#controvertial

[just-some-sociopath]

Democracy is Dumb

Ok.

Democracy suggests that people of a country, town or organization are wise enough to rule/choose a ruler for said country/town/organization.

But, if the majority of the people were to vote and there were no restrictions on advertisement, the guy who promised free tacos for everyone would win. Because people are greedy, short-sighted, and overall; dumb.

The people who understand basic politics and are willing to participate in such act are largely outnumbered by people who don't understand, or aren't interested in any kind of politics. And that leads to blind voting, wich leads to corruption or incompetence.

A fair and wise voting would inbolve only the people who understand the nature of politics and are willing to take matters into their own hands. But that would undermine the most fundamental principle of democracy, "the choice of the people".

In this scenario, the people are not the ones running the country, the country would be run by competent, able people who have control over their nerves and emotions.

But that's not democracy anymore. It's Aristocracy

[zodiacting]

Do you pronounce syrup as "seer-up" or "ser-up"? Route as "root" or "rowt"? Coupon as "Coo-pon" or "Cyoo-pon"? Often as "Offen" or "Off-ten"? Envelope as "En-velope" or "On-velope"? Tag your sign as well :)

[famoustransgenders]

Viviany Beleboni is a transgender actress and model who became the center of a big controversy after a gay pride event in São Paulo on June 7. She caused a huge internet uproar after dressing up as crucified Jesus in a parade.

[crystalbull]

Dorian Pavus and His Opinions

Many people love Dorian to little pieces... Until his opinions on slavery come in. To preface, I don't agree with him. So don't come and attack me over this. This is just my understanding of what he says. Dorian grew up as a noble in Tevinter and his family owned slaves that they treated well, according to him. Dorian has never witnessed abused slaves, he's never seen how Magisters like Danarius treat their slaves. He never had to stop and think about it until he left home and went south. Now, Dorian says that /in the Imperium/ it may be better to be a slave than live in poverty. This can be backed up by Krem saying that his father ended up having to sell himself to support Krem and Krem's mother. Krem's father couldn't afford to support them, his work was awful, so he sold himself. This supports Dorian's claim. It's horrible, but that's the reality of Tevinter. Anyone not a noble is treated like shit. Now, here's where I think people get upset. Dorian doesn't outright condem slavery. He seems to acknowledge how bad it can be, but he is in no position at the time to do anything about it and it is something that he recognizes as normal in the Imperium. He even states that most slaves don't even really seem to think about it, that's how normal it is. He recognizes how bad it can be and even is, but he doesn't condem it and that's where I think a lot of people get upset. He's not like everyone else because he is from a society where atrocities are commonplace. He didn't even think about it much because he didn't have to. In the south, he has time to think about and realize just how horrible his country's state is. He has time to realize that he can't just sit and complain. He has time to realize that he /can/ do something. Dorian's opinions on slavery are not something I agree with, but I understand why that's how he thinks. Asking why he has that opinion of slavery is like asking why Fenris has his opinion of mages. Or why Sten is confused by a woman being a fighter. Or why Zevran likes killing. Fenris was sexually, emotionally, and physically abused by mages. He has known nothing but pain from mages. He has only ever really witnessed horrible things from them. Sten knows nothing but women as priests and Tamasserans. He knows only that women who do become fighters under the Qun are treated as and called men. Zevran grew up most of his life only knowing murder. He was trained to be a killer and he learned to love it because it was what he knew. Dorian's opinions come from a place of ignorance. He knows nothing else for the most part. Again, there are just my thoughts.

[ask-fem-russia]

//Quick notice

if you use this meme/ think this meme is funny

I don’t want to be your friend

I don’t want to talk to you

I don’t want to see you

I don’t even want to be aware that you exist.

Trivializing horrible things that other people go through just because you don’t understand is not funny. 

[jiyoungtrois]

Finally Opening Up

@onision I know, this feels like beating a dead horse or otherwise dancing on its grave. The forum controversy feels like it’s been over forever for me. However, I finally wanted to speak up about why I had posted my photos on your forums when you had requested your fans to do so. My goal isn’t to outright attack you, it is simply to get you to realize how much power that you have over your fans and how damaging that it can become. I’m 15 now, and I believe that I was around thirteen when I was ecstatic to share my face-and as creepy as it sounds now-my body figure in order to seek validation. I blatantly refused to do any second thinking about my actions. And looking back I did it because I found you as a big aspiration to live up to. Now, I can’t recall if I had shown up in your videos and I can’t be bothered to sift through them at this point. But that doesn’t matter. What mattered was that in my mind I thought that I valued you as a person, and that you were this honest person, or so you said. I now look back and see that if I had seen myself being judged by you not so long ago, that if you even went as far to criticize the shape of my eyebrows maybe, it would’ve torn me apart. You retweet and reblog the statuses of people who have claimed you helped them. But this is because they would follow you to the ends of the earth. A few strong people cannot cover up that some were weak, but you do not reblog and apologize to those who took your words of an idol too far. You mocked them. Refused to remove videos that were then being used as weapons to mock and make fun of the weaker ones. I no longer follow you because I see now that you are no longer happy or that you’re act to appear happy can no longer be bought. I subscribed to your channel in 2012 because I saw you as this light of hope. You influenced my thoughts and behaviors because at the time I had just moved in with a new set of parents, who I felt like I could not be open to you. So your beliefs and morality influenced me easily. You showed to be happy but over not a long course of time you became negative. I was optimistic enough to keep on following you and that one day, you’d be a careless ball of joy that I had looked up to for so long once again. You had made the biggest impact on me because I had no one else to turn to. You can twist those words however you want, mock me for looking up to you, but the past isn’t something that you can change. I stopped following you because you’re bad vibes and the drama got worse and you let it run your channel. Thats why I stopped following you. I’m doing better now, and a big chunk of my mindset has changed or developed in some way. I know that I have a hell of a lot more growing up to do. There’s no denying that. If you don’t ever get to reading this, that’s okay. All in all, I just needed this to get off of my chest. If you ignore it, even better. But if you’ve gotten to the end of this overkill of a passage, I don’t want to cause you any harm. Or to tell you what to do. Because I have little power over an adult.

[sir-grenglebip-blog]

My first post

Gender is not a social construct, it is the hormones created in your body depending upon your genitalia, usually resulting in similar behaviors between those who share that genitalia. Doctors determine this based on your reproductive organs. This is not a gender assignment, as it can be changed at anytime if needed. It is not a laid in stone foundation of your personality.

Gender dysphoria is a disorder in which your brain wants to make the opposite hormones that your body makes.

There are only two genders.

Everything else is merely your gender identity and has no scientific basis.

Gender identity is a social construct. You can even call it a different personality or personal biases based upon your own experiences.

Gender and gender identity are not the same. One is biological, and the other is social. Sex and gender are more alike than gender and gender identity. Sex is your reproductive organs. Gender is what your reproductive organs create. Gender identity is what you feel like you are, regardless of the other two.

So.

Meh.

[puff-witch-blog]

I’m all about living life how you want but ..

The otherkin community is a bit much, isn’t it? I’m not completely convinced that these people actually think they are a different species or a completely mythical creature.

I personally think it’s probably an extension of mental illness and mostly just a coping mechanism to try and detach themselves from whatever they’re going through.

And that shit happens. Look at DID, PTSD, anxiety, depression. All these can stem from traumatic experiences.

I just find it an odd way of doing that. I've not been diagnosed with any mental illness myself (mostly due to fear) but I’ve been through a lot in life and how I cope is very different from pretending to be something I’m not.

But I don’t know, if you’ve been through enough to want to pretend to be a different species then, you do you, but I don’t think you’re sane.