#Language Activist

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1962 – Margaret Emmeline Conway Dobbs, Irish historian, language activist, and defender of Roger Casement, dies.

Margaret Dobbs was born in Dublin but spent much of her life in the Cushendall, Co Antrim. Along with Roger Casement and Francis Biggar she was one of the organisers of the Feis in Glenarrif in 1904, and was active on the Feis Committee until the end of her life. She was an Irish scholar and felt that ‘Ireland without Irish is quite meaningless’. She wrote plays, among which is She’s Going to…

[writing2changetheworld]

Just saw someone on Tiktok say "functional freeze". I wanted to share because I love that so much more than "decision paralysis" (or "[whatever] paralysis").

[yourdailyqueer]

Barbara Kannapell (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 14 September 1937  

RIP: 11 August 2021

Ethnicity: White - American

Occupation: Activist, sociolinguist, academic

Note 1: First to promote bilingualism as an educational philosophy for the education of deaf students and helped legitimize American Sign Language. First deaf person at Georgetown University to earn a PhD. in sociolinguistics. So much more.

Note 2: Was deaf

[pipiezexal]

us specific post incoming, but: in the wake of the inauguration I've seen a couple of versions floating around tumblr at this point, and they're all well-meaning so I don't want to put this on the posts themselves, but:

if you find yourself compelled to make or spread versions/interpretations of the "first they came for" poem, just take a second to double check whether or not Jews are included.

The original version is very culturally specific to Germany and to German guilt/reconciliation post-WWII, and while the sentiments (of standing up for others before atrocities occur) are important and universal, the original intention and message are still important, especially as antisemitism rises in spaces across the political spectrum.

If we do not include Jewish people in our advocacy, we will be repeating the exact same conditions the original poem criticizes. It would be ironic in a very serious and unfunny way to be silent on the suffering of Jews while quoting a poem reckoning with the suffering Jewish people endured because of bystanders' silence.

[neechees]

That Cree zionist had "Indigenous/Israeli Lives Matter" on their bio lol

[goeticwhorelore]

Controversial Opinion

But not offering holiday pay to part-time employees should be classified as disability discrimination since disabled people can only work part-time 🤷🏻‍♀️

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1871 – Margaret Dobbs, Irish historian, language activist and defender of Roger Casement, is born in Dublin.

‘Ireland is a closed book to those who do not know her language. No one can know Ireland properly until one knows the language. Her treasures are hidden as a book unopened. Open the book and learn to love your language’. –Margaret Dobbs Dobbs’ father was Justice of the Peace for Co Antrim, High Sheriff for Carrickfergus in 1875 and High Sheriff for Co Louth in 1882. The family spent time living…

[writing2changetheworld]

I was watching the last part of angela amanda and spencer playing resident evil 8 and there's a part where a character in the game says sth that ends with "- crazy experiments" and angela says we don't use the bad C word here okay. I haven't seen you mention this so I assumed maybe you haven't seen it <33

OMG I HAVEN'T

THANK YOU

TBH I forgot to watch it lol

The last part? I need to witness that lol

[allbeendonebefore]

boss changing last names to first names to make quotes sound more personable and im like ok cool so... are we making smith's quotes "danielle" then...?

[1eos]

It's really easy to see that those people are, like, itching to call black people a slur, but they know that they can't because that would get them in trouble and then they wouldn't be able to hide behind semantics anymore so they go out of their way to make an argument that is very clearly about their hate towards black people specifically but not saying black people so when someone goes "Uh, this is clearly very racist and anti black" they can go "Uh no? I didn't said blacks- I am saying usamercians 🙄 maybe YOU are the one with racism problems, monkey- I mean, privileged imperialist American 😏" like, they are aware that they are being racist but they don't want to be called racist because that makes them somewhat similar to the bigots that they so much claim to hate so they go beating around the bush with how to successfully call black people the n word without actually saying it

no literally 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 bc they'll bring up the horrors of american lead wars and be like 'look at that. black ppl were in the military too' ...... yes..... and you said 'too' meaning you understand it's not just millions of black ppl fucking around? and yet you have no comment on the other demographics.....? like bitch you're racist . and then they try to say that black ppl pointing it out are imperialists which ofc then implies that imperialism is somehow uniquely tied to.... blackness when..... you can be black and not from..... America bc they only focus on americans and it's like ..... just call us slurs bc the pretending to care about global issues is tired like im over it!!!!!!

