Social Issues Quotes

“Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”
― Jess C Scott, The Other Side of Life

“And, what's more, this 'precious' body, the very same that is hooted and honked at, demeaned both in daily life as well as in ever existing form of media, harrassed, molested, raped, and, if all that wasn't enough, is forever poked and prodded and weighed and constantly wrong for eating too much, eating too little, a million details which all point to the solitary girl, to EVERY solitary girl, and say: Destroy yourself.”
― Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

“Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Responsible parenting is NOT a crime. Responsible parenting is most valuable tool of our society.”
― Mick Karabegovic

“If a deadly snake slithering around in a pre-school bit a child, would you box it up for a month as punishment, and then release it to prey upon the children once again?”
― Edward M. Wolfe, When Everything Changed

“I saw America's economy last night, people raiding dumpsters at a higher rate than normal in my home town. Digging through garbage shouldn't be a career. Thanks Democrats. Thanks Republicans.”
― Carroll Bryant

“Crack had a social logic to it, a specific kind of reasoning that drew from a vast well of common experience for its symbolic resonance. Crack stood for pain and power, chaos and order, the truth behind the lie. Crack was a sociolegal logic grounded in blood.”
― Dimitri A. Bogazianos, 5 Grams: Crack Cocaine, Rap Music, and the War on Drugs

“Order is nothing but a friendship with chaos.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“She was a real no-nonsense girl. Just didn’t have time for any shit, you know? I’ve always admired that about her. I was so concerned with whether or not everyone liked me at that age.
And people hate that quality in a young woman, don’t they? They don’t know what to do with a girl who isn’t looking for their approval. They feel like they have to bring her down a peg.”
― Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

“They had supported him ... for freedom's sake, they would have said; meaning as do all men who mouth that catchword, freedom for themselves and their own class.”
― Margaret Butler, The Lion of England

“There will always be prejudice in a label society.”
― A.J. Garces

“Antiracism should focus strongly on ending the war on drugs, and there is no need for legions of whites to be instructed in how privileged they are for this to happen.”
― John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

“They are unreachable for the simple reason that they are arguing from religion rather than reason, trying to foist their dogma into the public square out of a misguided sense that they are the world's first humans to find the Answer to Everything.”
― John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

“To me everyone is equal, until they feel the urge to offer advise based on some stroneage tradition. That moment, I stop considering them as equal humans, and start treating them as adolescent children. Whenever you feel the audacity to advise a reformer, ask yourself this - what exactly have you done for the society that makes you qualified to judge a reformer? I sacrificed my youth for the world. What have you done? I put off starting a family for the world. What have you done? I obliterated my national and cultural identity for the world. What have you done? Till you've abolished the last trace of active bigotry, intolerance and fanatical fantasies from your mind, don't you dare touch my work. Everybody can quote Naskar, not everybody can accompany Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“World needs love that transcends body.
World needs truth that transcends belief.
World needs honor that transcends wealth.
World needs order that transcends police.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Dutybound, Sonnet 1315

To treat disease you need medical license,
To treat injustice being human is enough.
To fly a plane you need pilot's license,
To lift up society being human is enough.

To talk to computers you gotta learn coding,
To listen to people being human is enough.
To build a shuttle you need rocket science,
To build a society being human is enough.

To analyze behavior study neuropsychology,
To accept people being human is enough.
To practice law you gotta pass the Bar exam,
To practice humanity being human is enough.

To make it rain on land in drought,
you gotta seed the clouds with dry ice.
To make it rain on hearts in drought,
just lend a hand, and smile without price.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“To treat disease you need medical license,
To treat injustice being human is enough.
To fly a plane you need pilot's license,
To lift up society being human is enough.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Smoking is Good
(Sonnet Satire, 1320)

Smoking is good for the planet,
For it screws with the lungs.
Alcohol is good for the planet,
For it screws with the brain.
Bullets are good for the planet,
They riddle the body with holes.
Bombs are good for the planet,
They blow up all, body and soul.
Autocracies are good for the planet,
They cause civilizations to fall.
Mindless tech is good for the planet,
Our biggest wonder will be our downfall.
Whatever kills the humans, heals the planet.
Forget AI, human greed is the biggest threat.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“A civilized world is not where everybody flocks to another nation to fulfill their dream, but where everybody can pursue their dream without feeling the need to become an immigrant.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“The social and cultural preference for marriage has obvious negative effects for single people, but it also harms the married. A desire to retain marriage's preferential status is on of the most cited explanations for why people remain in unhappy marriages.”
― Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

“A Trafficker is the most reliable person you will ever meet!”
― Heidi Chance

“We shall never return to social sanity till we begin at the beginning. We must start where all history starts, with a man and a woman, and a child, and with the province of liberty and property which these need for their full humanity. As it is, we begin where history ends, or, rather, where disjointed journalism ends. We stop suddenly with the accidental truncation of today's news; and judge everything by the particular muddle of the moment.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 31: The Illustrated London News, 1917-1919

“In recent years, it seems we are all playing a game. One in which we are not allowed to tell the truth for the sake of some general fragile status quo that is not benefiting the majority of the population.”
― Amitai Rosengart, Meaning in the Age of Absurdity

“In the comity of nations, India is an oddity in that its political matirx is inimical to its majority comminity.”
― BS Murthy

“Dramatic. Was it normal for doctors to think black women were professional actresses, using their pregnancies to try to garner sympathy and attention from others?”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“She wanted Webb to know that she was done dealing with all of this. And she didn’t care about losing her job. If she lost her job for taking a stand against racism and sexism against black women coming from Webb, she’d calmly walk away and stand up for what she believed was right.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“Although Marisol’s words were factual, they hit Charlize much too hard. Charlize was well aware of the racism and sexism that women of color faced. The institutional racism was real, and her mother had been a victim of it.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“Charlize stood up from where she sat and walked next to Marisol, who comfortingly placed an arm around Charlize’s shoulders. She attempted not to cry or choke on tears she'd been holding back for days. Getting fired for standing up for herself and other black women hurt more than she expected it to, but here she was—ready to make a difference and fight the biased system.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“You have an army of supporters,” Marisol said. “We’re all here for you. You have every right to be upset about how your wife was treated as a black woman, how you were treated as a black man, and what that has resulted in. What happened is unforgettable, and it’s unforgivable too.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“This is a reminder of the injustices black and brown women, and all women of color in the system face. The hospital simply attributed their deaths to pregnancy complications and childbirth. The babies were believed to have died from lung problems, birth defects, and heart and brain issues as well. But one thing we know is that ignoring these women’s concerns and subjecting them to unfair conditions also contributed to their untimely and scary deaths. This hospital needs to be shut down until they can come clean about their evil doings,” Yamileth continued.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana