for reasons both valid and invented by later German nationalists in equal share. Which is funny, because Frederick ruled more Czechs, Poles, and Lithuanians than he did Germans.
Uncontrollably violent in temper, vulgar in speech and manner, scornful of education and culture, and so deeply pious that he considered theaters "temples of Satan."...He made a fetish of cleanliness, washing and grooming himself many times each day.[1]
Queer politics aren't about flipping off the man, they're about letting people live the way they want to live. This might make me a liberal, but I don't care.
I think this is one of those instances where people are united by a shared identity but not by shared political aims past a certain point.
Queer politics could just mean LGBTQ politics or it could mean politics of 'queerness' which can imply a more radical agenda that not everyone is interested in
Yeah, this encapsulates my issue with "queer politics" in one. The rejection of imperfect improvements is frankly childish. And why someone so into "queer politics" even cares about what lawyer was selected to fight for gay marriage when they hate the entire institution and idea anyway is frankly strange to me.
Ted Olson's a prominent libertarian lawyer. Libertarians have their flaws (big honking ones), but their commitment to legal liberty is an important and valuable one. Take the allies you can find.
I think this is where the obsession with identity over all is an problem. It is more gratifying to such a person to be hardcore than to be successful; to be uncompromising and alone rather than flexible in order to actually get anything done.
And refusing to work on fixing one thing in our society because that fix doesn't simultaneously fix problems on other axes is just plain dumb. Yes, gay marriage won't help directly in the fight for racial justice or trans rights. But it doesn't fucking hurt them.
The terror appears to be that you can't fix a problem because it's more important that more people be disadvantaged to motivate them to fight for other issues. Oh no, you're subtracting revolutionaries. FFS.
I got into an argument about Macklemore, a thing I am wont to do, and it got me thinking. What is Tumblr's ideal solution to people who aren't in the queer community talking about queer issues? The thing I've gotten from it is that if your straight and cis you have no right to say positive/supportive things, because by doing so you're essentially stealing attention from queer people who should be the ones doing the talking.
anyhoo, i think the issue is that they act like that without quite realizing what the implied set of ideas behind those actions is. like they don't really conclude their thought process, because if they actually let things congeal they'd realize how stupid they sounded
It already kind of sucks knowing that in some way I will always be part of the problem, but it seems like to some people any attempt on my part to not be part of the problem is on its own problematic.
anyhoo, i think the issue is that they act like that without quite realizing what the implied set of ideas behind those actions is. like they don't really conclude their thought process, because if they actually let things congeal they'd realize how stupid they sounded
Yeah.
Mainly it sucks seeing my good friends say stuff like this.
Also one of my friends seems to have weird hangups over Macklemore's alleged theft from Le1f, because the mere introduction of the concept that they might have just used the same sample pack made him angry.
the thing is, it's super obvious if you know things about producing that there is no way that Ryan Lewis could have taken the sax sample from Le1f, because the sample is significantly more heavily processed in the Le1f song and there isn't a way to un-process it. So like everyone who claims that "Macklemore stole from Le1f" has revealed their total ignorance on the issue and people hate having their not knowing things pointed out.
the thing is, it's super obvious if you know things about producing that there is no way that Ryan Lewis could have taken the sax sample from Le1f, because the sample is significantly more heavily processed in the Le1f song and there isn't a way to un-process it. So like everyone who claims that "Macklemore stole from Le1f" has revealed their total ignorance on the issue and people hate having their not knowing things pointed out.
Will keep this in mind, thank
although I have more reason to be pissed about that weird hangup, darn
it's not that weird of a hangup, i'd say that most people become acutely embarrassed when their ignorance is exposed, and if they're the sort of person who is easily upset this can make them lash out.
I don't think he was hugely angry or anything but he was obviously thoroughly shut off to the idea which is weird because it's not like "Macklemore didn't actually steal the beat they just used the same sample pack" is a post with a hundred variations with 10000 notes each.
I wish that people would sometimes admit that they made a mistake and just move on. In the end, the brief moment of embarrassment you will feel on apologising is way less harmful to you thn digging yourself a trench of ignorance and screaming from the bottom.
Seriously, when did leftists and progressives start acting like Tea Partiers...?
I got into an argument about Macklemore, a thing I am wont to do, and it got me thinking. What is Tumblr's ideal solution to people who aren't in the queer community talking about queer issues? The thing I've gotten from it is that if your straight and cis you have no right to say positive/supportive things, because by doing so you're essentially stealing attention from queer people who should be the ones doing the talking.
That's a really upsetting sentiment to me.
Here's my take on it. If you aren't in the movement, if you're not directly affected, then be unobtrusive.
Give your support.
And then stand back.
(applies to other movements and conflicts as well)
Every time I see that post about that girl who stole a McDonald's sign I sigh a lot.
There is no real way for the general public to know that, if that was stolen from a franchise store, that came out of the employees paychecks, and there is no point in explaining it to anyone, because the post has like 2 million notes.
I got into an argument about Macklemore, a thing I am wont to do, and it got me thinking. What is Tumblr's ideal solution to people who aren't in the queer community talking about queer issues? The thing I've gotten from it is that if your straight and cis you have no right to say positive/supportive things, because by doing so you're essentially stealing attention from queer people who should be the ones doing the talking.
That's a really upsetting sentiment to me.
Here's my take on it. If you aren't in the movement, if you're not directly affected, then be unobtrusive.
Give your support.
And then stand back.
(applies to other movements and conflicts as well)
This is exactly what people need to not do. All the talk in the world is pointless if you don't do anything.
in our society, the people whose views receive the most exposure tend to be privileged people, and they need to earn money while doing so in order to continue to promote their views
this is a very bad thing, but i feel like sometimes tumblr peeps get mad at the wrong people over it
but idk, maybe Macklemore and his ilk need to do more to ensure that less privileged people who have less money get heard
But just straight up saying that self diagnosis is valid is sorta like a... reverse baby/bathwater situation.
At any rate I never really doubt that people have disorders they say they have. Self diagnosis isn't my token issue or anything but seeing it stated like that so bluntly is just incredibly silly to me.
And like that picture (in addition to a caption by the artist saying that her character's opinion is true) is the entirety of the post. "Self diagnosis is valid." There's no real argument presented.
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for reasons both valid and invented by later German nationalists in equal share. Which is funny, because Frederick ruled more Czechs, Poles, and Lithuanians than he did Germans.
Literally the only thing that stopped him was Emperor Charles VI being like "no dude you can't kill your son."
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Queer politics could just mean LGBTQ politics or it could mean politics of 'queerness' which can imply a more radical agenda that not everyone is interested in
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
There is no real way for the general public to know that, if that was stolen from a franchise store, that came out of the employees paychecks, and there is no point in explaining it to anyone, because the post has like 2 million notes. This is exactly what people need to not do. All the talk in the world is pointless if you don't do anything.
this is a very bad thing, but i feel like sometimes tumblr peeps get mad at the wrong people over it
but idk, maybe Macklemore and his ilk need to do more to ensure that less privileged people who have less money get heard
anyone can open a medical dictionary, that doesn't make them an expert
even professional doctors are advised against self-diagnosis since you're not in a position to make an objective assessment of yourself