#empty gestures

[itsmythang]

Things that do not help Americans:

-New ballroom. -New arch. -War in Iran. -Campaigning for Viktor Orban. -Renaming the Kennedy Center. -Renaming the Dept of Defense. -UFC fight on the white house lawn. -Pardoning every MAGA criminal. -Deluge of gold in the oval office. -"Winning" the FIFA peace prize. -Useless cabinet meetings of slaves. -Rage posting every minute. -Fighting Bruce Springsteen. -Melania Movie.

"America First" was only a racist play regurgitated from the KKK.

They say it's about “immigration,” but somehow it was always certain people getting targeted. That’s why folks connect it to race.

[starrfettii]

Comments like this irritate me. I read the books, I know Fivan isn’t canon in them, leave me alone. Let me live.

[intelligentchristianlady]

DeSantis signs bills banning Chinese citizens from buying land in Florida

Republican governor says bills are meant to ‘counteract’ the ‘malign influence of the Chinese Communist party’ in the state

Dear Governor, If I were the Chinese Communist Party, I would simply form a LLC with an innocuous name and have the corporation purchase land in Florida.

[howifeltabouthim]

He had not slammed the door as he left. Will never had need of resorting to empty gestures. When Will wished to make a gesture, he made the real thing.

Mary Balogh, from Thief of Dreams

[generalelectionmusings]

[anti-capitalistlesbianwitch]

The U.S. Mint Has Finally Put a Black Woman on a Coin, But You Probably Won't Ever See It

Thanks U.S. Mint, but who the hell uses $100 coins?

The 24K gold coin is said to be the first in a series of coins that will also carry depictions of Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Indian-American women, says the U.S. Mint.

While this is a really amazing piece of history finally coming around, peep how this coin (and no doubt the others) will be 100 dollar coins. Fam, when have you EVER seen a $100 coin in circulation? It's probably something dope to have as a collector, but will the bodega on the corner take my $100 coin?

It’s high time we see some diverse representation on US currency, but how about starting with denominations that us normal folk might actually use? The thought of a $100 coin is just ridiculous, and this whole thing seems to me like an empty gesture. I’m not impressed.

[dbaydenny]

I'm not against hugs,

I'm against the empty gesture

passed off as caring.

D W Eldred

[cbairdash]

Gestures can convey so much in a novel. Well-described gestures can help us divine what a character is thinking, they can create suspense, they can take our breath away. But in order to work, they need to mean something. So often when I’m working with authors on edits I see gestures that just don’t really …