alexandraerin:zombiesarejerks:bookishboi:It’s International Women’s Day!Pictured above: CeCe McDonal
alexandraerin:zombiesarejerks:bookishboi:It’s International Women’s Day!Pictured above: CeCe McDonald- a young Black trans woman who was charged with murder after being attacked. She was verbally and physically assulted. She’s currently being held in Stillwater Prison, Minnesota.On International Women’s day, let’s not forget those who society would rather us forget. The imprisoned, the impoverished, and the People of Color, who are sometimes a combination of the two.Fingers crossed for CeCe’s safety. Happy International Women’s Day todaytomorrowand every day!Hey, everyone needs to listen up real good here.UNLESS YOU ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER, YOU CANNOT KILL SOMEONE AND CALL IT SELF-DEFENSE. I really can’t stress this enough. If you do this, you will go to fucking jail for fucking murder.If someone calls you names on the streets, you walk away. You do not approach the hate speech people and confront them. What do you think is going to happen next? Do you think they’re going to be like “Oh we have learned our lesson. We didn’t realize you are an actual person. Our apologies.”If someone shoves a glass into your face, you fucking run away as fast as you fucking can. You call the cops. That is what you fucking do. You do not stick around and stab someone. With scissors. Why the hell did she have scissors? Where were they?The awkward moment when CeCe did run away, was chased after and cornered.I’m so happy that you’re around to determine, miles away and after the fact, whether or not someone is in “actual serious danger” or not. Let’s play a fun game. You give me your address and I will arrange for ten people to come and grind broken glass into your face. Nine of those people will merely be acting with reckless disregard for your life; one and only one will actually be trying to kill you. If in the moment when you are being assaulted by someone who clearly hates your existence you can successfully spot the one who ~*really*~ wants to kill you, you will win a free toaster oven. Fun game, right? It should be easy. I mean, you make it sound easy enough in your post.If you attack someone with a sharp object, whatever they do to you is self-defense. That’s a deadly weapon. Non-lethal assault with a deadly weapon is not a coincidence or accident. You don’t stab someone in the face because you want to give them a stern warning.If you’re throwing hate speech at someone and you get violent, whatever they do to you is self-defense. You have announced your intentions. It doesn’t matter if they answered your speech with speech. Don’t they have the right to? And if you answer their speech with violence, you are still the aggressor and they are the defender, and what’s more they have every right to treat you like a deadly enemy because you have identified yourself as one.You are taking a bold stand for the right of bigots to harass people out of public existence without being checked and the right of people to maim and wound and potentially kill without their victims fighting back. Congratulations on your life. -- source link
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