"Terrorists?": The Suffragette Arson and Bombing Campaign – Egham Museum

"Terrorists?": The Suffragette Arson and Bombing Campaign – Egham Museum(eghammuseum.org)

19 points by lifeisstillgood 7 hours ago | 6 comments

Planktonne 1 hour ago |

Violence is a morally acceptable response to being oppressed and controlled; women were not given a fair stake in society, and therefore it would be unreasonable to expect them to be bound by its laws.

jpfromlondon 49 minutes ago | |

The suffragists arguably achieved a great deal more, without them the measures of the suffragettes would likely have set women’s rights back further.

Yet they are all but forgotten.

Planktonne 22 minutes ago | | |

I don't agree that the suffragists are forgotten. Beyond that though, I'd say that lots of successful liberation movements have had multiple wings with different methods.

scotty79 1 hour ago | |

What about modern non-wealthy? They neither get a fair stake in society nor even a voice that matters. Voting pretty much doesn't work. How much the issue is supported by non-wealthy voters has no bearing on the laws that are going to be written that affect it.

And by non-wealthy I pretty much mean anyone that has to work to live, regardless of whether they can find the job or not.

Planktonne 23 minutes ago | | |

Voting not being effective is quite a long way from voting not being allowed at all.

However, if we get to the point when control over their own lives is denied to people, it won't be unreasonable for them to resist. We've had slave revolutions before, and they weren't morally wrong.

sohex 12 minutes ago |

Shout out to the best named feminist group of all time, W.I.T.C.H. The Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell.