#I'M SO FUCKING TIRED

[lexidius]

1. School shooters acted out because of a fucked system that pushed them to their breaking point as well. This is N O T a defence of school shooters by the fucking way, before people decide to come at me in the replies. But we have to remember that most school shooters are just troubled kids who don't know how to express their frustrations with the current corruption of the system and lack of resources to manage the mental health of these kids, so they resort to the only methods they can think of. Eric Harris felt socially isolated to the point that his internalized ableism over his chest deformities led him to commit the acts that he did. Again, THIS IS NOT A DEFENCE OF THESE PEOPLE, but there's a nuance here that needs to be recognized because people in a corrupt system will, when pushed to their limits, resort to extremes. Mangioni ALLEGEDLY resorted to the same kinds of extremes that Harris did, because of a very similar frustration with the way that certain large-scale things in American society (ie. education system, healthcare system) are flawed.

2. We still have no solidified proof that it was definitely Mangioni who shot the CEO. He was arrested purely because of an anonymous tip and some hyped up media sensationalism over a conventionally attractive guy's twitter account. Continuing the narrative that Mangioni shot the CEO is copaganda at this point, and only furthers the narrative that he should be charged for his crimes. Remember - we don't officially know yet if it was him or not!

3. "Think of the children" is a common argument, yes, but again, referring back to point 1, it's a nuanced one. An ALLEGED shooting by Mangioni - remember, ALLEGED - of a corrupt CEO, who's company also hurts families with innocent children who were denied healthcare insurance, requires more thought than trying to make the topic of shootings into a black and white issue about who's being saved and why. Whoever the CEO Shooter was, he likely had a multitude of complex reasons as for why he targeted UHC's members directly, and in such a politically charged way. Until the shooter, whoever it may be, is found and releases an official statement though, we simply don't know.

4. Rightwingers and conservatives are mad about the mistreatment of Mangioni as well. Stop trying to make this into a left vs right issue. It's not a left vs right issue, it's a class issue. These two things are not the same.

5. Use of the word "degenerate" here is heavily loaded, Nazi-perpetuated language which has been co-opted by white supremacists and far right conservatives. Therefore, it's not the anti-conservative Gotcha Phrase that you think it is. You are not immune to propaganda. Don't fall for Nazi rhetoric either.

The #AllLivesMatter degenerates love the two-tier style of justice and complete disregard for children.

[lotusarchon]

There's an account on here pretending to be me to celebrate my best friend's suicide. It's under usagiiribbons and just.

I'm so tired and already so fucking stressed. I'm still coping and praying my friend didn't do it, that he didn't commit so to fucking deal with this one more day before 2024 ends is the worst fucking thing I think ever. I get you have your problems with me and fine I really don't fucking care you're trying to be me, but what the fuck did Hongtao do to you? They're just a fucking kid who's going through enough as it is, what the fuck do you have against them. How miserable do you have to be to celebrate their death?? And for.fucking what?

Just. Be aware, that's all. Block them and report them if you can, just ignore them. I'm only doing this because I've already begun to get asks "calling me an asshole friend" for trying to celebrate someone's death

Seriously. What the fuck is some of you guys problem?? God.

[blownawayy]

i want the world to stop for like 1 year so i can rest

[herewithinthevoid]

[hilacopter]

it's the way american leftists will insist on separating themselves from their government because, you know, a single governing force does not represent an entire country full of people with differing opinions. and then they absolutely refuse to apply that logic to non-western countries.

[the-catboy-minyan]

would you tell a Native American person you know their history better than them?

would you tell an African American person you know their history better than them?

would you tell any minority group you know their history better than them?

no?

then why the fuck are you doing that with Jews?

[charyou-tree]

Ok, I get it, you hate Biden

You want a cool, leftist candidate to vote for instead. Great, me too!

What is your plan to get some candidate you like better into power?

Who should we campaign for?

How do we raise money?

What races are important? What races can't they win?

And most importantly, how do we convince ~100 Million other Americans that you're right, and we should vote for this person?

You don't have a plan.

You say "don't vote for Biden" and refuse to provide any alternatives, so I can only assume you'd rather the people on Tumblr not vote at all.

I guarantee the fascists will be voting next year, and making sure that if they win, this will be the last election you get to vote in. Don't take it from me, here it is in their own words:

There's a 900 page plan about how the fascists intend to take over America.

So I ask again, what's your plan? Do you want to help Palestinians, or do you want to make sure that the last people who still believe in elections lose?

If your only contribution is "Biden is evil" and "both sides are the same" or "every American politician is evil" then I'm going to assume your intentions are to keep young leftists disillusioned and prevent them from voting, and I'll block accordingly.

[chriiiiix]

Who is responsible for this? I just wanna talk...

[daydreamerwonderkid]

I didn't survive through the bullshit aphobia discourse of 2016 and 2018 for y'all to try and pull this shit literally 3 days before 2024.

