JT secondthought needs to make a video coaching people on how to act in irl activist spaces because a lot of yall are so unpleasant, hostile, hardheaded, and generally don't know how tf to talk to people and are bringing that energy even to offline spaces. Its scaring me and the homegirls because if you can't go to bella noches WHERE can you go
@lighthouseborn sent a meme: “Just because two people disagree with each other doesn't mean they're about to kiss.” thinkin about the superior version of jack pointing out that henry's crushing on carina n giggling
Jack's brow shot up so high that it almost vanished into his bandana. He'd vowed not to get involved but, really, how was he meant to resist when the pair of them were dancing around each other like this, all snark and attitude and trying to conceal their grins whenever they got a hit in on the other? It was a familiar play; he and Henry's mother had struck the exact same tune over twenty years ago, and perhaps there was some part of him, deep down, that had wished someone had intervened on their behalf at the time. To put a stop to it, perhaps, or to... spark something more than what had in fact manifested between them. Jack did not regret the past twenty years, but there was no denying that he and Elizabeth had perfected their dance to an art form.
Crossing the deck in order to close the distance between them, Jack put a hand on the boy's shoulder. “ You are woefully misunderstanding women, Henry. They love to disagree, even when they in fact agree. It keeps us as a lesser species on our toes. At least that's my experience. ” He shrugged, unsure on secondthought whether his own experience was actually beneficial to anyone. But nonetheless he persisted. “ And that one... ” he nodded over at where Carina was stood by the rail of the Dying Gull, yet again looking over her red-jewel encrusted diary. “ She'll discover that ghosts and mermaids and undead pirates all exist eventually, however the only reason she is so vehemently against it all is because you're so stubbornly advocating against her. Savvy? ”
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It's very common in the West, especially in the US, for people to assume that propaganda doesn't really exist in our society. Sure, those other countries brainwash their citizens, but not us! No, all our media is completely unbiased. Let's explore the idea of propaganda, and how exactly it functions in neoliberal capitalism. You're Not Immune To Propaganda – Second Thought
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Most Propaganda Looks Nothing Like This May 28,2023
"One of the forms this takes is the way the western political/media class manipulates the Overton window of acceptable political opinion."
"As a character in the movie Waking Life puts it, “We all know the function of the media has never been to eliminate the evils of the world, no! Their job is to persuade us to accept those evils and get used to living with them. The powers that be want us to be passive observers. And they haven’t given us any other options outside the occasional purely symbolic act of voting — do you want the puppet on the right or the puppet on the left?”
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The Ratchet Effect in real time. If you haven’t already heard of it, you can find the info here: https://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org/stopme/chapter02.html
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There’s a common expression, “it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” When the current economic model is seen more as an immutable force of nature than a…
Today Nov 30, 2022 is National #PersonalSpaceDay!
(https://nationaltoday.com/national-personal-space-day)
A #Painting I painted a couple of years ago:
‘#SecondThoughts on a #Beach’
#PopArt #MiamiNoir
2017, acrylic and oil blend on canvas, 24"x20"
by @ArtistJamieRoxx #JamieRoxx (www.JamieRoxx.us)
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