ShadowShowForYou

[evilkaito]

i dont think whites understand how being white makes literally everything easier.

it effects everything.

being trans is easier when youre white.

being gay is easier when youre white.

being disabled is easier when youre white.

being a woman is easier when youre white.

being autistic is easier when youre white.

oppression is eased when you are white, as you get extra privileges, and your whiteness is seen as a positive characteristic that in some ways counter-balances your other forms of being a minority. whiteness controls everything.

you are automatically way more innocent in your own oppression as a gay, trans, disabled person because of your whiteness.

never forget this.

[raccoon-piss]

three things:

1. it’s true

2. white people get pissed when i bring this up/wear this shirt

3. the comments to this thread melted my fucking eyeballs seriously why the fuck are y’all like this

[generallemarc]

Imagine treating skin color as a magical buff/debuff that can lessen the effects of a disability. Last I checked,  melanin levels didn’t make it easier for my sister to stop starving herself or prevent my little brother from trying to take his own life three fucking times. I’m sorry you’re so convinced that your bigotry is justified, but you need to get over it.

[catchymemes]

[pokemonmastersean]

Ok but this is charged as a terrorist threat… but not a mass shooter?… I mean what he did was definitely fucked up, don’t get me wrong… but

[althememelord]

It really makes me wonder what the moral compass is of white people in america. Like a mass shooter who is white still kills white children but y'all fine with it. And then this dude licks stuff and no it’s not ok. Y'all still possibly gonna die in both scenarios. I’m legitimately confused. Please explain

[shadowshowforyou]

Dude you must really be on the hate bandwagon if you think everyone is fine with shooters.

[wondersmith-and-sons]

there are white men don't wash their asses because they think it's gay, half of you people don't take your filthy goddamn shoes off in your own house and track street dirt and dog shit into your own homes and others don't know how to clean your damn legs properly in the shower. whites don't get to talk about Chinese people's hygiene until you learn to reign in that kind of sociopathy and stop bringing back polio

[wondersmith-and-sons]

white people talking about how "new pandemics always come from china" thinking they're so smart, while ignoring that the proximity to farmland, agriculture and population density in rural areas is like several times that of Europe, Australia and USA. like stop acting as if y'all didn't literally commit genocide by introducing the flu and go feed herbal tea your unvaxxed kids, karen

[wondersmith-and-sons]

lol so this is gaining notes and making whites cry so let me explain this.

the virus spread the way it did because of collosal government mismanagement borne from nothing more than pride, bureaucracy and stupidity. The local Wuhan government have been dragged by the hair by the media and its citizens for censoring the announcement not giving the hospitals enough support to prepare for the sheer scale of the outbreak. The doctors who blew the whistle as early as December, when the outbreak could have been managable were detained, social media posts were censored, patients were not given enough information or systemic support to even glimpse how serious it was. Hospitals and staff are stretched thin.

This post is, in no way or form, diminishing the blame from the government.

HOWEVER. The primary narrative among white twitter and fearmongering gossip rags has been to dehumanise Chinese people as virus-bearing hordes crossing the border to infect everyone they touch. There's been an increase in racial violence and been used to enforce and justify exclusion, fascist rhetoric and harsh border policies.

The discourse around sanitation in regards to racialised bodies has long been a tool of white supremacies to enact racial violence and oppressive measures, and it's up to poc to activately push back on those narratives and call out those double standards.

The narrative that the nCov spread purely because of Chinese cultural practises rather than government fuckup and repression is fascist rhetoric. It is purely based in white supremacist politics.

[monticellomarshmallow]

WOC and history minor here. There are nasty people in every culture. I mean...ok not to be that person but *sigh* I am obsessed with history and mostly all of the plagues to hit Europe/white people places throughout history originated in Asia and spread to Europe through trade routes. This absolutely in NO WAY ANY excuse for racism or a reason to be cruel to Chinese people because of biological and topographical factors beyond their control and the fact white people shouldn’t have been there in the first place. It’s because of the historically high populations and humid climate in China that makes a perfect breeding ground for disease. Also the government only cares about saving face instead of actually helping their people.

[carodoodles]

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[kingofdersecest]

So your gender is your clothes that you wear and the way you style your hair.  “But gender is a social construct guise!”

