#common Sense

[dosesofcommonsense]

[riesenfeldcenter]

"Here is idolatry even without a mask: And he who can calmly hear, and digest such doctrine, hath forfeited his claim to rationality---an apostate from the order of manhood; and ought to be considered---as one, who hath not only given up the proper dignity of man, but sunk himself beneath the rank of animals, and contemptibly crawl through the world like a worm."

The first British edition of Thomas Paine's Common Sense is full of blank hiatuses. The printer, John Almon, cut out any text that spoke negatively of the British Crown and government in an attempt to avoid being charged with seditious libel against the king.

So yes, Paine is suggesting that the king is crawling through the world like a worm.

[mahoganygold213]

[idratherbeaduck]

Reading homophobic posts and comments is always so wild to me. Like I constantly forget common sense isn't always that common.

[chamberlinfamilyfarms]

Common Sense People 🤔

[quasi-normalcy]

When I say "We didn't used to call it 'neoliberalism' when I was a kid, it was just common sense", understand that I'm not saying "Neoliberalism is good and I miss the pre-lapsarian days of youth when people just accepted self-evident 'truths' about the efficiency of the private sector," or whatever; I'm saying "'Common sense' is hegemonic and informed by the interests of power, and the fact that huge numbers of people are even in a position to question neoliberalism now means that capital's grip on power has actually weakened considerably since the 1990s and that's good."

[constantly-deactivated]

Cheap Lighting 🤔

[palatinewolfsblog]

"Justice too long delayed is justice denied."

Martin Luther King.

[philosophybits]

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series

[reality-detective]

[dosesofcommonsense]

Why stop at 75%? Musk fired 90% of Twitter, closed down buildings, and X is doing amazing.

*Turn the bloated BIG government back into a small government.

**Remember to fire the subcontractors and all those random, unneeded “federal” workers.

[the-anime-enthusiast]

I saw a tiktok of someone being like

OH MY GAWD KATSUKI 😍

and they proceeded to show, specifically, pictures of Katsuki in the time skip and some dumbass had the audacity to comment:

"I hate whenever people age up characters then sexualize them and use the fact that they're aged up to get away with it 😒😒"

like yes, I agree with you, but girl. take a step back. let's think about this. about what you just said. about the video. the CONTEXT.

The creator of the video is saying/showing specifically Bakugo Katsuki in the time skip when he's 24, what are you talking about 😭😭 He's CANNONICLY 24 and they were literally showing pictures of him at 24 (or 25 idk)

Anyways I js thought that was the dumbest shit I've ever seen. As always, LOVE YALL, have a wonderful day and love life to the fullest 💞

If you need anything my DMS are open and I'm here to talk! And ofc I'm a writer tmso feel free to req 💞 BYE ‼️‼️

[inluvwcaitvi]

i will never understand ppl who criticize vi for leaving powder home in ep. 3 while she, mylo, and claggor went to go rescue vander.

like, are we forgetting that powder was a little 11-12 year old girl who could have possibly DIED, and vi had to be the one to keep that in mind?

u rly expected her to bring that little girl along… especially when her bombs didn’t even work in the first place, and she couldn’t even physically fight or defend herself??? 😭

leaving her home was literally the smartest and most mature thing to do, esp since vi had no idea how bad powder’s separation anxiety and self-hatred really was.

she did not expect for her to follow them, and idk why ppl act like that’s somehow completely HER fault.

not to mention, the one time powder’s bomb actually, FINALLY work, she fucks it all up and gets her entire 2nd family killed, so i don’t rly get the criticism vi gets bc she said, “you’re not ready!” to powder, either.

like… she was clearly right lmao. it’s not supposed to be an insult, it was the truth; powder really and clearly WASN’T ready at that time. 🤷

[thegoodmorningman]

It's Friday! You have to have fun!!!

[poitionsprince]

"McGonagall probably knew Sirius wasn't a killer" "Remus knew his best friend wasn't a killer"

So close! No they didn't! Remus was sure Sirius was the traitor even before the Potter's died, and Sirius thought the same of Remus!

McGonagall had no way of knowing if Sirius did it or not! Everyone was paranoid since many turned their backs on each other and it was known that there was a rat on the inside! They just didn't know who it was - therefore they were sure it was Sirius when Peter was thought to be killed!

Stop making that an excuse for why McGonagall just let Neville sleep outside of the dorms without checking if he ever got in his dorms.

[a-meh]