#MLK DARE

[creatingblackcharacters]

That last anon post got me wondering why go people see MLK being seen as the good guy and Malcom X as the bad guy?

I won't lie when I was kid every time I saw people taking inspiration of their good guy being a reference to MLK and the bad guy being Malcom X. I assumed that MLK was a good person because he wanted equality and was doing this in nonviolent way. While I saw Malcom X was the "bad guy" for being against MLK peacful method and wanted to do things radical/violently

I was a kid during this time. Looking back I realized how wrong the allegory of Malcom X and MLK can be for a younger audience who doesn't know much about Black History. When both played a contributing role in fighting against inequality and racism

*politics cap on*

I mean you answered your own question lol. People think that way because they were taught that way from an early age. Specifically, it was beneficial for the US to push that agenda. It's a lot easier to whitewash and defang MLK's messaging due to his nonviolent, often Christian approach (despite the irony that the US govt was still convicted of conspiracy in civil court 👀).

Versus a Muslim Malcolm X, who didn't believe in unconditional nonviolence to those who weren't nonviolent in return. If you stab me daily, you can't call ME the problem when I finally realize my humanity, pull my own knife out, and dare you to try it again. He wasn't placated by sweet words and promises- neither men were, really. Malcolm in particular was sharp with his language. But you can't really take that approach and make it palatable to a majority white audience that prioritized their own feelings and "safety" than they were the safety, rights, and justices of Black people, and other people of color. Thus, Malcolm became the Boogeyman, the aggressive, "bad" negro, the Black person that didn't deserve human rights because "look how arrogant, mean, and radical he is".

Notice how often and how quickly "less patient" Black people are deemed threats- in your media and in life!

[invested-in-your-future]

What do you think the mistakes with White Fang story were?

The biggest mistake was not having that plotline at all beyond lipservice.

I think the "no no, any sort of actual resistance instantly makes you bad guys" is such a flawed and stupid position for a show to take.

The show's failure is highlighting WF motivations and WHY would anyone feasibly go down that route - HOW do Mistral, Atlas, etc treat Faunus or even Vale.

JFK once said - "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

If he existed in MilesWBY the quote would be "Only peaceful revolution is possible and anything else is evil"

We never see WHAT the Faunus have to deal with or how the society changed, (and if it did) since the Great War. We never see HOW Blake becomes the person she is (and if anything, have her regress by making her a runaway princess of tropic paradise)

The result is honestly quite racist - the show silently suggests (through the combined force of Blake's awful monologue and how Ilia's storyline ends) that the problem with The Faunus is their own "destructive" tendencies and their "unwillingness" to compromise or "wait for things to get better by being model minorities" - if only they waited a bit longer all the bigots would recognize how wrong they were!

With what the show presents, it's literally impossible to delve into the intricacies of the nature of extremism or why Adam's approach is flawed - because the show posits that the only right way forward is via complete no-exceptions peaceful resistance of… being nice and docile even when threatened with death?

We are straight up EXPECTED to see Ilia beating up bigots who laughed at people dying in the mines as BAD - the narrative EXPECTS the viewer to be horrified at her revelation rather than feel catharsis for her doing the right thing. The writing wants us to "feel like Blake" by being horrified at how violent and unhinged her friend is while completely ignoring the context - because any resistance beyond non-violent slogans is instantly a slippery slope into blowing up schools.

And where does that argument end up? In Twitter posts about how all those people shot by the cops "deserved" it by "doing something to aggravate them" - that's where.

Adam IS abusive, and Adam IS in the wrong and it's pretty clear that he has long since been addicted to power, BUT there's no possibility to even begin discussing what's right or wrong with the way the show handles the WF plotline as a whole.

We don't know what position Blake can take nor what position she had on the matter before because we don't get a sense of how WF could function beyond the two completely absurd strawman extremes of whatever sunken place nonsense Ghira's WF was in and whatever slippery slope cult-like strawman his successor created (nor how that progression happened).

