Jamie Arpin-Ricci

I will not celebrate his death. But I will call for justice to all those who suffered at the hands of his hateful ideology.

When you take one aspect of a person’s identity and make it the explanation for their worst behaviour, but ignore that same aspect when others act violently, you are not seeking truth. You are enforcing prejudice.

Resist it in yourself and call it out in others.

Jamie Arpin-Ricci Today I learned that Dr. James Dobson had died. His death marks the passing of a man who profoundly shaped American evangelicalism. The tributes will be many, and they will frame him as a champion of....

I did not see this response coming. Thanks all!

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DC is a pretense. Pay attention!

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat."
It is already repeating itself. We waited too long. Act NOW!

Too many dismiss Alligator Alcatraz by saying, “It’s not as bad as Auschwitz!” That logic excuses harm. That’s how denial becomes complicity. We must name and confront injustice before it grows beyond what people will dare to stop.

Every atrocity was once “not that bad”.

Until it was.

This is historic for all the wrong reasons. I am not prone to hyperbole, but the truth is barely distinguishable from it at this point.

We’re one headline away from Trump saying that, not only are the protesters paid, but that he's responsible for the job creation.

The Stories We Are Allowed to Tell: Resistance, Power, and the Moral Bias of History (A brief acknowledgment: I write the following as a settler on land taken through violent colonization, specifically Treaty One Territory…

The Stories We Are Allowed To Tell: Resistance, Power, & theM Moral Bias of History

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#palestine #gaza #justice #truth #history #israel

The Boulder attack was terror, not justice. Antisemitism betrays us all. Our liberation, including Palestinian liberation, means nothing if built on someone else’s harm.

Free Palestine.

End Antisemitism.

Empathy is the act of crossing the barriers between self and the other without collapsing difference.

Whose America Is It? The Systematic Dismantling Of Equality Claims of fairness mask a targeted rollback of civil rights. This isn’t about equality — it’s about restoring supremacy.

"Whose America Is It?: The Systematic Dismantling of Equality"

Claims of fairness mask a targeted rollback of civil rights. This isn’t about equality — it’s about restoring supremacy.

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#justice #racism #quality #DEI

Never tell the oppressed, who demand liberation, that they should be grateful for less oppression.

The election has taught me this:

Ignorance and privilege are equally able to keep us from seeing what is right and good.

#canada #election

Who Is Good? Pope Francis and Our Reckoning with Justice “Why do you call me good? No one is good — except God alone.” -Jesus

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Woe to you, you singer of songs,
You bow to the weight of your fears.
In the king's chamber you worship,
Yet why does he cast no spears?

#poetry #poem #justice

Mistaking a conditional advantage for a systemic privilege will only further harm the marginalized.

If we’re debating the fine print of what qualifies as genocide or a concentration camp, something has already gone terribly wrong. The fact that such a debate is even necessary means we've gone too far. #palestine

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

This seems to be a growing affliction.

#selectiveconstitutionalitysyndrome

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#lgbt #lgbtq #2SLGBTQIA

The Unmaking of Queer America: Silence, Supremacy, and Systemic Erasure On the morning of January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14168. The title,“Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism…

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It is a future where queerness is treated as a security threat. It is a remaking of America not in the image of freedom, but of supremacy.

What we are seeing:

Normalizing authoritarianism.
Governing by ideological fiat.
Deconstruction of democracy.
Creating a "new" America.

Replacing dissent with loyalty.
Replacing complexity with singular truth.
Replacing pluralism with cultural uniformity.
Replacing accountability with impunity.

The New American Psycho: How The War On Empathy Threatens Our Humanity “A marked lack of empathy is one of the hallmarks of psychopathy.” -Essi Viding

The New American Psycho: How the War on Empathy Threatens our Humanity.

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The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil signals a dangerous escalation in criminalizing dissent. Targeting pro-Palestinian activists with vague claims & detaining a lawful resident without charges threatens free speech, academic freedom & due process, setting a precedent that endangers everyone.

Trump’s memo on enforcing Rule 65(c), which demands costly bonds from plaintiffs challenging government actions, misrepresents the law, intimidates judges, silences marginalized communities and advocacy groups, and ultimately restricts access to justice for all but the wealthy.

"Canadian Bacon" is 30 years old this yes and as timely as ever.

There is far too little coverage on the death of Emily Pike.
#MMIWG2S

Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada's LGBT Purge | CMHR From the 1950s to the 1990s, the Government of Canada systematically investigated, harassed and fired 2SLGBTQI+ members of the Canadian Armed Forces, the RCMP and the federal public service destroying...

From the LGBT Purge to McCarthyism, society has a long history of weaponizing it's own prejudices against the marginalized, then blaming and punishing them for the "threat" they pose. It's happening again, so PLEASE learn from history.

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What the best memes I've ever created.