Fuckery in the first degree

So, I had a pretty long, angry (maybe even self-righteous) response post to this completely bullshit that Elizabeth Moon posted talking about citizenship (in the U.S.). I had a lot of points made, maybe some of them were even post worthy.

Then I read "Dissimilation" by shweta_narayan, and I realized that nothing I (as a white, privileged citizen of the U.S.) could possibly say would be better or more important or truer or more powerful than what has been said by someone who's lived a vastly different experience than I have.

And that if there are voices that needed to be centered in the wake of such abject asshaberdashery, its voices like hers.

That entry? Is still bouncing off the inside of my head. It is powerful, it is true, and I highly recommend reading it, re-reading it, bookmarking it and returning to it regularly. Really. GO READ IT NOW.

Also, I recommend this: post from the same author.

Another really good link

Hate by yeloson.

This is a very astute break down of how hate, dominance, oppression, and "socialized sociopathy" (what he calls it, and aptly so) work. While the topic at hand is Islamophobia, this can apply to so many other things, so many other groups who face hatred from dominant groups in society.