[babyboyfez-deactivated20191126]

His knees gave in near the top 😂

[wakandamama]

[willsmithsmackedtheshitoutofme]

Lmfaoooooooooooo

[cherrygrenade]

Remember that whole post that @i-am-a-fish​ made saying that ‘if you have knees, you are valid’ but then someone pointed out homophobes also have knees and then @i-am-a-fish​ replied ‘not for long’

Yeah. That. 

[themusicellecat]

@i-am-a-fish

did you take his knees ovo

[i-am-a-fish]

another day another knee

[aria725]

How do we know he’s a homophobe tho? He could be doing this to be stupid or to make a dumb internet video.

[shadowshowforyou]

Yah I'm pretty sure this is staged to make a video. You just don't happen to record right before someone does something like this.

[transstudent]

What Cis People Say To Trans People Vs. What We Hear

By Meredith Talusan and Rory Midhani

TRANSlator 3000: Amazing technology translates cissexist BS!

“Oh you’re trans but you look so good!” “Trans people are ugly.”

“I’ve never met a trans person before.” “I assume I can identify any trans person.”

“I would date a trans person.” “Trans people are usually undateable so I deserve a prize.” 

“You look just like a real woman.” “Trans women aren’t really women.”

“I’m glad you’re being honest with me about being trans.” “Trans people who don’t tell me they’re trans are deceivers and liars.”

“I loooooove trans people!” “I fetishize trans people.”

“It’s so hard to switch pronouns.” “Trans people are an inconvenience to me.”

“I don’t have a problem with trans people.” “I have a problem with trans people.” 

[firebringer-moth-deactivated202]

Yeah…no. I don’t hear this. :/ Please stop spreading the idea that all trans people are super sensitive and touchy and read into shit too much.

1. When someone says that they usually mean that you’re very passable and they wouldn’t have guessed you were trans based on appearance alone. It’s intended to be a compliment.

2. What the person means is they don’t know anyone who is out to them as trans. Unless someone actually says they think they can clock us all, they probably don’t think that.

3. Whether we like it or not, a lot of people have preconceptions about trans people and in turn wouldn’t date us. It’s a little virtue signally, sure, but the person clearly means well.

4. Again. This is just someone trying to compliment passability. Stop reading into compliments so much.

5. That conclusion is…a stretch. Someone being glad that you trust them enough to tell them you’re trans doesn’t mean they think trans people are evil deceivers.

6. Maybe, but really depends on the context. Some people genuinely think we’re inspirational for pushing through despite all odds. And those people can be a little too much sometimes, but again they mean well.

7. Switching pronouns is hard. When you’ve known someone for a while it’s difficult to just suddenly switch. My family had a difficult time at first because they weren’t used to it yet. Give people time. If they’re trying you can tell.

8. This is just dumb. If someone says they don’t have a problem with us…it means they don’t have a problem with us. I have no idea how anyone can hear one thing and assume the person means the exact opposite of what they said.

[assigned-fag-at-birth]

plz stop spreading the idea that casual transphobia is ok and justifiable. stop sucking cis toes and ignoring cisnormativity and the lived experiences of most trans people

[firebringer-moth-deactivated202]

Making an effort to understand where others are coming from isn’t “sucking cis toes.” It’s being a normal well-adjusted adult. :/ If you have an issue with something a specific person says in a specific context, just let them know on a personal level what the problem is. Most trans people I’ve known have understood that we are a tiny tiny minority, and most people aren’t going to understand what only a portion trans people find offensive.

Part of being trans is growing up to understand that most people are never going to really -get- where you’re coming from, and in turn accepting well-meaning people for their good intentions. I used to share shit like this. It doesn’t solve anything. It just furthers the divide and makes people not want to be allies because they feel nothing they do will ever be good enough anyway (and for people like ya’ll they are not wrong). Why put in your time and effort if you just get shit on for it by the very people you’re trying to be kind to?

[somecutething]

[itscomplicatedx]

Oh that is adorable

[the-bi-bilingual]

Bird, delicately approaching the concrete, and then-

[turtburglers]

this bird is everybody playing skyrim and discovering a bug. alternatively it’s an ogre in skyrim discovering that players bounce

[organ-meats]

YALL THIS BIRD ISNT FUCKING BOUNCING A BALL FOR FUN. GODDAMN ITS NOT A FUCKING PERSON. It most likely thinks the golf balls are shells and it’s trying to crack it to eat the meat inside. Y'all need to quite it with the fucking anthropomorphization.

