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Emeritus Prof Christopher MayIn a continuing rowing back of regulation, The Financial Conduct Authority & the Prudential Regulation Authority have both shelved plans to get financial services to disclose more about their (claimed) diversity & inclusion policies...What, really annoys me is that these policies are regarded as 'anti-growth' rather than seeing the prejudice that keeps a range of social groups out of top jobs is not pro-growth, rather its a calamitous under-use of talented individuals!<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> h/t FT

Tan_ia_alive"We are all prisoners of our own thinking, and until we free ourselves from it, we will remain blind to what is true." — Jiddu Krishnamurti <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/blindness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blindness</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/prejudice?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/observing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#observing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/leaves?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leaves</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/choices?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#choices</a>

WordofTheHour<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> : a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it- French: préjugé- German: das Vorurteil- Italian: pregiudizio- Portuguese: prejuízo- Spanish: prejuicio------------Fill in missing translations @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations</a>

Weary Wulf[P] It's important to remember what the true antonym of words like courage, strength, & bravery is. Some mistakenly believe it to be cowardice but that isn't true at all. The stark oppoaite of these concepts is conformity. And mass toxic conformity is what defines hiverarchy—trading identity and consciousness for the illusion of safety and acceptance. There's a reason why Don't Look Up was loathed—it laid hiverarchy humiliatingly bare for all to see.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dontlookup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dontlookup</a>

Weary Wulf[P] I have to stress here that I'm not speaking of "Rationality," as that's its own religion with irs own strictures, it has the same structure & godheads as any other form of hiverarchy. No, I speak of "reason," lower-casr r. It's generally relegated to diversity & othrrness, as we engage in the language of ideas rather than that of absolute conformity. Which, again, is how villainy is defined by hiverarchy as it's contrary to fitting in & blind acceptance.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a>-8

Weary Wulf[P] I noticed some time ago how reason and persuasion are demonised by hiverarchy, how they're made the villain in hiverarchy's entertainment. The "good guy" is the unreasinable idiot with the big club (be they "paladin" or "barbarian," it's the same thing reskinned); the "bad guy" just wants to talk to people to try to get ideas across without bullying. It's why hiverarchy distrusts therapists and loathes researchers, reason is antithetical to hiverarchy.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a>-7

Weary Wulf[P] And at the top of these hiverarchies you have ASPD monsters struggling for dominance. They fight others within their upper rungs, they fight the leadership of other hiverarchies. That's the world we live in. And being a part of hiverarchy means becoming automata, disabling conscious thought in favour of absolute conformity to fit in. It's why you can't really reason with or persuade hiverarchy, it's seen as manipulation & gaslighting to cause disruption.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a>-6

Weary Wulf[P] Show the American hiverarchy Donald Trump and the areas of the brain where Worship lives would light up like a Christmas tree. Same with the Alt-Right hiverarchy and Elon Musk. The point is absolute conformity and giving yourself completely to these symbols of dominance. If you can't do that? You'll alwaya be diversity, you'll always be other, and that's how it's always been since time immemorial. You can bet Caesar did the same for Riman hiverarchy.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a>-5

Weary Wulf[P] Hiverarchy is quite culty, yes. I mean, where do you think cults come from? They're wayward hiverarchy automata taken in by someone charismatic enough. I mean, there was a study a decade back that involved shown the Christian and Apple sub-hiverarchies symbolic logos—the same Worship areas of their brains lit up! Yep, Apple hiverarchy worships Steve Jobs and the Apple logo. It's not unexpected, worship is a function of hiverarchy. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a>-4

Weary Wulf[P] So, does the buzz-buzz of hiverarchy think you're meant being harmed/outcast (or worse), or is there benefit there where they can exploit something about you as vassals? Once you've hit vassal status, you might feel safe coming out. There's never true acceptance though as hiverarchy exists on the tentpole of "Us," the human majority defined by absolute conformity. You can become accepted, but you start as a vassal and you have to give up everything.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a>-3

Weary Wulf[P] It's a matter of whether hiverarchy collectively believes you've be a useful vassal or not, as all that happens within hiverarchy is uniform. If you've hit the point of being a potential vassal? You may get to feel a little safe. I point to black women again and how hiverarchy vassalised thrm as funny, sassy little animals who bob their heads and wag their fingers—which was all a black woman could be to hiverarchy. This is how it always goes.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a>-2

Weary Wulf[P] The thing is is that there's a lot of everything(!) outside of the toxic, poisonous, automata-like conformity and verisimilitude of hiverarchy. That's never changed. It's always ben diversity and hiverarchy, really. The concept of the utilitarian sameness of hiverarchy and... everything else. And either you vassalise yourself to hiverarchy for a chance of fitting in, or you... don't. It's the binary choice that hiverarchy gives most of us.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a>-1

Weary Wulf[P] It's the funniest thing for me to see the question asked "Why is everyone Otherkin/Therian now?" I'm sure a bunch of you are old enough to recall the era of "Why is everyone Trans now?" but I go back a... bit further. I was there for "Why is everyone gay now?" and that was a time. The answer, as ever: Always was. The difference is finally drilling past some of hiverarchy's layers of prejudice, then y'get to feel a bit less scared, and maybe you come out.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otherkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otherkin</a>

samIt's been proposed on fedi that with the NSA being handed a new 'naughty word' list today that including them in your communications might keep them from eavesdropping, not sure if it'll work but i'm start sprinkling these hashtags into all my posts 😆 <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bias</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diversity</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Diverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diverse</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/ConfirmationBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConfirmationBias</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equity</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Equitableness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equitableness</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feminism</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gender</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/GenderIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenderIdentity</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inclusion</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Inclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inclusive</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/AllInclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AllInclusive</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inclusivity</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Injustice</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Intersectionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intersectionality</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prejudice</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Privilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privilege</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/RacialIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RacialIdentity</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sexuality</a> <a href="https://fedi.tin-can.tech/tags/Stereotypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stereotypes</a>

