#palestine isn’t actually the exact same thing as the civil rights movement in america

[halfricanloveyou]

and a reminder that the FBI killed lots of Black activists (and MLK. i genuinely believe they killed MLK and Malcom X and it is known/confirmed that they killed several leaders and members of the Black Panthers.)

ALL governments kill activists, protestors, and occupants when they start getting too much attention or gaining too many followers. USAmericans love to make absurd, nonsensical, and pointless comparisons like these. i get so fucking tired of seeing white people bring him up all the goddamn time without knowing literally anything he said or did beyond his speech.

later in life MLK also specifically said “peaceful” protesting isn’t enough to cause change or gain support. idk how someone could be brazen enough to invoke MLK’s name or ANY Black activists when they should know good and goddamn well those activists were demonized and then murdered by the US government.

maybe if instead of using Black activists and Black suffering as a fun “gotcha” to win an arugment, someone could try to fight systemic racism or actually read or listen to anything Black people have said ever???

also fuck the israeli government and fuck their armed forces. they continue to murder Palestinians.

[inspectorseb]

I think this European election is providing a very important lesson for ALL non Americans, this is coming from a non American. The U.S, especially in recent years but also for their entire history, has always been a running ‘joke’ for everyone else. And especially since the rise of the far right and the Trump/MAGA movement in America, everyone has scoffed and been like ‘oh my god how stupid are they? That could never be us.’ And that in itself is a very problematic mindset. Because it has given a lot of people a sort of superiority complex, and in turn makes them very ignorant to the rise of fascism in their own country. Especially in Europe it also comes the issue of how American centrism in media has altered people’s ability to perceive the danger and rise of the far-right if it doesn’t look just like MAGA republicans. And because obviously American culture is very different than European cultures, it isn’t going to look the exact same. And I will even say that this has also become an issue in Canada in recent years, so it’s not necessarily isolated to Europe.

Similarly to the idea of a superiority complex, although in this case it can really be chalked up to racism like a lot of things, we have seen the rise of fascism in recent years in South America but no one has given a fuck. Political fluctuation is (unfortunately) incredibly normal. It happens every 10-15 years. HOWEVER we are currently seeing the most extreme shift in almost 100 years, and I feel like I don’t need to tell you what was happening back then. South Americans have been begging for attention over the terrible things happening with fascist governments and trying to preach the danger but no one cared. And let’s be honest, it really comes down to the fact that a lot of white people think of Latinx people as lesser than, including the white supremacy mindset that poc are ‘less civilized’ so it’s no wonder their government is ‘in shambles’ and that will never be us because we’re so modern and accepting. But guess what? That’s not how it works.

When I was writing this I saw a tiktok of someone giving commentary on the French election and one of the comments was “what there are maga republicans in France?” and while not literally the answer is YES THEY’RE EVERYWHERE. I don’t know the nationality or anything of the person who commented that, but this is a message of the importance of people being sufficiently educated about political behaviour internationally. A lot of people are trapped in the mindset that what their country and people do only has an impact within their country. And that’s obviously far from the truth, especially nowadays with the extreme technology and communication we have and its power of influence.

I think the other important important view on society and our role is something that has been brought up in recent time. And that’s the fact that everyone always looks back at things like wars and genocide, the one I’d say is the most brought up is ww2/the holocaust, and say “I don’t know how everyone just let this stuff happen”. But that’s EXACTLY what you’re doing now. There is not only a dangerous political shift happening before your eyes but even more so you are ignoring the genocides/conflicts in places like Palestine, Sudan, and Congo. And here’s the thing, genocide and fascist political strategy have existed for a long time and they absolutely have not changed. So you’re looking at people creating an exact copy of the same historical conflicts you claim to know so much about, and doing nothing, not even acknowledging that it’s happening. So many people are so focused on saying how much better we are than the past, that they aren’t analyzing current situations as much as they have the past. Because while we have obviously evolved very much as a society and have become much more diverse/accepting etc, saying how much better we are than people of the past/our ancestors is really a hollow statement when you’re oblivious to things actually going on.

Unfortunately once these decisions are made they’re made, so there’s no going back for a few years. I just pray that things like this will influence other countries to actually pay attention to the danger happening to society and stop it before it gets a hand on actual power. Also please just vote no matter what. I know that like 95% of the time all the main candidates in an election suck, but if you actually care about the world not going in this direction PLEASE vote for the least bad option.