"they care more about protesting cartoons than....."

[xenologer]

If one more piece of crap white person asserts to me that their racism is actually an indicator that they care more about POC than POC care about themselves, I don't know what I'm gonna do but it's going to be loud and unpleasant.

Yes, black people care whether they die. Believe it or not, they are capable of loving themselves and others because they are fucking human beings.

Yes, Muslims worldwide care when other Muslims are oppressive and violent to them. Believe it or not, they don't particularly enjoy being terrorized and having their children stolen.

Yes, even subsapient animals can manage these sentiments. So the fact that anybody ANYWHERE might think that only white people know how to love is pretty much a clear goddamn sign that if anybody is deficient at it, IT IS US WHITE FOLKS. You do not get to claim superior compassion as you literally dehumanize entire categories of people BECAUSE they're being victimized and you're sure that if they really cared they'd have done something about it.

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THIS IS WHY NOBODY LIKES US

Today's actual mood:

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[admnaismith.livejournal.com]

I've been struggling real hard with the whole "racist cartoons" vs. "religious terrorists and journalistic freedom" thing.

In fact--if you want to know you're making a difference--it is largely because you are taking such a stand, and because I recognize your moral authority in particular---that I haven't just gone with the same "Je Suis Charlie" response that other people have.

The Wikipedia article on Charlie Hebdo describes it as a leftist, and anti-racist publication that appears to be mocking Islam not out of anti-semitism, but out of anti-authoritarianism.

Seems to me, their offense may be crudity as opposed to racism. As if one were to attempt to criticize Israeli hardliners on the Palestine issue, and did so in a way that had the effect of perpetuating offensive Jewish stereotypes.

I'm trying to think of an Amreican equivalent of Charlie Hebdo, and the best I can come up with is National Lampoon. Which has its own icky baggage. Or perhaps Larry Flint. I never cared much for Larry Flint, but I cared even less for the censors who opposed him with lawsuits.

Seems to me, there is a place for Charlie Hebdo in the world. I'm not sure that's a place I want to stand. I do know I want to stand with Ashley. Ashley's moral compass has pretty much pointed the right way as long as I've known her...so maybe I'm wrong.