[kotortwo]

no of fents but cyberpunk is really a genre that can’t actually be Understood by white cishet able-bodied men

[kotortwo]

ur right full offense actually

[imalwaysaslutforthevoid]

Cyberpunk is a genre built upon how the marginalized survive in a society built to disenfranchise and demonize them, from it’s founding there have been heavy themes damning capitalism, finding acceptance for traits that the mainstream culture looks down upon (ie: being LGBT+, disabled, or not white), the importance of environmentalism, and criticizing pop culture for it’s obsession with appearance and fads. Cyberpunk is specifically a genre about those who’ve fallen by the wayside of society. But since the setting is dark, gritty, and sci-fi it attracts a demographic more than willing to ignore all of the other thematic levels of the genre for an “it’s for loners like me” viewpoint.

[viperidamsel]

this is stupid! first of all, u dont have to relate to music to understand it (sympathy dumbass) second of all, just because ur white, straight, and able bodied doesnt mean ur life is perfect. (ppl demonize ppl addicted to drugs, with mental illness, ppl in poverty, homeless people, single men, ect)

posts like this are why people hate tumblr. god.

[ithelpstodream]

[cutecupcakesm]

Did you know that Irish slaves had it way worse? Records state that, after the 1798 Irish Rebellion, thousands of Irish slaves were sold to both America and Australia. There were horrible abuses of both African and Irish captives. One British ship even dumped 1,302 slaves into the Atlantic Ocean so that the crew would have plenty of food to eat. Where do we see Irish people complaining? Maybe they have better things to do than accuse us of crimes our ancestors did?

Plus, you do understand that slavery was ended thanks to Abraham Lincoln, a white male. But nooo, you just have to complain all the time except saying thank you that you have got a chance not to be a slave this century.

[prettylittlepsychotheo]

Slavery was a shitty ass thing. It really was. But no one alive today has been a slave or has owned a slave.

Should Jewish people demand Germans to pay them back? The only thing Jewish people got was Israel. But now people are saying it’s not their land anymore.

[ithelpstodream]

[thecybersmith]

What possible alternative was there?

A group of people were essentially stripped of their property (and in some cases their livelihoods) by the government.

To do so without compensation would be a precedent for Tyranny.

[mythiass-deactivated20230515]

you forgot to mention at the time it wouldve been considered property 

[calliopehatespedos]

I don’t give a flying fuckapple if AT THE TIME humans would have been considered property. It’s messed up that they haven’t been compensated for being treated like property.

[mythiass-deactivated20230515]

were they personally slaves? 

no? 

then they don’t get shit 

[calliopehatespedos]

were they affected by their ancestors being slaves?

[mythiass-deactivated20230515]

only if they let themselves be 

you cant be the victim of something that didn’t happen to you 

that’s just not how it works 

to demand reparations from the entire race of Europeans, most of which don’t have any blood ties that did own slaves, is preposterous

plus the fact that most of the slave trade happened in africa by subsaharan africans

and let’s not forget the arabs, who enslaved more out of anybody

and what of the slavs? where the term slave comes from in the first place? do they not get reparations?  

[calliopehatespedos]

it’s not a mental thing like do y’all not know that after being freed slaves didn’t have money https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-5/apush-reconstruction/a/life-after-slavery

[mythiass-deactivated20230515]

and? 

the state didn’t owe them anything 

no one owes you anything 

you’re trying to tell me that because they were freed, because they were set to do anything they could, that they could rise from nothing, that people owe their descendants something? 

[demet3r]

So Nazis.

Here’s the thing that I don’t get.

Indiana Jones. Great character, hates Nazis. Punches and kills his way through them. Still loved by all. 

Everyone loves Batman! Doesn’t like Nazis. 

Wonder Woman, showing people how it’s done. 

Even the villains don’t tolerate Nazis! 

Like, the Joker is seen as one of the most notorious villains in the DC-verse, and he just is about to beat the shit out of the Red Skull. 

More examples: 

And just the sheer amount of times Captain America, literally a character to signify the freedom of the US of fucking A, has punched Nazis is bordering the line of excessive. 

