#Can'T

[notmuchtoconceal]

this post, better than any other, gets at the unspoken realities of hemispheric processing which underlie left vs. right political discourse.

it's easy to remain trapped in polarized, dualistic thinking by caricaturing the left and right to pre-support your own positions and protect your biases and this usually has its beginning by focusing on external appearances rather than processes.

'they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources' is a loaded statement.

aside from the debate over what is and isn't propaganda (is this person assuming all left media is propaganda, or is he specifically viewing propaganda as an artform with mass ideological goals and making a note of how leftists engage the form specifically?) we have the touchy subject of what's true vs. what's proven.

leftists often struggle to comprehend if their own feelings are valid. rightwingers will simply assert perceived truths. the leftist, in striving to be quantifiable and scientific (hence 'verifiable'), has to make a judgement in regards to his own emotions. that could be ethical, moral or in terms of volume. emotions are not measurable. emotions need to be interpreted, and the volume or lack thereof changes the read of the intention, hence its reception.

the leftist may also grow complacent. in thinking the science is settled, he or she may accrue multiple blindspots until whole sections of their internal processes grow muddled or internally contradictory, or how the underlying trust can be exploited when due skepticism is neglected. if your worldview is based a foundation of lies or distortions, you're setting yourself up for future demolition.

thus, rightwing propaganda working "harder and more creatively" exposes the tension of the artist to make perceived but unspoken emotional truths felt and realized. when you see what the two sides are doing, you can then see and fully articulate the emphases each side places on propaganda.

right propaganda is a lot of fearmongering, affirmations of identity, things which play on emotions. left propaganda is a lot of data points and thesis statements, things which shape the contents of the mind. each can be laughably untrue in their own ways, like listening to the bitter ramblings of a rambunctious drunk or the nasally reportage of a corporate nerd giving a powerpoint.

ultimately, the goal should be to neither let yourself off the hook nor slander anyone while finding ways to work towards realistic common goals, not set up a false slave class utopia of absolute select power.

you naughty boy.

naughty naughty.

you need a spanking for giving only 1%

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[sweepinggeneral]

Mu Qing : Wow, this parking is as straight as I am. 

Feng Xin : I know I should be focused on the fact that you just came out, but HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY PARKING!

[dailytogachako]

if togachako was a drug i would probably be selling my entire house to use it even more

[infinitemilk]

DOES HE HEAR HIMSELF????

[momentsbeforemass]

Can’t

One of the saddest things you’ll ever run into are people who can’t.

People who can’t do something. Not because they lack the ability. Not because they lack the means. But because they’ve talked themselves out of it.

Whether it’s talking themselves out of a relationship, talking themselves out of a better job, or talking themselves out of doing something good.

They’ve talked themselves out of even trying. Because they’ve told themselves that they can’t. So many times, that all they have left is “can’t.”

What’s even sadder? The defenders of “can’t.” People who have bought into their “can’t.” So deeply that they defend it against ever trying again.

But that’s not how it’s supposed to be. It’s not how God made us.

God made us for the long haul. God made us for persistence.

Sometimes we get what we need the first time we try. When that happens, count your blessings.

Most of the time, it doesn’t work that way. Most of the time, it’s more like what we see in today’s Gospel.

Where what is needed has nothing to do with the artificial, learned weakness of “can’t.”

Where what is needed is exactly what God made you for. Persistence.

Rooted in faith, in the God of “can.”

Grounded in trust, in God’s good timing.

Knowing that God will provide everything you need.

With the strength to be exactly who God made you to be. Persistence.

Today’s Readings

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Just got asked who my number one favorite Doctor is and my brain just went

[rainofaugustsith]

Finally came up with a poll topic! I'm curious because I have run into this a few times recently and I am wondering if it's generational. Please add in the tag if you are a Boomer, GenX, Xennial, Millennial, or GenZ.

[superdictionary]

Can't - The Penguin can't catch Batman. Can't is a short way of saying cannot.

[tovanori]

have you ever felt so capable yet incapable at the same time?

[sharonisthebettercarter]

"i was a child."

"they were scared!"

sound familiar?

"i'm scared of you."

she was just the first domino.

fuck your fear. fuck your prejudice. fuck your abuse.

"--thank you for finally being honest with me."

[imaginaryprotagonist]

Supernatural Twitter is beefing with Chili's over dissing Destiel and Supernatural Tumblr is in the midst of a voter fraud scandal in a 'who is gayer' poll and I don't know what timeline we're living but I'm having a ball.

[toffeebrews]

Epictale Muffet and Mewmew Yuri

[yangsbandana]

she's so pretty i don't know what to do with myself what the fuck

[infinitemilk]

HINATA LOOKING AT KAGEYAMA

[petrichoremojis]

IDs in alt!

Symbols for 'struggle', 'can't', and then the phrase 'I can't do stairs'! The intention with the symbol for 'can't' is that it can be edited to depict things on the square, making it easy to edit into symbols for phrases, like the stairs one here!