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[Robert Hubbell Newsletter]
I want to begin by acknowledging the many emails I am receiving from volunteers across America sharing uplifting stories of positive interactions with voters. I have read them all but could not respond to any emails today. I thank all of you for your hard work. And I also acknowledge the comments and emails about hostile reactions and incivility from voters. It takes a special kind of fortitude to tolerate such abuse and continue the hard work of reclaiming democracy one voter at a time.
Jill and I spent the day completing six different canvass lists with the help of a rented van, Jessica Craven, and readers Steve Hill, Ellen Hill, and Mary Bartlett. It was a little tougher going today as some of the neighborhoods became more insular and upscale, but when we were able to connect, it was almost always positive and productive.
Jessica continues to be a star canvasser. With all six of us packed in the van, we drove up to a residence with a long driveway and expansive lawn. Jessica volunteered to get out and knock on the door. A young woman (who identified as a registered Republican) came out and engaged in conversation with Jessica. The rest of us watched from afar in the van. After about five minutes, Jessica did an âendzone danceâ and hugged the voter. We knew she had added another vote to Kamalaâs column!
I continue to be impressed by the incredible organization, efficiency, and technology of the MeckDems. The process of canvassing is seamless and automated. Voters who answer the door and say, âI already voted,â are impressed as we are able to ask about others in the same household who have not yet voted.
We covered about 150 residences consisting of voters identified as Democrats and Undecideds. After a full day of canvassing, we saw only two residences with Trump âdoor hangersâ on the front door. We respectfully placed door hangers for Harris / Walz on top of the Trump literature and moved on after receiving no response to our knock. I have been surprised by the general absence of signs, literature, and billboards for Trump.
Later in the evening, the out-of-state canvassers gathered at a local restaurant to hear from Drew Kromer, the Chair of the Mecklenburg Democratic Party. Drew told us that over 1,000 readers of Todayâs Edition and Chop Wood Carry Water newsletters have volunteered for MeckDems. Without getting into specifics, the results are encouraging. To all who have or will volunteer for MeckDems, please know that you are making a difference that may make a difference in the electoral college count and statewide races in North Carolina.
The same goes for every reader who is volunteering across the nation. I wish I could capture the enthusiasm and excitement exuded in the emails that flood my inbox. Every vote in every race everywhere matters. We must win up and down the ballot. And we must ensure that Kamala Harris has a commanding margin of victory in the popular vote to protect the integrity of the election.
At the gathering on Sunday evening, Jessica and I gave remarks. I include the notes of my remarks belowâbecause they apply to all of you, dear readers, who have helped us arrive at this moment filled with hope and promise!
Remarks 11/3/2024
First, let me introduce you to a true patriot and hero of democracy. Turn to your left and your right. Give a pat on the back and hug to the person standing next to you. Everyone where is a true hero and patriot. Bless you all for your work to save democracy!
I want to recognize what it took for us to arrive safely at this momentâone that is bursting with possibility and hope. We are here because your work carried to the point where we stand on the verge of victory.
For many, the journey began with Hillaryâs devastating loss in 2016. But you did not give up. You picked yourselves up and vowed to do whatever it took win back our democracy.
You fought and won in 2018 in the midterms.
In 2020 with Joe Bidenâs victory.
In 2021 in special elections.
In 2022 in defeating the predicted âred wave.â
In 2023 in special elections.
And now, in 2024, you will carry us to victory again.
We have arrived at this moment because you have abided, because you have kept the faith and maintained your spirits by
-gathering in community; -calling; -postcarding; -doorknocking; -fundraising; -Zooming; and -lifting up friends, neighbors and family members when they flagged from fatigue, anxiety, and despair.
We arrived safely at this moment because you refused to give up.
Because you refused to wait for permission to act.
Because you refused to âget in lineâ or âwait your turn.â
You took democracy into your own hands and saved it.
I am hopeful about this moment because I believe that pollsters and pundits have made the grievous error of underestimating
-the grassroots movement; -women, who have been denied the full liberty afforded all other citizens; -Black and Hispanic voters; -young voters; -older voters; and -voters who care about democracy.
I am filled with confidence about the future of democracy because we are not going back!
It doesnât matter if we win the Electoral College by 200 votes or lose by 2; we are not going back! This moment has changed us. We will not quitâno matter what happens on election day. We are not going back.