So all of this media ranging from different decades and companies have all endorsed Nazi punching. However, as soon as this happens:

Everyone loses their shit! “Violence begets violence!” “That isn’t the way to do it” “How dare he attack that man!” “Don’t put out fire with fire!” “You’re just as bad as them if you’re violent!” 

But here’s the thing. It interrupts their platform. It shows that they are not invincible. It shows that they are not protected. It shows that they are going to be held accountable for their spouts of hate disguised as freedom of speech. It shows that there are consequences for their words. 

I’m not saying that I’m going to seek out Nazis just to punch them, but I’m not going to stop anyone who’s doing it either. 

Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? Either way, we should be punching more Nazis. 

[hungry-skeleton]

Punch nazis

It’s the law

[ad-hominem-sappies-deactivated2]

People can change. By that logic I can punch commies

[ewdaddy]

Maybe being punched will make them change? And I mean you can punch anyone you want but like have a reason to

[el-klubbhead]

How bout all you idiots stop pretending like you’re Captain America in a fictional fucking comic book maybe?

[nunyabizni]

I’m just waiting for them to get punched back, that guy in Oregon has permanent brain damage because he wanted to punch a Nazi with a baton and got punched instead. I’m sure it’ll work out great for most of the people that try it though. Not like assault is illegal, but defending yourself from assault isn’t or anything.

[justaskhoneydew-deactivated2022]

Fictional characters punching literally and unambiguously Hitler =/= real life antifa thugs punching whomever they damn well please and then blanket labeling their targets “fascists” regardless of merit.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

Captain America defended Neo-Nazis from violence, even though he hates them. He specifically said using violence against political opponents is something the Nazis did.

Which is absolutely correct.

[darkgon-deactivated20210319]

Not to mention maybe the fact people are apprehensive of “Punch Nazis” because they know full well y’all think everyone who disagrees with you is a nazi, regardless of how idiotic that accusation would be on its own (Such as accusing Jews and gay people for instance?)

[demet3r]

So Nazis.

Here’s the thing that I don’t get.

Indiana Jones. Great character, hates Nazis. Punches and kills his way through them. Still loved by all. 

Everyone loves Batman! Doesn’t like Nazis. 

Wonder Woman, showing people how it’s done. 

Even the villains don’t tolerate Nazis! 

Like, the Joker is seen as one of the most notorious villains in the DC-verse, and he just is about to beat the shit out of the Red Skull. 

More examples: 

And just the sheer amount of times Captain America, literally a character to signify the freedom of the US of fucking A, has punched Nazis is bordering the line of excessive. 

So all of this media ranging from different decades and companies have all endorsed Nazi punching. However, as soon as this happens:

Everyone loses their shit! “Violence begets violence!” “That isn’t the way to do it” “How dare he attack that man!” “Don’t put out fire with fire!” “You’re just as bad as them if you’re violent!” 

But here’s the thing. It interrupts their platform. It shows that they are not invincible. It shows that they are not protected. It shows that they are going to be held accountable for their spouts of hate disguised as freedom of speech. It shows that there are consequences for their words. 

I’m not saying that I’m going to seek out Nazis just to punch them, but I’m not going to stop anyone who’s doing it either. 

Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? Either way, we should be punching more Nazis. 

[hungry-skeleton]

Punch nazis

It’s the law

[ad-hominem-sappies-deactivated2]

People can change. By that logic I can punch commies

[ewdaddy]

Maybe being punched will make them change? And I mean you can punch anyone you want but like have a reason to

[el-klubbhead]

How bout all you idiots stop pretending like you’re Captain America in a fictional fucking comic book maybe?

[nunyabizni]

I’m just waiting for them to get punched back, that guy in Oregon has permanent brain damage because he wanted to punch a Nazi with a baton and got punched instead. I’m sure it’ll work out great for most of the people that try it though. Not like assault is illegal, but defending yourself from assault isn’t or anything.

[justaskhoneydew-deactivated2022]

Fictional characters punching literally and unambiguously Hitler =/= real life antifa thugs punching whomever they damn well please and then blanket labeling their targets “fascists” regardless of merit.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

Captain America defended Neo-Nazis from violence, even though he hates them. He specifically said using violence against political opponents is something the Nazis did.

Which is absolutely correct.

[no-f-given]

The Joker part confuses the hell out of me. He is a homicidal maniac, FFS. He tortures kids for shits and giggles and he probably would wipe his ass with the Constitution and make people watch. 

