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I hope he wins the lawsuit, a police officer was finally doing the right thing and they penalize him for not being a racist monster!

theboykingofhell

his name is stephen mader and not only did he refuse to shoot, he actively wanted to help the man (ronald ‘rj’ williams) because he could tell that he was only acting out because of mental illness. rj williams was suicidal and holding an unloaded gun and, while mader didn’t shoot him, a fellow officer (ryan kuzma) did and murdered him on the spot. here is the source and here’s to hoping rj williams gets justice

socialistexan

“Saying the words ‘Just shoot me’ sent up the red flag that he was just trying to harm himself and no one else … That’s what made me make my decision. He needed help” I hate this fucking world. The guy was actually trying to do his job by actually desculating the situation the right way (desculating these days apparently just means shoot them) and was fired for “failing to eliminate a threat.”

critgemhero

HE WON THE LAWSUIT AND GOT $175,000

aphrican-aphrodite

I read this whole story. It is wild !! The conversations between him and his ex coworkers about what went down that day 😧😶

Listen to it all here:

A shocking story of police and lethal force. Just not the one you might expect.

uncleromeo

when I say there are no good cops, this is part of the reason why.

“good cops” lose their jobs for doing the right thing.

“good cops” die mysteriously after whistleblowing.

“good cops” are forced to choose between their livelihood and becoming just like the rest.

gahdamnpunk

Honestly!!! This is just psychological trauma in the making

toastbutteregg

THANK YOU

aphony-cree

I’ve asked parents about this and they always say they are teaching the child responsibility and “respect for other people’s things.” If I point out that the child accidentally broke their own toy they always say “I bought them that toy” or “my sister gave that to them.”

The problem is that parents view all possessions as not really belonging to the child. A part of them always seems to think that the adult who provided the money is the real owner

If a parent breaks a dish they see it as breaking something that already belonged to them, but if a child breaks it they see it as the child breaking something that belonged to the parents

People raising children need to realize that household possessions belong to the entire household. If everyone has to use that plate then it belongs to everyone and anyone can have a forgivable accident with it. It’s okay to deem certain possessions as just yours and ask everyone in the house to respect that, but extend the same respect to your child’s belongings

cannilyuncanny

Big mood. I know most of these are talking about little little kids, but here’s a tale from middle school. I had forgotten to charge my phone one night, and this was back when cell phones used to beep loudly when they were low on battery. I kept hearing the noise throughout the afternoon and not recognizing what it was because I’d never heard it before. When I finally did realize what it was, I was in science class and my fellow classmates were making presentations. I reached into my bag to try to turn off the phone, and then the low-battery sound went off, loud enough for the teacher to hear it. She confiscated my phone in front of everyone, and I didn’t get it back until after the weekend because it was a Friday. I was really embarrassed, especially to tell my parents.

When I got my phone back that Monday, my teacher said it was important for me to learn this lesson now since in college they wouldn’t tolerate phones going off. Fast forward to when I was in college, any time someone’s phone went off, either the professor would tell them to turn it off, or they would say, “Oh, my bad,” and turn it off themselves, and everyone would move on. I even had a professor who danced around while someone’s phone went off, and it was a welcome moment of levity during the lecture.

I say all this to say, one of the worst aspects of being a child/teen was adults assuming my intentions were malicious.

dechart

God I’ve been reading these posts for a while and each time I am struck with the realization that certainly not all parents were supposed to be a parent

bobcatdump

“I say all this to say, one of the worst aspects of being a child/teen was adults assuming my intentions were malicious.” YES this

what-even-is-thiss

The problem is, even if families are forgiving the culture around children still effects the child. I use myself as proof of that.

A few times between the ages of 4 and 18 I broke things. I broke my grandma’s favorite Christmas ornament. Her first question was: “Are you hurt?” and when I apologized profusely she said “I’m just glad you weren’t hurt.”

I broke a few plates. I broke a couple glasses. Every time my dad’s first response was “Did you get cut?” the second step was cleaning up the broken bits, and the third was a discussion of what led to me breaking it and how I could avoid doing that in the future.

Same with spills. Same with stains. My biggest “punishment” from my immediate family was being taught how to clean up the mess I made and being shown in detail how to avoid the same mistake in the future if it was avoidable. There were consequences for my actions, but they were the direct result of those actions and nothing much beyond that.

