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Regina's avatar

I have increasingly felt that Abraham's response is the equivalent of "But I know someone/have family there! Surely it can't be that bad."

When I hear responses like this in current conversation, I really want to say "Your friend, your family, they look like you and me, right? Are they cis and straight and white? No wonder you don't know about oppression - you and yours aren't on that side of the equation."

The day after the 2016 election, I called my boss to get ahead of possible complaints when I mouthed off to someone over the coffee machine in the breakroom. One of my coworkers had made a "They should go back where they came from" kind of statement in response to my saying that people were afraid of what the new administration would do.

He's a good man. He told me I should maybe have controlled my use of the f-bomb because it's the office, but that he would absolutely back me on the sentiment. No one actually complained, and I hope it's because they didn't want to have to repeat their end of the conversation to HR.

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Dennis Fischman's avatar

Thank you for reiterating that in the Torah, the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah has nothing to do with loving, consensual sex between men. Just like “onanism,” which you will still find used as a term to condemn male masturbation, is really about using women, so “sodomy” should really refer to exploitation of and violence against immigrants and people considered Other.

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