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Tengo tantas cosas que contarte: tus cabellos, tus sonrisas, tus mimos... NSFW - I do not own any of the pictures in my Blog. If you would like me to remove any of them please ask me (nicely). If you are under the age of 18 years old - LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.

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A Woman Sitting on the Edge of a Bed, (Detail), (19th century) by an unknown artist of the Spanish School, oil on canvas, approximately 168.5 x 125 cm (66.3 x 49.2 in), Private Collection

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Lost In Space, 1968

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Otto Schmidt

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If the Mediterranean Sea were located inside North America

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Lamborghini Espada Series 4.

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Barbara Eden I Dream of Jeannie singing "Spinning Wheel" / Bezaubernde J...

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In The Air Tonight, Phil Collins

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Okay, before you fall into this trap you really need to remember who is responsible for what. “We” is not a monolith.

More people starting to learn about and acknowledge Juneteenth? That’s great! That’s a step in the right direction. The people doing that do not control police funding.

A major brand revamping its product to remove a mascot that was based on a blackface drag character from the early 1900s? That’s great! Like with Pride, it shows that companies are willing to adapt to create a more positive environment, even if they’re just doing it for profit. But! That brand does not control police funding.

Various tv and youtube celebrities acknowledging and apologizing for their racist acts and removing that content? Black actors being cast as black characters? Good! Pop culture becomes less racist and hopefully makes space for more diverse voices in the future. However: celebrities and cartoonists do not control police funding.

STOP pretending your current pet cause is the be-all end-all of fixing racism. These changes are all good, and all made on an individual level by people across the board. WHY would you discourage that. WHY would you pretend that is nothing.

More importantly, WHY are you putting the onus on the people, when it is the government that controls police funding? Not even the big intimidating Washington DC “The Government” either. Local. State. City. People you can call on the telephone who have to listen to you. Go. Do that. You could do it in the time it took to write that whiny post blaming everyone except those ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE for funding the police.

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Also, as someone who has done political activism and been on local citizen advisory boards, I guarantee you that getting a holiday recognized is infinitely easier than convincing an entire populace that the cops need less money.

By which I don’t mean “don’t try to defund the police.”

I just mean, “something as huge as defunding the police—MUCH LESS abolishing them and redistributing their duties more sensibly—is a multi-year if not a multi-DECADE project.

“Are you gonna show up for the whole thing? Or are you just gonna kinda weave in and out, showing up most often when someone fails at something, and then only to point at them?”

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Also, convincing people the cops need less money is in turn easier than convincing them to abolish cops.

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That too.

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by Christian Spencer

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The Birth of Venus, (Details), (c. 1485) by Sandro Botticelli (Italian, c. 1445 – 1510), tempera on canvas, 172.5 cm (67.9 in) x 278.5 cm (109.6 in), Uffizi Gallery, Florence

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