Historians will look back on this period and your efforts. They will conclude that you saved democracy. Literally. Not figuratively. Not metaphorically. Literally. You saved democracy.
So, as we head into Election Day, we should be
-confident;
-proud; and
-joyful.
Because we are on the right side of history. We are going to win. There is no question about our ultimate victory. The only question is when the full, final, and redemptive victory will occur.
If we keep the faith, if we work, if we fight, and if we vote, we will win.
Concluding Thoughts
Polling, predictions, and punditry are red hot. Ignore them. Votes are real. That is all that matters.
Jill posted a video blog about our canvassing and attending the Kamala Harris rally in Charlotte on Saturday. See Everyday With Jill, Canvassing, Rallying, & Celebrating FOR KAMALA!
A reader who is a friend and former law partner, Brent Rushforth sent a note that resonates in this moment.
On my way home from canvassing for Kamala in Gettysburg yesterday, I stopped at the battlefield along a fence line adjacent to the field through which Robert E Lee sent General Pickett's massive assault against the Union forces dug in on Cemetery Hill. It was Lee's audacious gamble to end the war and permanently establish the confederacy.
The Union troops, at enormous cost, heldâand the United States survived. Now Trump is once again seeking to render us asunder . . . I am filled with hope over the next couple of days that the center will hold and that the Union Jack will stand proudly over our republic as it did on Cemetery Hill twice our lifetimes ago.
âTwice our lifetimes ago,â Americans gave their lives to defend the Union created by the Constitution in 1789. Now, two lifetimes later, we are asked to once again save our Union. But all we need do is voteâand convince others that they must do so, too.
We can do that. We are doing it. Votes are real. That is all that matters at this point. Vote and urge others to vote!
Talk to you tomorrow!
[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]
#Robert B. Hubbell#Robert b. Hubbell Newsletter#canvassing#get out the vote#GOTV#on the ground#US Civil War#war between the states#Gettysburg#the Union#election 2024#The New Yorker
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Transcript of the Proclamation
January 1, 1863
A Transcription
By the President of the United States of America:
A Proclamation.
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
"That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States."
Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit:
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth[)], and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh.
By the President: ABRAHAM LINCOLN WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
#proclamation one#freedom#freeing the slaves#lincoln#end of us slavery#almost ended slavery#war between the states#civil war#us slavery of Black People
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Freaking Radical Republicans!!
Not only you subjected the American South for greedy and malicious reasons and you wanted a dictatorship and imperialistic version of American royalty, but you also used blacks (both slaves and free) as political pawns and absolutely f**ked up American race relations for many many years! For shame bastards!
P.S. Radical Republicans of the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s also brainwashed Americans (and even globally) in believing that Lincoln was a hero who freed the slaves which he clearly not.
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"The Real Lincoln" by Thomas DiLorenzo
#Abraham Lincoln#War between the states#Civil War#Nonfiction#Nonfiction books#The Real Lincoln#Thomas DiLorenzo
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just to be completely clear, the amount of military power and political influence Israel has has NOTHING to do with its settlers being Jewish. Israel is a force for American & European interests in the region and they're just doing what America does and allows/encourages its close allies to do.
war crimes aren't considered war crimes when someone America finds useful is doing them. european and american pushback against anyone criticizing Israeli apartheid & genocide is 100% because these crimes are useful to American & European hegemony.
Governments that are deeply antisemitic, like France, aren't suddenly caring about Jewish people. Jewish people, persecuted the world over, don't hold some kind of hegemonic power outside of Israel.
The state of Israel and its attendant brutal treatment of the locals are both incredibly useful to the US, and American hegemony means we're expected to celebrate both.
not bc they're Jewish. this isn't a break in the pattern of western antisemitism and it's not evidence that antisemitism doesn't exist.
