Hello Everyone Fun Reminder That If You Live In The United States And Can Vote And Dont Want Fascism,

Hello everyone fun reminder that if you live in the United States and can vote and don’t want fascism, saying “I’m not voting because both are bad” is stupid because like. Neither is good, sure, but it’s like if the choices were Ronald Reagan or hitler and the people who want Hitler are hell bent on voting in spades. You’re not going to say “they’re both bad and I’ll take my chances not voting because it’ll be equally bad whoever wins”, anyone normal would say “wow I hate Regan but I’ll take him over literal hitler”

I get the feeling (note: gut feeling, so take this with a massive grain of salt since I don't have sources, just a feeling) that lots of this might come from within the LGBT community in some weird 'oppression olympics' 'I can't be bigoted I'm [insert marginalized community here]' beliefs.

Just because you think that a different marginalized community is less oppressed than you doesn't mean they're not valid (operative word here is think!!), and it definitely doesn't mean that you should...create more of the oppression and hostility that you think (or just claim) they don't experience????

Ace people are valid, real, and also seem to experience so much bullying from people who should be their allies (I think that's why it's been bad here on tumblr). Marginalized communities should stick together, not...marginalize each other more.

"tbh we might have clowned on [aros & aces] a lil too harshly" bigotry. the term you're looking for is bigotry. denying communities their vocabulary and ability to safely exist because you think you're the personal arbiter of which identities are "valid" is bigotry. minimizing and infantilizing and harassing entire groups of people based on their orientation is bigotry. aphobia isn't some forgettable phase of being cringe as a teenager, it's bigotry that inflicted long term damage to these communities.

ANYONE TELLING YOU THAT VOTING ISNT IMPORTANT IS TRYING TO SUPPRESS YOUR VOTE

Texas doesn't have mail in voting, you can't register to vote online, and you have to register 30 days before election day.

Republicans do not want you to vote. SPITE THEM.

I hate being poor bc it's like "I need to help people" "wait I have a total of a bag of bread and a brick of cheese in my fridge and the cheese went moldy" anyway if anyone knows ways for me to help that don't cost money or require physical protests (I do not feel comfortable or safe at them) tell me (is there like a script to email to senators? Bc I could do that).

Wanted to let you guys know that Let’s Talk Palestine has just launched fundsforgaza, an initiative created for the purpose of highlighting families in urgent need of emergency funds. This list highlights families who’re trying to evacuate Gaza, but which aren’t getting enough attention. Please donate if you can—and whether or not you can, spread this to as many people as possible. The delay between this second and the next could make a difference in whether a family gets to live or not.

Guys I think this is my future career

Archetypal mad scientist who is an Ecologist and her evil plan is always something like put Baikal seals in the Great Lakes

It’s also important to remember that something a person gets off to fictionally isn’t always something they condone or would practice in real life!

Do I think that the idea of a character like Albert Wesker or Medic Tf2 cutting me open is mad hot? Yes. Would I ever let someone do that to me in real life? Fuck no.

Some fantasies are concept-only, and just because you read about them and enjoy it doesn’t mean you necessarily want to do them in real life.

in order to not succumb to sex negative conservatism you have to accept that people will get off to things that are upsetting to you. and you cannot assume anything about what they have or have not experienced, what they do or do not believe, and how they act based solely on what gets them off. even if it's extremely confusing and disturbing to you. there are people who have only ever had heterosexual vanilla sex in missionary with the lights off, who actively contribute to more real world harm than your average fetish artist. kink is not a reliable source of information on someone's moral standing. it just feels good to think that way.