Causes I endorse/care about.
Feb. 11th, 2005 01:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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1. Anti-infant-circumcision. This is *routine* circumcision, mind. If there's an actual medical reason behind it, I support it. I also will not comment if people do this for religious reasons, provided that this is actually part of their religion.
2. Breastfeeding. And I'm never having kids, so this one's a bit weird.
3. Linguistic rights. Primarily, the right to not be told "the way you speak is wrong". I understand the various reasons behind a need for a standard dialect, but please. Just say "this way is more appropriate for this situation". Forget that right and wrong nonsense. (Unless somebody is actually wrong. It does happen)
4. Anti-Bush. BUSH SUCKS.
5. Pro-reproductive rights.
6. Pro-equality-of-all-sorts (racial, sexual, sexualorientational, whatever, equal is good)
7. Anti-death-penalty. Especially when it's being called upon by people who claim to be "pro-life". Liars.
8. Pro-helping-people-out. Yeah, if you're so pro-life, you should want to support this life once it's born as well. Abortion rates *rose* during Bush's term.
9. Anti-war. I don't like killing people.
10. Pro-Dudley-Fic. *coughs*
11. Autistic Advocacy. Technically, this goes under number 6, but I thought I'd give it a special mention. *special mention*
Hm.... That may be it. Icky number, 11, but it'll do.
2. Breastfeeding. And I'm never having kids, so this one's a bit weird.
3. Linguistic rights. Primarily, the right to not be told "the way you speak is wrong". I understand the various reasons behind a need for a standard dialect, but please. Just say "this way is more appropriate for this situation". Forget that right and wrong nonsense. (Unless somebody is actually wrong. It does happen)
4. Anti-Bush. BUSH SUCKS.
5. Pro-reproductive rights.
6. Pro-equality-of-all-sorts (racial, sexual, sexualorientational, whatever, equal is good)
7. Anti-death-penalty. Especially when it's being called upon by people who claim to be "pro-life". Liars.
8. Pro-helping-people-out. Yeah, if you're so pro-life, you should want to support this life once it's born as well. Abortion rates *rose* during Bush's term.
9. Anti-war. I don't like killing people.
10. Pro-Dudley-Fic. *coughs*
11. Autistic Advocacy. Technically, this goes under number 6, but I thought I'd give it a special mention. *special mention*
Hm.... That may be it. Icky number, 11, but it'll do.
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Date: 2005-02-11 09:21 am (UTC)Which is why I brought that up-- I also believe that people conveniently say "that's a privilege, not a right" when they want to take a right away from a person. For example, I believe that anyone able to pass a basic driving competency test (including physical capability) should be allowed to get a license. And yet, in my state, you have to also be willing to be fingerprinted in order to do that.
Sorry, I don't understand how your final paragraph shows that SWPMs are discriminated against for being SWPMs.
I actually didn't try to exemplify this, but if you have ever seen a "white trash" man try to get a job, a home loan, or even a little bit of respect when portrayed in the media, then you know what I'm talking about-- if you are white and male and rich, no one can touch you. If you are white and male and poor, then you're trash, a redneck, a hick, uneducated, unsophisticated, and you probably eat roadkill*. I suppose you could say it's about stereotyping, and then treating someone differently based on your expectation of who they ought to be.
Sometimes, even a redneck has a hard time catching a break.