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@onecornerface linked me to this paper, which I mostly agree quite a lot with, and lays out some thoughts that I've been having lately in a much more coherent, far less fundamentally angry form than I have. Particularly the fact that the American racial culture wars are primarily waged between rival groups of middle-to-upper-class whites and that the distinction between de jure and de facto segregation is actually important and worth focusing on.
I'm trying to think how to put certain thoughts in order, but over the last few years I have been increasingly fixated on the fact that de jure segregation and affirmative action have both been resolutely defeated in the law here in the US.
The defeat of segregation has been the quicker and more complete; I cannot bring to mind any attempt to revive Jim Crow or repeal the Civil Rights act.
Affirmative action, in contrast, has not been completely excised from the US but it seems to be well on the way out.
My followers will know that I like to piss people off by asking for a legislative or court victory for Affirmative Action that happened in the last half century. I think the closest I've gotten was a California ballot measure that didn't pass and maybe, like, one Supreme Court decision that was kind of a mixed bag rather than being entirely restrictive from the early 70s.
Both these situations strike me as incredibly weird, and people hate when I say that, because they sense a kind of dismissiveness lurking behind the assertion that these total legal defeats are weird.
Which frustrates me because it makes them incapable of even admitting that anything happened.
I cannot name any other important culture war issues like this. Roe V. Wade dates to very close to the Civil Rights Act, and American conservatives never once stopped working at overturning it through the courts and legislatures, and, as we know, they finally succeeded.
The same kind of continual push for legislation and court victories can be observed for every other culture war battle I can think of. If I asked you to name one legislative or court victory for anti-gay activists in the last fifty years you could probably name several off the top of your head, e.g. Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. If I asked you to name similar victories for pro-gay activists you'd cite Lawrence V. Texas and the Respect For Marriage Act.
Gay rights battles have been fought in the courts and legislature and continue to be fought up to the present day, just like battles over Abortion, drug use, gun rights, etc.
But the same is not true of Segregation or Affirmative Action. For example, current Supreme Court precedent bans the use of official racial quotas in college admissions. Affirmative Action advocates could pass trigger laws requiring such quotas, which would go into effect as soon as they could get friendly court judges to overturn current precedent. The same is true of white supremacists who want to bring back the bad old days.
But they don't.
When I point this out people get very angry and say, "Just because something isn't done by the courts or legislature doesn't mean people don't still do it. Here's an example of some private citizen doing something really egregious! Everybody knows that you don't get results by going to the courts or the legislature anymore! Please ignore all the states that are now banning abortion!"
I disagree. If something is a huge, controversial culture war flashpoint, but only one side has won any legal victories in a half century, that's actually so anomalous that I genuinely cannot come up with a third example after Segregation and Affirmative Action.
I think this is related to a conviction that destroying segregation and affirmative action are held (By different political groups) to be the key to achieving racial harmony.
It may look like segregation was defeated so thoroughly that nobody could possibly advocate for it seriously anymore, but that hasn't led to an end of racial strife. Since racial strife is caused by segregation, if it's still around that means segregation and race hatred must have somehow gone underground. Those feelings must be as strong as they were in the 60s, but now they're hiding and we have to do more and more psychological work to figure out where they're hiding.
And an essentially exactly analogous process happens for affirmative action.
Essentially, on the left the feeling is that if we had actually rooted out race hatred from the white psyche, we'd have racial harmony and equality.
We don't have racial harmony and equality, therefore the white psyche must still be riddled with race hatred, and we need to find it. It must be expressing itself through white chefs that want to cook soul food and tourists trying on kimonos, and we need to treat people who do those things as the racists they are.
On the right, the feeling is that the psychological problem is the ability to conceive of race at all; the way to racial harmony is colorblindness and particularly color-blind policy.
We don't have racial harmony and equality, therefore the affirmative action mindset must be heavily embedded in the left-wing psyche, and we need to find out where it is hiding. People hide it behind innocent-sounding phrases like "diversity" and "inclusion" and we need to run anybody who uses those phrases out of town on a rail.
Our whole approach to race in this country is devolving into increasingly hysterical attempts to force (white) people to have the correct attitudes about race.
Step back for a bit and the fact that we are trying to make it illegal to cause a white person to feel guilt about history has a sort of bizarre, 1,001 Nights fairytale quality about it. Like some fairy story where it is illegal to remind the Emperor that he will die someday.
I think I am coming around to the idea that racial strife in the US is no longer caused primarily by defects in the individual (white) psyche, and that our efforts to keep finding those defects are kind of the same mindset that convinced Soviet leaders that all failures were caused by sabotage.
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Tech Support: Part 3
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Yes, this was a real thing we had to help with once.
