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Reposting this from my back catalogue:
> Trying to understand something isn't validating it.
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> Understanding something isn't endorsing it.
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> Explaining something isn't justifying it.
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> Questioning something isn't attacking it.
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> Disapproving of something is not approving its opposite.
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> And agreeing with something isn't blind, unquestioning reverence to it.
#Billionaire #VinodKhosla bought a #California #beach, blocked #public #access to it, and cited 1600s #property rights to #justify his #actions. After years of #lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme #Court upheld a #ruling that he #violated #state #law, but the #legal #battle #continues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martins_Beach#Legal_conflict_over_access
en.wikipedia.orgMartins Beach - Wikipedia
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— Let’s be clear: Being #gay is a perfectly #normal part of the human experience. Being a #Republican and/or #religious, however, is #dangerous, #harmful to #society, #abnormal, and utterly #immoral.
These practices hurt #society by promoting #unfoundedbeliefs, #discouraging #criticalthinking, and is used to #justify #harming others. Religion fosters reliance on #dogma over #reason, hinders #societalprogress, and #serves as #levers for the #exercise of #power and #control over #followers #lives
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#Authoritarianism #Expert #BreaksDown #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump's #MadisonSquareGarden #Rally
#RuthBenGhiat also #exposed the real #purpose a #claim repeatedly made at the event.
When speakers claimed that “#they” had tried to #assassinate #Trump, she responded: “The #purpose of this is to #conjure a #threat #environment sufficient to #justify #authoritarian #action if they win. Old #trick of those #planning #coups as well.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-ghiat-donald-trump-msg-rally_n_671f2c1ee4b0a55cb4cd824b
HuffPost · Authoritarianism Expert Breaks Down Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally
#HighCourt #judge in the #UK #upholds the #government #ban on #pubertyblockers.
#Judge uses #transphobic #CassReview to #justify upholding the #ban.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #TransKids #Healthcare #Tories #TERFS #NHS #Gatekeeping #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFIsland
https://apnews.com/article/british-court-puberty-blocker-ban-f509fdaa8697803bdfc246212201a802
AP News · High Court judge in the UK upholds the government ban on puberty blockers
#Illinois #Cop #SeanGrayson #Charged with #Murder After #AttorneyGenerals #Review of #Bodycam #Video Did Not #Justify Use of #DeadlyForce
#SonyaMassey, an #Innocent #BlackWoman Called #911 to #Report #Intruder In #Home. The #police arrived around 12:50 am, 31 minutes later she was shot. She died 26 minutes later
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Illinois #Police #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Murder #InstitutionalRacism #NoPoliceAtPride #BlackMastodon
atlantablackstar · ‘I Am Enraged’: Illinois Cop Sean Grayson Charged with Murder After AG’s Review of Bodyc ...
#RIP #SonyaMassey: #Illinois #Cops #Shot #Black #Woman ‘In The Head’ At Her #Home After She #Called #911 For #Help.
There were no #reports of Massey being #armed or #exhibiting #behavior that would #justify #murdering someone who called the #police for #help. The shots were fired about a half-hour after the #police arrived at Massey’s home.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Police #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #NoPoliceAtPride #BlackMastodon
https://newsone.com/5374026/sonya-massey-springfield-police-killing/
NewsOne · RIP Sonya Massey: Illinois Cops Shot Black Woman ‘In The Head’ At Her Home After She Called 911 For Help
OpenSoul 
Nell'ultima versione di #Wordpress #Gutenberg vedo che hanno tolto il #giustifica (cfr. #Justify ) testo dove si trovava prima
Sto cercando da 2 ore (DUE ORE) su forum et similia dove lo abbiamo messo o come si debba fare ora per ottenerlo a piacere via UI sugli articoli senza dover mettere mano sul #CSS, e niente non ho trovato NULLA 
Alcuni dicono che lo hanno tolto e ora ci voglia per forza un plugin a parte (vedi video)
Sarebbe a dir poco SCONVOLGENTE 
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#MarthaAnnAlito should spend more #time on her #religion and less time on #flags: #legalexpert
A former #prosecutor #criticized #SupremeCourt #Justice #SamuelAlito's #wife, saying she #distorted and #perverted #religion to #justify a "#petty" #desire to fly an #antiLGBTQ #flag in response to a #PrideFlag in her #neighborhood.
Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism · Mrs. Alito should spend more time on her religion and less time on flags: legal expert
#Rightwing #media use #CassReview #Report to #justify #violence against #parents of #trans #youth.
