Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 57sor in sentience, or in not causing a being to suffer, but solely in the fear of having done to us what we have done to others. That we believe moral consideration should only flow to something more powerful than us as a means of currying favor. And that I find beneath contempt. 000
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 57syou're essentially admitting you expect your creation to act like we have acted towards people across the Global South for the last millennium. And what I find repugnant about that is what it says: That we don't base moral consideration in humanity, 120
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 57sIf we gave the people in Palestine and Congo and Sudan the same consideration some people give AI, those genocides *would be fucking over already*. If you genuinely believe that we need to give a potentially sentient computer program moral consideration lest it kill us all one day out of revenge, 100
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 57sBut we're supposed to accept this as the way the world is and then start talking about the moral consideration owed to an "entity" that is incapable of feeling pain, that cannot suffer, that doesn't know what it's like to want or starve or love? 110
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 57swhose lives are treated as being of no consequence. There are higher animals like whales, primates, parrots, elephants, animals we know are sentient and have language and even culture, and we destroy their habitats and kill them en masse without a second thought. 110
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 57sThere are hundreds of millions of people in Occupied Palestine, in Congo, in Sudan, in Haiti, in Myanmar, whose lives are treated as being of no consequence. There are millions of people in the United States in cages, in food deserts, in segregated slums, on the fucking streets, 110
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 57sYou know a pet peeve of mine? I keep seeing think pieces and videos, even from progressives, about how at some point AI will achieve sentience and be worthy of moral consideration. We can't even give every human on this planet moral consideration. 161
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 5hIf you're angry about people saying that Zionism is racism, maybe you should start by being angry at all the Zionists who were being racist. I mean, just saying. 216628
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 03/10/2026If you want one of these bags, email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com with the address where you want it sent! First come, first serve, but in the event of a tie, Black and Indigenous trans femmes get priority. I will let you know when they're claimed! 2141
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 03/10/2026It has feet, which I love, plus it's Fossil's special 1954 run. I know it's not technically premium, but it's real leather and this is still a $150 bag new, which is why I rescued it. FYI: it does have some interior stains I couldn't get it. 2150
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 03/10/2026Bag number two is by Fossil, which yes, isn't technically premium like Coach or Kate Spade but I love their bags anyway. The quality is usually pretty good and they look really nice, at least I think. This one I found at a thrift store in rough shape, but the leather's come around nicely. 3141
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 03/10/2026Honestly, one of the reasons I don't use it as much as I thought I would is that it's actually TOO big for me. It's in fantastic condition, though; I bought it at an antique shop from someone who didn't know what it was. If you like pink and love BIG bags, this is the bag for you. 1110
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 03/10/2026Bag number one is by Diane Von Furstenberg. It's huge - like, twice the size of a normal tote bag - so if you have a laptop you carry around with you, this is pretty damn perfect for that (and for holding everything else you own; it's huge). 1201
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 03/10/2026But now I have too many, so I'm giving them away to trans femmes who want/need purses! As always, I'll pay for shipping to anywhere in North America. All you need to do is pick which one you want and be the first to email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com! 2277
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 03/10/2026Hello Friends and Thriends! It's the first weekend of the month, and that means it's PURSE GIVEAWAY DAY!! If you're new here, I have a hobby of collecting designer and premium purses I find at thrift stores and restoring them as best I can. 49320
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 03/10/2026Me: I love you and you're perfect. Mercy: I'm not perfect though! Me: Yes you are. You're perfect for me! Mercy: Define "perfect." Me: You. Mercy:...dammit, should have seen that coming. 41283
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026The immigrants in concentration camps to feed our xenophobia? They're not fictions at all. They're real. That's why I focus on the US and Israel. 08711
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026The Yemenis killed with our weapons so Saudi Arabia can expand its reach? The Iraqis killed with our weapons so the military industrial complex could profit? The Black bodies caged, evicted, churned into fodder for a for profit prison system? 2728
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026The Indigenous people ethnically cleansed to make room for us? The Filipinos and Cambodians and Hawaiians we genocided in imperial expansion? The Congolese and Sudanese killed with our bombs for minerals and treats? The Palestinians killed with our weapons to defend an illegal occupation? 1626
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026Therefore, I will talk about those genocides, both here at home and abroad. I was born in the United States. But the US is a legal fiction, an entity built through words on paper. The Black people who were brought here, enslaved, against their will? 1616
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026that this would never again happen to anyone. Therefore, I will talk about how evil it is for a genocide to be done in our name. I was born into a country founded on genocide, built through genocide, expanded through genocide, and which now profits through genocide. 1657
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026I was born into a system that will protect me for the same acts that would lead to my death were I Black or Brown. Therefore, I will talk about the need to dismantle that system. I was born into a people who promised, after we were the victims of one of the most brutal genocides in history, 1646
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026I was born into an imperial power that extracts wealth and resources from the Global South and leaves death and poverty in its wake. Therefore, I will talk about the people we hurt to make our way of life possible. 1666
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026Therefore, I will talk about the need to uplift people of marginalized genders and the need for a right to love whom you will. I was born into a system of patriarchy that placed cis men in control of the bodies of all others. Therefore, I will talk about the need for bodily autonomy. 1666
