#left politics
Why do white people want to say the n-word so bad? Why do they act like they didn’t use it to put down and degrade black lives and dehumanize black people? Why do they still call it a “double standard”? Why can they still not understand the concept of reclaiming a word?
Reappropriation:
“Linguistic reappropriation, reclamation, or resignification is the cultural process by which a group reclaims words or artifacts that were previously used in a way disparaging of that group. It is a specific form of a semantic change (change in a word’s meaning). Linguistic reclamation can have wider implications in the fields of discourse and has been described in terms of personal or sociopolitical empowerment.”
The whole point is that the marginalized group takes back the power they were deprived from for all these years. When black people choose to use it, it’s to turn it’s meaning around, use something that was used to oppress them to elevate each others. When white people say it, all the power that they initially had comes right back. The word gets all it’s primary hatred and it’s no longer the subject of anything else than discriminatory language.
It’s not a slur because it offends people all of a sudden, it’s a slur because it was used against a community for hundreds of years. You don’t get to decide when it will stop being a vicious word, you don’t get to criticize and say that we’re giving too much power to a word. White people were always the oppressors, and WE live in a society where YOU will never experience racial discrimination, the color of your skin will never disadvantage you. So please for the love of god, shut the fuck up.
Not in a song. Not for a joke. Not to insult. Not to greet. It’s not dark humour, you’re just very unfunny.
If you’re a non-black person, don’t say it, it’s really easy to do it. Educate yourself.
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Executions Scheduled for Inmates Convicted of Brutal Murders Many Years Ago
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Please share, sign the petitions, donate if you can, contact and call the numbers, please try to save a life.
Okay. So after a video going viral of an innocent man being choked to death by a police officer, with other cops looking and not reacting whatsoever to this tragic scene. After hearing his begging and pleading, noticing his shortening breaths, hearing the panic in his voice and still not helping. After thousands of previous and following cases of police brutality were talked about. After we were made aware that the police has continously attacked, traumatized, paralysed and killed innocent black people throughout the years and nothing had changed, people were tired of prejudice and decided to do something about it. They protested, they tried making their voices heard, they demanded decency, they wanted black lives to matter. So how did the president of the united states react? Did he call out the undeniable systemic racism that POC have been a victim of ever since the beginning of time? Did he make sure that George Floyd and every other soul that was unjustly taken way received justice? Did he try to reform the police and the racist incarceration system? Did he do anything of use, did he try, did he do the bare minimum, did he lie and say something respectful just for show? No. He called protestors thugs. He cared more about the walls of corporate organizations and businesses than about human lives. He threatened the protestors, allowed the teargassing, beatings, insults, arrests, and murder of people who wanted change to happen.
Forward to a few days ago where a bunch of lunatic trump supporters stormed the capitol because their lord and saviour Donald lost the election, brought guns, stole podiums and mail, attacked the police while waving “blue lives matter” flags, took selfies with cops, displayed nazi symbols, held the racist confederate flag, all while spewing hateful propaganda (because this is all they know what to do). Try to guess how the president of the united sates reacted this time. Did he also call them thugs, did he insult them, did he order the force to attack them with rubber bullets, teargass them, kill them? Actually, he told them that he loved them, that they were very special, that he knew how they felt, and that they should go home.
I am speachless.
Also this made me laugh
JUSTICE FOR JACOB BLAKE
“Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was left partly paralyzed after a white police officer shot him seven times in the back outside an apartment complex in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 23.
The shooting, which happened in front of three of Mr. Blake’s children, was captured by a neighbor in a video that circulated widely and rapidly on social media. Outrage spread quickly, rekindling the nationwide protests for racial justice that had followed the deaths of George Floyd, Elijah McClain, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans after encounters with the police. […]
Four months after the shooting of Mr. Blake, the Kenosha County district attorney, Michael Graveley, announced on Jan. 5 that the officers involved in the shooting would not be charged.”
