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Activism and PoliticsAre You an Activist?
Some periods in history have been quieter than others. For a short time after WWII the US seemed to be thriving but in fact discrimination was rampant. Political issues smoldered.
The coming election will be a turning point in history and matter to women more than any previous election since women were granted the right to vote. Either way Democratic or Republican victory for president, we can expect that women's rights will be continued to be trampled. Haley is captured by the likes of the Koch brothers and will always fall in line. Trump despises women. Biden too seems to despise women in spite of his penance after the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas fiasco.
Would you ever consider demonstrating, protesting publicly, or joining a march? There are really brave women who are protesting now but the numbers are small.
There are many reasons why women are reluctant or unable to join a public protest.
Health concerns and mobility issues. There are probably more Americans who have chronic or disabling illnesses than during anytime in the past.
Safety issues. Most of the actions of TRA seem to be confined to thefts of equipment, taunts and spitting. In other countries (Australia) there have been serious assaults. There is danger. Would marches in multiple cities at the same time help alleviate the risk?
Women posting here to Ovarit have stated that they could never work with women who are members of a different party or have different political views.
What are your thoughts? It was amazing when women marched against Donald Trump though later there were rifts between organizers. Also the marchers against Israel just seemed to appear out of nowhere. But it can be done.
These demonstrations (anti-Trump, anti-Israel) though were highlighted in the news. The suppression of news about any women's marches other than for abortion rights is very discouraging for anyone who might consider becoming an activist.
Some posters here have suggested that women soon will be or even now are active in an underground movement. The way I see this, is that then women have lost and men will be women when they feel like it.
Kevin here lives on a TIM compound in Colorado. The TIM owner of this land just admitted that there's at least one mass grave on the property containing the corpses of "30-50" (his count) neglected alpacas.
Jesus. I haven't been keeping up with the Kevin Gibes universe lately, since KF was having issues. I'm not at all surprised at this, though. They're too busy LARPing their true and honest womanhood and other disgusting fetishes to care for anything bigger than a Tamagochi.
Really alarming that a lot of these men fetishize being "mothers".
I was just catching up on the fruit farms thread... It's honestly horrifying, and apparently they have other animals as well.
I can imagine this turning out like that one episode of Hoarders where a woman had chickens and ducks in cages stacked on top of each other in an RV.
Yes, the neighbor who called 911 when Nikki Secondino's father and sister were being attacked by Nikki Secondino is a bad, bad person.
Great to see "Veronica Ivy" standing up for justice, fairness and transparency.
How could anyone possibly write this or retweet it with a straight face? What do they think they are saying.. it’s beyond comprehension. This is how I get obsessive about this issue. It’s unbelievable that anyone can say things like this and be taken the least bit seriously and yet too many of my progressive friends seem to put more political energy into defending trans issues than anything else nowadays. I feel hopeless any time I see another person put a stupid trans flag on something. How can we be seeing such different things...
They have no original ideas, I’m like 98% sure I saw similar posts going around when the George Floyd protests were going on, except it said Black people instead of ‘trans women’.
This is satire. Right? Right?
Trans rights are privileges.