What is his "vision"? What does he hope to achieve? How did he, according to Blake, "change"? We know nothing about White Fang beyond "Ghira's Non-Resistance White Man's Strawman of MLK" WF being good and his successor's WF being a slippery slope argument.

No wonder the show defaults to the most rudimentary aspect of Adam's flaws in the final confrontation, refusing to give both Yang and Blake a chance to refute him thematically while also refusing to give them proper character arcs that would lead to that confrontation - because the narrative never thought things through beyond that.

The show jumps around random and nonsensical gods subplots and religious imagery being all daring about what needs to change, but the moment actual themes of discrimination and human nature are at play, the narrative instantly becomes just so in love with status quo.

The WF began as "angry redshirts to be beaten up" and when the show decided to move on to all the "exciting"(it's really not) Brother Gods nonsense, the subplot got thrown away in the most racist way possible.

[1americanconservative]

MLK was arrested 29 times by rogue liberal DA's & corrupt judges! Democrats have been "silencing" anyone in a prominent position who dares to question their narrative!! Just ask Malcolm X's family!

[sevenyeargap]

welcome to my very own analysis of edgeworths character and insane rambling on why i write him Like That. first of all i want to rec one of my favorite essay on political theory/legal philosophy of possibly all time aka the discourse on voluntary servitude by la boétie (which you can read here, its also a fantastic text to read in these coronation/anti-monarchy times)

anyway, if you don't want to read it (although it is quite a short and clear read), the main thesis of this essay is that basically a corrupt political system/dictatorship (here called a tyranny) doesn't stay in place because people are afraid of change and rebellion, but because people don't want anything to change, and they're satisfied with their condition, therefore complicit with the system (see also MLK's quote on white moderates "but the white moderate who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action'")

the tl;dr here is that a system stays in place because no one does anything to change it, and people prefer turning a blind eye to the situation but its not because they're afraid of a new system, it's because they're scared of what it will take to get this new system.

with that being said i think that edgeworths anger and resentment at the legal system post turnabout goodbyes wouldn't be directed at the system right away because he upheld the system. he loved it! (which btw is so so much worse than killing his father. he didn't kill his father but he's complicit in enforcing a terrible legal system!!!!!!!! awful)

and miles loved this system!! i think that even at the worst point of his bratworth era he still believed he was Bringing Fair And Real Justice and was doing The Right Thing. but what happens when you realize this system is deeply, incredibly flawed? when you've spent your whole life fighting for it? deliberately ignoring the ugly parts of it in favor of maintaining a perfect win record?

that's when you choose death!!!! (literally or figuratively depending on how you analyze it.)

i looooove edgeworth celebrating his not guilty verdict but he would start thinking about what he's done. which again is so much worse than simply killing his dad. like he literally says that in rfta

and thats so??? fucking sad!?!!! because how is he supposed to trust in himself now??? phoenix (no matter how good his intentions were) HAS entirely destroyed his whole worldview!!!!!!!! and thus the unnecessary feelings line but you can read more about my thoughts about that line here (tl;dr this line for me a) challenges his views (see supra) b) didn't phoenix "steal" his dream of becoming a defense attorney, in a way? phoenix had the chance to move on and change things for the better but miles... didn't.

ANYWAY edgeworth gets angry at individuals, after turnabout goodbyes, because he hasn't realized how deep the corruption runs yet - he's angry at phoenix, at misty, at everyone who either failed to protect him (misty, mvk, the mvk household, maybe even his own dad for """leaving him behind"""???) OR tried to protect him from this system (phoenix, maya - because how dare they challenge his views on this system he has oh so loved?) also you can read this post here because it really summarizes my feelings about his aa1 arc

every day there is a new media where two people are fighting together for a system. they both come to realise the system is flawed, and while one of them tries to take the system down, the other decides it is still necessary and must be protected at all costs. why is it always the first one who becomes the villain? who is deeply sympathetic but goes too far in their quest for justice? i think for once it should be the second one who is trying so hard to protect the system they believe in that they slowly slip into tyranny

i dont really have a conclusion here but i will say that i think The Note and edgeworths year off were necessary (as tragic as it was) for both edgeworth & phoenix because theyre insane they need some time to think about how much they don't know nor understand each other anymore at this point in time. anyway. thanks for reading?!! i hope this made sense. mwah!

