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[correctopinionhaver]

[vegetavegetason]

[arachnopus]

[halondrus]

[sage-burning-witch-deactivated2]

This is a blessing post in hopes that good money comes your way.

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[freegazafromhamas]

[andyboops]

"The best thing we can do with power is give it away" - On the leftist critique of superhero narratives as authoritarian power fantasies:

The ongoing "Jason Todd is a cop" debate has reminded me of a brilliant brief image essay by Joey deVilla. So here it is, images first and the full essay text below:

"A common leftist critique of superhero comics is that they are inherently anti-collectivist, being about small groups of individuals who hold all the power, and the wisdom to wield that power. I don’t disagree with this reading. I don’t think it’s inaccurate. Superheroes are their own ruling class, the concept of the übermensch writ large. But it’s a sterile reading. It examines superhero comics as a cold text, and ignores something that I believe in fundamental, especially to superhero storytelling: the way people engage with text. Not what it says, but how it is read. The average comic reader doesn’t fantasize about being a civilian in a world of superheroes, they fantasize about being a superhero. One could charitably chalk this up to a lust for power, except for one fact… The fantasy is almost always the act of helping people. Helping the vulnerable, with no reward promised in return. Being a century into the genre, we’ve seen countless subversions and deconstructions of the story. But at its core, the superhero myth is about using the gifts you’ve been given to enrich the people around you, never asking for payment, never advancing an ulterior motive. We should (and do) spend time nitpicking these fantasies, examining their unintended consequences, their hypocrisies. But it’s worth acknowledging that the most eduring childhood fantasy of the last hundred years hasn’t been to become rich. Superheroes come from every class (don’t let the MCU fool you). The most enduring fantasy is to become powerful enough to take the weak under your own wing. To give, without needing to take. So yes, the superhero myth, as a text, isn’t collectivist. But that’s not why we keep coming back to it. That’s not why children read it. We keep coming back to it to learn one simple lesson… The best thing we can do with power IS GIVE IT AWAY." - Joey deVilla, 2021 https://www.joeydevilla.com/2021/07/04/happy-independence-day-superhero-style/

[generallemarc]

Kids don't want to be Batman because he's rich, they want to be him because he's got tons of cool gadgets he invented himself, is a badass martial artist, is a genius on par with Lex Luthor, and uses all this to be on the same level as Superman despite having zero actual superpowers. They see the little boy who lost both his parents, decided nobody else should ever have to live through that, and want to be like that.

Kids don't want to be Superman because he's superior to humans(he isn't, that's always been a core part of his character that he rejects that outlook and it's always just Lex projecting his view of Superman onto Superman himself), they wanna be able to deflect bullets and shoot lasers from their eyes because Superman uses all that to show the best side of humanity, to show how humanity isn't even tied to actually being human but to how you act towards other people.

[sprinkledsalt]

Tumblr post: “it’s so disgusting and idiotic to think any group of people is inherently, ontologically evil. You should be very suspicious of someone telling you an entire ass group of people is all bad or inherently anything because no person is born as inherently anything. No one is born bad, humans start out neutral. People just want an excuse to oppress others so they creature categories of people who are deemed socially acceptable to dehumanize and subsequently brutalize. We’re all creatures feeling the breeze and sunshine on our faces, be free~”

Follow-up reblog from OP: “oh my GOD guys i can’t believe this needs to said but ofc this doesn’t apply to Jews because they really ARE bad and evil and bloodthirsty 🙄”

[pyrochrome-tumbles]

Oh look what I found. You should practice what you preach OP

[inthedarktrees]

Shelley Duvall for Robert Altman’s 3 Women (1977)

[nonevahed]

As the wise dr. scott alexander said, "when you declare your community free of witch-hunts, you attract witches."

which explains why 90% of the world population of liberal hbd guys are in his circles

[brazenautomaton]

It is still a good thing to not have witch hunts

[anonbeadraws]

Rest your bones, while you still have them. Today's warm up: Ghostly Vibes (1:30hr)

[mortimermcmirestinks]

"why is this person drawing sexualized art of hatsune miku, isn't hatsune miku canonically 16?" hatsune miku is a voice bank. she's pretty much an electronic piano that goes Oo Ee Oo. hatsune miku is not a person with a life. nobody is doing CSAM of hatsune miku, because hatsune miku is not a C you can do M featuring SA about. that's a glorified slide whistle on the compyooter. you cannot psychologically abuse a theremin. it's generally agreed to be impossible to traumatize a harmonica. hatsune miku is a nonsapient synthesizer software addon. you can't do child abuse to a nonsapient synthesizer software addon. you cannot. do. child abuse. to a nonsapient. synthesizer. software addon. hello hello hello can anyone hear me

[mortimermcmirestinks]

do you understand that drawing a picture of a cartoon software mascot in a swimsuit is a different type of action from abusing a child. that's not the same kind of thing. those are two different types of action. there is no connection between those actions. if someone draws a boob that person is not now guilty of assaulting a minor. do you understand. do you understand. do you understand. do you understand.

[sunder-the-gold]

They don't want to understand. They want to pretend to be A Good Person, but without the risk and effort of confronting actual child-predators. All they care about is getting away with bullying other people on the internet.

[galaxicnerd]

lets be a bunny with mama!

[susanoos-wife]

[beardedmrbean]

"Best way to get guys to listen to you is to insult them"

- philosophymemes (apparently)

[sacred-portal]

[owannai]

タンバシティ海岸 / Cianwood City

鍋子さんのポケモン四季の本に寄稿したもの

2012

[beardedmrbean]

[ftmtftm]

Anyone who tells you you are only safe among people exactly like you is a fascistic liar.

My rapist was nonbinary and bi. My deeply Lutheran grandma was the first person to fully accept me as trans in my primarily liberal athiestic/agnostic family. Years ago my social life was ruined by another trans masculine person who intentionally destroyed all of my close friendships. One of my current closest friends is a cishet guy who has a friend group that is almost entirely populated of queer people because a bunch of his friends have come out around him since high school.

Fascists want you scared and isolated and alone. The way to combat that is to trust other people. And yeah. Trusting other people is vulnerable and can lead to hurt, but sometimes the people you trust blindly based on identity will be the ones who hurt you the most and the ones you dismiss blindly based on identity will be the ones who can keep you the safest.

[chopshoptomcat]

I'd like to add that in my opinion, this really comes down to not believing stereotypes. Just because someone is "conservative", "liberal", left, right, religious, or part of whatever group/ideology, does not mean they think in a monolithic way.

[ftmtftm]

Anyone who tells you you are only safe among people exactly like you is a fascistic liar.

My rapist was nonbinary and bi. My deeply Lutheran grandma was the first person to fully accept me as trans in my primarily liberal athiestic/agnostic family. Years ago my social life was ruined by another trans masculine person who intentionally destroyed all of my close friendships. One of my current closest friends is a cishet guy who has a friend group that is almost entirely populated of queer people because a bunch of his friends have come out around him since high school.

Fascists want you scared and isolated and alone. The way to combat that is to trust other people. And yeah. Trusting other people is vulnerable and can lead to hurt, but sometimes the people you trust blindly based on identity will be the ones who hurt you the most and the ones you dismiss blindly based on identity will be the ones who can keep you the safest.