They want things to return to normal
but normal is a cage too small.
They want the "peace" of Our absence
but that's no peace, at all.
They want a compliance, an acquiescence
they want the obedience of adolescents
they want to bully and silence and demand.
But, no.
Hell, no!
We will not quietly surrender, we will NOT be banned.
We'll take a stand -
metaphorically or otherwise -
and we'll make a plan with our own demands.
And this is the demand
(or at least, the beginning of our demands):
We will work hard and
we will take part in communing
and any who are refusing that Great Including,
they will be the ones losing out
they will be the ones banned by their own sad plans
to choose a world that is smaller and more plain
to live in a place with less grace
less joy, less love, less sane and humane
But
the Beloved Community,
the Beloved Economy,
the beloved home
of inclusion and diversity and equity...?
We will rise and we will live and we will swarm.
That is our future.
This is the new norm.
Knowing how that looks when your kind say it makes it something decent, rational, people of character will reject every time. It's just you painting nice colors on your peculiar evil. No thank you.
ReplyDeleteMarshal, truly, you need to form more adult, respectful and clear comments if you want to post here. Vague attacks and swatting at imaginary flies are not worth anyone's time. I respectfully request (and demand, on my blog) that you shoot for more rational commentary.
ReplyDeleteThis is a post about how traditionally marginalized peoples and their allies and colleagues will NOT abide with being pushed back to the margins, to institutions, to prisons. This post was inspired, in large part, by the several attacks on independent living for folks with disabilities by the federal gov't (and this specific conservative administration) over the last year. A summary of the Olmstead Act provisions:
"The integration mandate requires that states place individuals in community settings rather than institutions provided that three conditions are met:A state's treatment professionals determine that community placement is appropriate.The transfer to a less restrictive setting is not opposed by the affected individual.The placement can be reasonably accommodated, taking into account the state's available resources and the needs of others receiving disability services."
This administration, through the dismantling of the Education cabinet and attacks from the DOJ, are largely removing protections that those with disabilities have long relied upon to keep them from being institutionalized.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-actions-signal-a-move-toward-institutionalizing-people-with-disabilities-advocates-warn
This, of course, in addition to attacks and threats against the LGBTQ community by modern maga conservatives are turning back the clock on protections that the marginalized have fought so hard to gain. We're not going back.
THAT is the point of this post. Do you have any informed opinions on these topics that do not involve abusing/slandering those who have long lived on the margins thanks to traditionalists like yourself?
An opinion piece from The ARC, a disabilities rights group:
https://thearc.org/blog/doj-opinion-on-olmstead-threatens-the-right-of-people-with-disabilities-to-live-in-the-community/
If you're not familiar with the realities of LGBTQ folks or those with disabilities or others who have been traditionally marginalized, don't speak from a place of ignorance. Go. Learn more. Then return with intelligent, informed and respectful comments if you can.