JD Vance in 2015 in front of future Heritage Foundation: hunger is a motivation to find work
#cruelty is his message... and always has been.
#cruelty
I want to repost something because I think it has related important issues faced by some people that post here. I'm sorry about this article not being readable by all.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/10/nhs-staff-asking-men-if-pregnant-before-x-ray-scans/
Part of the discussion went like this:
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jrsy@diasp.org
People presenting as male without further explanation or evidence may very well be pregnant. Sensible policy that should be followed everywhere.
[name deleted]
bro, to avoid this ridiculous and irritating “guidance” it would have been safe to assume that a bloke that went through all the thinking, pondering, learning, hesitating, etc… of undergoing whatever medical wizardry needed to “be pregnant” would surely be aware that they shouldn’t expose the “baby” to xrays, as well as alcohol, nicotine, most medecines, etc etc.
Why always back insanity just because there’s a woke tag attached to it?
The rest of the world is laughing at us “westerners”.
jrsy@diasp.org
Not at all safe to assume that someone born a woman who has gone through no medical wizardry but has come to think of themself as male and dresses accordingly and speaks in their lowest register and identifies themself as male might nonetheless have had a sexual encounter that has left them pregnant.
Perhaps they are in denial or maybe they just don’t think they need to discuss with someone taking an xray of a possibly broken armbone this very personal, perhaps disturbing reality with which they are dealing.
Who gives a shit whether there are people in the world who are still mired in a cruel past that denies the reality of anything other than cisgender status. The woke tag is these days more typically used as a sneering insult by those who would not grant others the right to create a life that is emotionally correct and satisfying for themselves. The only insanity is expecting others to conform to outdated norms regardless of the emotional trauma that may impose.
#cisgender #gender #transgender #discrimination #cruelty #LGBTQ+ #woke #politics
There are many humorous things in the world, among them the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Following the Equator, ch. 21 (1897)
#quote #quotes #quotation #brutality #colonization #cruelty #humanity #race #racism #savage #savagery #selfawareness #delusion
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/twain-mark/3920/
13TH | FULL FEATURE | Netflix
"14,093,026 views Apr 17, 2020
Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay's examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country's history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America.
This piercing, Oscar-nominated film won Best Documentary at the Emmys, the BAFTAs and the NAACP Image Awards.
US Rating: TV-MA For mature audiences. May not be suitable for ages 17 and under. "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8
#documentary #USA #cruelty
Thom Hartmann on the unforeseen consequences of Republican governors' refusal to accept the ACA
Death is the new Republican badge of honor
Not only are those Republicans killing their own citizens, those who survive are driven into medical debt that destroys their credit rating, making borrowing more expensive, and forcing them even further into debt.
It's a cascade of negative consequences that makes the lives of the poor even more unnecessarily miserable, and further lines the pockets of the already-filthy-rich.
It's as though, in the "minds" of the GOP, the cruelty is a bonus. No one who thinks that way should be allowed to hold any power whatsoever over anyone else under any circumstances. They shouldn't even be allowed to own pets.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/gop-cancer-research/
The Depp defamation suit should outrage and appall you | Jill Filipovic | The Guardian
The question in this trial was not who was the abusive partner; it was whether Heard defamed Depp by writing an op-ed in which she identified herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse” and argued that “institutions protect men accused of abuse.”
Go ahead: re-read the op-ed. What you won’t find anywhere in it is Heard saying that Depp abused her. Instead, you will find her making statements that are not defamatory, but objectively true: that she became a public figure representing domestic violence; that her career suffered for it.
#misogyny #psychopathy #antifeminism #abuse #DomesticAbuse #violence #SexualViolence #cruelty #manipulation #victimisation #mistrial #MeToo
The Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial was an orgy of misogyny | Moira Donegan | The Guardian
The trial has turned into a public orgy of misogyny. While most of the vitriol is nominally directed at Heard, it is hard to shake the feeling that really, it is directed at all women – and in particular, at those of us who spoke out about gendered abuse and sexual violence during the height of the #MeToo movement. We are in a moment of virulent antifeminist backlash, and the modest gains that were made in that era are being retracted with a gleeful display of victim-blaming at a massive scale. One woman has been made into a symbol of a movement that many view with fear and hatred, and she’s being punished for that movement. In this way, Heard is still in an abusive relationship. But now, it’s not just with Depp, but with the whole country.
#misogyny #psychopathy #antifeminism #abuse #DomesticAbuse #violence #SexualViolence #cruelty #manipulation #victimisation #mistrial #MeToo
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/01/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial-metoo-backlash
Please sign #petition!!
Tell Johns Hopkins to stop abusing barn owls for “ADD research”
This MONSTER is literally torturing barn owls and then KILLING THEM and taxpayers are paying for it!
He claims this will somehow help explain attention deficit disorder in humans yet he has admitted on the record that his results are likely to be scientifically useless (not surprising since a bird isn't a human!).
Johns Hopkins has blood on their hands and this hideous person should be punished for severe, unconscionable animal cruelty.
#JohnsHopkins #owls #birds #torture #cruelty #AnimalCruelty #AnimalRights #vegan #veganism #protest
In this world, few people look with the eyes of compassion, and so we are cruel and merciless toward each other. The weak are always oppressed by the strong. I still see that my reasoning that day was correct, for it arose from love and understanding. Love and understanding can ease the suffering of all beings. The truth is the truth, whether or not it is accepted by the majority. Therefore, I tell you children, it takes great courage to stand up for and protect what is right.
--- The Buddha, in Old Path, White Clouds, by Thich Nhat Hanh
#ThichNhatHanh #buddhism #compassion #suffering #cruelty #oppression
Here's some excerpts from a 2015 #DRI report published by #unicef that details the sexual abuse, #slavery, #torture, #cruelty, forced #abortions, commercial sexual #exploitation, #rape, #violence, child rape & other crimes perpetrated against children & women in Ukraine's #government run institutions.
https://gdc.unicef.org/resource/no-way-home-exploitation-and-abuse-children-ukraines-orphanages
#ukraine #ukrainecrisis #ukrainewar #ukraineconflict #istandwithukraine #standwithukraine #ukrainechildren #ukrainecorruption #kievcorruption #ukrainechildsextrafficking #children #childrape #ukrainechildrapeindustry #zelenskyyiscorrupt #sextrafficking #peopletrafficking #zelenskyy #NATO #orphans #ukraineorphans #abuse #ukraineinstitutions #orphanages #sexualabuse
Livestream ~ Free Assange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRs_bk6yeOU
#WOW #julianassange #livestream #event #interviews #guestlist #KatyHalper #KrystalBall #MarianneWilliamson #KyleKulinski #NilsMelzer #GabrielShipton #StellaMoris #RoKhanna #GlennGreenwald #Sagaar #ChrisHedges #NoamChomsky #SusanSarandon #KevinGosztola #RichardMedhurst #RyanGrim #AbbyMartin #StevenDonziger #RandyCredico #RogerWaters #MargaretKimberly #CornellWest #DanielEllsberg #wikileaks #media #journalism #extreme #isolation #cruelty #freepress #freespeech #humanrights #us #trial #unconstitutional #firstamendment #truth #truthteller #principles #assange #defense #freeassange #weareallassange #dropthecharges #noextradition
● NEWS ● #TheNation #police #dogs #cruelty ☞ A Cop Is Finally in Trouble for Using Excessive Force—Against Dogs https://www.thenation.com/article/society/police-shoot-dog/
