#social evil

[neharautela]

Dowry death

[stardustandvanilla]

LGBT 👏 PEOPLE 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 THE 👏 ONLY 👏 OPPRESSED 👏 PEOPLE 👏 THAT 👏 DESERVE 👏 RESPECT 👏

There are other people besides those four that deserve respect, whether or not you believe they are a part of that acronym.

There are racially oppressed people that deserve respect, whether or not you believe they are oppressed.

There are whitewashed people that deserve respect whether or not you think their culture is whitewashed.

There are people who are victims of ableism that deserve respect whether or not you believe they are.

There are people dismissed for their mental illness that deserve respect whether or not you believe they do.

There are people who are body shamed that deserve respect whether or not you think they should be.

There are suicidal people that are talked about in hushed tones that deserve respect whether or not you know someone like that in real life.

There are people discriminated against for gender or sex that deserve respect whether or not you have discriminated against someone yourself.

There are people who are victims of sexual assault that deserve respect (AND JUSTICE) whether or not you believe them.

There are people that are discriminated against for religion that deserve respect whether or not you agree with them or not.

There are atheist people that deserve respect whether or not you like them.

There are people who are harassed for clothing or for not having clothing and both of them deserve respect whether or not you are like them.

And lastly, I am not saying the groups that I'm about to list don't get respect, I say that they DESERVE it too;

Straight people deserve to not be showed down.

Cisgender people deserve to not be shamed.

White people deserve to not feel hurt.

Men deserve to not be generalised.

Neurotypical people deserve not feel forced to 'be broken' (infact, be happy with yourself)

And of course;

Lesbian women (and girls!!) deserve respect.

Gay men (and boys!!) deserve respect.

Bisexual people deserve respect.

Transgender people deserve respect.

The only people unworthy of respect are those who don't respect others, those who marginalize, those who feel themselves better than everyone else, those you prey on others, those who support these monsters. You're as bad as them then.

[kameshwar]

04 July 2024 God and the Stampedes

Two days ago, 123 people died in a stampede near Hathras, UP. I feel really sorry for the loss of lives. But more than that, I’m angered to know to know the cause of the stampede. An idiot has become a godman in the region among the villagers. He, in fact, declares himself God. He has called himself Narayan Sakar Hari , the embodiment of the SUPREME GOD. Using some gadgetry tricks, he sometimes…

[mynestup-blog]

Don’t flaunt; let it be

Don’t flaunt; let it be

In the past people used to do a lot public-spirited work without expecting to be known for that work. Today things have changed. People do very little but flaunt too much. No religion permits to divulge other poor people’s miseries in demeaning and humiliating way in order to show off their goodness. It seems that in trying to be generous, our society has stopped being humans. That is not only…

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[pvpool]

The Danger of the Stupid Person

Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgement simply need not be believed–in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical–and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack.

 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters & Papers from Prison, 43

[quietflorilegium]

"Setting out to fight a social evil single-handed. That is always a mad thing to do."

Margery Allingham, “The Crime at Black Dudley”

[statetimes1]

Social evil

Job reservations and the growing market economy have created a fault line socially with more atrocities on Dalits. The grisly killing of the Dalit infants in Faridabad is the reminder of Haryana society’s growing intolerance toward upcoming of the community. We have become insensitive to any such incidents taking place in the society and it is no different. But the query too was overlaid with…

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