#EXJW

[exjw-safeplace]

I'm just existing and tired and just trying to survive and calm myself down and than some person in my congregation comes up to me and tells me to "smile"

Genuinely how do people think this is something that helps or is good to say. Like you never know what someone is going through and it is so triggering to hear that when you are depressed.

[the-rad1o-demon]

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GET KOSA TRENDING.

STOP SCROLLING NOW!

AS OF FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024, WE GOT FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE DAY OF DECISION OF THE KOSA BILL, WHICH WILL CAUSE MASS CENSORSHIP ROUND THE INTERNET IF PASSED. OR DOOMSDAY. WE NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND CONTRIBUTE. I'M NOT GIVING UP ON YOU ALL.

WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP YET. IF WE GIVE UP, EVERYTHING IS OVER. IF WE DON'T, AT LEAST WE HAVE A CHANCE.

I'M THE ONE WHO SOUNDED THE ALARM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO CURL UP AND DIE YET.

Reblog this post in every LEGAL way you can under the Tumblr guidelines with the appropriate tags. TELL AND TAG EVERYONE YOU KNOW, then add the tags to see below... and more if you can think of any complying.

Visit badinternetbills.com if you want to find a way to defeat KOSA. It WILL NOT take much of your time. Reblog with any other information or sources, too-- but make sure to reblog if you can.

Reblog if you support lgbtq+ content.

Reblog if you support questioning queer youth and/or abused youth getting the information they need.

Reblog if you support Ao3 and/or other sites that wholeheartedly preserve talentedly made media.

Reblog if you're going to repost this on other sites than Tumblr and spread the word across Twitter, Tik Tok, Pinterest, or elsewhere, alongside the link to badinternetbills.com.

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Hey, everyone. So yeah, this is happening. We're still fighting this battle. And we can't give up now. We can't. We can't stand idly by while one of the most important resources that helped us all wake up, or at least start to question things, is being threatened by the government.

We can't stand idly by when kids, teens, and adults just like us still trapped inside might lose access to the resource that could help them wake up. We can't stand idly by when they might lose access to their non JW friends and family. We CAN'T stand idly by when we can do something to stop this bill from passing.

I am sick and tired of this same old song, where conservative fuckers higher up think they can oppress everyone. I am FUCKING SICK of it.

Please, reblog both this post and the original post linked above what I've written, and do what you can to stop KOSA, please. We are running out of time.

I suggest that if it is within your power to do so, that you do more than simply reblog and assume someone else will do something. DON'T assume that. Please do more than just reblogging if you are able to, because that's not really enough at this point.

Call/email representatives in the House and tell them to oppose KOSA (you may want to list different reasons depending on who you're calling, some House representatives are anti-LGBTQ+, so it may be best to tell them to oppose because it violates people's privacy, safety, and anonymity online). Print posters and put them up where legal if you can.

Sharing all this information to other social media sites (Instagram, Reddit, TikTok, the bird app) to reach more people can really help too. The wider the reach, the better.

Thank you. Now let's fucking rip that bill apart like we rip apart Watchtower magazines and eat it for fucking breakfast. (In a "we're eating it and the politicians who are sponsoring it are looking on in horror" kind of way)

[jwapostate]

atheist not in the sense that I don't believe in god (I don't) but in the sense that even if there was evidence that a higher power existed, I'd be so opposed to the idea of worshipping it I'd rather die

[nectarink]

[aposteat]

Jehovah's witnesses: the entire world is evil and needs to be destroyed

People in real life: hey man how's it going

[wisteria-grows-here]

[what-the-fuck-god]

if i believed that animals go to heaven and someone used me mourning my pet’s death as an opening to go “fuck you actually they don’t,” i think id fucking fight them

[jasperthejester]

i will never get these years back. i will have wasted all my teenage years being held back from experiences so many core memories and moments for a religion i havent believe in since i was 12. and i will never have these years again

[nil-ma-aelnino]

[radrayven11]

How bout a bit of both with maladaptive daydreaming. Balanced as all things should be.

[interdimensionalrealitymachine]

thinking about how insane it is to have cleaning assignments at assemblies / conventions. imagine going to a concert and then having to help the roadies pack up the equipment at the end of the show, except instead you're a child that got dragged to an 8 hour long cult indoctrination session by your parents and now you have to go vacuum this section of the auditorium before you can have dinner. go clean the bathroom in your dress and heels. no you can't change into more comfortable clothes first

[exjw-safeplace]

Exjw's what are some songs that you love that helps or you relate to?

I will open this question up honestly to literally any excult member or anyone with religious trauma. I'm genuinely curious what kind of songs everyone has found.

[the-rad1o-demon]

Please do what you can to stop this bill from being passed, and please share this message where you can. It's going to be very bad for pretty much everyone on the Internet if this bill is passed. If you're skeptical: There are resources online with more information about the KOSA bill, including articles written by lawmakers explaining why this bill is a terrible idea. There is even a TechDirt article written by Mike Masnick titled "Marsha Blackburn Makes It Clear: KOSA Is Designed To Silence Trans People" where they write of and post a video in which Senator Marsha Blackburn (who co-wrote the bill) explicitly stated that this bill would be used to target the trans community. So please share this in your stories, with your family and friends, and call your Senators to tell them not to sign this bill. And if you know anyone in Massachusetts, tell them to call Senator Warren to ask her to withdraw her support of the bill. Thank you for your time and consideration.

EDIT - UPDATE:

Please read the post I linked below, it pertains to the status of the KOSA bill. Things are not looking good right now.

UPDATE #2:

Please look at this post!

[jwapostate]

PLOT TWIST: Someday your body too will realize not everything wrong in the world is your fault. Shocking!!!!

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

”Jehovah’s Witness prophecy isn’t real; it can’t hurt you.”

My intrusive thoughts: