#nitwits

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

A reflection on the utter absurdity of Neil Gorsuch, nitwit justice of the Supreme Court. “Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country.” Gorsuch elaborates on the point: “Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale” and “Governors and local leaders imposed lockdown orders forcing people to remain in their homes.” They shuttered businesses and schools, he continues, and “threatened violators not just with civil penalties but with criminal sanctions too.” 

Now, there obviously was — and still is — a debate to have about the extent of the state, local and federal response to Covid-19, which killed more than 1.1 million people in the United States between March of 2020 and May of 2023 and remains among the leading causes of death. But do those measures have a chance of representing the “greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country?”

Consider the competition. Were Covid restrictions a greater intrusion on civil liberties than the forced sterilization of more than 70,000 Americans under the eugenic policies of state and local governments across the country from the 1920s through the 1970s? 

The mass surveillance of thousands of Americans involved in liberal and left-wing politics by the federal government during the 1960s? 

The McCarthyite purges of thousands of Americans accused of “un-American activities” in the 1950s? 

The “Palmer Raids” of 1919 and 1920, in which federal agents arrested thousands of Americans on flimsy evidence with plans to deport them from the country? 

That’s just the 20th century. 

When we look back to the 19th century, we see even more egregious peacetime assaults on the rights and liberties of Americans. Beginning in the 1890s, for example, Southern legislatures began to strip voting and civil rights from huge swaths of their states’ populations. Then there’s labor conflict. In 1877 alone, state, local and federal strikebreakers killed more than 100 people engaged in strikes and protests against railroads across the country.

[keyboardsinmyface]

Does anyone know what happened to Nitwits candy

Can't find it on internet anywhere did the factory go bankrupt or sth???

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

vampire who complains constantly about how difficult it is to access laudanum in the "so-called modern era." from their many, many complaints, it's clear they've gone to considerable difficulty over the past century maintaining a steady personal laudanum supply. their werewolf roomie is on the verge of holding an intervention. it is then casually revealed that laudanum has no intoxicating effect on bloodsuckers. the vampire just use it as a "spicy blood sauce"; it adds a nice kick

[peoplecallmelucifer]

Oh boo hoo the people who made a CHOICE to buy the fucking video game and put it on their platform and encourage more people to make their same CHOICE are feeling harrassed.

You know. I called for no herassment to general public because it's counterproductive. You're just creating enemies. The general public feels like it has no stakes in this game and someone is atacking them for liking a franchise that was a big part of their childhood. So you are actively turning public opinion AWAY from yoir cause!

Did I ever defend terfs or any publically anti trans asshole? No, I literally called for phisical violence against them!

But with the general public that would be the wrong aproach. Make it their problem and thwir intwrest to help you.... that's why I ussualy quote a poem at people who say that this outrage is pointless. Look up "first they came" by Martin Neimöler. And then look up the author and where he stood before and after events in the poem.

Wanna be an activist? Convince people they need to stop those events from hapening again, and helping you and your cause is how they do it.

And believe me Shouting at people and herassing them will lead to spite, alienation and disdain. So stop sabotaging our comunity and do some thinking

[kittykatthetacodemon]

I too want to be so gay and in love that my relationship is part of an “institutional problem” and the actual Metatron, Voice of God, has to come down from heaven on high to stealth break us up because the miracles we do together are too strong. Power couple

[n1tw1t-sk3tch3s]

Edgy tails is best tails

[spite-and-waffles]

FUCK YES STEPHANIE IS THE JASON THAT NEVER WAS PANDA YOU ARE THE HERO THIS FANDOM NEEDS BUT DOES NOT DESERVE PREACH THE GOSPEL OF STEPHANIE AMEN

[angermango]

the duality of des

also bonus alternatives because this man's vocabulary is inherently hilarious:

[helenvader]

I have a fake movie poster phase. :-)

[jazzy-art-time]

Jarble shitpost with one of my favorite twitter interactions I came across.

Original:

[sarahowritesostucky]

All you ever write is rape. wth

Incorrect. Here are some stories I've written that do not feature rape as a plot device:

Alpha Beta (& Omega) (Stucky)

High Needs (Stucky)

Worth the wait (Stucky x reader)

Temporary Custody (Stucky x ofc)

Jilted (Steve x reader)

SugarBaby series (Ari/Lloyd/Andy/Bucky/Steve x reader)

Who'd you Have to Blow to Get That Part? (Ransom x reader)

Also rape-free are: I Love the Way you Look Away, Grind It, Beta & Omega, Merry & Bright, The Margrave's Consort, Stupid Cupid, The Captain and the Rake, and Modifications and Improvement of Functions

And as to the pieces that I write that do contain rape as a plot device: there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I enjoy reading and writing stories with dark plot elements - especially non and dub-con. Fluff is usually boring to me. I tag my fics extensively, so be a grown up and make smart decisions about what you choose to consume on the internet and stop going into people's inboxes and leaving weak little anons with no substance or moral courage whatsoever.

💖Sarah

[sher-ee]

“Now he thinks there’s going to be a mistrial!”

[onelungmcclung]

[row-boat-47]

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Nitwit Outwit

"Discard 1 monster, then target 1 face-up monster on the field; it loses ATK equal to the discarded monster's original ATK."

[n1tw1t-sk3tch3s]

Finished the twelve episode anime