#intersectional leftism

[disasterhimbo]

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Capitalism, Colonialism, Covid, and Climate Collapse

[disasterhimbo]

[ID: a twitter thread by ally (@missmayn) that says, “i don't understand this economy when nursing homes are so expensive they bankrupt our grandparents but nursing home aides need to use food banks.

“daycare is so expensive it eats up one parent's entire paycheck and yet daycare providers only make $10/hr and need second jobs.

“college costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and puts students into debt for life and yet we have thousands of professors living in their cars.

“everything we need is astronomically expensive and yet almost none of the money we pay is going towards the people actually doing the work and providing the services.” End ID.]

[angel-cryptid]

RECOUNT 2024: YET ANOTHER THREAD

please spread and check the original thread:

[disasterhimbo]

Being marginalized, especially in multiple ways, is just learning most people don’t give a shit about your happiness, health, or safety. It hurts the worst imo when even people in one marginalized group you’re a part of don’t give a shit about you bc you’re part of another marginalized group they don’t care about. And they’re not even honest about it, they pretend to care, and they think they’re good people as they’re hurting you.

[lilithism1848]

[disasterhimbo]

[ID: several versions of the Garfield “you are not immune to propaganda” meme. The first three read, “you are not immune to cultural appropriation,” “you are not exempt from unlearning racism,” and “you are not immune to upholding racist values.” The fourth, added in a reblog by OP, says, “you are not immune to being the white person im talking about.” End ID.]

hey white leftists

[actiwitch]

i think a lot of people mistake vegans for believing themselves to be "morally superior" rather than the actual, and very reasonable stance that IF YOU HAVE THE OPTION NOT TO KILL OTHER LIVING BEINGS, YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT.

most of us can understand that it's stupid to wield "oh so you think you're morally superior" against any type of human or environmental rights activists because how do you even respond to that? sure? Because its NOT ABOUT MORAL SUPERIORITY. IT'S ABOUT NOT UNNECESARILY CAUSING HARM.

Also, an activist could be the most annoying, self righteous person on the entire planet, but their stances having NOTHING to do with that. An asshole saying "trans rights" doesn't mean you shouldn't support trans rights because an asshole said it.

PLEASE start looking at veganism like you look at any other form of activism and resistance, and consider what disinformation and propaganda you've been fed about it.

[whereserpentswalk]

I hate how even in pro choice spaces abortions are seen as sad or shameful or taboo. Having had an abortion should make someone more charming and endearing to you I think.

[anarchistfrogposting]

There’s this odd cognitive dissonance in progressive liberal thought where they’re all too willing to agree that the death of any powerful bad actors in history was necessary and good, but as soon as it comes to powerful bad actors in the present they’re all handwringing and sympathy. Because somehow (and nobody can say quite how) fascism will inevitably be defeated by praying to the neoliberal phantoms and calling it a day. Because more deaths in poverty every year -unassuaged by their paternalistic philanthropy- are perfectly fine, but as soon as it comes to the guys that want to turn the death knob into hyperdrive you just have to kind of hope they don’t win rather than, idk, actually doing something serious about them.

[octisticsopinions]

If your entire position relies on you ignoring what the affected group is saying about your position and stating they can't be trusted with their own shit, your position is shit.

Autistic people have made it clear how we feel about ABA. Transgender people have made it clear how they feel about the Cass review. Queers have made it clear how we feel about conversion therapy. FUCKING LISTEN. If you claim to want to help a minority group but won't let them tell you how to help, you don't care about helping them, you care about control.

Oppressed people do not need you playing mother Teresa with our human rights. No one needs your holier than thou attitude. You don't get to decide what's in the best interests of oppressed people.

If you care, you'll listen.

[norselyqueer]

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL LEFTISTS AND PROGRESSIVES

I've founded a revolutionary coalitionist organization, Young Activists of North Carolina (YANC)! We started at the beginning of this month in a spur of inspiration brought on by the election. We are now dedicated to promoting awareness and education on human rights issues and revolutionary leftist theory, and bringing those ideas to the streets to make real change.

We have a discord server where you can meet and discuss important issues. as well as get notified on events and movements being organized in your area. We also have a Gofundme so you can support our cause as well.

Even if you're not a North Carolina resident, you are still highly encouraged to join our spaces! We can even help you get started on forming your own YAUSA cell in your area.

