Escheweth @escheweth - Tumblr Blog

I’m really tired of seeing people broken up into labels of absolutes.

People are not just “good” or “bad”.

People are not a list of labels.

People are complex, situations are complex.

I know, that makes it a lot harder when you want to just write off everything someone’s ever done as bad – but that’s not how people actually are, and it would do everyone good to stop pretending they are.

I am tired of hearing about the fear people have in putting themselves out there. And it is a scary thing! Putting yourself out there means subjecting yourself to people who want a really good reason to tear you down, who will jump at the first chance to feel “good” by labeling someone else as “bad”.

I reject this. I reject the idea that there should be fear in speaking up and talking about experiences and trying to reach an understanding of a situation.

I’m unhappy to see people spitefully urging others to cut off ties with their friends under the guise of “well, that person’s just inherently bad, so if you talk to them you’re bad too.” That is fucked up. You definitely have the right to let the friend know you don’t want to hear about whoever troubles you, but you do not at all have the right to decide who their friends should be. This includes guilt trips.

Anyway, just try to be more aware of others. Everyone else is a person like you. They might not have the same experiences as you. They might not understand how their words are harmful, or how what they’re doing is wrong. They certainly won’t if you never tell them.

Most people are trying to be good, but they’re going to mess it up sometimes. Try to keep that in mind. Even when people do really fucked up shit, sometimes they are trying to do good. “The road to hell is paved with good intentions” and all that.

Nothing gets solved, no growth happens when you put people into a box from which you’ll never let them escape.

Yes, you absolutely must be careful about people who have tendencies and patterns that are harmful to you. Sometimes people try to overcome those patterns and they fail, and you have to distance yourself from them: that is the sad reality of life. Sometimes though, they can overcome it. But they certainly won’t if the first thing you do is write them off after a fuck up.

Be sincere. Use your best judgment.

hallandoates1970topresent-deact

i dont go on skype anymore. chat with me by screaming as loud as you can into the night sky. i will be listening

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I honestly love drunk girls so much, last night I was at a party and a girl started crying because she loved my hair

octoberspirit

One time in college, I had a fight with my boyfriend and was sitting outside crying, and a drunk girl came over and gave me a leaf to make me feel better.

neatvibes

most common thought: damn haha im going to have to deal with that sooner or later

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yeah i’m ok! i’m totally ok i just (takes a deep breath) (starts screaming)

melleverdeen

Why aren’t there more posts on here about the Scooby Doo movies? Because seriously

these

are

the

best

movies

ever

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sarahtonin42

HELLO SMALL COW ARE YOU LOST

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I want to be a cow

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Know what’s going on here?

Most of you probably don’t… But that’s okay because I am about to fix that problem.

This photoset came out of Ann Arbour, Michigan, in June of 1996. The KKK was having a small demonstration uptown, and hundreds of people showed up to protest. There was obvious tension, the police were trying to hold everyone back as best as they could to prevent the groups from clashing…

Suddenly, chaos erupted when a woman with a megaphone spotted a man with SS tattoos and wearing a Confederate flag shirt making his way through the counter-protest, seemingly trying to get away from the mess and leave the area. The woman quickly alerted the crowd, who immediately began mobbing on the man with sticks and fists, screaming “Kill the Nazi!”.

Enter 18-year old Keshia Thomas… A black woman who had been at the counter protest supporting a women’s rights initiative. So horrified by the hive-mind that had become of the crowd, she leaped to the man’s defense.

She tried to help him get through, but he was beaten down with signs and placards. She then threw her body on top of his to try and protect him from the violence.

This woman is the embodiment of a badass. I’d love for her name to be brought to the foreground again, especially in this divisive time of supposedly tolerant people doing some very intolerant things.

Practice what you preach, and love thine enemy. Keshia is a beautiful soul who must be honoured for her selflessness.

God Bless you, Keshia, wherever you are!

“Nobody deserves to be hurt, especially not for an idea..” - Keshia Thomas

wheel-skellington

id like to think that they might be friends now and he might have changed his ways.

rakhma-agape-ahavah

Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.

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it takes a lot to make me cry but this makes me tear up. and I don’t really understand why. I think its because what she did was so amazing and selfless. she risked her own safety to not only protect a stranger but to protect someone who it seems hates people like her. I am not sure if I would have done something like that. maybe this will change some of the views he holds.