#stopgeneralizing

[mevisionmission-blog]

Are all American or Chinese kids the same? 

[yumyumgalacc]

Most of tumblr has officially labeled me as a "white cis female". I feel so loved with my new name.

[dreiastronome]

Musings

I have always, always been conflicted. Or the world says that I should be.

I am a scientist and I believe in the big bang, in evolution, in evidence and falsifiable claims. I believe that these ideals I hold as truth can and will change over time. I revel in the death of stars, in the Pauli exclusion principle, in the series of events that led the human race to where we are now. 

I am a Catholic and I believe in kindness, compassion, and that doing good things feeds my soul and others’ as well. I believe in God and that He’s helped me a billion times in my struggles; that without Him I won’t be where I am today. 

Why can I not be both? 

This world is so frustrating sometimes. I saw this video about someone who says evolution is practically bullsh*t because it takes a lot more of faith to believe in it than to believe in creationism. I read this article about how kids brought up in a religious background aren’t as good at sharing and give harsher punishments than those from nonreligious backgrounds. 

Bottom line is, we’re not bridging any gap here but I hope (yet kind of doubt) that it will ever happen. It’s really sad.

[theradioactivegasmasks]

Okay so I'm 99% sure I'm going to get like, 800 hate-filled responses to this, but I'm going to fucking do it anyway because people don't seem to fucking understand.

PERSON A does a shitty thing (says something rude about African Americans, makes a transphobic post, etc.. etc...) okay? That person is white/cis/straight etc... etc.. etc..)

That does not mean that you have the right to say 'Oh my GAWD stop white/cis/straight blahblah 2015 forever oh my god they're horrible!'

NO

YOU CAN'T DO THAT SHIT.

Why?

Because ONE FUCKING PERSON does not EQUAL A WHOLE POPULATION.

One SINGULAR INDIVIDUAL white teacher who said a shitty thing about a gay kid for example, DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL WHITE TEACHERS ARE SHITTY TOWARDS GAY PEOPLE.

YOU CAN'T FUCKING GENERALIZE ONE EVENT TO A WHOLE FUCKING POPULATION.

One person DOES NOT EQUAL a whole population.

Do you hear me?

ONE DOES NOT EQUAL ALL

1 DOES NOT EQUAL INFINITE.

IT DOESN'T.

I fucking TOOK AP statistics, the law of averages DOESN'T FUCKING APPLY HERE, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

Okay, rant over.. hate on me now, fucking go for it, I'm the reasonable person here and you're just too scared and prejudice to admit it.

[thebayybrown]

I've steered clear of this so far simply because I do not have full information in order to form an accurate opinion (I'm sorry but much like most of you) but guys this is so fucking important.

Imagine yourself, 13 years old, Christmas day. Your dad was executed 5 days earlier, assassinated, shot in the head at point blank range without a fighting chance. For what? For doing his job. For dawning the uniform. For wearing the badge. For keeping chaos, unrest, and animosity at bay every single day. For serving an ungrateful and violent public. Imagine yourself looking underneath the Christmas tree at a gift with a tag on it saying, "From Dad", only knowing his funeral is next week. Imagine your Dad being blatantly murdered at the hands of a crazed and radical individual, driven by media and political-instilled hate all because he wears a Police Officer's uniform. Now, imagine yourself, a newly wed, ready to get your life on track with the love of your life. 2 months of marriage under your belt and you and your husband are planning your first Christmas together as a married couple. While out Christmas shopping for him, you get a phone call saying your husband has been shot and is in the hospital fighting for his life, only to find out he'd died in his patrol car for no reason. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a reality we of the law enforcement community live with day by day. Every Police Officer's goal at the end of the day isn't to fuck you over for a speeding ticket or to pick on you because you're black, red, purple, white, a dog, or anything. Their goal at the end of the day is to come home safe to the loving, embracing arms of their families at home. That is it. So while you sit there, sympathizing with the criminals and becoming part of the problem by saying, "Hands up, don't shoot" or "I can't breathe" and preaching an ignorant and biased agenda against an individual who would willingly die for you in an instant, no matter if you like them or not; while you sit there with hate and distaste over the fact that they are "all racist" and they can hide behind the badge and without mercy, murder anyone they please-while you sit there and bask in all the hatred that has been ignited this past year, understand that they will ALWAYS be there to help you. How could anyone have the audacity to hate the protectors? The unseen heroes of every day life? Matthew 5:9- "Blessed are the peacekeepers, for they shall be called children of God." God bless NYPD Officer Liu-EOW 12/20/2014 God bless NYPD Officer Ramos-EOW 12/20/2014 Godspeed gentlemen, your deaths will not be in vain. - William LaBounty https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202118428641323&set=a.1023478406324.3902.1806163959&type=1&theater

[joshuadormouse]