Even though he complains, Donnie feels a lot of pride being looked to as the family expert for these things, I’m sure. For all that Splinter probably doesn’t know the deep intricacies of computers, I’ll bet he knows the basics. Could there be a deeper meaning to his confusion?
I personally headcanon that Splinter is the one who introduced computers, phones, and appliances to his sons way back in the dumpster diving days, and probably showed Donnie how to fix his first toaster or something. However, the special interest kicked in hard and pretty soon Donnie could run circles around Splinter when it came to fixing and engineering stuff. Perhaps, this is a way Splinter can find time to partake in Donnie’s interests and boost his confidence despite being way out of his depth on technical know-how himself.
When you don’t have a lot, it’s important to be resourceful and handy with a quick fix. Donnie had to have started building stuff somewhere!
It makes it all the more bittersweet if they were really close only to have Splinter struggle to bond with Donnie when he’s a little older. Don’t worry though, they’ll figure it out :)
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise of the tmnt#rottmnt comic#rise donnie#rise mikey#rise raph#rise leo#rottmnt donnie#rise splinter#t*cest dni#let Splinter be a good dad#I think everybody could use a little heartwarming parental love in their lives#even if family can be really annoying sometimes lol
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Minho playing with kittens for 12 minutes straight (aka the kitten interview)
Bonus
#bystay#createskz#stray kids#lee know#linosource#*m.gif#*minho#analook#usersemily#melontrack#dreamytag#mimotag#userlau#kpopccc#malegroupsnet#everybody say thank you taylor times three hundred because being able to gif this saved my lifeee#dude did not hear any of the questions and neither did i#buzzfeed heard me saying i'd gif all his close ups and then he didn't get any lol#but he had the time of his life and that's all that matters to me#they put him in the middle because cat dude but then buzzfeed couldn't care less lol#also the cuts were so fast and that was annoying#but please look at him#dare i say this was wayyyyy better than the puppy interview (i'm biased)#kittens so many kittens i love#i need a minho fancam from this or smth#need to watch it again to actually hear the questions and they're answers lmao#gifs
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𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸
#zhongven#genshin impact#venti#zhongli#fanart#morax#barbatos#old men yaoi#Celestia would ban them not because it's forbidden but because they're annoying#EVERYBODY knows
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Marauders and Reg group chat
Remus: who the fuck added me to the group chat?
Sirius: >:O language.
Regulus: yeah watch your fucking language.
Sirius: OKAY WHO TAUGHT REGGIE TO SAY THE FUCK WORD?!
Peter: ‘the fuck word’
James: You guys use the f word all the time??
Regulus: Merlin’s beard you don’t have to censor it.
Peter: say fuck James.
Regulus: Do it, James. Say fuck.
#Peter and regulus would be MENACES together you can’t change my mind and frankly you can’t prove me wrong either#James would say literally anYtHinG else than a curse word.#he’d say duck muck shite mothereffer etc. you get the point#Remus would like to not be in that chat#honestly there would be constant chatter between Sirius and James and regulus would annoy Sirius to the point of murder.#peter would pretend to be everybody’s friend but he’s scheming on his own (with regulus at times)#marauders#marauders era#harry potter#sirius black#james potter#jegulus#regulus black#remus lupin#wolfstar#incorrect marauders quotes#marauders incorrect quotes#peter pettigrew#young peter pettigrew
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(separating this into its own post bc I need the validation of the radiostatic enjoyers)
Alastor absolutely believes that everyone else ALSO thinks that Vox is the most charming and attractive demon in hell, it's just an objective fact - just like how Vox is an annoying clout-chaser constantly trying to upgrade himself towards more and more validation
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Like imagine, for whatever reason, Vox is at the hotel and he's bitching about Valentino, and Alastor is nearby because he doesn't like or trust Vox alone in HIS hotel.
Vox: And then the fucker said that he only sleeps with 10s AND Vox! That absolute bitch, how DARE he?! After everything we've built!
Alastor, confused: The distinction makes sense. I fail to see how THIS is the thing you take fault with, considering everything else lacking in the moth.
Vox, mortally offended that his rival-crush ALSO thinks he's ugly and trying to pretend he doesn't care about it: uh, FUCK YOU?!
Alastor, now both confused and offended: If he included you in the scale, no one else would rate a 10? Although I suppose it is true about what they say about television rotting the brain, if your offense is taken at a rare show of consideration and NOT the publicized and continuous cheating. Ha ha!
Vox is so caught off guard that his screen immediately glitches, and it's not until he does a full system reboot that he can even RESPOND to what Alastor just said.
Alastor is making fun of his flimsy technology when Vox comes to.
Angel is cracking up in the background, watching this entire thing go down.
Vox has no idea where to go from here.