Clown fucking behavior.

[dymitre]

Wade vs Ozzy!

Let's see who's the better liquid-man-colored-blue-with-hairstyle-tuft guy!

uhhh yes

[necrofuturism]

since it's coming up a lot in discussions nowadays thanks to the US election, here's a really good reddit post about the 4B movement's transphobic + homophobic roots.

tl;dr - any sort of "female separatism" movement needs to be interacted with critically because of its inherent want for a definition of "female." the only thing that can define a woman is herself.

for the love of trans women, lesbians, bi women, black women, brown women, gnc women, gay men, and queer people who are affected by this type of exclusivity, let's nip this shit in the bud.

radical feminism helps nobody, it only hurts.

full reddit post transcript under the cut:

The 4B movement is not what you think. Please do some research.

I know that the 4b movement has been heavily suggested recently due to the ongoings on America, but if it's something people are interested in, I heavily, heavily advise people to look into it and think about the implications, especially if you care about minorities. Trumps administration does not only effect women, and the 4b movement in South Korea is a radical feminist movement that has done harm to other movements.

To put it simply, it lacks intersectionality. 4B has three main issues within its community: 1. Rampant transphobia, 2. Homophobia, and 3. The demonisation and bullying of other women. I don't think it should come as a shock that a movement like this will become a breeding ground for transphobia - in South Korea, at protests, pamphlets have been handed out to identify and push out transgender women, even escalating to a case of many members of the 4B movement rallying to have a transgender woman stripped of her degree.

The website Womad is an online community of woman in South Korea. It uses the same upvoting system as reddit, except the upvote is replaced by a swtsika and has a very weird obsession with Htler = good takes and many young women getting into Nzism along with radical feminist. The website originated because a website banned the use of homophobic language and the outing of gay men, and many women apart of the 4B movement decided they wanted to do that, and created womad to be able to continue. It is the main site for 4B, and very akin to our 4Chan - rampant with bigotry, a hatred of transgender people, gay men, and other women. Many Korean women have been ridiculed and bullied for dating men, for being pregnant, some lesbians even targeted for "acting as men do".

I don't post this to dissuade or slander the movement. In theory I understand it and why people are wanting it to take off, and I do understand why it became so popular in South Korea, due to the horrific misogyny the women face. However, I do urge people to realise women are not the only people in danger in America at the moment. These types of movements are breeding grounds for bigotry (as proven by its current existence), and when so many other people are at risk, if you actually care for their rights as well, I hope that you atleast do some research into 4B without jumping straight into it.

[alatismeni-theitsa]

This! The tweet references this tweet where foreigners proceeded to rejoice about their vacation in Greece as a first reaction after hearing about how the brutal reality of queer Greeks has been alleviated. Are you for FUCKING REAL people?? You make me wanna puke! Were we ever people to you? Or just a fancy destination and some vague ancient texts of a "dead" language, that you never cared to associate with the actual Greek culture and people??

I saw the majority of these comments came from USians and I implore you specifically to shut your fucking face. This shouldn't be your reaction to a foreign marginalized group (that is still in danger) gaining rights. The privilege of living in the country that controls Greece has gotten to your head, and unfortunately, I see this attitude from all US marginalised groups also.

You are clearly NOT ready to discuss how your country has been profiting from exploiting our culture, and that the way you see us for centuries now reeks of the neocolonialist attitudes.

Even when we are happy when for the first time in our history our existence is legal MUST WE cater to your voyeurism and "ancient Greek" fantasies? Not to mention the continuous eyerolls I had seeing people expressing they thought Greece is a gay paradise since antiquity... B R U H .... It was never legal or non-shameful for us to be gay! N E V E R . Check ancient texts and laws. It was never legal or pleasant for us here!

More from the tweet here:

[captaindibbzy]

Inevitably someone in every fandom: there's nothing platonic about that! They must be fucking!

Me, a tired little ace, grabbing them by the collar: listen here you little shit. Could you perhaps dump a bucket of ice water on your libido for five fucking minutes and imagine that someone might love you entirely and fully for who you are to the point it can bring back memories and raise the dead WITHOUT the necessity for a dick down at the end of it? That perhaps the intimacy and closeness of knowing the other person to their core, faults and glory, is not in fact an element of sex, has nothing to do with sex, and is not even remotely in the fucking ball park of sex. And is actually really Fucking Boring to read it is.

Them, inevitably: you're just homophobic.

Me: I'm going to slice you in to pieces so thin they'll be able to read a fucking newspaper through you.

[cacodaemonia]

Oh goodie, now they're stealing my art on tik tok too 🙃 I don't have an account so I'm sure there's nothing I can do about it

[legendsofentity]

i'm sorry if they're not meant to be together then why the fuck do they sound like a married couple in this scene

[holyblanchett]

Live footage of me at Marvel HQ outside of Jac Schaeffer and Kevin feige office demanding those deleted Agathario scenes for us.