In a recent commentary for The Guardian, Judith Butler critiques Donald Trump's executive orders, highlighting their authoritarian nature and impact on marginalized communities, particularly transgender and nonbinary individuals. She emphasizes the need for a collective response to resist fear and paralysis caused by outrage, warning against allowing Trump's provocative actions to manifest unchecked power. Butler advocates for re-engagement with the principles of shared freedom, equality, and support for health and education as fundamental responses to combatting oppression.
"Amassing authoritarian power depends in part on a willingness of the people to believe in the power exercised... displays to the world a shameless sadism."
"Denying rights to healthcare, legal recognition and rights of expressive freedoms for trans, intersex and non-binary people attacks the very foundations of their lives."
"While there is every reason to be outraged, we cannot let that outrage flood us and stop our minds."
"The desire for a freedom equally shared; for an equality that makes good on democratic promises; to repair and regenerate the earth's living processes..."
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