it's just like how you could get fired for saying shit against the US war in Afghanistan when i was growing up. it is 100% about US military and political interests (ok slightly western europe too but lbr)
#this widespread support has NOTHING to do w Israelis being Jewish apart from evangelicals wanting to use them as pawns for armageddon#the primary reason this is all being treated like it's ok is cuz it's useful to the usa#i feel like this post is going to bring terrible ppl into my inbox but i'm gonna leave it rebloggable for now#if our (US+EU) governments push back at all it will be because it stops being useful to us#either because Israel isn't doing this as quickly & efficiently as promised and it looks like Palestine might actually do some damage#or if it otherwise becomes too politically costly by causing too much tension between the US & other nationstates#either allies like Saudi or if states we aren't quite ready to have war w seem to be ready to throw down over it
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The Confederacy was Bad
#youtube#STATES RIGHTS TO DO WHAT#states rights#american civil war#war between the states#IT WAS SLAVERY#THEY WANTED RIGHTS TO DO SLAVERY#EVERY OTHER PART OF THEIR ARGUMENT DOES NOT MATTER BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO DO SLAVERY
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Infoxication!Shadow Milk has a design now :D
My boy Info đ such a wet Pomeranian
#fyp#cookie run kingdom#cookie run#crk#cr kingdom#shadow milk cookie#vanillaverse#infoxication crk#this is post-sealing#where tk kidnaps him for free labour đ#stuck in half-corrupt half-not-corrupt state for eternity smh#moodswings galore#good days: heâs nice and sad and just wants the day to be over#bad days: heâs going to incite war between the divisions#who took his heart?#silent salt#iâm not elaborating#donât worry#TK shoved a clock in his chest as a replacement
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If you're having a hard time acknowledging the destruction and the severity of the genocide.
#before somebody starts assuming I'm not comparing between tragedies#it's just that people still think it's a war between two sides when it's very clearly not#maybe these statistics will help you#and now a minister in Israel asks for the possibility to throw a nuclear bomb at gaza#do you realize how tiny gaza is???#palestine#gaza#israel#important#current events#free palestine#ethnic cleansing#free gaza#gaza strip#gaza under attack#gaza under genocide#israel apartheid#israel is a terrorist state#israel is an apartheid state#we are not numbers#free palestine đľđ¸#usa#joe biden#america#biden#hiroshima#japan
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If Knockout was in TFA, do you think he would have defected to the Autobots back then as well?
Mnnnn, maybe??
In tfp Knockout did defect for specific reasons, so I can see an argument for both him defecting and him NOT defecting in tfa
Though if it happened in TFA then it probably happened back when the war ended pre-series
And, considering the environment that's set up on Cybertron in TFA, I'm sure there's interesting consequences to his defection!
Would he, like TFA Drift, completely change frames or not?
What kind of life would TFA Knockout set up for himself after the war?
If he DIDN'T defect, what's post war life like for Knockout with the decepticons?
#transformers#maccadam#transformers prime#transformers animated#tfp knockout#knockout#tfa knockout#<- honorary tag because he DOES have a tfa design hidden somewhere as a cameo but he's not explicitly stated to be anywhere in particular#(iicr it was a headshot on Maccadam's menu?)#but the idea that Knockout defected when the war ended and has been living as an autobot / autobot-adjacent since then could be interesting#tfa drift#COULD THERE BE INTERESTING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TEAM PRIME AND A TFA KNOCKOUT???#would tfa knockout_ despite defecting_ still consider himself sympathetic to the decepticons?#would tfa Sentinel's new laws as Magnus possibly include restrictions/bans on ex-decepticon defectors?#thinking
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in my idealized version of the books (the Good timeline), jericho and constantineâs relationship is not the one aaron and calls relationship parallels â itâs constantine and joseph. in this essay i will *gets taken out by cassandra clareâs snipers*
#maybe iâm biased because i like that freak so much. but like.#it is implied joseph did become constantineâs counterweight after jerichos death (or just the only logical reasoning)#there is no way that freak went THAT crazy post constantineâs death without having his soul tied to him at least a little bit#anyway. whatever#calron#magisterium#the magisterium#and idk unpopular opinion. in the way i characterize constantine (with several implications that he has bipolar two and the entirety of the#third mage war was him in a extreme manic state as his entire goal shifted from necromancy to living forever) his relationship with joseph#is absolutely bonkers#allow me to do an insane semi canon half headcanon lore drop in the tags#with my previous hc in mind i think his relationship with joseph often flips from a friend(who admittedly indulges his worst habits#whether subconsciously or not at first) to a lover (REMINDER HES 22.)to a father to a worshipper. all in like the span of a week. FOR YEARS#joseph was likely the only person constantine trusted despite having an army of followers and vice versa#i donât personally think constantine ever blamed joseph for jerichos death (even if in some ways it was his fault). in his mental state he#physically couldnât.#also i never said this relationship was healthy#yall ever seen hannibal nbc. where hannibal is high key in love with will and is absolutely devoted to him above all else (even his romanti#relationships)? yeah that. and hannibal is DEVOTED to will regardless of circumstance#hey wait was does that describe. joseph and constantine in my eyes#but WAIT thereâs more. who else does that describe? call and aaron. call bending the laws of physics and choosing aaron over tamara at ever#possible moment#OBVIOUSLY. before someone brings it up. yes aaron and call are written to parallel jericho and constantine so they do. they do the whole#necromancy schtick. iâm just saying in my ideal world there would be greater emphasis on constantine and josephâs relationships thatâs only#between the lines in canon#like please can we get an actual reasoning as to why joseph is Like That. WAS IT BC THEY WERE COUNTERWEI#joseph posting#constantine madden#oh wait. the necromancy is paralleled between joseph wanting constantine back (and basically going to great length to do so cough cough#stalking a child)
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god i wish they hadn't retconned maul's death. i get wanting to explore more of his character because he was, objectively, one of the coolest star wars characters to ever hit the big screen and didn't get much screentime prior to his death, but also his role was fulfilled perfectly within those constraints so i wasn't too upset by it.
