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"Equalism" makes no damn sense.
Aug. 3rd, 2015 11:23 pmThe problem I have with "equalists" or whatever other BS terms those type of people use to justify not being a feminist, aside from the fact that they don't understand what feminism actually IS, is something I can best illustrate with a metaphor:
Two doctors are in an ER, and a patient comes in. The first doctor notices this gaping neck wound that the patient is bleeding out of, and focuses on that to save their life, and only when that's done do they treat the myriad other nicks and cuts on the rest of the patient's body.
But the second doctor, seeing the exact same patient in the same exact situation, ignores the gaping neck wound and focuses on all the nicks and cuts instead, completely oblivious to the fact that the patient is bleeding out and, thus, dying.
So here I am, the first doctor, watching the second doctor and screaming at them like "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Can't you see the gaping neck wound? Can't you see you have to focus on that one to save his life?" And they're like "These small wounds are equally important." No fucking grasp of the fact that we're doing fucking TRIAGE here.
The same is true as regards racism, too. One of the same people I know who's an "equalist" or whatever, has the same view of racism. They don't seem to understand, no matter how many times I explain it, that white people's hurt feelings just are not even in the same GALAXY as being the same as the anti-black genocide.
Two doctors are in an ER, and a patient comes in. The first doctor notices this gaping neck wound that the patient is bleeding out of, and focuses on that to save their life, and only when that's done do they treat the myriad other nicks and cuts on the rest of the patient's body.
But the second doctor, seeing the exact same patient in the same exact situation, ignores the gaping neck wound and focuses on all the nicks and cuts instead, completely oblivious to the fact that the patient is bleeding out and, thus, dying.
So here I am, the first doctor, watching the second doctor and screaming at them like "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Can't you see the gaping neck wound? Can't you see you have to focus on that one to save his life?" And they're like "These small wounds are equally important." No fucking grasp of the fact that we're doing fucking TRIAGE here.
The same is true as regards racism, too. One of the same people I know who's an "equalist" or whatever, has the same view of racism. They don't seem to understand, no matter how many times I explain it, that white people's hurt feelings just are not even in the same GALAXY as being the same as the anti-black genocide.