[anxious-m3ss]

The fact that in one episode we learn that Cancer Man killed JFK, MLK, fixed the Olympics among other things and they make us feel sad for him in the very same episode is crazy.

It also feels oddly satisfying (dare I say poetic?) that The Lone Gunmen figure out that Cancer Man was responsible for JFK.

[snowbunnywatching]

For me it was Iskra Lawrence. Having a crush on her and seeing who she ended up with was bad at first and than i became interested in more.

I don't blame you for crushing on curvylicious model Iskra Lawrence. It must have hurt seeing her get together with former athlete and songwriter Philip Payne.

The two met in January 2018 at the Grammy Awards where he made a daring pass at her:

Philip laughed and continued, “It’s Iskra and I’m like, ‘Wow this is my shot. This is my time.’ So, I take a shot, of course. She walks past me … Then I see her coming back around to exit the party. We make eye contact and I’m like, ‘Iskra,’ and she smiles at me and I’m like, ‘Are you in a relationship?’ That’s the first thing I said.” This obviously caught the attention of the model who noted that he was very “straight to the point.”

This approach paid off as the two exchanged numbers at the party.

Iskra gave birth to the couple's son in January 2020 and the proud father is already talking race with his son:

In honor of MLK Day, Iskra posted photos of her with boyfriend Philip Payne and their young son. In the caption, she wrote, “The other day I snuck into our nursery to listen to @philipapayne speak to our son about race, his heritage, and how we want him to be proud of who he is, it was so moving.”

[beardedmrbean]

[Huey Zoomer Anon]

Sorry that anti government= anti U.S. government stuff in fandoms….I’m sorry are we still dealing with people who still have the PG of other cultures?

Also thanks to our freedom speech laws and the government presuming that the internet was a trend back in the day. A lot of the evil shit our government does is far more accessible and know….

Also the atomic bombings? You know when Americans (who were mostly Christians) saw our government played with the power of GOD?!

And The Gulf of Tonkin incident? Oh I know everyone on either side was PIIIIIIIIIISED! When that false flag operation was leaked

Also JFK and MLK assassinations? Oh I was born on the anniversary of the latter’s.

Also our government is very very sloppy because they think the poor are too dense to connect the dots. (See Tom Clancy visits from them because how dare he use LOGIC for classified stuff?!)

Also China? Korea? Oh boy even Vietnam ain’t good these days.

Do leftists understand that corrupted government are used tactics that humans been using since the Bronze Age and it just our literacy rates speedrun to now the population can counter the tyrants?

Sorry that anti government= anti U.S. government stuff in fandoms….I’m sorry are we still dealing with people who still have the PG of other cultures? Also thanks to our freedom speech laws and the government presuming that the internet was a trend back in the day. A lot of the evil shit our government does is far more accessible and know….

I have to wonder how many actually don't get it and how many are either putting on a show to look good or maybe think that the news that gets out about things like the cops in pakistan allegedly murdering someone for blasphemy is only brought up to make them look bad, even though blasphemy does carry the death sentence in pakistan.

Which thank goodness for 1A so we don't gotta worry about that here.

And The Gulf of Tonkin incident? Oh I know everyone on either side was PIIIIIIIIIISED! When that false flag operation was leaked

They've actually confirmed it was a false flag? I know some of the later things were LBJ wanted to have his very own war so he found a way to make one, the old racist probably got a kick out of sending young black men to die in the jungle.

Also JFK and MLK assassinations? Oh I was born on the anniversary of the latter’s.

my brother shares MLK's birthday,

Also our government is very very sloppy because they think the poor are too dense to connect the dots. (See Tom Clancy visits from them because how dare he use LOGIC for classified stuff?!)

