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@theconstitutionisgayculture
Going to repin my discord link since a few people asked for it:
Check out the Tumblr Mods Can Cope community on Discord - hang out with 188 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
Just don't expect much, lol
Taking a short break from my self-imposed exile because I came across this nonsense again and I can't respond to it from my X account, so I'm doing it here:
This is one of the dumbest, most arrogantly self-righteous takes I've ever seen. It's been debunked so many times you think even the left would stop relying on it, but they do love their bumper sticker slogans and it's easier to talk a monkey out of its tail than a leftist out of its slogans. Poverty does not cause crime. If it did, people would be stealing almost exclusively food and water and school supplies and things like that. But that's not what people steal. People steal electronics and cars and makeup and other expensive or luxury items that they can resell for as much money as possible. And when they get that money, they don't spend it on food or water or school supplies or other essentials either. They spend it on big TVs, and expensive phones, and $300 sneakers, and jewelry, and customizing their cars, and other expensive or luxury things they can't easily steal.
Crime, by and large, isn't driven by necessity. Not in America. In America, even our poor are well off compared to most of the world. Crime is caused by a degeneration of morality. And degeneration of morality is mostly driven by culture and the breakdown of the family. This is why you see most violent crime coming from inner city black communities. Because the urban black family has been all but destroyed, and the urban black culture has been taken over by a near deification of criminals and a supernatural sense of entitlement. Gang members, grifters, thieves, murderers are the heroes urban black children grow up with. They're told that nothing is their fault and they deserve to have money and jobs and praise handed to them based on nothing but their skin color. They have very few fathers and an abundance of single mothers, many of whom have multiple children from different men. The family is something to escape from, not something to turn to.
And this breakdown of culture is not something that's inherent in the black race, before anyone from the left or the right tries to claim that. I've done a lot of traveling around my general area of Ohio and I've seen so many normal, well adjusted black families living their lives no different from white people. They have big houses, well maintained yards, safe communities. They're friendly and courteous and their children are (mostly) well behaved. They've earned what they have, instead of having it handed to them. In fact, you're more likely to find well-off housing developments filled with black families than you are to find them filled with white people. But the closer you get to a city like Cleveland or Akron, the more that breaks down. It's not black people that are the problem, it's urban black culture. It's part of why I say no one should live in cities. Cities destroy the soul. It's no coincidence that almost all violent crime happens in cities. And it's not just because that's where the most people live. Population density plays a part, but it's mostly cultural. American city culture, especially in black areas, is a cancer. It spreads beyond the areas it was born in and infects pretty much everyone in an urban environment.
You cure poverty tomorrow and crime will drop maybe one or two percentage points. You fix broken culture, and crime all but disappears.
Gonna be less active on here for a little while. So if your asks or tags go unanswered, I'm not ignoring you ^_^ If you really want to get a hold of me, you can try on my discord, but I only check there a few times a day.
From a source that ground news rated "center" and "highly factual"
Breitbart also covered it. I know they don't have anything against legal immigration, I'm just surprised it was on their radar at all.
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150 people from 50 countries become US citizens at Mount Vernon on America’s 250th birthday
https://ground.news/article/150-people-from-50-countries-become-us-citizens-at-mount-vernon-on-americas-250th-birthday?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share
There were 150 people from 50 globe-spanning countries sitting in front of the small stage as they prepared to be sworn in as U.S. citizens
New U.S. citizen and twice-deployed U.S. Marine Sgt. Diakaria Sangare, from Guinea, poses for a portrait following the naturalization ceremony on Independence Day
New U.S. citizen Raina Pinto, from India, poses for a portrait following a naturalization ceremony on Independence Day at George Washington’s Mount Vernon,
New U.S. citizen Tebid Munghey John-Paul, from Cameroon, poses for a portrait following a naturalization ceremony on Independence Day.
New U.S. citizen Anita Nawshin, from Bangladesh, poses for a portrait following a naturalization ceremony on Independence Day.
On Saturday, July Fourth, 150 people from 50 countries gathered at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia to become United States citizens, marking the nation's 250th anniversary.
The ceremony occurred 250 years after the Declaration of Independence, with attendees sitting on Washington's lawn near a tulip poplar tree planted at the first president's direction.
United States Marine Sgt. Diakaria Sangare, originally from Guinea, attended in his pressed Dress Blue uniform with medals, having completed the long citizenship process of tests and interviews.
After a speech about Washington, the crowd recited the Oath of Allegiance and sang the national anthem, celebrating their transition to United States citizens.
Historian Douglas Bradburn noted that the new citizens' stories now merge with American history, as the re-enactor portraying Washington told them, "Today the name of 'American' belongs to you.
The pride I feel seeing this, I don't think it's the sinful kind, because I'm proud to be part of a place that these people have chosen to call home, and I'm proud of the fact that thy were able to do that.
What a incredible date and location for a mass swearing in, good to have more Americans on board.
God bless all these new Americans!
Americans who love America deserve law and order. Not the chaos and malaise from the times of Obama and Biden and today's Democrats. Support America, protect Americans and thrive.
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Let's take a moment to appreciate just how amazing the title cards were for Batman the Animated Series.
Oh! I actually know what made these look so iconic!
The backgrounds for the entire series were done on black paper, a first for any animated show. It's Batman, which means everything is at night and incredibly dark. So, the majority of the backgrounds were going to be black anyways and using black paper would cut down on the time it took to create all of the backgrounds. Adding color over the black paper instead of the traditional method gave it a much more stylized look that helped make it iconic.
It also forced some other creative choices, such as using an airbrush to do all of the background art. During the early testing, they found that using an airbrush was easier to apply paint with than a paintbrush and that it looked better. Airbrushing let them be more experimental with painting techniques, such as the spattery fades you can see in the "Bane" and "Deep Freeze" title cards above or the soft, deeply shadowed face on "the Last Laugh." The overall effect of airbrushing on a black background is a much darker, moodier vibe than could be achieved with a traditional approach.
They cared very deeply about the art of the show and how they were going to create it. It wasn't just about the story or the character. In the words of co-creator Eric Radomski: "As opposed to making shows just to sell toys, we've made quality films."
The funny thing is that Dinosaurs were not discovered until well after George Washington was dead.
USA!
USA!
USA! 🇺🇸 🦅
I just got back from a fireworks show, it's almost midnight, and... goddamn, I actually almost teared up. I started thinking about what the Founding Fathers would think of us if they saw us today—assuredly they'd be disappointed in many ways, and angry, but at the same time... I wonder if they would be proud and happy to know that 250 years later, their dream still lives on. Their country still exists. Everything that they gave still continues. The idea of America persists. As long as even one person on this land remembers their words, their ideas, their dreams, America will never die. And damn, I'm crying.
I love the USA, and I'm proud to be an American, and I'm proud to call this place home.
America is the best country in the world. That's not a slogan or a bumper sticker, it's the truth. I felt the same way you did when I watched UFC Freedom 250. It was such an amazing celebration of America and American greatness and I felt so damn blessed to be an American.
What's the first anime you ever watched?
Ranma 1/2. When me and my husband first started dating he introduced me to anime and he really liked Rumiko Takahashi but he was smart enough to sense that trying to get me into InuYasha would have turned me off anime forever so he started with this one, XD
He lied. A leftist lied.
Gasp.
A 21-year-old socialist and unpaid former NYC Council intern who claimed she was axed after demanding she and her peers get paid $32 an hour
The Eagle
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door….
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Eagle of the saintly days of yore;
Quoth the Eagle “AMURICUHHHHHHH.”
Merely this and nothing more.