Being on the “right” side of so many issues, for his/herstory, is exhausting but satisfying.

So, VOTE and make your voices heard in EVERY election, especially local ones.

Why?

First, they call us crazy.

Then, they say we’re “conspiracy nuts” (a less vague variation on “crazy”) because, of course, our government/ those priests/ the leaders of whatever institution can’t all be lying or wrong…

Next, “popular” opinion starts to sway because FACTS are on our side, but most people aren’t persuaded, yet.

So, the media starts to report that maybe, just maybe, we “outliers” and “extremists” could be correct.

The media’s hesitancy is paid for by the politicians and corporations who are promoting the other side/maintaining the status quo, so most still say we’re “unpatriotic,” or “angry,” or (when we are women) “bitches,” and when we are not white, “terrorists.”

Then, more FACTS on our side emerge, having actually (oh, horrors! so shocking!) been suppressed, denied, lied about and otherwise hidden from public view prior to having been irrevocably exposed, usually (now) by a hacker (or, in the olden days, by a brave reporter or other whistleblower who often ended up dead or imprisoned, as hackers do, now).

Then, lawsuits and riots and protests and demonstrations are occurring regularly, still mostly not covered or not covered accurately by the media. And, we are still RIGHT and now we are WINNING.

Finally, usually a long time before “popular opinion” completey changes, a few brave and prescient lawmakers create bills which pass into laws, or the majority of the Supreme Court happens to agree on a sane and rational decision (for a change), so laws force change. Slowly, and not without detractors, protestors, idiots and others who NOW are the “crazies” and “terrorists,’ society moves ahead.

AND (whew!), many dead bodies and ruined lives later, we “win.”

Yippee.

Then, see how they all relate? “Intersectionality” is the understanding that one oppression /one injustice links to many others—perhaps ALL others.

Add to my list of issues you are/have been on the “right” side of, here in the comments on my site: http://www.sallyember.com/blog

I WAS/AM WE ARE/WERE RIGHT ABOUT THESE ISSUES:

Pro Voting Rights and Access to Honest and Fair Elections for all

which goes with

Anti Dakota Access Pipeline

which goes with
Pro Environment = Pro Clean Air; Clean Water; Pro Arable Land; Anti Pesticides; Anti Poisons and Pollutants; Anti GMOs and Seeds Stealing; Recognizing Climate Change as REAL; Pro Organic/Healthy Foods, Medicines, Hygiene products, Household cleaners, etc.; Anti Vaccinations (until properly vetted and proven more beneficial than harmful); Anti Chemotherapy (until proven more beneficial than harmful)

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Pro Alternative Energies/ Less reliance on oil/gasoline

and

Anti Fracking

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Pro Green Burials and Cremations

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Pro Green Housing/Offices

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Pro Electric Cars

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Pro better Public Transportation

which also go with

Pro Natives’/ Indigenous Peoples’ Freedom and Autonomy in the West and other countries/continents

and

Pro Black Lives Matter (and, no: it is NOT the same as “All Lives Matter,” so stop saying that!)

which goes with

Pro Civil Rights for all = Anti Racism

and

Anti Imperialism

and

Pro Freedom for Tibet

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Anti Colonialism

and

Anti Apartheid

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Anti Royal Rule/ Dynasties everywhere

and

Pro Palestinian Independence (if nonviolent)

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Anti Israeli and Palestinian violence

and

Anti Sharia Law

which go with

Anti Imprisonment according to Race/Economic Status and the “Three Strikes” Laws

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Anti The School-to-Prison Pipeline

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Civil Rights also goes with

Pro Access = ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) = Anti Disabilities discrimination

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Pro Marriage Equality

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Pro Affirmative Action = Anti Racism/ Anti Classism / Anti Religious Discrimination

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Pro Human Rights and Anti Human Rights Violators

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Pro Women’s Right to Choose/Reproductive Rights of all kinds (birth control, women’s health check-ups, Planned Parenthood Clinics, abortions

and

Pro Single-Payer, Government-Sponsored Health Care for All

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Anti Genital Mutilation of both males and females (“circumcision”)

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Pro Women’s autonomy (access to individual credit, access to all types of work, equal pay, etc.) = Anti Sexism

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Pro Regulation and Monitoring of Sex Workers /Legalization of Prostitution

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Anti Weight Loss drugs and industries

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Anti Brassieres/Bras unless necessary for sports/exercise and comfort purposes

Symptoms of Ill-Fitting Bras

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Anti Make-up/Cosmetics (except for costuming/theatrical and fun purposes)

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Anti High Heels

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Anti Cosmetic surgery

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Anti “Welfare Reform”

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Anti “Right to Work”

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Pro Affordable Day Care

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Pro Free and Equal Public Education, from Pre-School through Community and state College levels

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Anti Sexual Harassment

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Anti Domestic Violence and “women as property” of husbands/men

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Anti Child Abuse/Child Labor and “children as property of adults”

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Anti Sexualization of Children

Pro Legalization of all recreational drugs, particularly marijuana

which goes with

Anti Addiction demonization and “treatment” industry

Anti War (all of them) and Pro Peace

Photograph by Leif Skoogfors, used with permission, 1970

which goes with

Anti Nuclear power plants and weapons

and

Anti Weapons proliferation

Anti Corporate greed and malfeasance, including “Citizen’s United” law

which goes with

Pro better Banks’ Monitoring and better Regulations and Enforcement

and

Pro Wall Street’s Monitoring and better Regulations and Enforcement

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Pro Transparency

Pro Meditation

which goes with

Pro Emotional Intelligence

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Pro Music and Arts Education

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Pro Recess and Physical Education for Youth

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Pro Science Education (especially for girls/women and minorities)