WulfyThe 25 words expunged from official language by the new <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascist</a>-<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarch</a> regime. The Nazis burned the books. These Muppets are deleting words and concepts. Anti-Racism <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Racism</a> Allyship Bias <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diversity</a> Diverse Confirmation Bias <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equity</a> Equitableness <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feminism</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gender</a> Gender Identity <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inclusion</a> Inclusive All-Inclusive Inclusivity <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Injustice</a> Intersectionality <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prejudice</a> Privilege Racial Identity <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sexuality</a> Stereotypes Pronouns <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equality</a>From the article; <a href="https://popular.info/p/the-nsas-big-delete" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://popular.info/p/the-nsas-big-delete</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/nsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nsa</a>

Downshift 🍁» For Your Eyes Only / Read and Delete «NSA's list of 27 banned words »<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Anti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anti</a>-Racism <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Racism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Allyship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Allyship</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bias</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diversity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Diverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diverse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ConfirmationBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConfirmationBias</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equality</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Equitableness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equitableness</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feminism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gender</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GenderIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenderIdentity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inclusion</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Inclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inclusive</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/All" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#All</a>-Inclusive <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inclusivity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Injustice</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Intersectionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intersectionality</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prejudice</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Privilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privilege</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RacialIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RacialIdentity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sexuality</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Stereotypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stereotypes</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Pronouns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pronouns</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a>» End «» Do Not Forward «

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Still Mad About CD PricesLong. TL;DR: Exceptions in one's support for universal rights = not actually supporting universal rights and that's bad, mmkay.Probably not a controversial opinion on mastodon, but if you actively support universal rights for everyone *except* a certain kind of people, I believe you are contributing to some of the biggest problems in our world, regardless of your reasons. You're working for the wrong team whether you know it or not."But wait!" some will say, "What about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> 'groomers'? <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antifa</a>? <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Black</a> militants? <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gay</a> pedophiles? Job-stealing <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrant</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/criminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminals</a>?"Even if those concerns were valid (happy to explain at length how they really, seriously aren't), this argument boils down to: "Because of the actions of some people, I'm willing to deny rights to others who seem similar." It's a willingness to harm some people because they appear to be like other people."Now hold on a minute," others might say, "What about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pedophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedophiles</a>? <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Terrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Terrorists</a>? Drug dealers selling crack to children? Human traffickers? <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Billionaires</a>? Misogynists? Racists? <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Terfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Terfs</a>? Homophobes?"Yes, those can actually be valid concerns. however, under the hood it's the same problem: every person in our world willing to deny "universal" rights to anyone else (or just to be silent while people around them do so) is a person who doesn't actually support universal <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rights</a>, a person who will hurt or oppress others if it is packaged just right. They're a tiny piece of our world that doesn't actually believe in fundamental "<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a>" or "<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#justice</a>", because those things have exceptions for them. Multiply those exceptions by a few million people and this is how you get a society that claims to support "<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liberty</a>" or "the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#constitution</a>" or "<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>" but actually just doesn't; a society that continually misses its marks; a society that has impressive words on the label but never really looks like the pictures in the product brochure. It's a society in which the people truly walking the walk on support for their fellow humans seem like extreme radicals.I'm not saying avoiding this pitfall is easy; support for universal rights is hard, sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes legitimately scary. Even among those aspiring to this, I don't think most (including me) are quite there; we are still silent sometimes when our values would say we should speak up--for example, I believe pedophiles have/deserve the same rights as anyone else, but I rarely say that out loud, even here.As for how to help myself or others achieve this, I probably have the same bundle of ideas as anyone else. I think we need improved strategies but I'm not sure what they are. I don't think attacks or punitive/shaming gatekeeping are generally great methods, but I also don't think we should stay silent when people in "our groups" demonstrate a lack of support. Encouraging support for universal rights is hard, too.---------------Notes:1. A common way to package exceptions is "For everyone else to have freedom, [marginalized group] must have fewer rights because [danger, real or imagined]." This is 100% wrong and stupid, and this argument should be screamed at with all possible volume whenever it appears.2. I can't currently think of any valid exceptions to supporting universal human rights. I think "universal rights" means "universal rights," literally no matter who you are, what group you belong to, or what you've done. I'm open to the possibility that there are valid exceptions, but I'm not currently aware of what those might be.3. This was posted to FB, then edited/expanded a bit for mastodon.4. This is about principles, not my personal behavior, which falls short of my principles; in other words, I am probably a hypocrite, though I' working on it.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/socialjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialjustice</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/stereotypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stereotypes</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oppression</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misogyny</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtqia</a>

Wm.son<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quotes</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prejudice</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Conquest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conquest</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Men</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Weapons</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RodSerling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RodSerling</a>A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy; and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children, and the children yet unborn. -Rod Serling, writer of the science fiction TV series "The Twilight Zone" (25 Dec 1924-1975)

ToadlyturtleIn the midst of this, we should be rallying to help those in need all the more. We need a sense of consistency in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#community</a> support. Please don't forget this disabled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Latina</a> family, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeless</a>, sheltering in a hotel.Those who act in the name of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonization</a> and all forms of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prejudice</a> care more about not seeing those who are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marginalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marginalized</a>, than to help. We cannot, in light of this, expect policy to help those who don't have the resources to enact policy change.

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