but by retconning it and making it so he never died it's like. okay. what now? the whole point (well, to me, ymmv of course) of the theed generator fight was that it was the first ever fight between the jedi and the sith in thousands of years, and that in the end even though the jedi (obi-wan) won the fight, a jedi (qui-gon) and a sith (maul) still died. a master and an apprentice dying together to herald the start of a new age/the return of the sith. perfectly paralleling the way in rotj a master (palps) and an apprentice (anakin/vader) died together to herald the return of the jedi. in both instances, a father figure (qui-gon/vader) dies in the arms of their son (obi-wan/luke) as a sith (palps/maul) is cast down into the abyss to their deaths. (palps being alive in the ST and retconning his death in rotj is also annoying for this reason)
i mean i like maul. don't get me wrong. he's an incredibly compelling character and i enjoy seeing more of him... but there's always the thought hovering in my mind like "he should be dead though. he should 100% be dead. this wouldn't be happening if he was dead, but i honestly would rather it not if it meant that maul was dead."
like the tpm fight just doesn't hit the same knowing that canonically he's just. going to become a robot octopus at some point. (shoutout to palps becoming sith glados in the ST) it cheapens the moment for me. it was supposed to be a moment of triumph marred by the deep and soul-crushing loss of a loved one and it's just... not, anymore. or at least not to the same extent. AUGH i'm just. frustrated. wish star wars as a whole wasn't constantly reframing/retconning what's been established. just puts a bad taste in my mouth.
#personal#star wars is HUGE#there's a GALAXY'S worth of stories to be told#and we're always for whatever reason focusing on this ONE PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD#it's suffocating#this is partly why i'm so excited to see the acolyte#it's a break from the skywalker saga#i love the skywalkers. i love the skywalker saga.#but that's also why i want them to STOP ADDING TO THEIR STORY#sometimes a story has a beginning middle and an end and that's okay!#that's fantastic!#we don't need to see between the lines! or behind the scenes! what if we just LEFT IT ALONE#AUGH#anyways. i don't know. i'm just frustrated with the state of star wars as a whole#it feels so claustrophobic right now. just because the space is there and undefined doesn't mean it needs to be filled#this constant push to canonize the years leading up to an event with content is so frustrating#negative space in an image isn't a bad thing it just helps guide the eye to what's most important#otherwise it gets too cluttered. too noisy. too DISTRACTING.#this was supposed to be about maul being alive but it's really about my ongoing grievances with how star wars is cannibalizing the movies#i'm tired of it........ tired i tell you#anyways that's all. real old man yells at cloud moment rn lmao
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Not sure, but I donât want it to be revealed any time soon LOL. I think with Silverbornâs constant delay combined with just how great Nevermoorâs lore and worldbuilding and desire to see more is, I keep wanting to know everything ASAP⌠but also donât want to rush it. So I hope we donât find out the full, actual truth until like, Book 6, or even 7 or 8.
I could see Mog finding out half-truths or different versions or perspectives of the event until she finds out the full truth. So much of Wundersmith history is currently buried in lies or propaganda (?) and different biases that thereâs a lot that has to be worked through first. I would love for there to be a Courage Square Ghostly Hour, but I hope she doesnât find it for a bit. I also am 50/50 on what that one dream could mean (is it Mogâs mom or the Massacre?) so I wonder if that will come into play.
