#EUGENICIST

[msclaritea]

WHO IS THANOS?

I knew he was a genocidal maniac, and a Rightwing symbol, especially after seeing trolls repeat, and nauseum, for years that "THANOS WAS RIGHT! THANOS WAS RIGHT!"

But even knowing most characters in Marvel are based on old myths, I didn't dwell on it. Until yesterday, when I saw this:

Wolf imagery. The video posted was full of wolves. That's when I decided to look closer. Playing around with the letters in the name, I first stopped on SONTHA, which is both Hindu and the name of one family from Ayrshire, Scotland.

But then, I tried SONATH, and bingo:

The name Somnath is of Indian origin, specifically from Sanskrit. It is derived from the combination of two words: "Soma," meaning moon, and "Nath," meaning lord or protector. Therefore, Somnath can be interpreted as "Lord of the Moon" or "Protector of the Moon."

https://parenting.firstcry.com › mea...

BUT SOMNATH IS ALSO THE NAME FOR LORD SHIVA, GOD OF DEATH, DESTRUCTION. AND THE CONQUERER OF TIME.

Thanos is basically a Dropped Letter Cypher.

"Symbolism of Wolves in Hinduism

Jackals, however, are associated with certain fierce deities like Bhairava (Shiva), Kāli, and Tara. Most of the time they are shown in the ..."

I spoke with Aeltrileaf about all of this. Well, we had a long discussion. She believed Thanos to be based on Thanatos, the Hindu equivalent of Yama, God of Death:

Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He appeared to humans to carry them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them by the Fates had expired.

https://www.britannica.com › topic

Thanatos | Death, Personification & God - Britannica

My personal choice was still Shiva, due to other similarities...the Purple, the Wolves, etc. I did acknowledge that the Hindu and Greek might be related. It's too much of a coincidence that Thanatos is associated with Night and sleep and SOMNATH is too. Aeltrileaf hit on it, saying that Greek is Indo-European, so if you go back far enough, there is overlap. I think at some point, Thanatos got reversed to Somnath, or vice versa.

She said, "The Babylonian equivalent of Soma was called SIN, also a 🌙 deity." The deities are intertwined:

It's basically all Death Cult stuff. Now, who exactly were they advertising, while pushing Thanos, AGAIN, just last night:

Scientology has been bending over backwards, to rehabilitate Jonathan Majors, just so he doesn't lose the Kang role. Also spammed under Thanos was Homelander, The Joker, Darth Vader., and of course, Scarlet Witch. I've said for a long time, the rule of thumb with these groups is relentlessly advertising who they control, or are associated with, under certain tags.

You know, IF Thanos makes some sort of comeback in the upcoming round of Marvel films, fine. But people should be aware of what inspired him.

[ablogofcourage]

[nando161mando]

This is your annual reminder that many autistic people consider groups seeking to prevent or cure autism to be eugenicist hate groups and would strongly prefer that any donations you make go to groups that seek to improve the lives of autistic people instead

[kramlabs]

“I mean, there’s eight billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you.”

—Bill Maher on murdering kids abortion

“None of you believe it’s murder. You know, that’s why I don’t understand the 15-week thing. Or the — Trump’s plan is, ‘Let’s leave it to the states.’ You mean, so killing babies is okay in some states?” Maher asked.

“Like, I can respect the absolutist position. I really can,” he continued. “I scold the left on when they say, ‘Oh, you know what, they just hate women, people who aren’t pro-life. They, the pro-choice, they don’t hate women. They just made that up. They think it’s murder. And it kind of is. I’m just okay with that. I am. I, I mean, there’s eight billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you. That’s my position on that.”

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*They know which demographic and ethnic groups that tend to get abortions. How about emphasizing less promiscuous sex, better mate selection, and pro family values and then, eventually, the legality of abortion won’t matter.

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

[tenth-sentence]

The more zealous restrictionists felt that this feature did not discriminate enough against the most recent wave of immigrants – those from Eastern and Southern Europe – and, joined by eugenicists, they campaigned for a still stricter, permanent immigration law.

"In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity" - Daniel J. Kevles

[warmhappycat]

Yeah, I really could not stop thinking about the exchange in OP’s post.

There are really only 2 explanations for being an anti-vaxxer, right?

You’re either stupider than a pile of bricks, or you’re a eugenicist, yeah?

If you’re stupid enough not to know or gullible enough to not believe that deadly diseases used to kill a lot of people, that’s one thing.

But I don’t think that’s most people. Most people are actually pretty smart, I think, even if their other traits tend to hide it.

Which leaves eugenics. You know measles kills people, you know Covid kills people, you know mumps and pertussis and whatever else kill people, but you just don’t think it’ll kill you, or your children.

Which is wrong, and dumb, but more importantly - if you know that, and oppose vaccines and other mitigation efforts anyway, then I can only conclude that you’re ok with it killing people who don’t (can’t, can’t afford, don’t have time, can’t access) do whatever the thing is that you think is protecting you and your family.

You feed your kids raw milk or whatever, and you think this will protect them from measles. Lots of children’s, little babies’, parents don’t do this. Are you ok with them dying?

