I was never one for formalities, so I’m going to jump right into this. The topic? Oppression. So before I begin my mini-Rant (this won’t be a full-sized rant, I promise), I will provide a little bit of background: several days ago they found a swastika painted on the floor of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT for short) Center at my school. Now today, they had a big rally where they said how they weren’t going to tolerate oppression and they were going to try and root it out and things of the nature.
And you know what I say?
I agree. Let’s root out the oppression. Let’s go after individual acts of it, manifestations of hate. However, the biggest manifestation of injustice and judicial inequality is the State itself. How can we act surprised if people do this when Gays aren’t even given the same rights as everyone else? Yes individual speakers amplify oppression and promote oppressive violence, but until the United States of America rejects the view that it has a duty to make people unequal by systematically taking away their rights, then I cannot look at these Reactionaries and say that they are wrong without looking at the State first and admitting this.
Music: Rage Against the Machines, Renegades Album
Mood: Curious…