I can imagine that Mog will try to ask Squall what happened, perhaps even a few times, but for right now all I can imagine him responding with is an angry and bitter âI killed them all! Iâm evil! Rahhh!!â. Thereâs some theories that the Massacre may have been orchestrated by someone else or a third party, and that could be an interesting sort of revealâ wonder, if thatâs the case, if itâs something Squall was even aware of or not.
#me if calling Morrigan âMogâ was illegal âď¸#asks#nevermoor#nevermoor theory#not to be a sisters grimm fan from my youth but I want arc 3 (books 7-9) to be a âwar arcâ soooo badly lol#like for tensions to keep building between the republic and the free state and mog has to work on taking down maud and such#not like. horribly gruesome violent terrible tragic war. just a conflict thatâs going on in the background or something thatâs built up.
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I love you Helena, I love you Olenka, I love you Basia...the blonde ladies of Trylogia...I love you...
#commence slo mo hair toss#Trylogia#gearing up for the deluge ...of feelings I have for the women of trylogia#malgorzata braunek#Helena is totally ready for adventure and is the greatest everyone falls in love with her with good reason#and Olenka...she would be reading a good book you know if she could but for her complicated relationship with the 'HERO'#she is 1000% done with the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian state#and of course basia...she is my favorite#I would take a sword to the head for basia
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a scene from a fic iâm currently working on set in may 1861, exploring british-american relations during the american civil war. cw for injury mention and real-life historical events. âmarĂaâ is mexico.Â
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âStill a lying old bastard through and through, arenât you?â Alfred hisses. âWhat comes next? Recognition of statehood, of course. Donât think Iâm oblivious to how some of your people are absolutely giddy at the thought of my undoing. Good riddance to the vulgar mob rule that goes by the name of American democracy, etcetera etcetera.â
âUnhand me at once,â Arthur hisses. Â âConduct yourself with some of the dignity I raised you to have, will you?â
âGlad to know you havenât changed one bit, Lord Father. Good manners rank above morals, honour and any sense of integrity, as always, with you,â Alfredâs smile is dark and bitter, but he releases his grip, flings Arthurâs wrist aside. Thereâs something like sheer hatred now, in his face, but his voice is low, almost quiet. âAnd donât talk about dignity, when you made me this way; you, and all your peopleâs bullshit. I didnât have a choice when you claimed me at Jamestownââ
âI made you this way? Itâs been almost a hundred years since you've thrown away my name, in case youâve forgotten,â Arthur cuts in. Thereâs something simmering and furious boiling upâthat Alfred always so easily drew out of him. Yorktown. A shot to the jaw, dead-on. Heâd coughed out blood and teeth and bone in front of his men. âDo I make you do anything anymore? Did you not loudly and proudly announce yourself as a naval power? That huge uproar you created in the Far East? Bragging to me how youâd finally matched my feats, dragging another Old World nation out of isolation to rejoin the international community on the threat of war and glories of foreign commerce?â
The fingers of Arthurâs left hand curl inadvertently around his teacup. Itâs burning hot. He continues. âAnd at Jamestown, I saved you. Gave you my name and my protection! When they would have cast you out! Left you to dieââ
âSaved? I was a prize! For your ambition!â This now, from Alfred, is a shout, thunderous and furious. âAntonio had MarĂa, and you wanted to match that! Because being an insignificant, fuckinâ shitheap island with nothing else to your glorified name was too much for your overblown ego. It never is for you diseased, miserable Old World bastards. And I disappointed you at first, didnât I? No gold, no riches, just famine andââ
âAmbition? Overblown ego? You certainly arenât short of it yourself, Alfred,â Arthur sneers. His heart thunders in his breast, and he feels at once hot and icy cold. Oh, heâs just like me. Not at all in appearanceâbut in the soul. So much like me. All that hungry ambition, and always compulsively cruel in our vulnerability. He levels Alfred with a cool stare. âAnd speaking of MarĂaââ He doesnât miss the way his eldest son flinches, that exact same way he did as a boyââyou chose to go to war with her, you aloneâand now the land you seized from her in your victory has torn you asunder, isnât that right?â
#hetalia#hws america#hws england#my writing#injury //#been reading up the connections between the mexican-american war and the american civil war#the new territories and the question of whether they would be free or slave states
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"Star Wars isn't dead y'all are just haters" "Disney saved Star Wars" "It's the Woke Agenda that ruined Star Wars"
