gnjones.bsky.social
Pan. Gender-free. They/Them.
AuDHD. Chronically ill (POTS, Sjogren’s, hEDS, chronic pain)
Effusive Book nerd. Host of House of Fire and Blood podcast. I write SFF and talk about abolition and colonialism.
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Here’s the thing, ableism and eugenics are not “just” a Republican issue.
They run so deep in society, especially in end stage capitalism, that most people undervalue us and won’t fight for us.
That’s why Dems and Republicans enact cruel & damaging legislation.
No one is coming to save us.
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YES
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There’s a lot of work to do, and we cannot neglect it.
If we want to escape this and build something truly better, we must stand for the abolition of everyone. Hand in hand with #reparations and #landback of course. For a START.
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I don’t have all the answers on how to do it. I’m still very much in process of unlearning the punishment carcerality I was raised with.
Books have been written on the subject, and I’m reading as many as I can get my hands on. And listening to BIPOC voices in abolition work.
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Now feels like a TERRIBLE time to be doing that work because of how much harm is actively happening right now because of other people’s choices. It hurts. It sucks. We want payback.
Now, is also the RIGHT time to be doing it. Because it’s necessary if we’re going to grow beyond US Empire.
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AND, moving past punishment morality is HARD. It has been socialized into all of us, no matter our class, caste, or place in this white supremacist patriarchy, that this is the ONLY way to respond to harm. The only way we will *feel* better.
It’s a lie, but one we’ve lived with a very long time.
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We know, both from indigenous knowledge and from more recent science, that punishment does not heal. Punishment does not improve anyone or prevent future harm. Punishment only causes suffering as retribution for suffering caused.
This is not how we build safer, more just, more caring communities.
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Punishment is at the core of Christian carcerality. There are other ways to find justice, healing, and restoration after harm has been done. We’re not used to thinking that way bc of how ingrained punishment morality is in our society.
We MUST move past this if we are to have a better society.
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I’m finally at a time in my life to recieve this and see how it feels
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Sign me TF up!!
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I had the best soup in my life at a monastery in Russia back in 2001. I can’t even remember what kind of soup it was, only that it blew my mind. 😭
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*connection
Also, it doesn’t actually have to be religious, now that I’m relistening to it again. #Newsboys
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I can still relate to the yearning of Let It Rain, just not the object. #Newsboys
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Lost The Sky Again isn’t my praxis, but damn is it pretty. #Newsboys
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Boycott Hell is absolutely ridiculous on its face, but like?? I don’t hate that at the time Christian music could be openly pro-union 😂 #Newsboys
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Elle G still hits me in the gut, especially now that I’m old enough to better understand what it means #Newsboys
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Strong Love and Love Comes True are religious, but still have compelling themes of conmection, working together, and overcoming differences. #Newsboys
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Like, Dear Shame and We Come Together are just good therapeutic advice and aren’t overtly religious. #Newsboys
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Sounds great!
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In NYC alone there were 100k+ people. Might want to update your math.