Still makes me laugh

Do leftists understand that corrupted government are used tactics that humans been using since the Bronze Age and it just our literacy rates speedrun to now the population can counter the tyrants?

Further back than the bronze age, as soon as the first person realized they could skim a little extra mammoth burger off the top for themselves and the tribe would never know it's been going.

Maybe even before that since it would appear primates are doing it too.

[thottybrucewayne]

Speaking of Do the Right Thing, here's some companion films to watch with it!

Uptight (1968) Dir. Jules Dassin ||A drama based on the novel The Informer, Uptight is a film set post-MLK assassination, focusing on a group of Black revolutionaries preparing for a race war and betrayal from within their ranks.|| Like Do the Right Thing, Uptight is about a cast of young Black folks struggling with the society they live in being built on white supremacy and how they navigate that, whether it be through resistance or assimilation. Basically, it is a mediation on Black American identity (Another movie I recommend watching with this one specifically is The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) dir. Ivan Dixon is based on a play by the same name that deals with the same themes through the POV of a Black former CIA agent)

Cornbread, Earl, and Me (1975) Dir. Joseph Manduke ||"High school basketball star Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton (Keith Wilkes) is the pride of his urban neighborhood, and he appears destined for big things on the court and in the classroom. But a dare leads to a fatal misunderstanding when Nathaniel is shot dead by police who take him for someone who's just committed a violent crime. As police officers try to protect one of their own, members of the oppressed African-American community do what they must in order to find justice."|| This film is the one I feel has the most in common with Do the Right Thing, there are many parallels to be drawn from both Radio Raheem and Cornbread to the way cops are presented in both films. Both tell stories that are unfortunately prescient, a misunderstanding that a Black person pays for with their life is the sad reality of the society we live in. Each film also feels like a time capsule, which makes the reality that things haven't changed that much hit so much harder. Each film paints a sobering picture of Policing, race relations in America, and the demonization of Blackness.

Higher Learning (1995) Dir. John Singleton // A group of incoming freshmen at Columbus University -- including varsity athlete Malik Williams (Omar Epps), awkward outcast Remy (Michael Rapaport), and wide-eyed Kristen Connor (Kristy Swanson) -- struggle to find themselves and adjust to newfound independence. When Remy finds acceptance among a group of neo-Nazis, tensions rise even higher on a campus already divided along racial, socio-economic, and gender lines.// John Singleton's Higher Learning pulls no punches when it comes to the depiction of the banality of evil and the alt-right pipeline years before we even knew how to define it. In the character of Remy, we see the effects of white supremacist dogma coupled with white male insecurity. Like Do the Right Thing, Higher Learning mainly focuses on race relations on and policing. I do think its view of misogyny and gender was extremely lacking and not nearly as fleshed out. (like spoiler alert the Black girl that dies in this barely was a character like she's not very well written at all) but this movie is still very much worth the watch for the discussion of race alone.

La Haine (1996) Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz ||When a young Arab is arrested and beaten unconscious by police, a riot erupts in the notoriously violent suburbs outside of Paris. Three of the victim's peers, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Said (Said Taghmaoui), and Hubert (Hubert Koundé), wander aimlessly about their home turf in the aftermath of the violence as they try to come to grips with their outrage over the brutal incident. After one of the men finds a police officer's discarded weapon, their night seems poised to take a bleak turn|| I first saw this movie during my freshman year of college and WHEW! It's best to go in with little knowledge on this one but just know it is a VERY hard watch. This black-and-white French film brilliantly tackles police brutality, racism, classism, and the frustrations of youth demonized by a white supremacist system.

[dragynkeep]

I also really hate how Sienna getting brutally killed by Adam is framed as her getting ‘karma’ for daring to defend Adam in front of Ghira. I don’t know if that was CRWBY’s intention but considering that this is the only other scene they have together, it sure as hell reads like it.

throws the rwby writers headfirst into a wall

honestly their treatment of sienna is so sickening. the destruction of both of these characters to prop up the racist mlk caricature who does nothing for his people just to further propogate this white led white comfort storyline at the violent murder of an indian coded woman by the former child slave is!!

considering they've referred to adam being violently branded as a child slave as someone "giving it to him", it wouldn't surprise me if they treated this as narrative retribution towards sienna. which. i hate these white men.

