not tolerate bigotry

Today in a meeting someone made a remark which they thought was funny. A particular word that was said triggered an association in this person’s mind with criminals of a particular ethnic origin, and they chose to share this thought with us. Aside from the rudeness of interrupting the discussion, there were 3 people of that ethnicity in the room.

After the meeting I decided to let the person know I didn’t think it was an appropriate remark, and that it may have offended people. He was quite surprised and it genuinely hadn’t occurred to him that his joke could offend. Approaching him was not something I found easy, but I’m pleased I did, as it did cause him to think about it.

In a happy moment of synchronicity, the quote on the right hand side is

“Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.”
- Herbert Hoover

This judge should lose his license for good, and face charges for violating the U.S. Constitution.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091017/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff_27

this is why I left 43T the first time. The blatant bigotry that I had to encounter, on a daily basis, on goals that I set entirely for my own pleasure and growth, because I was a practicing Muslim woman, became too much to bear.

It was intolerable.

And now, for exactly the same reasons, I make it a goal, full circle, in my old writing nest.

Lovely, really.

am I inflaming something by having this goal?

Is it adding fuel to a fire that I didn’t start?

You know what, they really were kind of fleeting, these doubts of mine. It came to a head when I watched a rather interesting documentary on the History channel. It was about Auschwitz. It laid out the facts that the Allies had hard evidence about the death camps and decided against bombing raids as it may ultimately have deterred them from the ultimate goal of defeating Nazi Germany thus saving Millions more lives…

Yes, OK, they were successful in that goal, there is no doubt of it, but they also completed bombing raids just 19 Kms from the fences of Auschwitz, some of the bombs accidentally hitting the camp.

It was the SS who dismantled the gas chambers, not the Allies, hoping to remain undetected no doubt. But the Allies knew. It was a strategic decision, I understand that, BUT THEY KNEW. They Didn’t bomb the camps. every day another 12,000 souls perished. Even if they had succeeded in putting them out of business for a day or two they could have saved thousands.

With hindsight I am sure things would have been different, even with the evidence the whole cold hard truth of what was going on must have seemed incomprehensible, that people, human beings, like you and me, like them were being treated as less than garbage.

maybe that was why? Maybe because it’s easy to distance yourself from things and not take a moment to contemplate the individual fear the horror or the sheer terror of it all.

What am I saying? Am I trying to compare the Holocaust to anything? No, I wouldn’t dare, it has it’s place in History and is incomparable as a single event.

What I am saying is, it made me think, it made me re-evaluate, do I want to wish I had done something or said something? No I don’t

Persecution is horrific, it’s never comedy. I don’t think I can sit idly by and ignore it anymore. Although, in truth, I feel helpless, I don’t know what I can do to really change things, but I know doing nothing is not an option.

I really hope that makes sense.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” _{Edmund Burke}

WTF are any women subscribed to this asshole at all?? Really!!!!

His sexism, doesn’t bother you??

I know, I know, I can hear the whispers in the distance “No, no don’t say anything, he’ll just do it 10 times more, and 10 times worse”. And yes, admittedly I’ve said the same on occasion. But you know what? If he does do it 10 times more and 10 times worse, then he shows his true colors to the light of day!, he proves all my points! Now, sure it would be better to have him behave himself.

But, hey, someone should call him out, and who better than me.

Now, I can’t find the post in question, and quite frankly I got tired of wading through his slime trying to find it. And before anyone accuses me of being on a witch hunt, or says, “If you don’t like it, don’t look at it”, “Why are you reading his stuff?”, “Why are you following him, ‘stalking’ him”,etc. Look!, I don’t look for his stuff as a rule, but sometimes there it is right before my eyes!, and I bet I could find even more vile stuff if I continued to look, but I just don’t have the time or the energy to spend on searching for stuff that makes me want to vomit!

That being said though, if I do stumble upon something, or see that someone is being unfairly treated, I will speak up. So, I’m going to speak out against this.

The other day Enore (It’s actually Gregory I think.) Anyway, Gregory posted a photo shopped pic of a muslim woman with her head sticking out of the ground with stones around her, and something about “playing a game” of “stone the slut”.* Now, why if anyone else did this they would stand to lose their account, but if it’s Enore somehow it’s okay??? If anyone wants to, we could organize a covert PM plan, to get him reported, and booted off the site before his friends have a chance to save his ass for the umpteenth time If anyone sees him do this. Sadly, I figure I’ll have no takers, and he’ll continue to stay on the site, and do his stuff repeatedly, and someone will defend him yet again. :-(

It’s a ‘just do it’ situation.
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to something that happened here recently. The sad thing is it shouldn’t be a reactive strategy, I should have always had it there.

I mean, I did in my heart, it just seemed to obvious, but then it seems, sometimes we do need to state the obvious.

This is an open invite people, I’m not sending invitations, I just hope you will add this goal and make 43T a place which while completely believing in freedom of speech and choice will also have a social awareness and will not tolerate bullying and hatred of other cultures, religions, races or lifestyle choices.

So join, ask your friends, be active and support people who need your support. i know the heart of this group, God knows I have been here long enough, I know you are good, caring, supportive people.