 Would he really skip the opportunity to cause even more chaos and bloodshed just because a guy who provides that opportunity is a Nazi?  

[siryouarebeingmocked]

Well, he would love the irony.

[the-anon-recovery-group]

I’m sure it would help if you didnt call literally everyone that you ever even remotely disagre with a “nazi”.

*I’ve* been called a nazi; would it be okay to punch me like that then? I’ve heard all Republicans are nazis, all Trump supporters are nazis, all conservatives are nazis. *Thats* why this doesnt work genius.

[throw-away-opinions]

Said it before on a similar post, but Richard Spencer isn’t even a nazi. Literally moments before the now famous punching he received, he was saying he’s not a nazi and that neo-nazis don’t even like him.

Before the “punch nazis!” meme even started, it was already wrongly accusing people of being nazis and preemptively vindicating everyone who would rightfully point out that these dumb, violent dipshits are incorrectly labeling everyone as nazis in a flimsy attempt to justify their psychotic, antagonistic behavior. 

[basedcentrist-deactivated202505]

You do not prove a person wrong or change their mind by inflicting harm. If anything, resorting to violence can make people double down on their eronious beliefs and become martyrs, therefore attracting more support to their side. But I can understand how beating the snot out of somebody is easier than debating them in a civilized manner, debunking their nonsense, or maybe, just maybe, learning something new and having to admit you were wrong to label them something they are not.

[demet3r]

So Nazis.

Here’s the thing that I don’t get.

Indiana Jones. Great character, hates Nazis. Punches and kills his way through them. Still loved by all. 

Everyone loves Batman! Doesn’t like Nazis. 

Wonder Woman, showing people how it’s done. 

Even the villains don’t tolerate Nazis! 

Like, the Joker is seen as one of the most notorious villains in the DC-verse, and he just is about to beat the shit out of the Red Skull. 

More examples: 

And just the sheer amount of times Captain America, literally a character to signify the freedom of the US of fucking A, has punched Nazis is bordering the line of excessive. 

So all of this media ranging from different decades and companies have all endorsed Nazi punching. However, as soon as this happens:

Everyone loses their shit! “Violence begets violence!” “That isn’t the way to do it” “How dare he attack that man!” “Don’t put out fire with fire!” “You’re just as bad as them if you’re violent!” 

But here’s the thing. It interrupts their platform. It shows that they are not invincible. It shows that they are not protected. It shows that they are going to be held accountable for their spouts of hate disguised as freedom of speech. It shows that there are consequences for their words. 

I’m not saying that I’m going to seek out Nazis just to punch them, but I’m not going to stop anyone who’s doing it either. 

Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? Either way, we should be punching more Nazis. 

[nyanbinyuri]

and remember kids the most important lesson of all

[brunhiddensmusings]

they keep trying the mental gymnastics of trying to argue that THEESE nazis arent like THOSE nazis, which kind of hurts to listen to because the anti-logic

[amarretto-cowboy]

It isn’t mental gymnastics. The great majority of those being called and even assaulted for being Nazis hate Nazis just as much as those who are punching them.

[amkrii]

Heres hoping more of these “anti fascist” are greeted by .380s when they rush out to attack innocent and harmless people. Which the vast majority of their victims are.

Ironically they just feed actual Nazis material to present to disenchanted whites who have been told they are the devil for many years. Now you’re justifying punching them for mundane shit every day. Fortunately for them, you clowns cant throw a punch capable of crushing rice paper much less folding a person.

[american--support]

This is how you idiots get shot. Unless they are loudly declaring they are a nazi, wearing swastikas, doing a goddamn salute AND ACTING VIOLENT TOWARDS FOLKS, then you got nothing. You are either feeding them sympathy points by outright attacking them, or striking innocent folks you, as usual, mislabel as a “nazi” because you’re an even more violent, brainwashing ideology.

And if you’re actually against the violent hateful ideology, then shit, yall should be foaming at the mouth violent towards communism. But you’re not. You actually embrace the warped ideology that has killed more than 20 times what the nazis have ever done.

[quilavastudy]

I get really confused when americans, when talking about universal health care are like ‘yeh but it’s not free sweaty :) :) you have to pay it through taxes :) so gotcha!!’

and I’m like ….???? That’s the whole point??? Everyone pays their fair share so that no one has to be turned away because they don’t have insurance??? And no one has to set up a Fundraiser page just so that they DONT DIE???? So people don’t put off going to the doctor because they’re scared of going bankrupt?? Because healthcare is a RIGHT and should be free at the point of access?!?