[greater-than-the-sword]

what inspired you to write The Kingdom of Heaven?

*laughs in "so much"*

When I was 12 years old I was part of an environmental science program where our teacher, a super scary stern gray-haired woman, taught us very emphatically about the dangers of overpopulation. We first of all learned about the notion of "carrying capacity" (a valid science for animal populations which can't control their consumption of resources or spatial needs) then did some bogus math to determine the exact carrying capacity of the Earth to support humans.

It turned out the Earth couldn't support more than 9 billion people or something like that. (By the way we didn't take into account fishing as a food source, or obviously any potential future improvements in farming practices, or, or things even 12 year old me could think of etc.)

After finishing this we learned about the Earth's supposedly exponential rate of population growth, how the stable rate of reproduction is approximately 2.2 children per couple (that is, per woman) or something like that, and then after THAT, we all sat down at a long table and she asked us to write down and then say out loud how many children we wanted to have when we grew up.

I think there was only one person in the class who dared to say more than "2", after all that. Most people said they didn't want to have any children at all.

*

How disappointing is it that I spent my entire childhood wanting to "go to the forest" when like 60% of my state is covered in forest? I guess part of it came from not being able to go outside as a kid, because of fear of kidnapping by strangers etc., and when I finally did, being shocked that it was actually right there the whole time not far away in some fantasy land. *

When I was 16, I was in a "health" class where we undertook the section of the class meant to deal with body image, eating disorders, body positivity, etc. As a matter of fact, at the time, body positivity was just coming into vogue, and the teacher wanted to prove to us that fat people were unfairly oppressed... a point that could have been made in any number of ways... but here is what she did.

We were all given a sheet of paper with three sillhouettes of women on it, and there was no difference between them except that they were horizontally stretched. Underneath these images was a checklist asking us to rate which of the women was most beautiful, most successful, most intelligent, etc.

We were distributed this paper face down, told to turn it face up and had 3 minutes to fill out this questionaire. The idea was to get "impressions" and "not to think too hard about it".

Does this seem engineered to produce a specific result?

It gets worse. After the time was up (my protests about how this didn't make sense were ignored, so i just gave random answers) the class's answers were tallied to prove that each of us had subconscious bias against fat people. Imagine: forced to judge, then judged for judging. Collective guilt, public shaming. It was only later I learned these were actual brainwashing techniques developed by the Soviets.

*

Children can sense when something is unfair, but they don't have the tools or vocabulary to articulate when they're being literally brainwashed.

Imagine what it's like to go from being a Christian homeschooler from a family of 6, having at least dabbled in co-ops as well, at the home of a family with 12 kids, to sitting in a high school or college classroom. A classroom where it's at least loosely insinuated if not outright stated that ~those kinds of people~ (your kind) are backwards, uneducated (where you learned to read at the age of 4 and have been reading classics since you were 10), racists (where your colorblind ass shared a playpen with black kids who you later shared a history curriculum with, believing that you were living MLK's dream) xenophobes, (where you learned eagerly and with interest about the history of cultures all over the world as though they were your own) and basically the scum of the earth. * "The Kingdom of Heaven" is basically a vision of the world as I see it. The plot has a fair bit of factional drama, but ultimately is based in trying to tackle false slander of the Christian community head-on, while also seeing the "other side" as people. While heavily based in my own experience it also is built around spiritual themes and messages that will be pretty hard to miss.

