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“i can’t do that because of my religious beliefs”

okay

“you can’t do that because of my religious beliefs”

not okay

Morality is not subjective. If the Bible says x is wrong, x is wrong whether you are a Christian or not. You’re not exempt from the truth because you don’t believe it.

pishposh-haberdash

Except if you’re not a Christian you don’t believe that the bible is truth so….

therepublicofrapunzel-deactivat

Yeah and if you’re colorblind you don’t think the sky is blue.

The sky is blue whether you believe it or not. The Bible is true whether you believe it or not.

cheshireinthemiddle

The sky is actually black. You specifically perceive it as blue and a colorblind person may perceive it as orange or grey. A mantis shrimp sees it as colors that you cant even comprehend.

Your views =//= absolute truth

lornagonigall

ithelpstodream

can we stop pretending like women and trans women are two different things? “trans” is just the adjective here. trans women are women just like black women are women and fat women are women.

the-darkest-emoji

The more we learn about this woman the more inspiring she becomes, aside from the undeniably impressive fact that she’s taken the the comedy television’ world by storm, of course!

we’re so happy for her ✨

themotherofrevelation

Woman, you are not a receptacle for male pain.

theforce

name one native american intellectual off the top of your head, name one native american actor or actress off the top of your head, name one native american senator, one native american news anchor, or an author or a tv personality or a singer or a poet or a comedian, name a single native american teacher you’ve had, can you? probably not

ok so now think of one native american cartoon character you know of or a sports team relating to native americans whether it’s their actual name or their team logo, or a town you live in or near with a “native” name bet a lot of these things came to you right away i bet you didn’t even have to think

needing native representation in media, education and government are not decoy issues, the commercialization and appropriation of native cultures are not decoy issues, the lack of native representation is institutional oppression at work

wortalwombats

what a great day to respect nb people’s correct name and pronouns

blackwomenincostume

Cartoon Costumes✨via @Gossipstarr @Mostfamous_tuko @pattielepugh @blackkbombshells @therealtsmadison @Divah_filez @brandirell @burrcardi @theegoogoo @solarge_knowles

violentsound-deactivated2021123

If every woman that you come into contact with hates you? It is YOUR fault. If women do not like you, it is YOUR fault. I cannot emphasize that enough. If women do not like you, if women are repelled by your presence… It. Is. YOUR. Fault.

Marcus Parks, Last Podcast on the Left (via violentsound)

jadedownthedrain

How cool is this?!

fieldtomatoes

Here’s a link to a news article and some videos about production (posted before the film was released)

Their Moana is very talented, and their Maui is a local newscaster whose daughters made him audition!

Rachel House still voices Grandma Tala, Temuera Morrison still voices the Chief, and Jemaine Clement still voices Tamatoa.

Rob Ruha and Jemaine Clement translated and rearranged the music so that the songs still worked while sung in a different language, which is super impressive.

Also: Air New Zealand will feature the Maori version on their in flight entertainment starting in November!

itzbatz-deactivated20240722

this news is from earlier this year, you can now actually listen/watch the te reo version in clips on youtube now. this one is pretty exemplary of the original and new voice actors together! <3

tamarrud

Learn to defend against a bigot grabbing your hijab from behind!

In this post-election hate-crime spike, self defense is more important than ever. Practice this move until it becomes muscle memory and teach your body to react before thinking.

(via Zee Abdulla)

blueandbluer

Signal boost. Anyone know if this would work equally as well if he grabbed with his other hand? I feel it wouldn’t, but it’s still better than nothing.

witchymoonhag-deactivated201801

If the attacker used the other hand, then the woman wearing the hijab could use the opposite arm than is shown. SO PRACTICE BOTH SIDES.

Also please note the position of her arm on his. It’s not on the elbow but just above it. That is will be important for the submission. The grip on her hand is important as well. It looks like she is using a monkey grip where the thumb stays with the fingers of the hand instead of wrapping around. It protects your thumb from being broken and can be a stronger grip in general.

But yes, practice practice practice practice

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Btw, if you click on her name, Zee Abdulla, in the post it takes you to her Facebook where she has another video for a defense for a front hijab grab.

adulthoodisokay

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khealywu

this is so bad this is the worst thing

scratch147

All that skin,

shmannah

It wants skin

thequotejournals

Don’t you ever let another human being tear you apart. Remember that you have claws and teeth, too. Remember that you are better off whole.

Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed (via thequotejournals)

myboyfriendpetebuttigieg

Just to expand on this post about calling 911 and asking for a pizza to secretly ask for help:

The post is based on a Super Bowl commercial, which itself was based on a Reddit post that’s never been verified as true.

There is no actual pizza code with toppings and shit that dispatchers are trained in. If you come across someone who has heard of the commercial, they might understand. If you come across someone who’s never heard of it, they might think it’s a prank call and hang up on you.

A piece of actual advice to help you in this situation is to dial 911, then hang up without speaking, then turn the phone off. 911 will attempt to call you back, and when they’re unable to reach you, they’ll dispatch a unit to your location under the assumption that you need help and your call was interrupted. This will work 100% of the time, whereas the pizza trick will only work if the dispatcher has heard of the commercial/urban legend.

Also, the toppings thing was a complete and total fabrication and whoever wrote that should be ashamed of themselves, tbh.

r--temp

as a dispatcher, i need to correct you here, because calling 911, hanging up, and then turning off your phone will, in fact, work 0% of the time.

in my center, when we receive a 911 call from a cell phone, we do not automatically know your exact location. it doesn’t work like that, contrary to popular belief. the only thing we know for sure is the address of the cell phone tower your phone is connected to. cell phone towers cover huge areas, you could be anywhere in that huge area. if you absolutely can’t talk at all, if you can’t even hold the phone to your face, enable the speakerphone and start crying, or yelling, or even whispering, if you can.

also, as i said in my last reblog, most 911 centers in the US these days have text-to-911 capability. can’t call 911? text 911! it’s as simple as that. just be sure to include your address/location in the first text you send, because if you can’t send any more texts after the first one, at least we’ll know where to send help.

OP is correct, however, about the pizza thing. there is no “secret pizza code” or anything like that among dispatchers. i wasn’t trained on anything like that, none of my coworkers were trained on anything like that. it doesn’t exist. if you call 911 and say you need to order a pizza, our very next question will be, “you called 911. did you mean to call 911?” and if your answer is yes, the next question will be, “do you need help?” or “are you in trouble?” pretending to order a pizza is a good way to give us your address, because when you call 911, an address is the most important thing to give us. we can’t help you if we don’t know where you are.

i’ll just say that again.

we cannot help you if we don’t know where you are.

we are trained professionals, but we’re not psychic.