[verdiesque]

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[katybearr]

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May the people of Palestine be free of this terror they have to face everyday. May they find joy, laughter, and a form of peace. May the children go to school, families will thrive and Palestine will live in a nation that is free from terror and oppression. Where no person nor child will have to fear the sound of a plane, or worry if they will make it till tomorrow. No parent will have to find their child in the rubble caused by the Israeli oppressors. Where they are seen as people and not as “human animals”.

I pray that Allah(God) will protect them, and give them the peace and freedom they deserve. I pray that our world leaders will finally open their eyes to what is happening, and see that it is a genocide they are funding/defending. That they call for a cease fire, so aid can enter to help the Palestinian people. I will continue to use my voice for the voiceless and fight for what I believe is right. Because my voice is my best weapon I have. Especially as a Westerner. It breaks my heart to watch everyone turn a blind eye and pretend that nothing is happening. It feels like I can’t speak when I have so much to say. All i want to ask, is do you fully understand what is happening? Do you understand that innocent civilians are being injured and killed by the minute? How can you just sit there and go about your day to day life when so many people are in a living nightmare? It just hurts to sit here and watch so many suffer. And it’s not just the people I am mourning, it’s the animals as well. No one deserves this. And it’s so disheartening that all of this is happening because of greed (as well as the things hamas has done), but Hamas wouldn’t have to do the things they have done if Israel would just leave them alone. If they wanted to free the hostages, they should send in special forces to get these hostages. But they are not, they are deliberately attacking hospitals, refugee camps, schools, places of worship, etc. Where they know that so many civilians will be. How can they sleep at night knowing what they are doing to these civilians? It hurts and it’s sad to have to watch this through a screen on tik tok for crying out loud! It’s sickening that we are rewatching history happen and not doing the proper terms to stop this madness. And people are condoning the madness the Israeli occupation are doing. When it’s straight up genocide at this point. All i ask is that we can help these people, and for them to find peace. May god continue to protect them and watch over them.

One of the many things I admire from the Palestinian people, is their faith. It amazes me that they are going through a living hell, but are able to keep their faith in Allah. They believe that their life is not over even if they meet death. It’s so inspiring to watch these people suffer but are still able to keep their faith and pray. When I know that if I was in their position, I would be angry and upset that the person I am worshiping is letting this happen and not putting a stop to this. But the fact that they are not is astounding. And it’s something I will take with me and use in my day to day life. I will continue to have faith, but I will also continue to pray for these people. To end their suffering. I pray that they will be able to get drinking water, food, medical supplies, and all of the other basic necessities that Israel is refusing them. And I pray that the oppressors will get the karma that is coming for them, for doing this to a community.

May Palestine be free from the river to the sea 🕊️

[sugarglider-s]

holy fuck the more I read about noam chomsky the more I love him.

[eros-vigilante]

"noo the cops need to know what people are saying in case they say anything illegal" so surveillance over privacy and freedom? if someone organized and successfully executed a terrorist attack in irish in the berlin protest camp id be impressed

[writing2changetheworld]

Wanted to share something positive for you: in the reddit stories from two weeks ago, the one titled "Can You Guess The Plot Twist?", at around 16:29 the person who wrote the story calls someone "the bad c-word" and a few seconds later, Angela clearly makes a face, which I interpret to mean she hasn't forgotten how offensive that word can be!

O M G

You're so right!

I watched that one and completely missed that.

It's not even a few seconds. Shayne reads the word and she immediately makes a face. (I maybe saw her make the face before but interpreted it as "uh oh/that's not good")

I also love that's how you interpreted it.

I don't doubt Angela, but this still made my heart so happy! I'm good for the rest of the day lol. Thank you!