A Matter of Sexes

Can I just say, I'm really fucking sick of the bullshit all over the internet. And that bullshit is the gender wars.

Short and sharp: men and women both suck. Men and women are both great. Men and women are kind of meh.

Because, and I stress this, PEOPLE are PEOPLE. There are idiots. There are douchebags. There are cool people. There are kickass people. And I automatically have an issue with people who use the words "male", "female", "man" and "women" in irrelevant contexts to describe the behaviour of one PERSON. It bothers me that people feel such a great need to root out a reason for something that they pull the gender card.

For example, the other day I was talking to someone, and we were talking about a situation involving a guy we know who basically uprooted his girlfriend from her job and social life in their city to move back to Melbourne. The person I was talking to was really pissed off about it. Strangely so. And then, in one of the sentences from her angry rant, it all came out in a few words: "It really pisses me off when men just treat women like shit!"

I'm not trying to incriminate this person in any way. She's a feminist, and whatever. You know my stance on feminism. But I just had to pull her up on that sentence. It's something that happens way too often. Someone dogs someone else, next thing you know it's misogyny or misandry. That's not to say there AREN'T cases where it can be pinned down. If a guy repeatedly treats women exclusively like shit, then fair enough, there's clearly a correlation. But this guy is a really nice guy. As far as I know, he's been no worse to women than men. So from where the fuck did the provocation come to make him out to be sexist? That sentence, "when men treat women like shit" is almost to put across that women don't treat men like shit.

The fact is, some men treat women like shit and some women treat men like shit. You're deluded if you think it's one way or the other. And when that equality's been established, then surely we can move on to saying "people treat people like shit?" Is there anyone on Earth who would disagree with that statement? No? Then how about we just say that? Why put unnecessary emphasis on some sort of segregation that happens to work both ways?

Fight for your cause. Stand up to misogyny. But fight both sides. This isn't a motherfucking war. Which is what it's becoming.

Look at YouTube. That's the heart of it. The common trend is this:
-Guy makes a video, says something sexist. Or makes an entire sexist rant.
-Woman sees video, posts response which involves a backlash at men, and something like, "...you males think you can just walk all over us, but you're wrong...". Involves a counter-generalisation.

The problem is, that feminists have gotten so caught up in the bullshit that some men say, that they do the same thing back without even realising. It's fucking annoying. What is it about people that prompts them to separate themselves and then shell each other until it's too late to rebuild entirely?

If you see anyone that refers to men wronging women, say something. You know me well enough to know this isn't an indirect "misandry is rife" post. All I'm saying is I'm sick and tired of irrelevant shit being referred back to gender, and I'm sick of people making out like women are locked away in cells with men patrolling constantly. We're all people, and it doesn't do us any favours to start grouping and segregating for the sake of blame.

Political Punk

If anyone wants some good strong healthy political punk, check out Stiff Little Fingers. Give their debut a listen, "Inflammable Material", those lyrics get me almost as riled up and angry as Rage Against the Machine's. Especially listen to the tracks "Wasted Life" and "White Noise". Seriously. Just give it a listen.

Six Words

Six words to carry with you throughout your life:

"Wait till you're asked...

                                   OR TOLD."

Time Travel

Holy fuck. Holy fuck. Fucking America. You know, that country that the entire human race looks up to like little kids look up to their cigarette-smoking tattooed older brothers? Karl showed me the subject matter for this next rant.

So, Kansas is passing a new bill. Guess what it's about? THE QUEER MENACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYBODY RUN FOR COVER! TAKE UP ARMS! THE HOMOS ARE COMING!!!!!!!!!! The human race makes me sick. And it's because of things like this, which stick in your brain like a fucking tumour. They mutate your world view, and force you to realise that you're living in a world of inequality, genocide, segregation and all-out mass rape.

So, as I was saying, The state of Kansas is passing a new bill, which will, to put it bluntly, recreate black history in America. Only not with blacks. Because beating on the black is too mainstream now, you see. Played out. America's already done it to death. 'So what's the next minority we can tie to the whipping post this time?" The Kansas government asks, embodied by a fat Southern man standing coolly with one foot on his large mahogany desk. He takes the cigar from his quadruple-chinned mouth, and winks his impeccable yet malevolent wink. And with a thunderous laugh, he comes to his decision. "Them abominable queer homo pervert faggots!" And with that, it evolves.

