This innocent kid had a pen in his hand, was excited about his graduation and ended up dead just a few hours before it just because one of the cops thought Tommy had a knife in his hand, but it was a pen. He killed Tommy because of a FREAKING PEN. How do you justify that?
It’s also hard to watch his story not getting as much attention it deserves. He deserves justice and cops should pay for their brutality.
Even if it was a knife was he threatening anyone? Are people not allowed to cut open packages anymore?
What happened to “Hey you over there, stop?”
How on earth can anyone excuse using a gun to kill a kid especially before asking what the fuck is in his hand?
If you want to look at this and utter that horrid mantra “but he should have…” tell me, he should have what? Lived his entire life acting as innocent and non-threatening as possible? Had the psychic ability to know when the cop was going to shoot at him and put up his hands shouting “I’m not armed”? Not existed in the fucking pig’s line of sight?
Please reach into your senseless ass and tell me exactly what matrix-esque move this poor kid would have to pull to not be deserving of death in your eyes.
This is a Police Execution. They put this kid on death row without a trial or chance to appeal. For holding a pen.
Is this really the society you want to live in?
I’m not sure if alt-ed means he was going through special education, (not sure if this is ableist to use. If there is a better term, let me know and I’ll correct it) but if it’s so, it’s another case of neurodivergent person (especially neurodivergent Poc) getting shot for showing symptoms in public.
Also, not too related, but I’m really glad to see black-and-asian solidarity on race issues once again. Dividing POCs into “model minority” is preservation tactics by white supremacists and I’m glad we can start to (once again) see through it and band together.
one time alexander the great rode dick for 8 hours and then spent 8 hours the next day riding a horse, and that’s why i believe bottoms deserve more credit
Except no, he didn’t. There is no evidence anywhere that says Alexander the Great was gay. What historical reference says that? His multiple wives maybe? His many children born to them? Or whatever delusion you’ve cooked up to pass your own opinion?
honey , i’m not spending an extra year in uni to get a classics degree not to respond to this directly
i) alexander had one (1) unborn child at the time of his death, because he only, miserably, managed to knock up one of his three (3) wives after his boyfriend died
–> had alexander produced more than ONE (1) child, the hellenistic age would not have been defined by the fallout caused by his generals warring to decide a successor, ultimately destroying his empire and arguably sending everyone from macedon to modern-day palestine into a cultural dark age
ii) macedonian kings took multiple wives to secure succession, a political move that alexander resisted despite the urging of both antipater and olympias (i’ll let you google them on your own time) for almost an literal
decade
– > there’s an anecdote found in the curtius , your “historical reference” – you can google his dates – about alexander’s parents sending him a hooker because they were afraid he didn’t … how do i say it nicely? wanna fuck women
it’s absolutely true that you can’t say alexander was gay; that’s grossly reductive, because sexuality didn’t exist by modern definition in ancient times. more, alexander DID bone a woman, willingly, at one point – a satrap’s (google that) wife, named barsine, with whom he may or may not have produced a bastard child called heracles. getting dicked down doesn’t negate wanting to dick another down, an interesting concept that you would be familiar with if you took a quick jaunt out of that homophobic bubble wrap you’ve duct-taped yourself into. we also can’t FOR SURE 100% conclusively say that alexander and hephaestion boned; but plutarch, curtius, and diodorus are some notable biographers who delve into detail about alexander’s life-long, likely romantic connection to his right hand man, who he mourned so excessively at the time of his death that there was hardly a dime left for alexander’s own funeral. they didn’t make that shit up – you can google what source criticism is, but some of THEIR sources included ptolemy i soter and callisthenes – oof, more people for you to google! modern scholars from reames to borza to müller to green assume that he was getting dicked down for the above reasons, too!
at last, i shall acknowledge that my Humour Post refers to lucian (pro lapsu inter salutandum 8), who has some wink-wink-nudge-nudge content concerning who slept in whose tent when, but who wants to retread old ground? here’s another one of my favorites instead:
323 was the year of alexander’s death (historical!), but even if lucian made all of this up, as this scholar seems to nudge at, it’s still quite telling that a cultural memory and historical tradition that the romans associated with alexander included his love of massive, throbbing cocks, non?
people who share your dreadfully uninformed and outdated opinion include, if i’m not mistaken, a handful of stodgy greek lawyers, a man named william woodthorpe tarn, and helmut berve. tarn was an imperialist, and berve? a literal nazi.
I’m sorry but I just had to reblog this. This is a fucking epic beatdown.
Trans lives matter more than cis feelings.
Gay lives matter more than straight feelings.
Black lives matter more than white feelings.
Nothing in this world is going to change that. Learning to be an ally is learning to deal with feeling uncomfortable. Its learning how to shut your mouth and listen. Its learning to step down and let a minority raise their voice.
I don’t care if you get your feelings hurt in the process of learning to be an ally. It isn’t about you.
