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"Ever notice it's always, "these #workers #striking will hurt the #economy," not, "these #corporations (which are making record #profits) are hurting the economy by #exploiting and #abusing their workers until the workers refuse to take it anymore."

It's always, "giving raises and benefits and time off to workers will cause inflation," not "#CEOs and top execs getting millions in yearly raises and bonuses, and large corporations #price-gouging to line #shareholder pockets is causing inflation."

As #MalcolmX said, "If you're not careful, the #newspapers will have you hating the #people who are being #oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the #oppressing."

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Tumblrabolish power 🏴 -&- grow freedom ⒶEver notice it's always, "these workers striking will hurt the economy," not, "these corporations (which are making record profits) are hurting the economy by exploiting and abusing their workers un…

"Extremely dangerous how "grooming" in the context of child sexual #abuse went from being a very specific pattern of isolation and trust-building with the aim of #abusing #someone to "telling #children anything that contradicts their #parents' ultra-conservative #worldview is #grooming" to "selling rainbow flags in a store is grooming" to "literally #anyone I don't like is a #groomer".

These days the #word seems to most often be used by #people who don't care about what it actually means and just want an easy "this person is irredeemably evil, kill them now" button."

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TumblrConcealed WeaponExtremely dangerous how "grooming" in the context of child sexual abuse went from being a very specific pattern of isolation and trust-building with the aim of abusing someone to "telling children an…