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"All art is political because people are influenced by politics, therefore making all art political!"

Fuck off. While art is influenced by the worldview of the artist, which is also where one gets their politics from as well- The purpose of political art is to promote their politics as their main purpose. And that is quite clearly NOT the case with every single piece of art in existence.

"Well, you can still interpret it even if the artist didn't intend to say it!"

So you're saying it's okay to completely ignore the intent of the artist (as considering the intent would eliminate any unintended messages) and take away a different meaning based on your own personal view. Which can mean anything.

... Hey, quick question. What gives a 'word' meaning?

Answer: Intent.

We know this because words can have their meanings changed or expanded due to the intention behind them changing, like how the word 'faggot' initially referred to a bundle of sticks used for kindling but was changed by being used it to refer to gay people in a negative manner. The whole purpose of words is to communicate information between people which requires us to intend to communicate certain information. Otherwise, there's literally no meaning to our very form of communication.'

And art itself is a form of communication, simply trying to express information via unconventional means. That is why art is so impressive: because it can communicate information in a way not previously thought possible or even easily.

So tell me, if we can just ignore the intent behind the form of communication known as 'art' to then replace it with a different intent: why stop with art? Why not just ignore the intent of words and just insert a different meaning, a different intent? After all, if we don't care about intent in one form of communication: why bother with it all?

So say the next time you open your mouth and I choose to interpret whatever comes out as 'Gas the Jews'. What recourse do you have against that? Your intent doesn't matter. Meaning is derived from intent so that doesn't matter, especially since I can choose to derive whatever meaning I wish. So does that mean everyone who listens to you gets to define what you say and mean?

Or, and here's a thought- Maybe we should accept that intent is the main deciding factor in communication (and by extension, art) and disregarding that is just gonna end with us slipping into hell so you should shut your damn yap?

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Space colonialism discourse more or less reveals that your average tumblr users takeaway from discussions about colonialism and what it does to indigenous populations is that the act of moving itself and extracting resources is the badist part, and not the annihilation/displacement of said indigenous populations. So, every six 6 months, we have heated discourse on if it's morally wrong to use the resources from a totally inert rock in space that can never and will never support its own life on it.

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Is Hillary Clinton a NAZl?

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the average twitter vs tumblr community experience

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every now and then you strike gold in comment sections of obscure websites

thanks p-dawg

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I am actually begging some people to just let some spaces exist untouched by real-world issues and horrors.

Like I've lost count of the amount of times peaceful game or fandom servers have been ruined by people stampeding in with political rants, bitching about world issues, demanding internal activism, demanding vent channels so they can whine about their shitty parents, ect.

Like. Respectfully. Not every single space has to be inclusive of and welcoming of outside topics. The real world sucks. We don't needed to be reminded of that absolutely everywhere.

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for a peaceful world

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It's HOT!

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What the media doesn't want you to know

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Hey little PSA for y’all, if someone tells you to repost a picture of an Axolotl DO NOT REPOST IT. Tumblr detects it as CSAM for some reason and deletes your blog because of it, if someone submits it to you delete the ask immediately.

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