#the most oppressed people on earth

[shitswiftiessay]

Swifties really want you to believe that they are the most oppressed people on planet earth. 🙄

[stackslip]

unpersoning haitians and viewing them as rabid savage cannibals or pet eaters, witches and gang members, as well as talking about the current horrific state of haiti as "natural" has such a long history in the west, particular in the colonial powers that have actively participated in its destruction. france, the usa, and the uk are particularly bad and evil in that regard considering their own history with haiti but it's not limited to them either

[swiftfootedachilles]

im just gonna be honest gang obviously its gonna be easy for you to say youre in love with a character and theyre an angel when anytime they do something you don't like you brush it off as out of character

[lord-squiggletits]

Also I'm just gonna say that even if it were true that Rodimus was a """""true Prime"""" and Optimus wasn't, that isn't as much of an L for Optimus as people seemingly want it to be.

Like so you're telling me Optimus was never a chosen hero and the burden of the Matrix/leadership pained him morally, emotionally, and physically, yet he still survived 4 million years of war?

You're telling me he wasn't God's Designated Special Boy but he still tried his best to live up to that impossible ideal to the point of developing serious depression and suicidal ideation as a result of so much goddamn loneliness and self-doubt?

Optimus wasn't a "true Prime" and yet he still believed in ideals of reconciliation and ending the cycle of violence? He wasn't a true Prime but he still stayed on Cybertron trying to fix a broken, broken society while also trying to stop Earth from being invaded for a second time? He didn't even need to do that he could've just stayed in exile which he was originally supposed to do all along, and which he would've personally preferred?? You're telling me that Optimus wasn't Primus' Specialest Boy And Chosen Leader and yet he stepped into leadership anyways bc he perceived that there was injustice to be fixed??

Wow yeah I guess Optimus is just such an inferior leader, clearly his actual actions/moral character as person don't matter and his "worthiness" should be judged solely on whether the Magic Cybertronian 8 Ball liked him or not.

[funeralprocessor]

RIFTS is a silly setting and a questionable game, but the art has always absolutely activated my neurons, and a big part of that is my boy Chuck Walton

His power armor/robot designs are some of my favorites ever.

[violetgarlends]

ohhhhhh my god u only like canon ships? should we tell everyone? should we throw a party? should we invite mxtx?

[home-and-having-tea]

Got into an argument with a terf once and it was horrendous having to listen to her "logic" but what pissed me off the most was her boohoo sob story about how a lesbian friend of hers was kicked out of a book club for misgendering a trans woman.

Lesbian terfs piss me off to no end because, guess what babe? Trans people will always be more on your side than the conservatives you're sucking up to. Every argument you're using against trans rights? "Oh think of the children!" "What if they assault me in the bathroom?" "Its unnatural!" "It's a fixable phase!" Every single one of those arguments can and has been used against people just like you, and likely still is being used against you by the same conservatives you think are on your side.

You jackasses will always have more in common with a trans woman than with a conserative woman, no matter how much you suck up to them. They'll always see you as lesser than, dirty sinners- the same way you act about trans women. So for the love of christ, why the hell do you insist on allying yourself with people who'd turn on you in an instant, just because you're too nosy to let people live their fucking lives without you inspecting their genitals?????

[fearandhungies]

you are a tar pit

[echoesofadream]

omg disgusting men offended by the 4b movement who would ever be shocked but i actually am because its so stupid just go be a mra like im laughing

[cruelsister-moved2]

literally if ur claiming that lesbians are responsible for some phenomenon im gonna ask u to stop there and think about how many lesbians there are in the world and how much people respect us and just think through the logistics of that one a little ok

[jakeperalta]

the way some people are interpreting harry's speech feels like such a deliberately bad faith reading to me

[pronounpinbadge]

a lot of newer discourse could be completely shedded if some of you realised that being privileged and having privilege doesnt make you a richie upper class twat it just means you have more privilege and get it easier in places. and a lot of you accept this when we frame it "white ppl get it easier than black ppl" or "abled ppl get it easier than disabled ppl" but as soon as its men or women or het or homo you start guarding your cards and making sure every one is counted properly and what not. despite men getting it easier than women being a hard and straight fact a lot of you are a slip up away from claiming trans women have more privilege than trans men because they have male socialisation and male biologies (when the truth is, we are all gender traitors to them!)

[autisticsupervillain]

I'll take "posts that Lily Orchard would write" for 500, Alex.

what is this "as someone who escaped the alt right pipeline" failpost I've seen so many people vague about

[snonkerdoodlefizzy221b]

all I can think of is how incredibly dangerous this song is in today's climate

[direquail]

I think what bothers me most about how John is talked about in the fandom is the implication that a different (implied: better) person would've done things differently and somehow more right than he did.

When the text goes to lengths to explore how suddenly coming into an incredible amount of power in a fatally constrained situation cannot lead to a good outcome.

If you're putting John in dialogue with the concept of the "magical girl", which Muir has said he is (a little tongue in cheek, but)--these are young, often profoundly unready people, who often get taken advantage of by the people who give them their powers. And like, yes, John is not a teenager, but I think that's part of the point, is that at no point is a person really prepared to become as powerful as he did--even before he merged with Alecto. Even when he was fully in control of his powers, even when they were given with honest intent and trust, even when he used them with the best of intentions and tried to do the right thing, there was no way for him to be prepared, especially given the situation he was in.

And it's funny to talk about how bad John must be in bed, but also, this isn't a scenario where John is some self-deluding Elon Musk-like villain or loser. He is genuinely trying to do the right thing, in terms of rescuing the Earth's population, rescuing the Earth Herself, and doing it ethically (see: M--'s insistence that they perfect the cryo containers until they could transport pregnant women).

I really do think this is something people are blocking out, because it is one of the uncomfortable parts of Muir's message with the series. But ESPECIALLY because the people "critiquing" him as an embodiment of patriarchy and empire are failing to see that part of Muir's critique is of human vulnerability to power: That is, that power corrupts.

And this even has echoes with Gideon & Harrow's story! Harrow begins the series in a deeply unequal dynamic with Gideon! And she does horrible things, not just because she is traumatized, but because she is traumatized and has the power to act her desires out on Gideon. She might have the motive (trauma), but that's not enough without the means (power).

And, yeah, I do have a semi-salty angle on this because people are frequently loath to think critically not just about axes of oppression but individual relationships of power when it applies to them and to people they like. ESPECIALLY when there is a very vocal segment of the fandom that is enthusiastically pro-harassment. It's very convenient to villainize John and actively dis-identify with him, because otherwise, you'd have to face the question of whether you'd do any better in his place. But the thing is, the mission of revenge he embarks on is a lot closer to many peoples' hearts than they'd like to consider.

That's the whole point.

[papirouge]

devastating war in the middle east: *is happening*

Average Zionist: actually this is about me and me being more oppressed™️ than the people being carpet bombed, starved and deported en masse because I am very smart™️

devastating war in the middle east: *is happening*

college kids in america: actually this is about me being the Best Person™️ and having the Most Correct Opinions™️,