[m0tel6mxzzy]

it’s always love and light to trina mcgee and fuck the rest of the bmw cast hours…will/danielle/ben getting to be on some “i learned from my past mistakes” shit on their podcast is cute and all but trina had to live w going to work hearing blatant anti black shit and will during the time of filming making her out to be the angry black girl for daring to be like…not wanna be called aunt jemima. the figure for a maple syrup bottle that was initially a SLAVE. mlk was so right abt white liberalism actually

[mitchipedia]

Noncompete clauses and related employment agreements are indentured servitude.

Noncompetes epitomize MLK’s “socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor.” They’re a way for employers to operate in a command economy where the power of the state can be mobilized against uppity workers who dare to seek a better deal…. “

— Cory Doctorow, How workers get trapped by “bondage fees”

[rockislandadultreads]

Libby Spotlight: History eAudiobooks

Graveyard of the Pacific by Randall Sullivan (read by Lynch Travis)

Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, but despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous.

When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, they're met with skepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July 2021, when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the currents that have taken so many lives, Randall commemorates the brave sailors that made the crossing before him—including his own abusive father, a sailor himself who also once dared to cross the bar—and reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood, and what drives men to extremes.

Rich with exhaustive research and propulsive narrative, Graveyard of the Pacific follows historical shipwrecks through the moment-by-moment details that often determined whether sailors would live or die, exposing the ways in which boats, sailors, and navigation have changed over the decades.

King by Jonathan Eig (read by Dion Graham)

Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.—and the first to include recently declassified FBI files.

In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family's origins as well as MLK's complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. King reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father—as well as the nation's most mourned martyr.

Koresh by Stephan Talty (read by Sean Pratt)

No other event in the last fifty years is shrouded in myth like the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. Today, we remember this moment for the 76 people, including 20 children, who died in the fire; for its inspiration of the Oklahoma City bombing; and for the wave of anti-government militarism that followed. What we understand far less is what motivated the Davidians' enigmatic leader, David Koresh.

Drawing on first-time, exclusive interviews with Koresh's family and survivors of the siege, bestselling author Stephan Talty paints a psychological portrait of this infamous icon of the 1990s. Born Vernon Howell into the hyper-masculine world of central Texas in the 1960s, Koresh experienced a childhood riven with abuse and isolation. He found a new version of himself in the halls of his local church, and love in the fundamentalist sect of the Branch Davidians. Later, with a new name and professed prophetic powers, Koresh ushered in a new era for the Davidians that prized his own sexual conquest as much as his followers' faith. As one survivor has said, "What better way for a worthless child to feel worth than to become God?"

In his signature immersive storytelling, Talty reveals how Koresh's fixation on holy war, which would deliver the Davidians to their reward and confirm himself as Christ, collided with his paranoid obsession with firearms to destructive effect. Their deadly, 51-day standoff with the embattled FBI and ATF, he shows, embodied an anti-government ethic that continues to resonate today.

The Windsors at War by Alexander Larman (read by Sophie Roberts)

At the beginning of 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI, surrounded by a gaggle of courtiers and politicians who barely thought him up to the job. Meanwhile, as the now-Duke of Windsor awaited the decree that would allow him to marry his mistress Wallis Simpson, he took an increased interest in the expansionist plans of Adolf Hitler. He may even have gone so far as to betray his country in the process. And as double agents and Nazi spies thronged the corridors of Buckingham Palace, the only man the King could trust was his Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. But they faced a formidable, even unbeatable, adversary: his own brother.

The Windsors at War tells the never-before-told story of World War Two in Britain and America with a fresh focus on the royal family, their conflicted relationships, and the events that rocked the international press. How did this squabbling, dysfunctional family manage to put their differences aside and unite to help win the greatest conflict of their lifetimes? Alexander Larman, author of The Crown in Crisis, now chronicles the Windsor family at war with Germany—and each other.

