Seeing so many Americans wanting their country to be destroyed. "Watch it burn" as one post said.
So you'd rather have no rights? You'd rather have no say in government? You'd rather have absolute chaos, widespread death?
Your privilage is showing.
If you hate the USA so much, leave. Same with other western countries right now.
Hating your country, sure, I feel we have at one point. However, wanting it destroyed is another story. Not only does it show extreme first world privilege, it also shows that the propaganda from terrorist regimes has burrowed deep into your common sense.
Being from a country that I can be free in, that I can associate with who I want, I don't have to worry about bombs, women can wear whatever, I like having democratic rights like freedom of speech, and to voice my opinions.
But you forget that what you have in the western world, all those rights and freedoms, they are not as common elsewhere in the world. Every country has a different system and protects their laws and citizens differently, while it says about 160 countries have this right, the same amount is said to violate human rights at the same time.
Be careful what you wish for because it might just come true.
As someone who moved here from a country that burned and has known many people from many countries that burned, people who were born here really do need to check their privilege.
Relatedly, I don’t think leftists understand that our repeatedly being seen to despise America and support its enemies is a big reason Americans who otherwise agree with us on several political issues in the abstract nonetheless understandably do not want to entrust us with control of public spaces or state functions
Everyone understands for example that black people vote democrat way out of proportion to what any policy preference could explain for the simple reason that the Republican Party is baseline anti-black; there’s no amount of policy agreement that can overcome the fact that we think republicans hate us, will abuse any power they’re given to hurt us, or at minimum do not seek our welfare or have our best interests at heart
But leftists for some reason don’t connect that to why disparaging America or supporting anti-American forces hating or even attacking us would make Americans similarly less inclined to support the left. Bemoaning people making stupid decisions for lack of trust in experts/journalists/academia and voting against their interest on provision of healthcare, education, etc is letting ourselves off the hook for having eroded that trust
All politics is transactional and rage is acceptable except when it is from people viewed as inhuman/subhuman who can at best be 'consumed' for their culture and exoticism.
Turns out a shitload of leftists are just consumerist libertarians in a different wrapping paper.
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Mark Russell’s X-Factor gets a lot of flak, but for me, it wasn’t the plots that made the book entertaining for me.
It was the characterization of Havok.
In an interview before the first issue released, he mentioned how death changes a person, and that showed in his handling of Havok.
Two lines in the first issue stood out to me, and I’m paraphrasing, the first being that it isn’t their world or our world, it’s just the world and we live in it, and the second is his correcting Lorna about his name when she called herself Polaris and he said his is Alex.
A character who is defined by who he’s related to, whose foster family tried to shape him into their dead son or his status as a mutant holding on tight to his individuality is a more compelling and natural response given those particular circumstances, which he himself makes worse by comparing himself to his brother or anyone else for that matter.
Too many writers have leaned heavily on this, and the few that tried to break him out of it, with varying opinions on execution, are ran off by a rabid fan base that takes the flawed metaphor too seriously.
Havok is a compelling character because he’s the black sheep, the character that’s easy to crap on but survives it because the moments he was his own man are far more interesting than toeing the X-Men’s company line.
Craig says he was criticised and controlled, leaving him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
By: Jenny Rees
Published: Aug 18, 2021
A man who reported his female partner to the police for coercive control has said not being taken seriously felt like another form of gaslighting.
Craig said his former partner "robbed me of my independence and slowly undermined my confidence".
He said police concluded no further action was possible after he reported her and she was not charged.
The Home Office said it expected all police forces to take allegations of domestic abuse seriously.
Charity Safer Wales said men were not always believed by agencies who may have no experience of the issue.
Craig - not his real name - said he feared men were still not recognised as victims of this type of abuse.
'Constant put-downs'
In his case, he claimed not all evidence was examined and some witnesses were not interviewed.
"People don't understand what coercive control is - it can be more damaging than a violent attack," he said.
"Bruises all heal, but this psychological abuse can be for life.
"It's like imprisoning someone, restricting everything they are. It destroys who they are - and that's not a gender-based thing. That can happen to anyone."
He said his former partner gained total control of his money: "If I objected, I would be told 'don't you trust me after all these years?'."
Craig said he was told to pursue his complaints through the civil courts or report it as a fraud, as organisations failed to see him as a victim of coercive control.
In the end he was supported by Welsh Women's Aid.
"Victims need to be listened to," he said. "If someone doesn't do that - especially the police, or someone in authority - victims are not being believed again."
