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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2010-07-28

"at a simple self-interested point of view, if you don't help other people, they won't help you. if you do not see how you are harming another, they will not feel obligated to deal with the way they are harming you. this is the heart of oppression olympics. if you don't help other's get theirs, you're going to lose yours.

"the horrible thing is that the unspoken narrative that repeats over and over is: 'if i help you get yours, i'm going to lose mine.' that storyline is a lie used to divide and conquer oppressed groups. social justice advances when people work together with consideration for all people.

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"in the fight against oppression, the answer should never be 'fuck you, i've got mine', it should ever be 'fuck that! we've got to get you yours.'"

-- [info] stoneself, 2010-07-02

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posted by [personal profile] nancylebov at 10:54am on 2010-07-28
Another poisonous meme: "They hate us". This one implies that no matter how badly you treat them, it won't make things worse-- they already hate you and won't change.
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posted by (anonymous) at 09:46pm on 2010-07-29
Of course, the idea of "if you don't help other's get theirs, you're going to lose yours." only works if everyone has equal, or relatively equal, power. What are you & I going to do to bring down Bill Gates (as an egregious example)? Not a damned thing.
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