[hologramcowboy]

She did the same thing when talking about what was happening with the women in Turkey. She took a black and white photo of herself after Hilarie did the same thing. It was a challenge that spread across the internet and died a couple days later. After they did their posts, they never talked about it ever again. It’s the equivalent to when people were posting black squares as a sign to say they were for BLM, but that was it. They didn’t do anything else. They didn’t speak with real activists, they didn’t go out and march, all they did was play activist while sitting on their asses. If you do look through Danneel’s instagram, then you would think she’s an ally, but she’s not an activist. Her, Jensen, and Misha did a livestream with 4 activists, but it’s like that video has disappeared. She posted a photo of her daughter coloring MLK white and didn’t even correct her. She posted it, got a ton of backlash, and then took it down- just for her to go on that livestream with Bri and say she was bullied. She couldn’t even let Bri talk about what was important, but instead took the time to play the victim. It’s gross. Gen handed over her instagram to Bri, so she could talk about racial equality, police brutality, why BLM is a movement and not just another hashtag. Then her and her husband claimed that they marched, but there was no video or photo evidence. Whereas Gen was marching for pro-choice. Jared and Gen have been a part of OutYouth for years and always make time to go to the gala, the Ackles have only been ONCE to promote FBBC. Danneel posted at the end of pride month with her kids wearing clothes from Target- and target is homophobic. She didn’t post about trans rights being affected in “her” state. If Misha, the ever queerbaiter, can make time to post about it, I’m sure she could’ve.I say that to say this. She’s not an activist. I would only go as far as to call her an ally- and even then she’s a pitiful one. Her stans need to stop making her into something she isn’t and never will be. Her brand is whatever is trending. She doesn’t stick to one thing- whereas Gen and dare I say Misha is consistent. It’s embarrassing that I have to say Misha is better than her in this area.

"Her brand is whatever is trending." And this is all she cares about.

I would have called her an ally too except i remember someone dmed her trying to explain something about the movement to her and she reacted like a bully (screenshots are somewhere on this blog and also on other blogs) so she may claim to be an ally but then she shuts down the very people she claims to support.

During the live with Bri she got all condescending and tried to make herself seem better than the people who were merely trying to explain to her why whitewashing is wrong. She deleted the post instead of opening an important discussion and giving voice to the relevant people. Then, on Bri's podcast, she played the victim while also gaslighting everyone and being extremely condescending. Danneel is a narcissist 💯.

[endquire]

Every time a liberal posts something about the necessity of choosing their lesser evil, its virtue and your lack of virtue if you disagree. It is a slap in the face to all the leftists, socialists, civil rights activists, and union members murdered by business and the state that achieved the progress they have taken for granted, or I guess in their fantasy were achieved by voting. It is continuously disgusting that the critiques and warnings of liberals from MLK Jr. and Malcolm X are evergreen. There will now be an explosion of pro LGBTQ/pride stuff. June will be full of talk of the Stonewall riots and endless back-patting because being a liberal just makes you a hero. There's nothing more heroic than trotting in after the people who did the fighting, bleeding and dying, and co-opting their work and suffering. The current activism to end the ethnic cleansing and overall genocide project against the Palestinians will have any and all progress and successes stolen after everything has become past tense by people asserting that voting is the only solution. You don't deserve good things because you are not actually willing to fight for them. If 3.5% of the population in peaceful demonstrations can change policy, then about 12 million Americans could push policy changes. There's 49 million democrats. They wouldn't dare.

[resmarted]

there are more of us than there are of them. the reason we have to eat shit economically and the lack of living wage is because israel has funneled everyone's moneys for war crimes protected under the guise of antisemitism (by people with no roots in judaism) and everyone who has attempted to bring light to this matter has been killed and used as an example for others who dare to try, including but not limited to malcom x and mlk jr. and jfk. this is not some hair-brained conspiracy theory because israel does and has controlled the world as we know it for at least a century, dividing and conquering us to remain at each other's throats for pennies so we don't notice they are our modern world's abusive father using the vatican (bishops) and the monarchies (queens, rooks) and the military industrial complex (knights) and jeff bezos and other celebrities politicians and public figures (pawns) as a front operation. follow the money (printed in israel) and the history that repeatedly gets erased and eradicated from the public sphere. it all goes back to elite israeli corruption. there are more of us than there are of them.