#first they came for .....

[antifainternational]

[crystalsandbubbletea]

If I were the US president, I would have ended ties with Israel long ago.

Israel has stated multiple times that they don't care about the civilians in Palestine, hell they don't care who gets hurt in general. All Israel wants is genocide, anyone who supports Israel wants genocide, and anyone who goes like "Well it's complicated" or remains silent is genocide complicit.

Silence.

Is.

Violence.

There's a poem, it's called "First they came for" and it's by Martin Niemöller, it shows that silence does nothing, and in the end, there will be no one to help you because you were silent.

I wanted to do a modern retelling of it, here it is (Note: This is from the perspective of someone who is silent on politics):

First they came for the socialists—and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for black people—and I did not speak out—because I was not black.

Then they came for the disabled—and I did not speak out—because I was not disabled.

Then they came for trans people—and I did not speak out—because I was not trans.

Then they came for gay people—and I did not speak out—because I was not gay.

Then they came for unionists—and I did not speak out—because I was not a unionist.

Then they came for Palestinians—and I did not speak out—because I was not Palestinian.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

[labelleizzy]

[herdreamywasteland]

first, they came for the trans women. and i said something, because I've read the rest of the fucking poem

[chainsaw-raven]

source highly recommend reading the full article

Maya Angelou: “No one of us can be free until everybody is free”

[newgreyhair]

The day after Angela Y. Davis was placed on the FBI Most Wanted list for kidnapping and murder, James Baldwin published a public letter to his Sister.

James expressed his kinship with Angela and drove home the resounding need for people of conscience to come to her aid. He ended the letter:

"Some of us, white and black, know how great a price has already been paid to bring into existence a new consciousness, a new people, an unprecedented nation. If we know, and do nothing, we are worse than the murderers hired in our name.

"If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own—which it is—and render impassable with our bodies the corridor to the gas chamber. For, if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night."

Like Martin Niemöller's confession ("First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist..."), James Baldwin marks Angela Davis' incarceration as a particular cultural moment where things are beginning to slide. If they can come for socialists, they can come for trade unionists, and Jews, and Angela Davis, and all Black people, and all of us.

I offer this quote three months into a genocide, a slow burn of 75 years, suddenly sped up. As Israel attempts to erase every Palestinian within its borders, as its hateful rhetoric infects the world, if we know this is wrong, and do not act, "we are worse than the murderers hired in our names."

[grobyna]

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me.

- Poem by Martin Niemöller

( With all that's going on this giant floating rock rn, I feel that this Poem couldn't mire reflect it. Let's not make the same mistakes twice )

[sadderbutwisergirrl]

[sunlit-mess]

nyam

[alalumin]

OK I saw a poll about something similar and now I am curious

-Assume it's a celebrity you like and that they haven't made a statement about this sort of thing.

-The celebrity in question is just casually out and about, they are not part of an event or panel.

-By "go up to them" I mean saying hello or asking for a picture

-If you have to talk to them as part of your job it doesn't count unless you also ask for something similar to the above.

-This is a judgement free zone, there is no correct answer I am just curious.

Inspired by this poll

[machinerot]

alright i couldn't find any posts showing this idle animation and needed it on my blog

[gertritude-art]

just drew a character line-up i can't show off for a while yet, but i need people to know it's incredibly funny to me because it accidentally turned out like this

[cherrycharai]

I lovvvee this little comic from Ryoko Kui 's Daydream Hours ♡. I would read a whole slice of life manga about Falin and Marcille's time together at the magic academy (⁠´⁠ε⁠｀⁠ ⁠)

[chiptrillino-art]

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its uh titts out monday (i think) In case you don't know, there is this really entertaining and spicy fic @ranilla-bean wrote named Nip It in the Bud.

zuko sure wasn't subtle and sokka an absolute gentleman.

[muffinlevelchicanery]

“Everyone loves that ‘first they came for’ poem but no one seems to understand that it means that the best form of self-protection is investing in the well-being of people who are more marginalized than you are so that it never gets to the point where they come for you.”

@LuxAlptraum on Twitter

[k-martins]

GUYS GUYS GUYS

DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN JJK'S FIRST EPS WAS AIR, THE JAPANESE FANDOM NUMBED MEGUMI SOMETHING LIKE "ANGEL OF SWEETS" BECAUSE HE WAS HOLDING GOJO'S KIKUFUKUS BAG WITH ALL THE CARE AND PROTECTION???? ?

WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THIS BEFORE????

THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