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FANDERS, WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T SIGN THIS PETITION.

No, not even as a joke. Don’t share it with your friends as a joke either, or make a meme out of it, or anything. I don’t know what the motivation was behind creating this petition – I guess it very well could have been a younger well-meaning Fander who genuinely doesn’t understand how elections work – but regardless of what the intentions were, this is so so so awful and could have so many terrible consequences if it starts gaining traction.

Listen, we all understood why Kanye’s “presidential bid” was harmful, right? This is basically the same thing: right now, every third-party vote is a vote for Tr*mp and, no offense to my American friends, but your country cannot afford to vote Tr*mp back in. The upcoming election needs to be taken seriously now more than ever. 

The fact that this petition is being directed at the Thomas Sanders fandom is extra unsavory. It’s common knowledge that a huge chunk of this fandom is made up of younger people, and as much as I love, cherish, and respect our younger population – heck, I’m a minor myself – the fact is that we’re much more easily influenced, eager to give people the benefit of the doubt, and unfortunately, way too many of us may not know any better.

“But Spec!” I hear you cry. “If this petition is mainly being spread by the younger side of the fandom that doesn’t know any better, what harm could it do? They can’t vote anyway!”

The thing is, if you follow multiple Sanders Sides blogs, you’ll know from all the times you’ve seen the same post on your dash ten times in a row that we spread stuff like wildfire. If enough people aren’t aware of the harmful consequences and start spreading this petition around, then regardless of whether they’re seriously asking for signatures or just spreading it as a joke, one viral post would be all it takes for the mainstream internet to take notice. I cannot stress enough how disastrous that would be. 

The second that this petition catches the attention of the wider public, the US will be at risk of having a repeat version of Kanye’s presidential bid: people with a vote, a terrible sense of humour and no understanding of the consequences may write in Thomas Sanders as a joke, thus effectively wasting a vote that could be used to take Tr*mp out of office.

Oh, and if for whatever reason you’re a Fander that “doesn’t care about politics”, then first of all check your privilege at the very least you could care about Thomas?? He is a real person that could suffer very real harm not only to his brand/reputation, but also his personal safety if this petition thing gets out of hand. A similar thing happened to the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series when a petition to change the US flag to the face of his fictional character began to gain traction. He was unaffiliated with the petition, but still received honest-to-goodness death threats. We cannot let this happen again.

Sorry if this post makes me sound angry, but it’s because I am. This is absolutely ridiculous. Please signal boost.

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THERE ARE SCREENSHOTS OF TWEETS FUCKING EVERYWHERE AND I NEVER KNOW IF THEY’RE REAL OR NOT AND IT UPSETS ME

If you're a directioner you never know when something is real or not because everyone is so good at photoshop,,,,,

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no i’m not doing okay because louis tomlinson could come out in 4 days and i’m double not okay bc some people are finna make it about larry when it’s about LOUIS coming out

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i have literally never seen this before in my 5 years of stanning 1D i have never fucking seen this and now i can die happy

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Eight years later and that’s the first time I noticed Liam’s face ???? LOOK AT HIM. He’s so done with their bullshit “great, we’re getting fired now” he’s nodding to himself he had already accepted his destiny. god bless him

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they’re two of the few men that are p r e t t y

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grow the fuck up

when the hell are you people going to grow up?! when are you going to open your eyes?! people are being killed for the color of their skin and you have the NERVE to preach all lives matter?! you have so much privilege, why aren't you using it?!

those men and women, they had families. they had wives and husbands and kids. some of them were kids themselves! if your kid got killed by a police officer for no apparent reason, you would lose it. you would protest the hell out of that. but the second it's someone else's child it doesn't matter anymore?

most of these officers haven't gotten any punishment whatsoever. these MURDERERS are roaming the streets and nobody is doing a damn thing about it. 

if you have privilege, use it. your voice is your weapon. use it.

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Here's your daily reminders!

Drink your water!

Take your meds!

Have something to eat!

Have a couple minutes to yourself to think and breathe!

Please look after yourself!

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meirl

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hey! in the midst of all this, spreading this information could potentially save LOTS of folks out there in protest! it costs Absolutely NOTHING to share. the original thread is on Twitter by strwbrrymew. the link to the thread is here, it contains more important information to note, including a video about how to do a proper eye flush should someone be teargassed.

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anonymous leaked bolsonaro’s private info including his credit card number and someone on twitter bought a whole ass macbook pro with it. yes. a person bought a macbook pro with the president’s credit card. this country really isn’t for beginners

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i have exams today i want to d i e

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❤

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i was hanging out with my childhood bestfriend today and since we’re only 14, her mom (a christian woman) was with us. we went into  a store and it had spell books and astrology books and crystals and candles and all sorts of other shit and i was trying to stay chill and my bestfriend was trying not to piss herself laughing at how hard i was trying to keep my cool and her mom was just looking at us like we had gone fucking insane and honestly today was the happiest i’ve been in a long time

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Happy birthday Roman you absolute LAD I love you!

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donations masterpost

i've composed a list of all of the donation fund i could find. i will stand with black lives forever and always and everybody should do the same.

donate to the minneapolis bail fund here

donate to the black lives matter movement here

donate to the george floyd memorial fund here

donate to george floyd's family here

donate to the justice for regis fund here

donate to reclaim the block here

donate to the i run with maud fund here

donate to justice for jamee here

donate to the eric rosalia fund here

donate to campaign zero here

donate to the north star collective here

donate to black visions here

donate to the national police accountability project here

donate to the unicorn riot fund here

if i've missed any then please add them onto this post! if you're a black person with your own donation fund then feel free to add that too!

share if you can't donate, share if you can

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The first pride was a riot, more specifically a riot against police violence. Trans women of colour like Marsha P. Johnson paved the way for the celebration of pride today. You cannot celebrate your pride this month, or any month if you aren’t also supporting Black Lives Matter and the riots going on against police violence right now. Us white LGBTQ+ need to stand up for our black siblings and their rights, their struggles. We need to amplify their voices and show any support we can.Hey! Better yet, reblog this version:

Extensive BLM Google doc including places to donate to, education resources, etc

List of 75 things white people can do right now

Simple way to donate to the cause if you have no money to