What We Know About the Shooting of Jacob Blake
5 Ways To Keep Demanding Justice For Jacob Blake
Go Fund Me organized by Jacob’s mom:
Via @bravespalliance on instagram
I know this is extremely disturbing. I know the black trans community doesn’t need to be reminded of their trauma. And I am so damn sorry that you still have to wake up in such a hateful world and ostracizing society but I refuse to simply forget about two innocent souls that were taken away way too soon. We have to raise awareness, we have to educate ourselves more on these very touchy subjects, we have to be better, we have to build a better future, we just have to, this cannot be a regular, standard routine.
May they rest in peace.
“You can help the Brave Space Alliance provide funeral accommodations for Courtney and Tyianna by donating to their Funeral Fund at
Courtney and Tyianna, rest in power. We will say your names aloud as a solemn commitment to fight tirelessly for dignity, safety and justice for all trans people.”
-Via Howard Brown Health
Courtney and Tyianna, Rest in Power - Howard Brown Health
Links to learn more about them:
https://illinoiseagle.com/#/article/61711
Transgender woman murdered Christmas Day on South Side was ‘trying to better herself’
Funeral Held For Courtney ‘Eshay’ Key, Transgender Woman Slain On Christmas
Trans woman Courtney “Eshay” Key murdered on Christmas Day
HRC Mourns Courtney “Eshay” Key, Black Trans Woman Killed in Chicago
I am disgusted and in constant disbelief that people with that much hatred in their heart still exist. Actual nazis. I am not surprised, simply disappointed that it is so blatant and yet, people still don’t seem to care.
Via @mattxiv on instagram
Also, for the ignorant people that still believe it was Antifa because “one of them had a communist tatoo”, I am begging you, just for once, use your fucking brain.
This is unfathomable, this is one of the most vile thing you could possibly do. Make a joke out of an innocent man’s murder, poke fun at police brutality victims, every single soul that was taken away way too soon and that deserved to be remembered for more than just a tragic ending. And in front of a church? Really? Do you seriously think this is what Christianity represents? Do you genuinely think God is proud of you right now?
I am in constant disbelief that some people are ignorant enough to still deny the existence of white privilege, when you get to take selfies with cops, while they should’ve been arresting you. When you got gently escorted down the stairs by the force, while they were tear gassing peaceful protesters for pleading for decency. When you fucking terrorists, loot, attack, break in, shoot and destroy BECAUSE FUCKING TRUMP LOST, and you get labeled as “great patriots”, while the people who asked the police to stop murdering them get called “violent”. That is no coincidence.
Via @eisellety on instagram
This makes me sick. Those are the most hateful, evil, dirty, narcissistics, hypocritical beings. Those are fascists. Those are nazis. Those are the worst kind of humans and they are getting labeled as good patriots, do you seriously not see the irony?
We hit a low point in humanity today.
PURE FACTS
THIS IS TERRORISM, CALL IT WHAT IT IS
Please get reminded that this is not even comparable to the BLM movement. One is about demanding human rights and the other is about being a lunatic hyporcritical asshole.
Via Getty Images
Liberal vs Leftist
One of the things that I was confused about once I started being interested in politics were the terms “liberal” and “leftist”.
There was obviously a right and left wing. What I knew was that a liberal was a tolerant individual that constantly promoted human rights, and since they were considered to belong to the left, I logically concluded that these two word were synonymous.
