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remembering nex benedict, one year on

Jan 11 2008 - Feb 8 2024

(Post was supposed to come out yesterday but got lost in drafts)

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01-06-2025, 2 PM

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Dreamer

Shaun Peterson / Qwalsius

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Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.

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Orcanize and find your pod.

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Self-Portrait with Magic Scene (detail, ca.1635-7) Pieter van Laer 

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Clackamas United Church of Christ in Oregon

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If you've seen that one screencap, you know what it's about.

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This is buried in a longer post, but I think it's worth highlighting again.

The point of civil discourse is not to uphold Victorian manners, play nice for the oppressor, or constrain activism to a specific set of rules.

The point of civil discourse is to present and exchange ideas in a manner that is compatible with human psychology.

Being inflammatory/polarizing puts people's guards up. Once you've insulted someone in an argument, no matter what a horrid bastard they might be, you've sacrificed all your credibility/pull with them. Why should they believe you know best for them/society if you've shown you don't respect them as a person?

The thought of "I don't want to argue about human rights," is fair. However, through time immemorial, we've seen that rights are a thing you are born with but have to defend from outside forces. "Defend" means arguing. Arguing effectively means being patient, default assuming the person's mind can be changed, and walking away from a conversation you don't have the energy or the temper to continue with "This is not something I think I can change your mind on, but I stand firm on my beliefs. I will not be engaging further with you on this today."

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thanks for being nice to me. in return i will die for you and never leave your side and go grocery shopping with you.

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"I want a fandom that's so incredibly creative. Like it was given so little cannon stuff so it's purely built off the fans minds and most of the time doesn't at all go along with the little cannon they were given."

*I show up out of thin air dressed in all black and carrying a suitcase, whispering,* hey, have you heard of the marauders?

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by lesnoj.veresk

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Me, trying to figure out what iced coffee i want before work: ...mocha?

The thing that's been clawing at the inside of my ribcage since I was 13: GOD IS REAL AND HE IS THE SPACE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN ALL THINGS. DO YOU HEAR THE DRUMS?

Me: i think.... french vanilla

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