[peccatopotpourri]

“So no one has to be turned away” she says hahaha go to a universal health care country and get a necessary operation in less than a few years and come back and talk shit.

Look at the cure rates compared to mortality rates in universal health care countries and compare them to ours, then talk shit.

Tear your ACL in a universal health care country and see what the people say if you should go to their hospitals or go to an American hospital, then talk shit.

[fluffmugger]

2010. I’d been feeling a bit ill. Work was going nuts, so I figured it was stress.  Pretty good call considering a week later work fired their entire IT department (of which I was part).    

But then I got sicker.  And it turned out I had cancer.

Burkitt’s lymphoma, stage 4a. It had spread into my brain and spinal column. 90% cure rate, but I needed nine months of chemo - and not the outpatient chemo, nope, talking multiple week stays per round of the magrath protocol.  Drugs were about 10k an IV bag.  I was unemployed.  And there were complications.

Thankfully I live in a country with universal healthcare.   And it didn’t cost me a goddamn cent to save my life.  I’m now officially past the five year mark to move me from “remission” to “Cured”.

I’ve lived in a universal healthcare country my entire life. And I’ve seen the US system in action.  Your system is fucked. Straight up fucked. You’ve got fucking Dickensian shit going on there, people dying on streets from preventable causes or ending up broke for breaking a hip.   Your health insurance companies have you by the balls and people like you are begging them to squeeze harder.  What the actual fuck is wrong with you? 

“But but but TAXESSSSSSSSS”

yeah no shit. That story above? Happened when I was 32.  I’d spent 14 years of my life paying those fucking taxes that funded the system that saved my life.    And guess what?   Now I’m cured, I’m…Back..at work..And have been for several years…earning waaaay more money and paying back into the system. This shit doesn’t exist in a vacuum, dickhead.  You’re not feeding some imaginary pack of leeches, you’re paying forward on your own damned healthcare so you don’t have to argue with an insurance company while trying to heal. 

[yyyyddmmsupremacy-deactivated20]

i also don’t get why americans can’t wrap their heads around the fact that universal healthcare is actually cheaper

like yeah your taxes might go up (hell, take a chunk out of the military budget, they might not even change) but you won’t have to pay ridiculous health insurance premiums. it’s a net saving, dumbasses. 

[casanova-lives]

Also I care about people that aren’t me

[birdsnestbegone]

Also I care about people that aren’t me

[greaseonmymouth]

the only people I have ever known who voluntarily went to an American hospital instead of a Scandinavian one (Scandinavian hospitals being all universal healthcare), was my big brother’s family who have a son with a heart condition. They’re Icelandic. Iceland, with a population of about 300.000 people, does not have a specialised children’s hospital so the surgery they needed for their child just wasn’t available in the country - not uncommon, so what the Icelandic health care system does in those cases is pay for the surgery to take place abroad in a hospital with doctors who can perform the surgery. So they decided to go to America (Iceland paid) to some hotshot children’s hospital to get surgery for their baby, and they had to wait 4 months for this vital and urgent surgery even though it was paid for up front. In your so-called amazing American hospital. For comparison, the same kind of surgery here in Denmark is actually urgent, so the child has to wait 2 days tops to get the damn surgery.

So miss me with that “waiting time of a couple of years” bullshit. That’s not a thing.

[impuretale]

“But you’ll have to wait” – we still have to wait if we’re not rich. At least I won’t be bankrupt by the end of it. 

[prideofyunmeng]

[thelearnedsoldiertoo]

Americans think that their ridiculously inflated medical prices are the actual, normal, universal price tag. That’s why they screech about their taxes–they think they’re paying for six-hundred dollar insulin every time someone needs it and not like…thirty USD. They think an ambulance ride costs four-thousand dollars. They think life-saving surgery costs one-hundred grand. They can be sold lies about how much universal healthcare would cost because they’ve already been sold on the idea that medicine costs a fortune, rather than the reality that it’s just being artificially inflated by American pharmaceutical company’s monopolies and shitty government regulation. Also there’s the whole southern strategy “make sure white southerners think everyone who’d benefit from social programs is non-white so they can prey on middle america’s racism and xenophobia” but those people are beyond help, so.

