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[coyote-barks]

The more time has gone by, the more I fucking hate Bernie Sanders.

Back when he first became a big name, I was like, okay he's kind of annoying but at least he has a few good ideas. But increasingly it's clear that he's just. Never done anything good or productive other than sometimes vote in tandem with Democrats. He's a whiny little man from a lily-white state who knows he doesn't have to actually do anything to keep his job other than repeat basic leftist platitudes and doesn't know how to react to loss other than loudly cry about how he was totally cheated guys and get his army of sycophant supporters to ratfuck anyone trying to make actual progress because his ego got bruised. Most of the people he's endorsed have turned traitor or even gone full MAGA at some point. And he just will not go away.

Fuck Bernie. All my homies hate Bernie.

[coyote-barks]

Ok but y'all do understand that a lot of the people on here going "b-but we gotta destigmatize pedophilia/zoophilia guyyyyys we're not the ~real~ abusers we just need ~help~" aren't looking for help from their problems, they're looking for validation and usually themselves have an unrepentant history of grooming/being inappropriate with minors.

[coyote-barks]

And given that a big part of said sob story I was forced to look at was "noooo how could you compare these people to THEIR OWN ABUSERS" like

For one, yeah. It's called the cycle of abuse for a reason. If you don't check your damage there is a very good chance you'll move on to hurt others in the same way you were hurt.

And second, this is one of my least favorite things about Tumblr's anti-recovery rhetoric. That any behaviors brought on by abuse are sacred and need to be coddled and accepted no matter how destructive they are.

Cards on the table, I was horribly abused as a child up through my teen years. Violence and cruelty and being a mean little bastard to everyone in general was very much normalized in my household and I acted out accordingly. Had I not moved out and gotten to live around people who made it very clear that this behavior wasn't normal or acceptable, and that there was a better way, I would have never unlearned it. I would have stayed a miserable, unpleasant person forever and continued to hurt others in the way I was hurt. It's true that I do deserve to heal and forgive myself, but to get there I needed to figure out that this was a problem in the first place and not constantly make excuses for it.

People like a certain PT that wrote the post I'm vaguing will talk a big game about acceptance for their behavior, but they seek out echo chambers and reinforcement who tell them that hurting others is perfectly fine if they suffered enough or whatever other justification they want to use. This is how the cycle continues. This is how more real children get damaged for life and go on to damage others. As they say, the only way to win is not to play.

[coyote-barks]

Ok but y'all do understand that a lot of the people on here going "b-but we gotta destigmatize pedophilia/zoophilia guyyyyys we're not the ~real~ abusers we just need ~help~" aren't looking for help from their problems, they're looking for validation and usually themselves have an unrepentant history of grooming/being inappropriate with minors.

[myfootyrthroat]

I feel very "People are dying, Kim." about that lawsuit too. Trans people being beaten to death didn't get this much traction, but by all means, let's rally behind corporate-sponsored drag.

[coyote-barks]

Got reminded of the "Biden appoints weird bug to be in charge of the night time" meme and man do I miss how boring his administration was. Nice, wholesome memes, wasn't constantly in the news for being horrible, and even forgave my student loans.

We could have had it all.

[konzaprairieunofficial]

Gonna go out on a limb here and say that perhaps. Perhaps. If you ignore and belittle people and the region they live in. As opposed to showing interest and compassion for their profession and land that literally provides the food you eat. Perhaps. That is why. They do not vote for you. And instead. They vote for the people who actually go and talk to them.

[coyote-barks]

Can we like. Not do this.

[pedro-friedeberg]

Curious how the big tumblr activists hate transmascs unless they’re creepy predatory self-hating groomers like Salem Puppychan

[coyote-barks]

Seeing someone deadass put together a MAP pride post with weepy statistics about how boo hoo we're so oppressed and people on the internet are soooo mean to us but we have to come together and support each other is like....

Sorry, it's still not acceptable. Same goes for zoophiles. Children and animals cannot consent no matter how hard you try to convince yourself that "trans-age" or whatever exists, and at best you need some fucking therapy before you delude yourself into committing sexual assault and traumatizing someone for life.

[coyote-barks]

On one hand, I understand it's important to think about your interests critically and not blindly accept everything they do or the sociological factors that shaped them.

On the other... As someone with some big ocd problems it sure is fuckin exhausting to see post after post on here of "hey did you know [thing you like] is really Problematic and supports [bad things]. I'm not telling you to stop liking it. Just telling you to ~think about it~, because clearly you're an idiot and have never considered these things before I told you."

[coyote-barks]

This has been getting a few notes, and I'm thinking about it again.

I don't know. I see why these posts get made, but at the same time I sometimes have trouble believing they're being made in good faith, if that makes sense? I try hard not to take this kind of thing personally, but I've both grown up and had to exist in spaces where people breathe down your neck at all times to make sure you never have a moment's peace without feeling guilty about something that makes you happy, because it makes them feel more enlightened than thou or to tear you down or some shit. It's good to be aware of things, and to remind people to think critically and not just take everything at face value. But... man. When you've already done the work this shit gets really tiring.

