Posts by giovanni tiso
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Here we go. Danielle said "There's definitely feminist stuff there to unpack." My point is that rape is not exclusively a feminist issue.
Did Danielle say that rape was exclusively a feminist issue? No, she did not. And it may be a broader issue than a feminist issue alone, but feminists have been leading the fight against it for a number of decades and we, men and women and children alike, ought to be bloody grateful for that. Jus sayin.
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Nobody said it was *exclusively* a feminist issue.
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Except for readers in prison.
Or any institution where women happen to have been removed in advance. Your point being?
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By the obvious fact that whilst only men can do it, not only women can have it done to them.
So, it's not a feminist issue unless it concerns women and only women? Peculiar.
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No, but I think the movement got traction because workers felt empathy for one another,
Well, yes, of course. You can't organise without a sense of belonging together and being able to articulate a common set of needs. It doesn't mean that the struggle itself is going to be peaceful though.
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I don't think it's making life miserable for the status quo that leads to change. It's making it clear to the status quo how miserable you are, seeking change through empathy.
So you think that the workers' movement victories were due to the establishment becoming suddenly more enlightened and benevolent? History suggests otherwise.
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You're describing ideological extremists, not people with ideologies. We all have 'em. Thinking you don't leads to all sorts of dangerous assumptions which go precisely in the direction of invalidating the ideas and ideals of others.
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Care to name one or two, thinker friend?
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I haven't heard of any extremist actions on the part of the latter, but the former are masters of it.
I'm talking about demonstrations and activism, taking personal risk, not senseless violence. I believe they are a stick too, as indeed are strikes.
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What's with the carrots?
Heh... that often occurs to me. I always feel like asking: are those carrots cooked? In that case, I'll have the stick please.