My family tried so hard to teach me how to deal with accidents in a healthy way. They were patient. They treated every slip-up as a learning opportunity. They showed me a lot of love. The other adults still got to me. Teachers still punished and publicly shamed me and other students for our mess-ups. Extended family members outside of my small supportive circle still yelled at me. My friends’ parents still got mad.

To the point where whenever I messed up my first instinct was that my dad or grandparents were going to punish me, or yell at me, or hit me, even though they never did. They just didn’t. They always responded with patience and an attitude of “I’m glad you’re safe and I want to help you learn from this.” And I was still afraid of messing up. Mortified. Expecting the worst every time.

It’s like… we need to change the culture around this, man. Completely.

tonystarkstan

the-real-eye-to-see

It is perfect!

#LGBTQ

quitit

I don’t think it’s proper. You can’t spread equality with a closed fist.

stevesdiana-deactivated20200606

You sound mad fucking stupid man shut the hell up

inourwildest-dreams

I think this creates a separation in the LGTB community. Why not just have one flag for everyone?

rayvone-deactivated20200430

There are literal hundreds of LGBT flag variations to upfift said Race/Religion/Country

Even ones for the specific areas in the LGBT community

How the fuck is this any different? Why is it everytime black people come up with something for themselves y'all have to come out with this show your entire asses with this “"segregation” shit.

Suck on my entire dick

nico-incognito

Also, if you’re in this thread and have never made nor reblogged a post about the way POC, especially Black people are treated in the LGBTQ community then motherfuck you. We wouldn’t feel the need to remind you that we’re here, if you didn’t treat us like we weren’t.

yaminoendo

Originally posted by yourreactiongifs

lynati

VISIBILITY IS IMPORTANT. And that’s a great design.

jazzybot4

From a graphic design standpoint: That’s actually a really solid flag, symbolism, balance, and color wise. A+ work from a graphic design point of origin. POC who are LGBTQIA are going to be under a lot of fire, since they’re getting the double barreled whammy of hate in the current political climate. Be safe, folks.

meme-loving-stuck

Yo, ALSO from a graphic design standpoint: I wouldnt give a single shit if it looked HORRIBLE. Here’s why.

Ive seen like, 3 flags minimum for asexuals. There are also at least 4 variations on the trans flag for specific identities. There are like fucking NINETEEN “official” lesbian flag designs (NOT counting the hundreds produced online in the past year because it literally became a meme how many flags they had.) Do you think anyone gave these people flack about their design skills? No.

Ive seen two (2.) SEMI- recognized flag designs for all LGBT POC before this. Not even just for one identity. Just, purposeful uplifting for all POC. And white gays got their panties in a twist about both of them. And bitched and complained about “exclusivity” every. single. time.

This flag could look like literal garbage and I’d still support it. Its a good and NECESSARY idea. It’s not exlcuding anyone. It’s meant to be more INCLUSIVE than the members of the community that wave the rainbow and act like its a gay-whites-only symbol. We all should accept a flag like this even if it wasn’t a solid design or whatever.

albstories

The closed fist is the black lives matter symbol. It is literally a pride flag symbolising LGBTQIA+ black lives matter. If you don’t get that, it’s clearly not your place to comment on whether it looks good or not or if it’s inclusive enough.

flashinqlights

ok so there’s a game me and my friends play called “don’t get me started” and basically someone gives another person a random topic and they have to go on an angry rant about it and it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to us at parties and car rides so I highly recommend playing sometimes with your friends

blueandbluer

I love this idea. We used to do things like this in Improv.

whatyouwanted-whatyougot

Related game: “THINK ABOUT IT.” You’re given a random topic, and your job is to build it into an epic conspiracy theory, the crazier the better. You end your rant with a serious face and the command that your listeners “Think about it.”

astrojukebox

Another related game: Illuninati. Similar to Think About It except you are given 2 completely different topics and you have to connect them to each other in a wild conspiracy rant

a-simpler-life

Rb to safe an awkward hang out

lesbiandeweyfinn-deactivated201

me and my friends play “World’s Greatest Expert” where one of the other players says “Hey, I heard you’re the world’s greatest expert on ____” and you have to give an in depth (and probably completely false) lecture about the thing you’re the greatest expert on. Other players are allowed to ask you questions.