Also, one of the people who made a big anti-SDV post I see passed around a lot is a massive tankie who has consistently cheered on the invasion of Ukraine and spread disinformation about how Ukraine was soooo much better under Russian control, so maybe I don't really care if the silly farming game isn't sufficiently anti-capitalist or anti-colonial or whatever enough for them.

[coyote-barks]

I get the concern about the rise of Christofascism, especially in the US, but we do not, under any circumstances, need to hand it to or bring back New Atheism.

[prettycottonmouthlamia]

The idea that Richard Dawkins is suffering from "AI psychosis" is really funny because it kind of betrays a lack of familiarity with him. He's not suffering genuine psychosis, he's being tricked by a sycophantic program which like yeah that's Dawkins for you. He was in a book with Jordan Peterson about how woke is ruining science he is easily persuaded by sycophants.

[akiragatr]

Tumblr is super big on the "I didn't say it was good, I said I liked it" but really need to discover the value in its opposite of "I didn't say it was bad, I said I hated it".

You can acknowledge that something is good, great, a masterpiece even, and just straight-up not enjoy it.

[wiisagi-maiingan]

Once again reminding people that reproductive rights are about more than just access to abortion. They're also about:

access to comprehensive, safe, and affordable prenatal and postnatal care

the right to HAVE children in the first place and to receive support and assistance if needed

the right to not have your children taken from you for discriminatory or predatory reasons (like feeding adoption trafficking)

the right to decide how many children you want and how far apart they are

comprehensive sex ed starting at a younger age to make sure children are fully educated

access to birth control and other contraceptives

forced sterilization and specifically its use on people of color and disabled people; women are the primary targets of this but men have also been sterilized without their consent, particularly Black men

the right to be sterilized if that's what you want regardless of your age, gender, or the desires of your partner(s) and/or family

[coyote-barks]

this is the most notes I've ever gotten on anything in my 15 years on tumblr lmao

[coyote-barks]

Trapped between being militantly pro-choice and deeply concerned about the erosion of abortion rights and thinking the way that people talk about pregnancy/motherhood/children on this hellsite is pretty gross and borderline misogynistic.

[coyote-barks]

To expand on this a bit more, at the risk of sounding like That Guy, a lot of people on here don't seem to realize the right to choose to have children has been something that's been forcibly taken away from people as well. I live in an area with a pretty large Native population, a group that has, historically and even to this day, been subject to forced sterilization. They're not the only ones, either. Other ethnic minorities, disabled people, etc have all been subject to eugenics and had their reproductive rights undermined in the other direction to promote what dominant society considers a """pure""" population. Even a lot of the modern anti-abortion movement still disproportionally favors making more white people above all else. Saying that not having children is always the right choice and that keeping a child is always the bad, regressive choice, frankly, comes from a position of privilege. Like everything else, it depends.

Pro-choice goes both ways, and everyone should have the right and medical support behind whatever option they choose without discrimination. Simple as.

And can we please stop this over-the-top disgust over the bodies of pregnant people please please please y'all are so happy to defend all sorts of disabilities but then dissolve into a misogynistic froth when pregnancy comes up

[coyote-barks]

See this is funny because while this post is very much about serious real-life issues, you'll never guess what kickstarted me thinking on this subject again and motivated me to finally make a post about it.

Because while there were some reasonable criticisms about the original Jade Shadows quest and its pacing, there were also a number of people here who were just completely seething over the fact that they had to look at a pregnant character, and that she wanted a child against the wishes of an oppressive system was something in itself regressive and misogynistic.

And it got me thinking, if this is how you react to a fictional character being pregnant, how do you deal with real pregnant people out in the world who shouldn't have to hide themselves away for your comfort? Do you have the same support for those who do want their children who are also harmed by how anti-abortion measures damage reproductive health overall, or does that not matter because pregnancy is Icky and they just need to Abort That Thang LOL. The idea of choosing to have a child against the system isn't some sexist fantasy they made up, it's something that's affected real people here in real life.

Combine that with a bunch of weird posts going on about how babyfic and other stories about wanting children are inherently bad, or that you have to write all stories about pregnancy and parenthood with the same cringing fear of spreading Bad Ideas as your average fanfiction puritan making sure every sex scene has five layers of consent every two seconds, regardless of how they might reflect real peoples' lives and situations, and you see how these serious prejudices emerge from frivolous internet drama. (This isn't to say of course that such stories are inherently good or can't push actually-regressive attitudes either, but you'd be surprised how much I've seen all stories about this subject matter put in the same boat. Again, it depends and y'all need to use critical thinking instead of letting certain subjects turn your brain off in either direction. I wish I could find examples but I've long since lost them unfortunately and finding anything on Tumblr is a crapshoot )

[prof-grace-aspen]

I think if you call trans men whiny bitches you did not in fact unlearn sexism or misogyny.