“A gamer might promise to treat his partner better than “some alpha male” but what he really wants is a partner who will pop out of a Pokball when A WILD LONELINESS APPEARS use the FORNICATION ability and then retreat mutely back into his collection dormant until needed again.”

^ The highlight of the article for me.

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#GOD BLESS #videogames #videogame #women #feminism #injustice #to read #article #articles #for future reference