[shadowshowforyou]

Dude people in the US think the cost of those things are insane. Idk where you've been where you believe everyone here believes that (heck just look on the notes here and you can see).

[sabertoothwalrus]

my dilemma about corporations selling rainbow shit to mooch off gay people during pride month is shady, but the thought of a straight person buying rainbows thinking they’re for them is unacceptable…

[sabertoothwalrus]

look I’m just tired of seeing girls that are dressed gay™️ because they saw a rainbow shirt at forever 21 and thought that it was just some 70s inspired trend (which is ALSO gay, but the straights don’t realize that)

[tabithalovesstuff]

You know people can wear and like rainbows without it being a gay thing right? It’s like the whole thumbs vs. fingers things. Not all fingers are thumbs but all thumbs are fingers

Not all rainbows are about the pride flag but the pride flag is about rainbows.

Idk I’m kind of tired of people on tumble having an us vs them attitude when it comes to sexual orientation like this

[gogomrbrown]

Like the elephant in the room..this needs to be said.

[jcoleknowsbest]

Honestly I have no idea why this never comes up in conversations about immigration… the U.S. literally creates these conditions around the world.

[goodidgie]

Eeeyup because we totally…

put a ruthless dictator in power because his father and brother died leaving him to inherit the corrupt government of a weakened country…

Because we totally let down the people who had hopes for a democratic government and received a ruthless regime instead…

Because we tortured 15 teenage boys for practicing free speech through graffiti…

Because we open fired on a crowd of peaceful protestors killing hundreds and arresting thousands more…thus sparking a civil war

Because we launched chemical attacks resulting in the deaths of many innocent civilians including women and children.

Because we started a international crisis that is the most severe in the 21st century along with a crisis of over three million refugees… and counting.

Umm, if you didn’t catch it before, Syria and its fucked up leader started this refugee crisis. Not the United States. If anything, we are defending innocent all under the order of someone who doesn’t share the same “snowflake gay twink” opinion as you.

The stupidity of some on this website never ceases to amaze me. Do some fucking research outside of tumblr.

[skypig357]

This site. I swear

[0rionpax]

^^ for real.

[frosty-the-snowden]

Remember kids, everything is America’s fault, America is wrong when it intervenes, America is wrong when it doesn’t intervene, and no Muslim has ever lifted a hand in anger against another. This history lesson brought to you by OP

[washington-acp]

I’d love to start a gofundme to start sending these idiot snowflake sjw morons to these Middle East countries that they think are so tolerant. Please go tell them about your gender fluid queer other kin garbage. I’m sure they’ll love to listen to your story. Don’t be alarmed if they start picking up rocks or drawing machetes. You wouldn’t want to offend them by criticizing the culture they’re about to share with you.

[scoutsmoocrew]

Just saw vegan cigarettes at the gas station

When you have lung cancer but at least u aren’t a dirty filthy carnist

[closet-keys]

some addicts are vegan. it’s really shitty to make fun of people who smoke. it’s like so blatant that you’re not criticizing companies that exploit poor and working class people by getting them addicted to something that will harm and maybe kill them- you’re criticizing those people for being exploited. there is nothing shameful or funny about being addicted to cigarettes or having lung cancer, and having health conditions like those doesn’t in any way prevent someone from having strong values or participating in political struggle in ways that are within their ability. someone buying cigarettes that weren’t tested on animals is not a punchline. 

[sapropel]

OP I get the whole point of your blog is to like… Talk about veganism and modern farming industry and what not but going out of your way to try and take a punch s2t vegans at the expense of addicts is so tasteless like? How can you say you care about like distributing knowledge and debunking propaganda and then just ignore the reality of cigarette propaganda & distribution being targetted along race + class so you can? Have a punchline? You are deciding to make your blog an unsafe space for addicts and going against the spirit of your blog to get in a cheap punch. I hope you reevaluate

[scoutsmoocrew]

The only thing this post was trying to say is that it’s weird that vegan cigarettes exist because it seems really contrary to veganism in general. It seems like tobacco companies trying to make themselves seem hip and trendy through putting new labels on their shitty products. That’s literally the only point I had in posting this. Y’all are literally blowing this way out of proportion.