The 400-page report has been #scrutinised by #experts and #activists who say that it is either taking the #wrongapproach to #trans #healthcare or uses #spurious #research to #justify its #conclusions.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Tories #TERFS #NHS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFIsland
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/30/cass-report-violence-against-parents/
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news · Right-wing media use Cass Report to justify violence against parents of trans youth
An #Honest #Assessment of #Rural #WhiteResentment Is Long #Overdue.
We admit #rural #America is #hurting. But we refuse to #justify #racist #attitudes that some #scholars try to #underplay.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #BlackMastodon
https://newrepublic.com/article/180570/trump-rural-white-resentment-honest-assessment
The New Republic · An Honest Assessment of Rural White Resentment Is Long Overdue We say very clearly that rural America is hurting. But we refuse to justify attitudes that some scholars try to underplay.
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The ‘#CurseofHam’: how #peopleoffaith used a #story in #Genesis to #justify #slavery.
Since the 15th century, #religious #leaders have #cited the #passage as the #justification for the #enslavement of all #African #people.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #History #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Racism #Slavery #BlackMastodon
The ConversationThe ‘Curse of Ham’: how people of faith used a story in Genesis to justify slaveryFor nearly 500 years, priests and imams justified slavery on the basis of a misunderstood passage of the Bible.
#Trump and the #MAGA movement are making a #mockery of #Black #Republicans.
The #racism from #Trump and his #MAGA #supporters is undermining key #arguments #Black #rightwingers have used to #justify their #alignment with the #conservative movement.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #ThePartyOfHate #BlackMastodon
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/black-republicans-trump-maga-rcna140801
MSNBC · Trump and the MAGA movement are making a mockery of Black Republicans
The #AfD wants it, but also #OlafScholz, #FriedrichMerz, #AnnalenaBaerbock and other ones want it, a #terror #regime for #Germany. They have to want it, because otherwise their lies can't last long. The very #silence about the #genocide in #Jenin to #justify the #massmurder in #Gaza is such a #terrible #lie. There seems to be a #German #genocide #gene.
A little #explanation of what is being used as a #pretext there:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-27/ty-article/.premium/can-biden-depend-on-these-two-israeli-politicians-to-be-his-allies/0000018d-eacb-d7f4-a3dd-eecfb42b0000
#Israel #Hamas
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The #Alabama #IVF #ruling uses #faux #scientific #language to #justify a #religious position.
The language of the Alabama ruling invents new #terms and uses them as if they’ve been around forever, as if everyone knows exactly what they mean, that they supposedly represent the truth.
https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/22/alabama-ivf-ruling-science-translocation-fertilized-embryos/
STAT · The Alabama IVF ruling uses faux scientific language to justify a religious positionA bizarre court case led to an unthinkable ruling in Alabama that effectively limits IVF to one fertilized egg at a time.
#Backlash to #transgender #healthcare isn’t new, but #faulty #science used to #justify it has changed
#Pubertyblockers, #hormonetherapy and anatomical #surgeries are neither experimental nor untested.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #Health #Healthcare #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/article284945357.html#storylink=cpy
#histodons one of the things I struggle with #history can #confine it can #limit it can also #hide but simultaneously it can #liberate it can #question it can #transform
#history can move us backwards, it can #justify horror
How do we use our discipline @histodons to move us away from historical #violence and from the #prejudice that pervades our very species?
I wonder this every single fucking day as I confront the limits, the abuses, and the possibilities of our discipline.
This #Film May #ChangeYourMind About #Homosexuality and the #Bible — If You Watch It.
The documentary makes a #detailed #argument that #Biblical #references to #homosexuality may be intentional #mistranslations.
That’s right: The #film #argues that the so-called “#clobberpassages” in the #Bible used to #justify #discrimination may not have originally said what people think they do
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Representation #Culture
https://www.moviemaker.com/1946-homosexuality-bible-sharon-rocky-roggio/
MovieMaker · 1946 May Change Your Mind About Homosexuality and the Bible, If You WatchThe new documentary 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture, makes a detailed, fascinating argument that Biblical references to homosexuality may be
The #wildest #claims the #LGBAlliance #Hategroup makes in its report against the word ‘queer’
The #hategroup #surveyed its own #supporters in a #document to coincide with its annual #generalconference. The #report #attempts to #justify the #removal of #trans and #queer people from the #LGBTQ+ #acronym.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/31/lgb-alliance-queer-lgbtq-report/
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news · The wildest claims LGB Alliance makes in its report against the word ‘queer’