La Lioness Priyanka
La Lioness Priyanka's JournalA short rant about the need for victims to be perfect & react perfectly to violence and oppression
I am sick of hearing about how victims and victimized communities should react to violence and oppression. The reality is when faced with violence and oppression and constant discrimination, most of us break social mores. However, i really hate how much the media focuses on these 'riots' or 'looting' rather than what instigated these transgressions. Also, in my experience the media grossly exaggerates about how bad things are (remember, Katrina) when covering the transgressions of the victimized community.
I literally can't stand it.
Victims and victimized communities do not need to be perfect to have certain inalienable civil rights.
I am the American left and I do not support fundamentalism in any religion.
Nor do I support the meaningless killing of people because of their religion/ethnicity.
It is not a love that dares not speak its name. It is mere consistency in my beliefs.
I also am not a fool and don't get taken in by pink-washing an issue.
I bet I am not the only one.
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Name: PriyankaGender: Female
Hometown: NYC
Home country: United States
Member since: Tue Jul 8, 2003, 01:35 PM
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