#radiostatic#staticradio#staticlovetune#fic#mine#alastor#vox#hazbin hotel#hazbin alastor#hazbin vox#i had to make this its own post bc its too funny to me to not#its just even funnier to me if Alastor also doesn't realize that not everyone thinks Vox is the most attractive demon in hell#he just thinks its such a fact that it doesnt even occur to him to be embarrassed for admitting it#bc he's just like: Vox? that sellout? yeah hes the best looking demon in hell but that doesn't stop him from being an annoying clout chaser#Alastor sees Vox exactly like that one phineas and ferb episode where Phineas had to take out Isabella's cuteness to not break the tracker#like obviously Vox isnt a 10 because if HE'Sincluded on the scale then literally no one elsewould rate#Alastor voice: Why are you glitching and turning purple I'm insulting your intelligence here#Everybody Loves Vox AU
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Steve sees that Jonathan and Robin have a lot in common and get along really well together, and is just like, “Hmm, I think not. Steal someone else’s best friend, Byers.”
#Nice try Jonathan#Steve’s not losing the best thing that’s ever happened to him to Jonathan Byers twice#see everybody things Jonathan would get along with Eddie the best but they think the other is annoying#Robin and Jon have overlapping music taste and similiar taste in movies#Robin’s just a yapper and Jonathan is a listener so they even each other out#steve harrington#robin buckley#jonathan byers#stranger things
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nap time
#robin#beast boy#teen titans 2003#teen titans comics#teen titans#correct me if i'm wrong#but there were literally no episodes about their relationship and i feel robbed#beast boy is his annoying little brother but they love each other#also bb is an attention monster#he needs everybody's attention all the time
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Hey, if you have speech impediments, you are so amazing.
If you stutter or have a lisp or misspeak easily or you have a flat affect or a limited verbal vocabulary or if your voice is AAC or if you just have a difference in your vocality, you are so incredibly important and amazing.
Just know that your voice is yours. Nobody will ever be able to truly take it away. Your voice is part of you, and you deserve to make it as true to you as you deem fit. I hope you have the space to grow with your voice and whatever about it makes it unique.
#positivity#disability positivity#partially because so much of voical differences arise from disability#i've developed a really annoying lisp-ish issue#and it's hard to be positive about it because it makes me feel like i'll be treated as lesser because it's a 'childish' affect#but i literally can't help it unless i spend 110% of my focus on it. and i don't have that amount of energy#but it makes me think about others and especially those who have it more intensely than i do#and i just want to uplift everybody because vocal differences are neutral at worst#man my dad always tells a story about this coworker he had who had a stutter like you wouldn't believe...#...and he was fucking BRUTALIZED for it... 'c-c-c-c-CAN YOU GET TO THE POINT?!' is how people would talk to him...#...and obviously that made his stutter twice as fucking worse and i can't imagine the shame and humiliation that followed...#...i hope he learned that those assholes were a fucking waste of time and that he doesn't have to deal with that...#...like i'm sorry but there is no fucking need to be that sadistic toward somebody who is obviously already anxious and worried
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Finally signing up for piano lessons after a solid two years of talking ab doing it one day really is SO surreal . Neurosurgeon by day pianist by night this is the plan for me
#I’m actually so excited this’ll make my days sm brighter#And it’ll diversify my hrs bc I won’t burn out studying sm bc I’ll always have something to look forward to#And it’ll be a point of focus for me before med school so by the time I matriculate I’ll actually be in advanced levels of playing#And then I’ll just be annoying and bring a portable piano w me everywhere and make it everybody’s problem
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there is something so so so Appealing about angry/irritated Barnaby. it scratches an itch in my brain. somethin somethin comic relief characters getting to break their mold and be outwardly unhappy
#plus it just looks... Nice on him yk yk#i sat down to do a lil character study and Next Thing I Knew barns was ready to Throw Down#still tweaking how i draw him... still not fully satisfied#except for the center scribble#theres a reason its on its own. its my fav of the bunch#and also the happiest ive been with a scribble in a While!#everybody hold on im shifting into barnaby mode#kidding kidding. maybe. we'll see how i feel tomorrow#scribble salad#welcome home#welcome home puppet show#welcome home fanart#barnaby b beagle#i like how i keep cycling through which neighbor im Focusing on#lately its been howdy but all this laughingstock is making me 👀 @ barnaby#still patiently waiting for my brain to seize poppy in its white-knuckle grip#please. please. i do not control the Motivation but god i wish i did#still. anyway. angy barnaby. fuck yeah. hes great.#i think i saw that one uhhhh drawing of clown's of barns looking mildly annoyed#and thats probably what made me go Oh I Love This. This Is Incredible. I Think About This Every Day.#he deserves to be upset. as a Treat#all comic relief characters should have a free 'choose violence' ticket
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So I was always a little confused by the definitions of whiteness to the point where one of my friends had to try to explain it to me in the most opossum-friendly translation available and I was still going "???" because it made no sense, right?
