#blame game

[acurtist]

Now, featuring dung beetle as Sisyphus/Atlas hybrid. 😂

[happysadgirl909]

I finally came to the realization that it’s not me… it’s them. They suck, I don’t. CASE CLOSED.

[cosmicportal]

[faronmckenzie]

The fight is with your inner demons, the external triggers are an indication that they exist.

[rozemia]

yeezy reupholstered my pussy

[thashining]

Glass cliff

[mysticdreamcafe]

The blame game and (not limited too...)Veganism.

Wonder how long before this is taken down by force...

I'm not for or against anyone's dietary choices. I am against playing the blame game to further agendas. Yes, it may not be politically correct but I think everyone has a right to make their own choices without being guilted because they only eat veg or meat or both.

You can't believe everything in documentaries or books or online chats. Hell, even research is biased depending on how it is done, who financed it, what information is released, and who reviews it.

I don't believe there is a perfect way to eat or live for everyone. We are all different due to upbringing, culture, peer pressure, false and true information being mixed, propaganda, money, etc.

But, I've noticed a couple things on my home page feed that pique my intellectual interest and moral code...

I follow vegan-girl-69 and she re-blogs things that I understand are close to her. She's free to have this way of thinking and lifestyle, but why not simply educate people vs guilting them into the same mind frame?

What are the carbon emissions caused by the production of a purely plant based diet vs one with animal proteins?

Can you get ALL the vitamins and minerals in eating only plants that the human body requires to be healthy and function properly? Do you need supplements to offset the imbalance?

Why do many people who advocate plant only diets eat things with meat shapes and textures or non-dairy cheeses? Don't these go against vegan principles?

How has increased agricultural farming affected the water system and soil quality?

Is it healthier? Are vegans sick less? Why are there over-weight unhealthy vegans?

What are the statics, peer reviewed and studies not paid for by people or companies with agendas, showing that plant based only diets improve the health of humans and the planet we live on?

Where do GMO products, chemically laden products, overly processed products come into all this? Accepted as the standard vegan practice? If not then why are the previously mentioned molded, chemically treated, dyed items in such high demand?

Is there a 'clean vegan' like with Keto diets? How does it work?

Does the evolution of humans show we were healthier with a plant only diet?

This next bit will probably finish off this post and get it trashed, as if the topic and first 2 questions haven't had people reporting it already, but here I go...

Diet is like sexuality, politics, religion, etc. It's personal. We tried to guilt people with alternative life choices to conform to the norm for centuries as humans and look how that turned out. Like it. Don't like it. It shouldn't matter and they shouldn't be guilted or blamed for having a different outlook or lifestyle.

[bunnies-and-sunshine]

The blame game.

Mr. Giraffe did not steal your cookie!  You just fumble-dropped it as I handed it to you.  Please stop shunning him.

[dr-katt]

[andysouldancer]

'I'm not a racist, I'm concerned.'

Why are you concerned ?

Because you were told to be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I know I'm running a little behind with events here, but I have been busy with this sh*t in the real world.

[thecyancat]

Vicious Circumstance, The Second

I find myself alone among the trees

Blue skies darken as the

Last hours of daylight stretch

And the parents of playing children

Make them abandon their games and take them home

Everyone else is gone

Not a single movement do I make

Only pure stillness

Of course, I do

Not deserve the peace of this sunset

Even nature itself knows

[pterod4ctyls]

[kuiperoid]

The Majority Report on everyone that Trump is blaming for the recent plane crash in DC.

[critical-skeptic]

WHAT NOW?

TEMU Gilead is Coming: An Unvarnished Reckoning with Our Own Failures

This isn’t just a loss; it’s a colossal, existential crisis that everyone on the anti-QMAGA side, from Democrats to so-called progressives, needs to confront with brutal honesty. Trump has clawed his way back into power, buoyed by young male voters, sweeping the electoral college and taking both chambers of Congress. The dystopian blueprint outlined by Project 2025 is now within arm’s reach of becoming reality, and while there’s plenty of blame to go around, this moment demands an unsparing self-critique of our own faction’s spectacular failures.

Over the past two decades, a toxic combination of identity politics, performative activism, and hollow gestures of moral superiority has undermined what should have been a broad, powerful coalition against fascism. Instead of building alliances, we drew lines in the sand. Instead of engaging and educating, we alienated and dismissed. The pendulum swing between left and right has only accelerated, each side stoking the other’s flames in a downward spiral. And here we are, watching the collapse of democracy with smugness and overconfidence as fuel for our own undoing.