Links:

Discord

Gofundme

[polyvinyl-acolyte]

so the dust has settled now.

tw// us politics, bigotry, nick fuentes

election ‘24 is over, and it seems he’s doing exactly what we all said he would. exactly what everyone was calling us crazy for saying he would do.

and what is the rhetoric about?

how “the left has failed men.”

barring how we’re making the assumption that the democrats are the left (lmao), i feel like we give this too much credit here. i genuinely am of the opinion that a lot of men just actually hate women or don’t see them as people. we’re seeing this now with the “your body my choice” shit. all it took was some weedy little gremlin on twitter to say something like that, boom. a massive anti-woman movement explodes overnight.

here’s the thing. the boomer mentality of raising boys to be little sociopaths never really went away, it just got painted over. what we’re seeing in maga zoomers is that entitlement finally coming to the forefront. yeah man, sorry, you were only given a little bit less than your daddy and granddaddy got. here’s your equal attention candidate, now go blow up democracy forever.

you ask them about why they hold the beliefs they do, and you get a lot of “you told me i was evil, i just wanted to be left alone, and you came for my hobbies because we couldn’t even have that.”

seriously?

i have no fucking empathy for these people, and neither should you. they’re a bunch of sad, scared little boys who are throwing a tantrum and breaking everything because star wars is woke now or whatever. fuck them.

here’s the thing

trump didn’t gain any votes meaningfully. the dems just lost a bunch. we know who’s taken what side at this point. why are we gunning for claimed territory?

the left never “failed” men. the democrats failed everyone else. they tried capitulating to a demographic that would have never in a million years have voted for them. minimum 18 years of male socialization coupled with andrew tate brain worms has resulted in a non-negligible portion of men that see themselves as living in a world that owes them everything. we cannot change their mind for them, that has to come from them.

this is what you do over the next four years.

you’re going to be hearing a lot of disgusting things from men for a while. nick fuentes’ bullshit was only the tip of the iceberg. if you are male or even male presenting, i beg of you, call this shit out. make men ashamed again. make sexists afraid to speak out again. for the good of everyone else in this country.

and maybe accept that some people are just political lost causes.

[disasterhimbo]

Remember that staff does the same shit to people of color. We owe everything to black trans women. Pride is about being able to freely express ourselves in spite of the bigots, it’s about liberation for all. If you’re not standing up for the most marginalized among us, you don’t understand the spirit of pride.

Happy Pride Month everyone! Remember 4 months ago when the CEO of this platform harassed and chased a trans woman off this website just for posting her transition timeline, then chased her to other social media platforms to continue harassing her, and threatened to call the FBI if she continued disputing the multiple dubious terminations of her blogs that did not violate tumblr's terms of service in any way? And despite tumblr staff insisting that the CEO was acting against their interests, the broad transmisogyny evident in the site's culture and moderation policy has still not been adequately addressed?

[queeraliensposts]

I would like to preface this post by clarifying that obviously you should wear and present however you feel comfortable and the way you dress doesn't actually say anything about who you are as a person and what your values are.

Anyways, in my experience interacting with alternative subcultures, I've noticed that alt girls who dress alt but still try to look coventially pretty tend to say the most problematic things, will treat trans men and transmascs like absolute fucking garbage especially when we set basic boundaries like "please don't call me girl, even if you're using it in a gender neutral way", engage in cringe culture, often say the most ableist things about problematic people, and throw around terms like "pick me girl" and "chronically online".

Whereas alt girls who dress alt and don't care about looking conventionally attractive are often very progressive and really nice.

In my opinion maybe this boils down to internalized misogyny and wanting to signal to others that you're better than "other girls" because you're not afraid of offending people, because being alt these days isn't as "edgy" or "cool" as it used to.

It could also be that a certain amount of nonconformity is admired but there comes a certain threshold where it's no longer acceptable.

Obviously wanting to be pretty =/= having internalized misogyny or being problematic, as I've seen a few examples of alt girls who don't care about looking conventionally attractive being problematic, and alt girls who do care being nice, but that's not the majority.

Before anyone twists my words beyond recognition, I always encourage everyone to dress however they feel comfortable, and dressing a certain way does not make you inherently problematic, I am simply pointing out a pattern I've noticed, commenting on it, and giving my own theory as to why it is.

[angel-cryptid]

RECOUNT 2024: PROOF THAT HE CHEATED (spread this)

for them. for your siblings. for yourself. we have to fight. I believe in you, we're all in this together.

[ultramaga]

The model most feminists and a lot of religious fanatics use of pornography is that it is something evil men impose on helpless women. They never acknowledge that, given an opportunity, a lot of women will create it without even payment. This is a part of humanity. You can say it's evil if you like, but to claim it is wicked men and innocent women is to completely misunderstand the reality.

And -- from the feminists - I have to wonder how much of it is actually jealousy.