Comments on: *sigh* http://burningwords.net/2008/02/13/sigh/ perspectives on stuff from an angry feminist Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:06:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC2 By: Battybattybats http://burningwords.net/2008/02/13/sigh/#comment-151 Battybattybats Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:58:19 +0000 http://burningwords.net/2008/02/13/sigh/#comment-151 It's horrible. The violence in the last few weeks has really gotten to me. I was upset by all this already and then on top of it all the Lawrance King assasination occurs too. All these meaningless deaths, all this pointless violence. All the blaming the victim responses. How to change the public perception of these crimes? How to change the focus of discussion from 'they shouldn't be like that, they are inviting trouble' to 'they should be left alone, it's their right to dress how they want and be safe, it's wrong to blame the victim'? That is the problem that I'm pondering. I have to try and do something, I can't let things like this just keep happening. It’s horrible. The violence in the last few weeks has really gotten to me. I was upset by all this already and then on top of it all the Lawrance King assasination occurs too. All these meaningless deaths, all this pointless violence. All the blaming the victim responses.

How to change the public perception of these crimes? How to change the focus of discussion from ‘they shouldn’t be like that, they are inviting trouble’ to ‘they should be left alone, it’s their right to dress how they want and be safe, it’s wrong to blame the victim’?
That is the problem that I’m pondering. I have to try and do something, I can’t let things like this just keep happening.

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