Mouthful of Disappointment

29. He/him/his. Wisco baby.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

feels like a real step back that with all the sexual freedom available to us we moved to Hookup Culture instead of Having Sex With Friends Culture

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[theconcealedweapon]

[animentality]

[coffinkissrr]

[ID: image 1: Twitter/X post by maddie/@madsssagascar. It's a picture of text that reads: "Karl Stojka. 'It was not Hitler, Göring, Goebbels, Himmler, or whatever the others were called, who had me dragged away and beaten. No, it was the cobbler, the neighbour, the old man, the milkman, the postman, those without form suddenly given armbands and a cap on their heads and them they were the master race.'" The post is in response to Markwayne Mullin/@SenMullin's post that reads: "Ice agents aren't Disney villains. They're our neighbours, friends, and loved ones. These immigration and customs enforcement officers are red-blooded American patriots doing a tough job to keep our nation safe. A..." the rest of the post is cut off.

Image 2: Mario napolitano/@Mars1 (the rest of username is cut off) 's reply to madsssagascar. It's an image of text that reads: "'Nice people made the best Nazis. My mum grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than "politics". They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbours were dragged away. You know who aren't nice people? Resistors. ' -Naomi Shulman"

[theconcealedweapon]

[saywhat-politics]

[animentality]

[inkskinned]

How clearly does the point need to be made that "police officer" is just a fucking job, one with minimal training and minimal monitoring. It is NOT some kind of promise of honesty, truth, or heroism. It is a bunch of assistant managers with extremely powerful weapons. IF you can understand "pedophiles choose to be priests and teachers so they can get to children", IF you understand "arsonists choose to be firefighters so they can be present at their own crimes" - then you can ALSO understand "people who are bigoted, violent, and power-hungry choose to be cops for the opportunities the job presents" and you can ALSO understand "any occupational culture that chooses fraternity over justice - and the allowance of violence in the name of a unified front - is therefore siding with their worst representatives"

[inkskinned]

by the way. the average time to train to be a police officer? 19 weeks. A little over 4 months. many states only require a high school diploma and no further education. there is often no requirement of any form of previous experience - no interning or observations. it took me 3 years of experience and a master's degree for me to get my job in writing. hell: in my state, it takes at least 6 months with a permit before people are allowed to drive a car.

being a police officer is an entry-level job, and we are handing them weapons. nothing about their occupation automatically makes them smarter, quicker, braver, or in any way elite. there is very little in their onboarding process that would allegedly "weed out" the worst of the applicants - and once they are part of the fraternity, they're not gonna leave.

we have been taught to respect, honor, and worship them by virtue of a job title they barely even had to try for. they sign no contract, swear no vow, and make no promise to the general public. it is a community that is extolled above others and given virtually no oversight. think about the kind of people who would be attracted to that opportunity. the adage: power corrupts. absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[inkskinned]

circling this back around to say FUCK ICE, and fuck you if you willingly support them just because they're "a federal agent" and therefore "deserve respect".

ICE officers are a fucking privatized militia they do not have authority over united states citizens and none of their so-called "purpose" requires live rounds and weapons. It is entirely made up of fascist racist dickbags with no fucking training. they are lower than scum. they're police-school dropouts with no fucking spine. there is no honor in their position. they accomplish nothing but terrorizing communities they don't even fucking live in.

Any!! occupation or government !! that chooses fraternity over justice - and the allowance of violence in the name of a unified front - is therefore siding with their worst representatives.

[mysharona1987]

[mysharona1987]

Of course Star Wars makes the best political point ever.

[politijohn]

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[wizardshark]

This post was made 4 days ago. Probably a good time to take another look at these threats

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[our-queer-experience]

[crazy-pages]

Antivaxxers who say shit like this get one chance to look at this graph, really look at it and think about it for an hour. They get one (1) singular "tHaT WAs juST sAnITATiOn imPRoviNg", and then they get to watch a 30 minute recording by an epidemiology historian explaining exactly why the timelines for that do not line up in any way shape or form.

And then if they persist they get fed into a woodchipper feet first.

[animentality]

[progressivepower]

Costco is a great company (and suing Trump for tariffs) http://news.usaunify.org/TPg7N0