[graycrayon-deactivated20210124]

Addicts may be victims in their own right. And these addicts, who are victims of a systemic issue and obvious propaganda, should not be further enabled by big tobacco exploiting a whole new market of smokers with “vegan” cigarettes. You don’t think catering to vegan smokers will embolden them to smoke more, now that they feel less bad about smoking them? You don’t think that’s an incredibly insidious thing for producers to do? 

Only on tumblr would I ever see a hot take about the tobacco epidemic be: “Big Tobacco is exploiting addicts, so let’s have tobacco companies make woke-r cigarettes instead of encouraging them to quit which would both be better for their health AND line up with their principles, and then cry ableism when people rightfully think it’s a bit absurd.” 

Between the toxic fucking litter and exposing others to secondhand smoking I can’t think of something that further goes against vegan principles than cigarettes, whether they’re tested on animals or not. That’s why this is so mind-shatteringly ridiculous. 

[socialjusticebeard]

We get it OP, you hate vegans, and in your journey to take them down, you do not care about having minority groups caught in the crossfire. Also, similiar @graycrayon obviously has no idea about addicts and addiction and posts about them *smoking more if enabled* for the woke points. Vegans will not start smoking just because cigarettes are marked as vegan. People start to smoke because of peer pressure, social and other issues. Do you think muslims will start smoking because cigarettes are marked as halal? Also, it might come as a surprise to both of you, but vegans AND ADDICTS both know that cigarettes are literal poison. Addicts will not use more of their drug they are addicted to just because it is cheaper or *less dirty* Alcoholics will drink tainted alcohol to stave off life threatening reactions when their blood alcohol level gets low. People addicted to cigaretts will collects burned down stumps from the street if they have nothing else. Vegans who smoke have been addicted before becoming vegan and know about the issues of cigaretts, but get a load of this, addiction is hard to get away from. So come off of your high horse. Which is an especial big issue for PoC, poor people and people who are disabled. Because getting rid of an addiction is expensive, it is easier for white people who get help simply because of white privileg. And if you haven’t realised it yet, people are addicted because it is often a thing of self medication. Alcohol, cigarette and other drugs are used because you have issues you need meds for, but can’t get them because of class, race, and other issues. Getting rid of cigarettes is so much easier when you have meds for your anxiety and don’t need cigarettes for it anymore. But guess what, getting meds is not easy for everyone and  easily available drugs like alcohol and cigarettes are often used as the duct tape to keep a person together. So in your task of drumming down on a group to feel superior, maybe consider who else you are  stomping in the mud.

[graycrayon-deactivated20210124]

First off, asshole, OP doesn’t hate vegans, they hate hypocrisy. Which vegan cigs certainly are. You’re reaching hard as fuck if you think cracking a joke at the idea of “vegan” cigarettes is racist. And this is coming from first nations which btw? One of the highest rates of smoking in America

“Addiction is hard”? How do you think starving people in a stratified society feel when vegans tell them to ‘give up’ animal products? Something they need to live? When cigs are 100% recreational? Our point is that vegans who feel the need to smoke shouldn’t throw stones at people who eat meat because “mah health” because they’re living in a glass house. 

And actually, addiction runs in my family and I’ve seen it first hand! As I’ve mentioned! It’s ruined my life, in fact, and it’s part of the reason I have crippling anxiety and trust issues! But thanks for assuming I don’t have any experience in the subject because my opinion happens to be different than yours. 

If you’re drinking or smoking as a means of “self medication” you have a fucking problem. That’s not a controversial opinion. It’s not something that should be enabled or encouraged. Systemic issues need to be fixed, and these are the issues you should be advocating to fix; in the meantime the poor and POC are smoking themselves to an early grave, and here you are with your “UM ACTUALLY smoking is okay to do” shit when, if you’ve been what I’ve been through, you would know perfectly well that problems somebody has with addiction don’t exist in a vacuum and in fact destroy the people around them. 

Sometimes coping mechanisms are bad. Sometimes they’re downright selfish. Don’t you fucking dare come at me with this bullshit narrative about how it’s permissible because giving up is hard. Planet Discourse is going so fucking buckwild idiotic it’s about to careen into the fucking sun.

[shadowshowforyou]

Only on Tumblr will we see people defending cigarette companies, say it's totally okay for them to try and get more people to smoke, and then call anyone who criticize them racist.