skygenders

“A masterpiece was created in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone today” video by Kyle Kotajarvi

skygenders

smitethestate

This wasn’t a government stunt to try and avoid doing something meaningful, but a coming together of community artists who did it for free. Which is why it’s the best.

lagonegirl

The artist

it’s a powerful project

#MichaelBrown #BlackLivesMatter

youthincare

[ image is photograph of a brick wall with two big posters. the first one is the new york times article with every line blacked out except “officer Darren Wilson fatally shot unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown.” and to the right is a large blow up poster of Michael Brown in a graduation photo. ]

lagonegirl

A Teenager With Promise

pricantaz

Powerful

pursuit43

✊❤️

peaceofseoul

When in doubt, go to the library!

moonysfrexckles

This is STUNNING

durbikins

Okay Banks did something fucking hilarious for once

fandomsandfeminism

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Listen, this is not a difficult concept. Maybe it’s a NEW concept for some people, since womanhood has been so historically tied to the idea of motherhood, but that doesn’t make it less true. Inclusive language isn’t just some feel good performative virtue signaling, it’s literally just more accurate.

fandomsandfeminism

Reblogged because I fixed a typo in the image.

luckofakennedy

uhh.. this should not be a Venn diagram. people who can become pregnant on the right should not be under the category of women who can become pregnant which is what the middle section would indicate

fandomsandfeminism

That’s not how Venn Diagrams work.

The ENTIRE LEFT circle is “women.” The ENTIRE RIGHT circle is “people who can become pregnant.” ONLY The OVERLAP between the circles is “WOMEN who can become pregnant.”

The part of the “women” circle that is NOT overlapped by “can become pregnant” represents women who CAN’T be pregnant. The part of the “can become pregnant” circle that is NOT overlapped by “women” is people who can become pregnant but aren’t women.

fandomsandfeminism

Ok, it looks like there are several people in the notes who are…having a hard time processing the Venn Diagram. Let’s do a quick refresher on how Venn Diagrams work.

Here is an example:

Here is the original Venn Diagram, but with additional color coding:

Hopefully that clears up any confusion about what the image is trying to say.

mrsdemolitionlover

I can’t believe you had to explain Venn diagrams, people literally learn that in 3rd grade.

Overall very nice diagram explaining the subject

fandomsandfeminism

Thank you. I think some of the confusion was stemming from where I placed the labels? (Like, “Women” is INSIDE the circle, but on the left hand side, rather than like..placed ABOVE that entire circle?) I dunno. Sometimes people just struggle to interpret visual representations. Hopefully the color coding makes it more clear.

It’s fine, I just wanted to clear up the confusion since some folks were misinterpreting the chart in EXACTLY the wrong way. lolol.

isharton

Thing i learned some time ago! hope you all find it helpful ( perspective grids can be your friend!)

kihublue

HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS

blushy-idiot-trazz-deactivated2

whERE WAS THIS MY ENTIRE LIFE??

whitepeopletwitter

texnessa

Anthony Mackie Wants to Register One Million Men to Vote

Watch a grown ass man break down talking about doing amazing things.

Goal is to register a million men to vote- https://iamaman.vote/

This is why he got the shield. When Captain America tells you to vote, you vote.

sprmint-bkgsoda

lebritanyamor-deactivated202601

the accuracy

dontwantthenextcommanderiwantyou

“The community that is not embraced by the state will burn it down to feel its warmth.” - My African-American proverb

danidraws

In an effort to share a little black and queer history during this turbulent Pride month, here’s a comic about one of my favorite musicians, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

https://www.everythingisgoingtobeokcomic.com/sister-rosetta-tharpe/

danidraws

I almost included this tidbit, but then I got lazy bc I didn’t want to draw a bus, but now I kinda wish I had.

peachsangrias-deactivated202010

EXACTLY THIS!!!

gotinterest

here is the text from these images:

Why Is A Curfew Damaging:

1. A vast majority of white people work 9-5 while many immigrants and POC work night shifts, making them easy targets to be out past curfew.

2. The Mayors broadcast was sent out only in English, with no subtitles, in no other languages. Makes it very hard for non English speakers to receive this information.

3. You can be arrested and fined up to $10,000 for violating curfew. Putting MANY in physical and financial danger that cannot access this information.

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