Jan 3, 2015
when i say fight me i mean please come down to dublin we miss you and want to chill
AND FIGHT
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when i say fight me i mean please come down to dublin we miss you and want to chill
AND FIGHT
BREAKING NEWS
Dan is a smash bros plebian
you mean so much to me its ridiculous youre wonderful and perfect and you make me smile when you talk to me and you brighten my day just by messaging me youve helped me out of a lot of my serious problems and i cant thank you enough for that youre so genuinely fantastic and i cant help but gush about it like a little girl god
first, let's discuss how the black panthers came to "alienate" white people, as you put it.
the black panthers, in and of themselves, were established in response to anti-black violence in the US, specifically in inner cities. and fun fact: they weren't just fighting and speaking out for black americans, but also all oppressed groups in america.
did they use violent rhetoric? absolutely! and i bet you're wodering why they couldn't take the calm "MLK" stance of passivity in the face of racial discrimination. well here's a reason: passivity got MLK assassinated. even now, there is evidence that the US government itself was responsible for his death. of course, his stance in the civil rights movement was perfectly valid, but if you're a black person living back then, you might wonder why you should bother being passive and peaceful if you were just going to be killed anyway. that's where the black panthers come in.
so, "alienating" whites is literally the least of concern here. if white people feel alienated by the minority groups' longing for equality by any means necessary, so be it.
i, a heterosexual person, am not going to complain about some parts of the LGBTQ movement being "heterophobic" because they language literally cannot affect my life for the worse as a straight person. they are not a group in power. it doesn't matter if they "alienate" me, because their movement is literally not for me and that's perfectly okay. i don't need a leg up in society as a straight person because society already treats me like i'm the shit. i'm the standard.
moving on:
"Oh God you’re not one of those people who thinks words like “faggot” and “nigger” are inherently offensive are you? They’re WORDS. TAA, even if he is an ally economically, will always be an edgy little shit from the internet, and if you’ve been around here for more than five years you’ll have realised that those words don’t mean anything anymore. It’s ironic, much like say tumblr’s obsession with memes. Maybe I’m just speaking as a European, but I have never actually heard any homophobe or racist use those words, it’s mostly leftists talking ironically."
as i said before, this belief that "words are just words" or "words mean nothing unless you give them the power to" is absolute crap to anyone in minority groups in the US. these are words that many people will hear before they are killed, assaulted, etc. words can incite riots, words can lead to change. words have meaning. words have history. you can't just disregard the historical context of a words on a whim, when that same words has been used to degrade and dehumanize people like you for centuries.
honestly, i'd love to live in a country where those words meant nothing. you think we like being offended? like it's some kind of little game of pretend or a result of just not being tough enough for the ~real world~? it's not. it's a matter of maintaining our humanity, and every time someone uses a slur against a systematically oppressed group they are bringing one's humanity into question.
it's great that you think you've spent enough time on the interweb that you transcended the natural reaction of being offended by hate speech, but in the real world most people don't have that luxury. these are real life issues. affecting real people. this internet phenomenon of being offended=uncool is an emotionally stunted manner of thought where real life issues are never a factor. it's honestly the most ridiculous thing ever.
vitamin d
i had such a fantastic day, didn't even feel real
oh god i'm such a dork hlep