Craig said at first he found it hard to make sense of what had happened to him and see it as abuse, which made writing a police report particularly challenging.
"She robbed me of my independence and slowly undermined my confidence with constant little put-downs," he said.
He added she would also gaslight him by denying things had happened, though he knew them to be true, and would use that confusion to control him.
"In social situations she'd whisper in my ear 'you sound like an idiot, no-one understood what you said, or 'your joke wasn't funny'," he said.
He said everything from how he washed, to how he made a cup of tea or drove the car was criticised and controlled, leaving him with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
'Still frightened'
Many of the details of Craig's relationship resonate with Jack - whose name has also been changed for his protection.
"It's a bit like walking on quicksand," he said.
"You're never sure at any time where you are.
"I kept the pressure off by staying busy - I didn't stop tidying, cleaning, hoovering.
"But I'd be told I hadn't done the job right, or hadn't done it well enough.
"I would have a crushing feeling of being completely useless.
"I'm still frightened now and have a recurring nightmare of [her] standing over me, telling me I can't do something."
He said the constant gaslighting meant he lost confidence in his decision making at home, meaning everything was deferred back to his partner.
This was in sharp contrast to his high-pressured job where he made important decisions on an hourly basis.
"My friends and family have kept me alive," he said.
"There's been a couple times I seriously thought of taking my own life."
His experience differed to Craig's, he said the police took him seriously and were supportive when he told them of his experiences, though he had not pressed charges.
'Suffer in silence'
The charity Safer Wales runs the Dyn Project, supporting male victims of domestic abuse in Wales.
Simon Borja, from the charity, said: "I think for some men if they do present to agencies like the police, like the local authority, they may not be believed.
"But it can also be that the agency hasn't seen this before or aren't sure what to and we would ask them to get in touch with us because we will help men navigate the system as well.
He said it was important victims' experiences were validated straight away as it can lead to many internalising the problem over time.
"We see lots of depression, alcohol or substance misuse, or not engaging with work, friends or their social networks like they used to.
"A lot of men tell us it feels like a pressure valve's been released when they do talk to us.
"There's more awareness now than there used to be and we do get more calls, but we also know that lots of men just sit and suffer in silence."
Both Jack and Craig agreed work was needed to raise the profile of men as victims, and increase the availability of support.
The Home Office said it was acting to support all victims and tackle perpetrators of controlling or coercive behaviour.
A spokesman said: "We expect all police forces to take allegations of domestic abuse seriously.
"The Domestic Abuse Act strengthened the legislation on controlling or coercive behaviour so that abusers can still be prosecuted even when they no longer live with their victims and introduced a range of additional measures.
"In addition, the Home Office funds the Men's Advice Line, run by Respect, to provide support to male victims of domestic abuse, and in 2019 we published the first ever cross-government Male Victims' Position Statement."
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Over 30 years of research has established that both men and women are capable of sustaining intimate partner violence (IPV) by their opposit
Abstract
Over 30 years of research has established that both men and women are capable of sustaining intimate partner violence (IPV) by their opposite-sex partners, yet little research has examined men's experiences in such relationships. Some experts in the field have forwarded assumptions about men who sustain IPV-for example, that the abuse they experience is trivial or humorous and of no consequence and that, if their abuse was severe enough, they have the financial and psychological resources to easily leave the relationship-but these assumptions have little data to support them. The present study is an in-depth, descriptive examination of 302 men who sustained severe IPV from their women partners within the previous year and sought help. We present information on their demographics, overall mental health, and the types and frequency of various forms of physical and psychological IPV they sustained. We also provide both quantitative and qualitative information about their last physical argument and their reasons for staying in the relationship. It is concluded that, contrary to many assumptions about these men, the IPV they sustain is quite severe and both mentally and physically damaging; their most frequent response to their partner's IPV is to get away from her; and they are often blocked in their efforts to leave, sometimes physically, but more often because of strong psychological and emotional ties to their partners and especially their children. These results are discussed in terms of their implications for policy and practice.
the real answer to almost every "does [identity A] belong in [identity B] spaces" question is actually just "these spaces are informal social groups and if you're cool you can hang, don't worry about it"
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If it can be proven that the accusation was made knowing full well that it was false like that group of girls that accused a boy because they didn't like him.
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Hey, I really need some help. All my money from my last check went towards bills. The busses aren't running because they're on strike. I need help getting to and from work.
I currently have $4, nobody has helped me out. I have no way to get to work tomorrow. Hopefully my cousin comes by and lets me borrow at least 20, but even then idk how I'll get home...
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