We voted at 10 am, and this is the first year I've seen so many young women at our location. There's been so much advocacy for issue one that I'm very hopeful.
OldWomanoftheWoods
joined 1 year ago
Racism is worse, because it's about community - us against them. It provides a focal point for anger and action that doesn't require self reflection or personal growth.
Misanthropy ... Have you met our species? Violent, destructive, shortsighted, tribalistic apes swarming across their only home devouring it resources and destroying their own habitat with careless abandon.
Individual humans - we can be amazing. Humans at moments when we overcome our tribalism and selfishness - wonderful. But humankind? Overall, we suck. Misanthropy just realism.
The people who believe rape is bad have. The problem is the ridiculous number of people who don't really think it's bad.