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In reply to the discussion: "We can disagree and still be friends". No. No, we can't. [View all]SweetT
(58 posts)with humans and animals that share our values, behaviors and feelings, normally. By denying women rights you cannot claim you support women's struggles, except in a very obtuse way, namely by causing the problem we face. It is a simple thing really. LGBTQ+ politics has shown us that allies are essential and also that an ally shares many of the same qualities of the friend. A friend who denies my dignity and respect is NOT a friend. I cannot claim to be your friend while I work against you, believe contrary to you and deny your rights.
I have a friend who went to pick up a friend with car trouble. He had to pick him up at a bar nearby and so , he drove to a nearby parking lot and called his friend to walk over to the lot. My friend's sister heard the story 3rd hand and turned her brother in to his probation officer (property crime when he was years younger and dumber) for violating his parole. He DID NOT enter the bar and it was his friend's testimony to the PO that kept my friend out of jail. When confronted about the "snitching", the sister is claimed to have said that "he had it coming for breaking the law"... He decided he did not need such a sister and he has not spoken with her in some time. She laments how "mean" he is being. He says, "you don't put your family and friends in jeopardy." I say he is correct.