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Well!

So first, let's clear a common misconception: no, President Abraham Lincoln did not love Black people nor see them as human equals. At best he was centrist about it (though, even his implication that 'exceptional' Black men ought to vote got him assassinated).

"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do, it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union...I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free."

The "freeing of slaves" after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 was meant to kneecap the economic and military powers of the seceded South. Lettuce stop making a white savior figure out of Lincoln, or thinking that my people's shackles were unchained via anything other than desperate war strategy and extreme violence. Think on that, for a moment.

That being said!

But not everyone in Confederate territory would immediately be free. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas.

Consider going through the Smithsonian website to learn about Juneteenth! Recognize why it's an actual day of freedom, versus July 4th and the independence of a select few.

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Anyone here know bugs?

A thing that looked like this without the hammerhead part FELL ON MY FACE outside 😭😭😭😭

It was like 1.5 inches. I was by an Aspen Tree when this thing fell on MY EYELID and when I wiped my eye going wtf was that???? I took out my phone camera and saw it LAYING ON MY CHEEK! I flicked it far cause I freaked out but now I have no picture of it 😖😖😖 Now I’m like !!!! Cause wtf was that???

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red string 🧵❤️

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blue and magenta!

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Hi~ If you are still accepting pride palletes....may I humbly request an Aerith Gainsborough with the Genderfae flag colors?

Pride palettes (accepting!)

Genderfae Aerith, just for you! This is such a pretty flag! 🌸🌼

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I hope the shameless cash&copyright grab that are the live action remakes (though I will admit there’s like, maybe two actually good ones) are not going to be in KH4

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Someone, explain to me how me not having sex is your problem? Like genuinely, how does that affect you?

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CAN MORE PEOPLE PLEASE KNOW WHAT THIS IS

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Happy pride to the A's of lgbtqia!

To the asexuals

Aromantics

Agenders

You are just as loved here

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vabitas

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i haven’t played this game since i was 12

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Donate!!!!!! Boost!!!!!

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Here's the cover to a little Lawtsuda zine I'm working on putting together for Närcon this summer! It'll be a collection of different comics I've done with them, but maybe I'll make some new stuff for it too? we'll see ^_^!

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I think the other reason I don't really get into ships as portrayed by fandom culture is that it seems like the mindset is more like. "I want these characters to be in a Romantic Relationship(TM)" instead of "I want these characters' relationship to be romantic"

What I mean here is that, so often I see pairings enacting romance tropes to the point of heavily altering or downright replacing their original dynamic - as if the people behind it only understand romance as a series of checklists to tick off. Couples like to kiss and sleep in the same bed and flirt with each other, so it doesn't matter who the characters are, if they're a couple then naturally they'll do those things, right??

And that's where the whole thing starts to lose me, because I would assume that the appeal of shipping characters is, y'know... the characters? Rather than just, the idea of a couple? If I'm thinking about how it'd be cool for them to be in love, my first thought is always "so how would they show it," because just like everything else about a person, the answer is going to be different on a case-by-case basis.

Maybe the characters involved aren't really into kissing, but they like arranging date activities. Maybe they aren't committed to the structure of dating at all, and just want to be around each other whenever they can. And even if they are the types to like doing traditionally romantic things, that doesn't suddenly erase whatever else they had going on before they started adding that on top of it.

I'm not saying that the more typical romance tropes and activities are bad, just that they're applied kind of excessively, regardless of whether or not they actually work for the characters involved. I want to see my favorite characters having relationships that are true to who they are, not what the stock depiction of a couple says they should be.

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Hello everyone, my name is Andrea and I am the organizer for @noor509 / @noor508's GoFundMe campaign

Shortly before we reached our goal, we had our transfers paused due to GoFundMe wanting to verify information and wanting to know if the money had been sent.

I had sent a majority of the money directly to Nour's bank account, but due to an issue we recently had to switch to Western Union. I provided documents and answered all of the team member's questions, but in the end GoFundMe had decided to close Nour's campaign anyways.

The last transfer that was sent to us was on November 3rd and we had transfers paused on the 4th. If you have not received a refund from GoFundMe already, please reach out to them to demand for a refund.

And if you still want to help Nour you can send money to this PayPal link: paypal.me/NoureddineAboalresh

The money that is sent there will be accepted to my bank account which will then be sent to Nour's friend via Western Union who will then forward the funds to Nour for him to receive.

Nour's campaign has been verified here: x and you can read more here: x

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Hi all, this is Andrea, the organizer for @noorabd1992's campaign. On the behalf of Nour, his wife Dina, and their two children, I just want to thank you all for supporting their campaign. It is thanks to all of your generous donations and the sharing of Nour's post that we were recently able to raise over $5,000. This is enough money to evacuate the couples daughter, Alma and their son, Loai.

We still need to raise $39,751 in order to evacuate the whole family and ensure that they can rebuild their lives in Egypt.

Please donate if you can, and spread this post.

8/31/2024 Edit:

Nour's campaign has now been shared by 90-ghost!!

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