During a racist incident in my workplace years ago, people of color pushed back. A white male colleague lamented the passage of a time “when you could just say anything.” He didn’t recognize that those were miserable decades for women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. You were expected to stay silent while your race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual identity was dragged to filth in front of your face. What was once OK for him was never OK for the rest of us.
Now these men, who believe simple common decency is a major affront to their manhood, can’t navigate a society where marginalized groups and their accomplices finally feel empowered enough to say “enough is enough.” As comedian Hannah Gadsby recently tweeted, “Pushing for a culture of respect is not the same thing as cancelling culture.”
this is why i’ve never condemned “cancel culture.” overwhemlingly those people go after racists, sexists, homophobes and other social degenerates. i’m supposed to condemn that? foh! like the writer said, this ain’t the time when you can just disrespect another human being for their race, gender and otherwise and get away with it. that time should have NEVER existed in the first place but it did and we’re not having it anymore. if your ass can’t deal with having to respect other fucking human beings your ass absolutely needs to be cancelled. fuckouttahere with the tears fucker! get your shit together or face consequences. does cancel culture” missfire every once in a while? sure. these are humans. there’s no expectation they would be perfect however it’s not the large percentage of the time that these “i want to be racist in peace” assholes would have you believe. overwhelmingly when these people (and i include myself among them) hammer someone, they 1000% deserve.
like i said
FOH! the fucked up thing is that these people who call themselves liberals and pro-black are always on this bullshit of giving racists another chance. they supposedly don’t want a racist world and yet at the same time aren’t willing to ever hold racists accountable for their actions. shut the fuck up.
like the writer brilliantly said, those days when you could desrespect a person’s humanity with no blowback cause that person is black, hispanic, asian, dark skin, disabled, bi, gay, muslim, native or a woman is over. people aren’t taking that shit anymore. they should have NEVER had to take that shit. that’s the thing these fuckers don’t get. that time when you can just make racist jokes was a BAD TIME. these crackers look upon that time fondly because they got to dehumanize other people and now that they can’t what they are showing is that dehumanization is a part of their culture. like paulo freire said:
conditioned by the experience of oppressing others, any situation other than their former seems to them like oppression. formerly, they could eat, dress, wear shoes, be educated, travel, and hear beethoven; while millions did not eat, had no clothes or shoes, nether studied nor traveled, much less listened to beethoven. any restriction on this way of life, in the name of the rights of the community, appears to the former oppressors as a profound violation of their individual rights–although they had no respect for the millions who suffered and died of hunger, pain, sorrow, and despair. for the oppressors, ‘human beings’ refers only to themselves; other people are ‘things.’ for the oppressors, there exists only one right: their right to live in peace, over against the right, not always even recognized, but simply conceded, of the oppressed to survival. and they make this concession only because the existence of the oppressed is necessary to their own existence.
This suggests that Maximum Overdrive was Jurassic Park for motor vehicles.
I’m sorry, but that is misleading as hell. American and European trucks are bred for different purposes.
American trucks are bred for long hauls on largely straight roads. They can go for hours without a break. A European truck needs more breaks and a lighter load, and they would indeed take great internal damage if they tried to keep up with the Longsnout.
The European Shortsnout is not bred for looks, but for agility! They navigate the windy roads of Europe in a way that would be way too risky for the powerful, but more clumsy American truck. It is true that the European overheats faster at high speeds, that is the very reason that breaks every 4,5 hours are mandatory for both the truck and the handler and a day of driving can never be longer then 9 hours.
So, all in all, appreciate all of our trucks and our shared history, and be the responsible owner that gets the right breed for the right job.
Response for when the far-right pick a fight by spewing ignorant divisive bollocks, then claim that they’re being ‘bullied’, or 'cancelled’, or 'oppressed’ or 'silenced’ when other people argue back or criticise them for said bollocks.
Artsy depression: haunted eyes, good at art, emo hair and eyeliner on point
Actual Depression: bloodshot eyes, no longer trust themselves with pencils, has not showered in five days
Quirky OCD: organized books, clean room, color coordinated outfits
Actual OCD: Intrusive thoughts, flipping the light switch 8 times so you don’t stab your brother, picking holes in your skin
Cute eating disorders: Slim trim and beautiful, shyly refusing a second helping, dancer aesthetic
Actual eating disorders: Puffy cheeks and eroded teeth from excessive vomiting, hair growing over your freezing body and refusing to eat carrots because they’re too high in carbs
Adorable anxiety: just a smol bean, soft, must be protected from the world
Actual anxiety: crying so hard you throw up, shaking, losing sleep over a period after the “okay”
RPG PTSD: flashbacks, vietnam, u don’t know what i’ve been through kiddo
Actual PTSD: Buying your first pregnancy test at twelve, flinching at high fives, i can’t feel my hands where am I what year is it
Cartoon ADHD: look a squirrel, something shiny, fidgety loveable bufoon
Actual ADHD: rereading the same page over and over because it doesn’t make sense, hasn’t done the laundry in four months, hyperfocusing on a mushroom knowing you have work to do
stop making terrifying realities seem cute. it’s disrespectful for those of us who are actually struggling
Fucking preach.
Uwu smol baby autism: adorably awkward, huggable, acts cute when confused, has some sort of rainman talent and a perfect memory in general
Real autism: worrying about whether you’re interpreting people’s cues correctly/making your tone sound correct for the context, or whether they’re about to get wierded out and uncomfortable bc of something you said, sensory issues that drive you nuts, not being able to adapt to sudden changes in plans and freaking out, melting down or shutting down when stressed by stupid things
^
Reblogging for the autism part that is just too real
!!!
I would not have started using unhealthy coping mechanisms if people hadn’t romanticized them
I would not have started using unhealthy coping mechanisms if people hadn’t romanticized them
DON’T ROMANTICIZE MENTAL ILLNESS Y'ALL
IT’S NOT QUIRKY
IT’S NOT CUTE
AND THEY’RE HARD TO DEAL WITH.
Funny tourettes: swearing in class, haha called the teacher a wanker lol
Actual tourettes: tics making you punch yourself, hating yourself calling your best friend an ugly fat bitch, not finishing tests because anxiety makes the tics worse, click pen click pen click pen, please don’t shout at me for whistling
Cute insomnia: sweet sleepy, hot drinks, night owl
Real insomnia: dreading going to bed, staring at the ceiling, 2am panic attacks, 3 days of no sleep and you’re so tired but nothing works, headaches, crying because you have an important thing tomorrow and you just need an hour! Please!
Funny misophonia: Quiet, doesn’t talk to people much, soft voice, always asking people to turn things down
Real misophonia: It’s too loud, it’s all too loud, god I feel like there are knives in my ears and I can’t ask them to be quieter no I’ve already asked twice-