My mans, Disney single-handedly destroyed the Sequel Trilogy despite the Force Awakens being the gateway to something potentially fantastic; MCU'd the Mandalorian (a story which originally had nothing to do with the Prequel and OG Trilogy aside from sharing a universe and exploring a sect of a completely different culture/ideology); ego-boosted both Filoni and Favreau to the point where their OC Verse is not only canon but openly disregarding the Star Wars Universe Bible/Lore; gave us a snippet of what an extremely misunderstood indigenous culture is actually like (instead of portraying them as the savages one of the white leads mislabeled as animals that deserved to be slaughtered) only to then wipe out the tribe we got to know for no reason other than shock value thus alienating indigenous/poc viewers in the most disrespectful way possible; completely threw away the entire message of TCW (that being a clone does not make you incapable of being your own person who has their own thoughts, ideals, moral compass and overall identity) by making TBB (a show that does have it's strong points in set design, soundtrack orchestration and overall sound design, but is extremely weak on both characterization and storytelling because they either make the meaningful plot points stretch too thin or focus on the wrong character completely) their go to show marketed for kids instead of the actual kids programming that people shit on for being for, surprise, kids; constantly disregards valid critique from their consumers (to the point where infighting in the Fandom has gotten extremely ugly) that people either give up on interacting completely or simply vanish and take all their things with them (because no one seems to understand where these critiques come from, or how being unable to admit your special little show is imperfect is actually not a good thing for both you and others).
This isn't even accounting for the fact the Fandom seems to have doubled in it's overall toxicity since Disney took over. Which is par for the course when a mega corporation takes hold of something that started out extremely political in nature anyway. The Cash Cow machine needs feeding after all...
#Eps Talks About:#Funny enough this started as an argument between my sisters#One of which isn't a Star Wars fan and the other who is an OJ and Prequels fan#My mom (who was the one to introduce us to star wars mind you) and I watched from the sidelines#Mom didn't care because she doesn't like Modern Star Wars stuff but I ended up putting an end to the argument#My younger sister is right that Disney put too much emphasis on SELLING Star Wars to newer generations to a detrimental degree#but that doesn't mean they invalidate what came prior to their shitshow or the message SW was created to uphold#in fact Andor and SW Visions S2 made a point of being the best homages to the OJ trilogy thus far by being very political in their messages#But my older sister is also right that the state of Fandoms these days is very much a US vs THEM situation in terms of how people make#themselves heard and how meeting in the middle is virtually impossible which is very much a product of social media and how people conduct#their personal image via either genuinely expressing their feelings on certain topics or simply using them for clout#It is a case of locking yourself in a room with an 'adversary' and trying to see who can scream the loudest until someone loses their voice#I love star wars but that doesn't mean I'm blind to the fact star wars also kinda sucks lmao but oh well these are just my thoughts that#I'm letting loose because I'm already pissed off from something else going wrong today and have no patience for some of the rancid shit#that keeps cropping up in either tags or posts I find in and out of Tumblr Dot Com
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i have no patience for voices for supposed peace or âmiddle groundâ when they STILL canât bother to condemn terrorism or the celebration of terrorists nor when they conflate the assassination of terrorists with needless bloodshed.
the world will never ever let israel be something remotely close to the âgood guy.â the world will never ever acknowledge that it doesnât know what itâs like to be the target of multiple terrorist groups surrounding it and attacking it at the same time.
but israel needs to find a diplomatic solution; israel is the bad guy for killing terrorist leaders; israel is the bad guy for trying to rescue its hostages.
iâll never stop having my own opinions about this war, the israeli government, etc. but i truly think there are fewer and fewer voices that claim to be for peace that we can truly trust.
#standing together and third narrative included sorry idgaf theyâre lame and they actually donât care about peace#they only care about making israel the bad guy#they canât condemn terrorism nor do they see the difference between a state operating in a war versus literal terrorists#when itâs israel doing something itâs âthis needs to be condemnedâ but when druze children are murdered or haniyeh assassinated itâs âend#the bloodshedâ do u know how stupid u sound??#israel
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