Your kids are vibrant and healthy. You’re sure their natural immune system could fight off Covid. Lots of kids are disabled though. Are you ok with them dying?

Your family says their prayers and goes to services and never sins, and you believe your deity will deliver you from whooping cough. You also believe that it is part of your sacred mission in this life to bring people, who were born as sinners, into the faith, lest they go to hell. Are you ok with them dying and going to hell before you ever even talk to them? Are you ok with their parents dying, just because they didn’t find your deity as compelling as you do?

All of which is to say nothing about how abhorrent it is that all of this nonsense started because people thought it was better for their children to die than to “get” autism.

Unless someone is stupid to a degree that I’m not sure actually exists, then I think the only explanation for this behavior is some degree of eugenicist belief, no? “People who don’t live their lives like I do deserve to die. I don’t owe them anything.” Right?

It took almost a decade to do that too. We're entering year 5 of covid. It's global and airborne. Mask up.

[despazito]

Yes we founded this hobby in late victorian europe where we divide animals of the same species from around the globe into races and measure them with calipers and put extreme emphasis on blood purity and conformity but WE SWEAR this has zero links to the eugenics movement that was coincidentally happening at the exact same time and place

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Hey, everyone! Welcome to "Be Aware that Autism Speaks is a Eugenicist Hate Group, largely responsible for vaccine denial" Month!

How anyone still allows them to call themselves a "charity" boggles my mind.

Support these groups instead:

Oh, and the reason women and nonbinary people are sharing an advocacy organization, is not that nonbinary people are "Woman Lite," but because Autism Speaks' propaganda pushes the message that Autism is a "Disease" (🤮) of predominantly cis AMAB people (Which is why they chose that shade of blue for their logo). And therefore, women and nonbinary folk have to talk louder to be heard over Autism $peaks' propaganda.

[froody]

The argument around elective abortions for fetuses with profound disabilities are like “I aborted my deeply wanted and loved child because the quality and quantity of their life would be abysmal and I could not stand the idea of giving birth to a child I could never take home who would spend their short existence hooked up to innumerable machines and pumped full of medication.” and antiabortion activists hear this and say “You killed your child because you couldn’t stand the idea of having a disabled kid. You evil eugenicist fuck. The doctors could have been wrong and they could have been fine but you’re such a bad parent you gave up on them before they were even born.”

[deepseasmetro]

so we are just parroting right wing hysteria talking points now huh. are you for fucking real right now......

[checkoutmybookshelf]

Remember y'all, *magic* doesn't negate the existence of disabled people. Eugenics does that. And Lainoff's book, All for One, is incredible and worth a read. It's on my bookshelf!

[mizushidokoro]

I think the most obvious reason yuta does not have access to Gojo’s memory is because this is his first time using kenjaku’s technique and he likely can’t use it perfectly without practice

[uncanny-tranny]

If your politics stem from, "in a perfect world, disabled people wouldn't have to exist to suffer their disability!" you are just a eugenicist.

So often, people seem to forget that eugenics isn't "being mean," so when eugenics are framed as kindness, compassion, empathy, and as a service done unto the people they are helping (see: eradicating), it isn't seen as eugenics - it's seen as a kindness. In what way would disabled people "not exist" in society if it were "made perfect"? In what way would we be deemed not to be "suffering a life of disability," and how is it measured?

The "kind" eugenicist is still operating with the same tools that the "dyed-in-the-wool" eugenicist uses. The kind eugenicist relies on people taking what they say in good faith, that they actually want to help the people they seek to eliminate.

[agnesandhilda]

I think it was a good character writing decision for mark's catalyst to be nolan insulting debbie, but the degrading way nolan talks about humans affects him too. mark is half-human, even if his viltrumite side is the only part of his heritage the characters of invincible acknowledge because nolan does everything he can to foreground it in-universe—declaring that his viltrumite-ness is the most important part of his racial/species background was arbitrary, and that status can be arbitrarily revoked too. mark only asks this once, but what was nolan planning to do if his son had never developed powers, i.e. proven he could grow into a "proper" viltrumite? he would be just another human, and nolan's treatment of debbie shows he has no issue belittling and mistreating even the humans that he's emotionally close to. nolan slaughters unfamiliar humans in front of mark to make a point. he uses mark's body as a weapon to kill humans with for the sake of upsetting him. mark, who is the son of a human just as much as he is the son of a viltrumite. who at the start of the series was less than a year away from being a normal human, the kind of person who his father would at best treat like a thing he possesses and at worst like a bug to squash. does mark feel threatened by nolan's contempt towards his people (the kind of person that mark is)? is that driving him to fight? is mark thinking about that at all, even if it's just subconscious?

[rjalker]

*patiently waiting for everyone to realize that disabled people in Flatland are criminalized so if A Square needs a monacle to see, he has to desperately hide that fact and pretend that he can see Totally Perfectly Fine haha what are you talking about he's not Irregular he's just uhhh,,,,,not as good at Sight Recognition as a true Polygon!!! that's totally it the reason he can't tell that Octogon apart from his Heptagon father, totallyy, there's totally no other reason at allll, it's just because he's a Square!!! not because there's anything wrong with his eye, no no not at all!!!*

and this could lead to many great scenes of hypocrisy and introspection.