Identity Politics and Performative Activism: The Double-Edged Sword

Identity politics has been weaponized against us as effectively as we’ve used it to rally support. What began as a call for recognition, equality, and justice has been twisted into a purity spiral, where every misstep is grounds for cancellation and every dissenting voice—even within our ranks—is branded a heretic. We’ve reduced complex human issues to hashtags and purity tests, alienating potential allies with a sanctimonious fervor that rivals our enemies’. What’s worse, we’ve become oblivious to the backlash this has created among younger men—particularly white men—who feel vilified and abandoned, driving them straight into the arms of the right.

Want proof of this? Look no further than any outrage towards this very critique of ourselves or that very sensation you're feeling right now to dismiss my points, or to accuse me of being QMAGA, a misogynist, or some other convenient label. That is precisely the problem.

It’s no accident that Trump has seen a surge of support among Gen Z males. We’ve handed them over with our relentless portrayal of masculinity as toxic, our demonization of entire demographics, and our refusal to engage in meaningful dialogue. Every performative gesture, every viral Twitter clapback, every “woke�� marketing campaign that reduces people’s lived experiences to commodified slogans—this is the oxygen that has fueled their resentment. And they’ve responded by voting in droves for the man they see as the ultimate middle finger to the establishment we represent.

Overconfidence and Smugness: The Seeds of Our Undoing

Our political campaigns have been plagued by a smug, overconfident belief that moral superiority alone would carry us to victory. Kamala Harris, to her credit, didn’t lean heavily into the “first woman” narrative during her campaign. But the broader messaging from her camp, the overreliance on pop culture endorsements, and the naive assumption that “Swifties” and Hollywood elites would deliver an unshakable base reveal how little we understood the electorate. We banked on identity and celebrity while underestimating the deeply ingrained conservatism within key demographics, including Latino voters, who remain far more complex and varied than we cared to acknowledge.

This overconfidence blinded us to the reality that smugness and moral posturing are not substitutes for coalition-building. The Latino community, for example, has shown time and again that their votes cannot be taken for granted. Yet we assumed that platitudes and virtue signals were enough, while the right steadily worked to win them over with culturally resonant messages and appeals to tradition. We’ve seen this before, but refused to learn the lesson: alienating allies, relying on performative gestures, and dismissing uncomfortable truths only strengthens the opposition.

Where Do We Go From Here?

The loss of this election isn’t just a temporary setback—it’s a harbinger of a dark future. A future where Project 2025’s corpochristofascist agenda is enacted, draining what little remains of our democracy, stripping away rights, and leaving us to fend off an authoritarian regime with dwindling resources and even fewer allies. We have already seen what happens when we rely on fantasies of “resistance” without the hardened resolve, the coalitions, and the practical strategies to back it up. The younger men on our side, while passionate, are often ill-prepared for the ugly reality of what resistance will truly require.

So what now? Are women and other marginalized groups prepared to rise above the petty infighting and bring the fight where it truly needs to be? Are we ready to abandon the performative acts and embrace true, coalition-based action that goes beyond virtue signaling and social media outrage? Or will we keep doubling down on what hasn’t worked, content to watch democracy crumble from the sidelines while we trade moral victories for actual losses?

TEMU Gilead is coming. The question is whether you will play the role of TEMU Offred—engaged in empty gestures and divisive rhetoric—or if you will wake up, before the last of us who have fought, and bled, and sacrificed are too exhausted, too old, or too dead to be of any fucking use. The time for games is over. Wake up before it’s too late. I hope I'm wrong, I hope I'm being an alarmist and that I am utterly wrong, but if I'm not, please stay safe.

[messedupinfjthoughts]

#blame

Criticize me

Paint my wings black, and I will still fly.

Twist my words until they die.

Vilify me

Make me the villain in your story

Make me repeat to say I’m sorry.

Demonize me

Your therapists echoed she’s bad (she’s bad) (she’s bad)

To stay in this friendship would be utterly mad.

Antagonize me

You used my trauma as your weapon

While saying you have to protect yourself, I reckon.

Pacify me

Claim your words, were in good spirit.

Stabbing my wounds the next minute.

Come crucify me.