Well for the past couple days I've been having that same confusion again, because the entire globe is acting like one coin infinitely twirling in the air, where heads is "jewish people are white" and tails is "jewish people are not white" and whichever side it lands on (Even though it'll technically never land) is solely whichever one can be used to make tHe jEwS look like satan's minions.
Gee, I wonder why...
#leftist antisemitism#antisemitism#leftism#hope i'm not being too annoying about this but i was so close to falling down the rabbit hole that i feel legally obligated to dedicate a#chunk of my time to pointing out antisemitism in the hopes that someone else will crawl out of the rabbit hole with me#also lowkey wishing i could go back to that time where i thought everybody agreed that you were white if your skin was really fucking light#and it was only used as a descriptor like “blond hair”
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Daryl sign language compilation
#I'm obsessed with this aspect of his character#he's grown so much#10 years ago he'd probably just find the language barrier annoying#he's the only one outside of Connie's original group to put in this much effort to communicate with her#everybody learned a little bit but my g Daryl's near fluent#please let him learn some french in DD season 2 because you know he absolutely would#and please let him completely butcher the accent#twd#the walking dead#daryl dixon#connie twd
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yuuta exhibits such previously abandoned, recently adopted dog behavior. incredibly anxious all the time, even though nobody’s out to get him or leave him behind. waits for you to return home or from school or from work excitedly, just to see you when you walk through the door. follows you around senselessly, hovering in your space just for the sake of companionship. initiates affection in prodding ways—starts off next to you, then a hand on your thigh, then deems it safe to lay all the way down, then slowly pushes his head into your lap. gets up whenever you need to get up, and resumes his position as soon as you’re ready. brings you gifts as a sign that he’s thinking of you, and maybe because he likes the affection it brings out in you, maybe because he likes the gentle affirming touches of a hand in his hair or a pinch to his cheek. rests his head on your stomach or his chin on your shoulder when he’s sleepy, stays there, immobile, and will not move unless absolutely necessary. sometimes he gets surprised when he hears you calling for him, there’s a moment of disbelief as he thinks “me? really? you need me?” but it’s very quickly overshadowed by this compulsive need to show up, to please, to do anything for you, which is why he always answers when you call. he doesn’t realize that he has puppygod eyes, especially when he’s excited or confused, but he does and it’s incredible endearing. very reluctant to share your space or attention after a while, considers that to be sacred and he won’t risk being let go or lost again, so as a safety precaution, he keeps himself right by you, waits for you always.
#atp i need to shut and write the omega verse fics that consistency plague my mind#but while im here time for my obligatory megumi mention bc i mentioned dogs teehee#yes megumi attack dog hes megumi grumbly yes megumi bark bark bite bite BUT BUT BUTTTT#megumi is also used to like... hm........ taming? having? caring for? people in his life and also literal (divine) dogs#so for him yes he bites and barks#but he also... he gets confused if YOU dont follow him around like a puppy bc everyone else in his life has so why not you?#gojo's always been the annoying yapping pomeranian chewing on his arm even if he didn't ask#always in megumi's space even tho he didn't ask but he learned to deal with it#won't admit it but knows that too much attention is better than having someone who couldn't give a shit about you#yuuji is the golden in everybody's life and megumi is no exception#unmovable unshakeable and incredibly addictive even if he doesn't mean to be#and very very attached to the people he cares about so yeah yuuji is loud and annoying but he's also loyal and megumi respects that so fine#nobara is like... she decided she liked megumi and was upset about it so she bit his ankle and he tried to kick her off but she has too muc#pride to get shaken off by someone as scrawny as megumi and somewhere along the way megumi became impressed that she was still there even i#it hurt a bit and she was a little rough it's not like he was worse so fine whatever she can stay too#so if you like... if you dont hover around megumi if you dont pry if you dont prod then he has to be the dog smh#now he's gotta bite for your attention and nudge you and how annoying. he's gonna keep doing it tho. as long as he has to#or until you learn to fall in line and accept your leash too whichever comes first n e way.... anyway.............#somebody's pampered omega always gets what he wants megumi complex is showing......#this was about yuuta right? ok i'll put his tags now....#juju#jujutsu kaisen smut#jjk x reader#jjk smut#jjk fluff#jujutsu kaisen x reader#yuuta okkotsu x reader#yuta okkotsu x reader
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#hello everybody#i dont have much to say this time#BUT#im gonna draw some self insert stuff HAHAHAHAH#unrelated to jace but still related to magic its gonna be me (which ill have 2 design a character 4) bullying oko#i just want to annoy his ass#like i just know if i were in the mtg world itd be my mission to bother oko as much as possible#and hed put up with it because the head is crazy#id peg him#anyways#jace beleren#jace mtg#mtg#magic the gathering#mtg art#my art
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