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026I was born into a racial caste system that places people with my complexion near the top. Therefore, I will talk about unearned white privilege and why we must end it. I was born into a system of enforced cisheteronormativity that endangers those of marginalized genders and sexual orientations. 2777
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/10/2026"Sheryl, why do you focus on the US and Israel so much? Do you hate Western civilization?" I was born in a country built on stolen land with the forced stolen labor of enslaved people. Therefore, I will talk about how evil it is to steal land and enslave people and how we must make that right. 825960
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026This is going to break people. This SHOULD break people. WTF are we even doing? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comNew Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in GazaSatellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire 6388147
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026But maybe it's shittier that we live in a country where people can't afford ambulances, where people have uncontrolled chronic illnesses because they can't afford health care, where people don't have cell and internet coverage, and doing the legal thing means sitting back and watching someone die. 617817
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026Client got relative to the hospital. Relative would have died, by the way. Client was charged with driving under the influence. The state's attorney said there was no excuse - more people could have died. And maybe the ASA was right. It's a really shitty thing to drive under the influence. 2831
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026minimum, not to mention they couldn't afford an ambulance. So when Client's family member had a major attack of their condition, they had two choices: drive their relative to the hospital under the influence, or hope they were still alive in a few hours. 1820
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026uncontrolled chronic illness, because they couldn't afford healthcare. Client's family was rural and lived in a part of the state with no reliable cell service - yes, they still exist. Their neighbors were a mile away. And the nearest fire station and hospital were both a half hour away, 2770
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026Years ago, I represented someone who was charged with driving under the influence. Client was indeed under the influence of a substance at the time. I got raked over the coals for it. There's no excuse, people said. But see, here's the thing. Client had a family member with a severe, 610511
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026That's why fighting voter suppression of Black and Indigenous people in the United States is so important. That's why keeping ICE away from the polls is so important. 1798
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026Emma Goldman once said that if voting changed anything, it would be illegal. But the necessary corollary to that is the most important votes ARE the ones they try to make illegal. Those are the votes that most matter - because they CAN change things. 311822
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026If something happens to me, don't let my death be used to manufacture consent for bigotry. No one should be killed to avenge me and no blood should be shed on my behalf. I don't want anyone hurt in my name. Let my legacy be that I believed in the humanity of everyone, even those who wished me harm. 612821
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026Thinking about this today for no particular reason. youtu.be/R4sNvoyqWkM?...youtu.beGideon Levy - Israel is the only victim in the whole worldYouTube video by macelharen 53111
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026Today's reminder that the UAE is currently engaged in a genocide in Sudan using weapons they receive from the US and Israel and money they receive from our tourism dollars, and every celebrity who lives or vacations in Dubai or Abu Dhabi is knowingly funding it. 213244
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026But reality is harder to deal with. Reality is uncomfortable. Maybe we should be uncomfortable. People are dying all around the world, many because of our choices. Just saying. 3623
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026And it allows us to indulge in the convenient fiction that monsters are grown instead of made. In a world of individual responsibility, Donald Trump is a problem in and of himself and everything will be fine if we just get rid of him. In reality, Trump is a monster we created and empowered. 1645
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026as they are individual choices. But refusing to acknowledge that allows us to ignore systemic racism and injustice. It allows us to ignore our complicity in mass harms. It allows us to blame the poor and homeless and marginalized for their own plight. 1513
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026I believe we all have a responsibility to each other. I believe I am as responsible to my wife, my neighbor, my clients, my friends, even total strangers as I am to myself. I believe murders, sexual assaults, terrorist attacks are as much the result of community and societal failures, 1533
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026Acting like that had nothing to do with years of witnessing and experiencing the genocide of chattel slavery is absurd. So acting like people become terrorists or murderers spontaneously and devoid of outside factors is ludicrous. Ergo, no, I don't believe in individual responsibility. 1501
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026Take school shootings. Is that solely the result of one person? Or is it the result of a society that glorifies death and violence and combines that with easy access to guns? Absolutely NOTHING happens in a vacuum. Nat Turner did some horrific things. He killed "without regard to age or sex." 1541
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026That WILL influence people. Acting like it won't is just putting our heads in the sand and our fingers in our ears. Take Luigi. What he did was wrong. Killing people isn't okay. Also, he was influenced by the murderous healthcare system in the United States and pretending otherwise is absurd. 1551
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026So, for example, a sexual assault is as much the result of our rape culture as it is the fault of the individual rapist. No one is born a rapist; they had to learn it somewhere, and we have a culture that glorifies sexual violence so much we elected a sexual predator president. 1656
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026But we're also influenced by, and in turn influence, the world around us. Acting like our choices are made in a vacuum devoid of outside factors is absurd. Those outside factors don't excuse our actions, but they do contribute to causing them. 1676
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026A lot of people yesterday were saying that as a lawyer, I should understand individual responsibility. But here's the thing: I actually don't believe in individual responsibility. Don't get me wrong, we're responsible for our own actions. 29518
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026Mercy is the most amazing human being and most beautiful woman this world has ever known and I love her more than life. Happy anniversary, my true love. 1370