So let's look at what this bill entails. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's exactly what America looked like fifty years ago with the blacks. Fuck, it's what Australia looked like fifty years ago with the Indigenous. Here's what the LGBTQA community will face if the bill is passed.

• Individuals, groups and private businesses are legally allowed to refuse service to gay couples
• Private employers can actually fire gay people solely based on their sexuality
• Stores can deny gay couples service
• Hotels can eject gay couples, or deny them entry to begin with
• Business providing public accommodations (theatres, restaurants) can turn away gay couples at the door.
• If a gay couple sues for discrimination, they'll lose.
• After they lose, they have to pay the opponent's attorney's fees.
• GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES CAN LEGALLY DENY GAY COUPLES SERVICE.

Let's look at that last one a bit deeper. That means gay couples can be banned from public parks, public swimming pools, anything run by the Kansas government. STATE HOSPITALS can deny gay couples treatment and even entry. Gay guy gets stabbed by a neo-Nazi in the street, but the hospital is too religious to help any. Gay guy gets curb-stomped and sexually violated with a beer bottle as happens in Russia, and the hospital can still deny them. Not only that, but the police won't help either. Know why? Because police are government employees too. That's right. THE MOTHERFUCKING POLICE can refuse to help a gay couple, regardless of the urgency. Now that's fucked up.

It pisses me off when Christians bitch and complain about how their numbers are declining. Entire fucking states are being run by THEIR propaganda. Nothing to do with the community interests, but just one religion. One vague, easily misinterpreted passage from a book written, not by God, but by human beings. I mean, how can people so easily devote their lives to a God who doesn't even love all of his creation? Would you want a father who disowns you if you're gay? So why should you want a God, supposed father of humanity, that does the same? Why should he play favourites? He took sides during wars, he committed genocide for trivial matters several times. If we're worshipping an Old Testament god, then fuck it, I'm out, goodbye. So what puzzles me about Christianity is how it's really worshipping two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT gods. God from the Old vs New Testament is completely different. I mean, he completely swaps from fascist to anarchist when you think about it. New Testament God just says "fuck you authorities, stop paying taxes, just chill, drink wine, be groovy, love each other, and yeah." Old Testament God is like "what? You need glasses? Kill him."

And so that's why I hate humanity. Sure, there are plenty of good things. But it just gives you so many reasons to hate it, you can't help but feel ashamed. People with such dogmatic bullshit in their heads, they inflict it on others. As Filter say, "I hate it when you preach your case, it makes me want to stick my dick in your face". Anyways, have a good night.

The article that Karl sent me: http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/02/13/kansas_anti_gay_segregation_bill_is_an_abomination.html

Axis of Symmetry?

OK, so in math today I decided that I'd had enough of hearing the term "axis of symmetry" without doing something about it. Whilst not political, this is pretty fucking awesome, and sort of defies the laws of an album so I guess you could consider it musical anarchy. Basically, to create "Axis of Symmetry", take the first two tracks from Hendrix's 1967 album "Axis: Bold as Love", which are EXP and Up From the Skies. Then take the first track from Muse's 2001 album "Origin of Symmetry". Then alternate, much like Radiohead's "Ten" thing. Your last track should be "Bold as Love". See how you go, because there are some pretty cool transitions. It's not as great as Ten, but come on, Ten was intentional. This wasn't.

Also, another variation would be to start with "EXP", then make the second track "Plug In Baby". Then Up From The Skies, and carry on that way. After Little Wing (which should be track 11), go straight to If 6 Was 9. Then Citizen Erased, and carry on from there.

Quick Aside

Just saying, I'm getting really fucking close to snapping. If I see one more instance over the internet of three-word pop-punk/post-hardcore bands being referred to by all these abbreviations and shit, I'll break a fucking neck. BAND NAMES AREN'T MEANT TO BE ABBREVIATED, UNLESS THEY'RE REALLY FUCKING LONG. Do you see me going around, "I was listening to TSP, and I realised how similar they are to DK, and NYD, and KJ, and SLF! Omg, I need to see BR live!"

It just sounds fucking stupid, and makes you sound like a preteen fanboy/girl. Which you likely are anyway if you are doing that shit. Also, what the fuck is up with how Googling something to do with punk can turn up 50% pop-punk? That didn't use to happen. Fuck Google. Fuck everyone.