-
If you are of a biblical mindset, the first thing humanity did is name things. You could say that defining ourselves and the world as relating to ourselves is a conscious act. Perhaps THE conscious act. You might say permission to do this is a way of recognizing others as humans.Permalink On twitter.com
❤️ 4 Favorites
Mood 0
-
If you were, say, in a historical mood, you might look at the concept of naming things, even naming yourself, as a privilege, one that is often reserved to the ruling class as a means of creating and enforcing inequality...Permalink On twitter.com
❤️ 2 Favorites
Mood 0
-
And you, if you're feeling historical, might see that asserting that privilege is indeed a threat to power, & that those who do so, do so because it is a portion of power, the whole of which they are *unfairly* denied. Their very personhood striped away when the right is removed.Permalink On twitter.com
❤️ 2 Favorites
Mood -3 🙁
-
You might see this is a thing, the naming of one's self, that is entirely unlike someone changing the name of a month or a year. That these things, though related to revolutionary power, the overthrow of the elite who set things how they are, are very different.Permalink On twitter.com
Mood 0
-
Also, one of the first things Christianity did in power was change the date system and calendar, redefining the origin around their revolutionary religious event which is why all dates are before and after Jesus. If you're going to whine about dates, maybe don't mention the year.Permalink On twitter.com
Mood +1 🙂
-
Like also it's 5779 over here in my Jewish time that Christianity's new regime changed. Also, my months. This argument is fundamentally bogus but even if it wasn't it is entirely irrelevant to giving people some basic human respect. That's what they are asking for.On twitter.com
Mood +4 🙂
-
What ghoulish assertion will one make next in desperate defense of their privilege?Permalink On twitter.com
Mood -3 🙁