It turns out there is a difference, and I thought I’d try to explain it in a relatively simple way for whoever needs it. Let’s start with defining each term:
Liberalism:
- A political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise. -Oxford Languages
- Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law. […] Liberalism became a distinct movement in the Age of Enlightenment, when it became popular among Western philosophers and economists. - Wikipedia
- Liberalism is a belief in gradual social progress by changing laws, rather than by revolution. -Collin
Leftism:
- The political views or policies of the left. -Oxford Languages
- Leftism refers to the beliefs and behaviour of people who support socialist ideas. - Collin
- An economic posisistion favouring more collectivity/cooperation in making resource using decisions. This can either be done by state planning or using communes. -Urban Dictionnary
The major difference between these two ideologies is the preffered economic system of each. Basically, liberals have nothing against capitalism but believe in law changing and reforming in order to achieve equality. While leftists believe that the only way to atteign true equity would be overthrowing capitalism and adapting an entirely new economic system such as communism or socialism, generally accompanied by a revolution.
Readers React: The difference between liberals and leftists
“Liberals are not leftists, and there are a few keypoints in understanding the differences betwen the two. Liberalism is an ideology that has a wide array of views but in general it’s in support of universal human rights, democratic governance and market based capitalist economics.
While there is some overlap, this last part is largely what seperates the two. Well meaning liberals do generally want to protect human rights and promote social equality but believe the problems stemmed from our capitalist system can be tweaked and reformed.
Leftists, on the other hand, are fundamentally opposed to capitalism, [they believe] that the problems created by the system are actually not problems at all, rather, they are a sign that the system is working as intended. Crony capitalism* doesn’t exist, ideologically pure free market capitalism* doesn’t exist either, there is only capitalism, and it must be abolished. Liberalism as an ideology believes that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with capitalism, that the problems that exist within a society are the result of bad actors and policies within the system that must be rooted out so the system can function properly. Leftist ideologies understand that the system itself is the cause of the suffering. No amount of reforming can fix the problems in our society. It’s not a matter of bad actors and policies but one of the relations we keep to keep society running.
Perhaps the most succint quote that hilights the differences comes from brazilian Archbishop Hélder Câmara: ” When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.“ -"Why liberals are not leftists” by Leaflets via Youtube
*What is crony capitalism?
“An economic system in which individuals and businesses with political connections and influence are favored (as through tax breaks, grants, and other forms of government assistance) in ways seen as suppressing open competition in a free market.” -Merriam Webster
“In its worst form, crony capitalism can devolve into simple corruption where any pretense of a free market is dispensed with. Bribes to government officials are considered de rigueur and tax evasion is common. […] Corrupt governments may favor one set of business owners who have close ties to the government over others.” -Wikipedia
*What is ideologically pure free market society?
“In a capitalistic society, the production and pricing of goods and services are determined by the free market, or supply and demand, however, some government regulation may occur. […] A free market system is an economic system based solely on demand and supply, and there is little or no government regulation.” -Investopedia
Is Free Market the Same as Capitalism?
“A capitalist system and a free market system are both economic environments that are based on the law of supply and demand.
They both are involved in determining the price and production of goods and services. On one hand, capitalism is focused on the creation of wealth and ownership of capital and factors of production, whereas a free market system is focused on the exchange of wealth, or goods and services.” - By Steven Nickolas for Investopedia
What Is the Difference Between a Capitalist and a Free Market System?
“Voters need to understand the fundamental differences between liberalism and leftism. It’s the difference between a candidate who believes capitalism, with just a little refereeing, will eventually provide what working people need, versus a candidate who believes serious intervention in the capitalist economy is necessary.” -The Conversation
The difference between ‘left’ and 'liberal’ – and why voters need to know
That’s about it, I hope I was able to properly explain everything. This is obviously an overview of leftism and liberalism and in no way an in depth analysis of each ideology, though I later probably will dive in deeper.
As I have previously specified, I am a leftist, and I do not think that we can achieve any true change as long as we are under a capitalist system since every “problem” we’ve had is each deeply rooted in capitalism. I would also love to make a post listing some arguments that justify my beliefs, but that’ll be for another time.
Thank you for reading, also, I’ve never really asked you if you had any suggestions but I’d like to see if you guys had any questions about politics, and if I happen to have an understanding in the subject, I’ll try to answer it with a similar kind of post. Okay thanks, bye.
