....and why is that a bad thing? I mean the right says that the left should just go to their safe spaces and cry because we're such a bunch of triggered participation trophy earning babies. But god forbid someone mentions the 2nd amendment, or how Reagan was actually a questionable president. But worst of all, don't tell them Lincoln was a Democrat and that kissing your cousin should be illegal.
Alright, that was mean. I shouldn't sink to their level. Hell, I respect most Republican principles and practices. Key word there. Now-a-days the right and the left don't assign themselves to political parties. Oh my friends, we've entered an age...but more on that later.
No right now I have an issue with being "triggered" and how that is a negative thing. A pop culture term that came to popular use on Twitter after the new social justice movement began, #triggered is now a well known and negatively connotative phrase that haunts a generation. If you go off on a social justice tangent (also known as a rant), you are triggered. If you see something relevant to a prevalent problem in our society and you are come over with anger or emotional distress, you are #triggered.
What I am trying to figure out is, why the hell shouldn't I be angry when I see racism, sexism, Islamophobia, misogyny, fat-shaming, homophobic (the list goes on and on and that is a fact that makes me very sad, but to sum it up anything that is negative towards a marginalized group) comments on the internet? Comments that are being met with support by other people. Comments that attack my self or my friends? Of course when I see this shit I am going to be hella pissed, and that's just me, a white cis straight socioeconomically median female from LA, who's only real claim to outrage is my feminism (which we all know how society feels about that) and my proud status as an ally to all marginalized communities. How else am I supposed to voice my anger that this is 2017 and things are only getting worse?
One argument is "this isn't the platform for that" or "we weren't asking for this, can you please leave." Any platform you can be racist on, I can be inclusive on. Boom. Free country, I believe you find your amendment rights very important. You weren't asking for it? That's funny, I thought that argument wasn't valid. Maybe I just thought your skirt was too short.
And all the two faced people who put up a neutral front and then go home and sit with daddy and make fun of the "libtards" (wrong on so many freaking levels), then you're part of the problem. If you're scared of what society will think of you, chances are you need to rethink your life choices. If you're scared what your parents/family will think of you, honestly educate them, and if they can't accept you then to hell with them. There are only two sides to this, ours and theirs. Pick. Because that's what it's coming to.
Neutrality is a privilege you should no longer be able to afford, but I won't get into capitalism and it's marginalizing powers...I'll save that for another day.
I cannot wrap my head around the idea that there are people out there who think that other people are inferior to them based on skin color, gender, sexuality, religion. But those of you who are triggered, stay that way. Keep fighting for what you know is right. Stay strong against this opposition, and be vocal. Get the people around you involved, educate them, guide them. Society only changes when we influence the people around us, and watch it spread.
We aren't a generation of babies, we are a generation who has come to the realization that this society was not made for everyone, and no matter how much it pretends to be inclusive, it will need to be truly changed or even destroyed in order for us to progress together, united.
I will continue to post. I will make educated arguments, I will (no longer) deliver Ad Hominem attacks. We will be triggered with grace and poise. We will be angry, furious, outraged. And never let them stop you, until we are through. And by then, we will have changed the world.
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