A typical Goodreads review, which of of course are famous for their erudition and insight

present threat to power and established structures. Dialectics are violent.

Thought because the state (which has an overwhelming monopoly on violence) has typically elected to use violence to fight progress rather than assist it. Progress has only really been won by stints of violence and agitation. Progress has always been lost once that resistance is no longer a clear and

the state has). The moment the federal government stopped using violence to create progress, the progress stopped and white southerners used violence to repress and oppress black citizens. We are still living in an anti-black society and feeling the echoes of post-reconstruction Southern Political

ch is done mostly independently from the speaker. One should keep this in mind when speaking or listening.

considered fully human with thoughts and experiences that actually matter. Maybe they should work on that. I’m very lucky to have lots of wonderful cis friends who support me, care about me, and respect me.

It’s almost like we have to be some grovelling, miserable freak, cowering from society, for them to have basic empathy lmao. Or maybe they just want us to know our place. Or another thing, I’m sure there are plenty of reasons. Regardless, many “allies” still haven’t gotten to the point where we’re

don’t out me like that omg