I mentioned in that earlier post I made about Yuuri being a unique protagonist in a field of teenage prodigy protagonists in anime, and then just hours later we get an interview where Sayo went on about how people she took the project to wanted her to make it about teens, make it about a high school club, etc., but she wouldn’t do that even though those shows have been successful.
She stuck to her vision that Yuuri Katsuki is the protagonist this show needs; that it needed this atypical unique approach not of a an athlete just getting started on a school level, or a teen prodigy on the highest level (which there are also plenty anime of), but an adult hero who has been at it for a while but is longing to achieve the success they’ve been aiming for (who, despite their immense talent, has been hindered along the way by one of the most realistic antagonists of all; their own mind). And it’s part of what makes the show great, and no it wouldn’t be near what it is if they’d gone with another protagonist.
“religion is not inherently homophobic/transphobic and religious lgbt people deserve to practice their religion without hate”
and
“many lgbt people have had negative experiences with the church/ religion itself and deserve to respectfully distance themselves from religion, and are under no obligation to give it a try”
Back when I thought I was straight I would go on dates with boys. The boys would usually want to kiss me. I disliked kissing, but I thought that their preferences deserved to count as much as mine, and I reasoned that they probably liked kissing more than I disliked kissing. So kissing was a morally good thing to do. I also reasoned that if I told them I disliked the kissing then they’d feel guilty and enjoy it less. So I did not tell them.
I am certain I was making some kind of critical error but it has taken me a long time to figure out what it might be.
ii.
I like cuddling. I know some straight girls who like cuddling with their straight female friends but don’t want to cuddle with people who might be attracted to them because it makes them uncomfortable. But they don’t want to explicitly tell me this preference because they’re worried it’s homophobic. Ever since I learned that this dynamic was present in at least one friendship of mine I have not cuddled with any straight girls because there’s a plausible scenario in which I’d be making them uncomfortable and they wouldn’t tell me.
“Even though many people seem to be open about homosexuality in Vietnam, it turned out to be untrue when I showed many of them photographs of homosexual couples in intimate moments. Most of them found the photos disgusting and unacceptable. This reaction was a source of inspiration to me. My goal was to make photos about homosexuals that incite feelings of romantic love that is natural and beautiful. I chose to capture casual daily activities of the couples that can be familiar to anyone. By doing so, I hope to make the audience become interested, then gradually empathize with homosexual people.
Many artworks exploring homosexuality in Vietnam tend to focus on either on deviances (especially in movies, with images of homosexuals portrayed in ridiculous clothing and make-up, mincing, shrewish or rude manners…) or symbolic images. In photography, homosexuals are not presented simply as themselves. And if they are, they’re usually photographed from behind or with masks on. These all foster weird and absurd images of homosexuals rather then present more understanding perspectives. In turn, homosexual couples become even more intimidated and isolated.
The Pink Choice has a different approach as it seeks out personal stories using direct language: documentary photography to capture real moments and real people.
Moreover, stories about homosexuality in Vietnam and also in the world usually end in tragedy, especially in movies. On one hand, this tragic style of storytelling can make audience become more sympathetic and understanding of the difficulties that homosexuals experience. On the other hand, the drama of homosexuals can also cause misunderstandings that lives of homosexuals are vulnerable and regretful, and that the choice to “come out” is an incredible effort against the community’s way of life. The point is, in real life, there are many homosexual people who live happily with their identity. There are homosexual couples who love, nurture and build a happy family life together.
The Pink Choice is a series of photographs about the love between homosexual couples, focusing on living spaces, the affectionate touches, and more importantly, the synchronized rhythm of lovers sharing life together. Viewers may not feel the personalities of the subjects in the photographs, but hopefully they can feel the warmth of their love and mutual caring. In way, I wanted to show what I see of homosexual people and not how they see themselves.”
New rule, non muslims can’t say the word jihad. Until you stop conflating a word that means personal struggle with faith and temptation with terrorism youre just not allowed to say it.
I’m not a Muslim but I just thought I would reblog this because I think it’s definitely worth listening to.
It’s totally okay for non muslims to reblog this, and i encourage it. Im just glad you’re listening.
Oh god, finally someone said it. Every time I see words like “jihadist” I want to scream, but I’m not Muslim, so I wasn’t sure I should say anything.
Jihad means struggle. It doesn’t mean holy war or anything like it. In fact, there is no word in Islam for holy war, because the nature of Islam does not leave room for holy war. Islam has a juridical system, not a Pope who can just say “Go wage holy war.” Conflating the personal nature of jihad with violence is so very gross and it needs to stop. Period.
Actually, there’s another word non-muslims in the media shouldn’t use:
Allahu Akbar. It’s not a statement of terrorism. It means “god is great”. It’s something we say to praise our lord. It’s what we say when we pray. It’s not a statement of terrorism. Allahu Akbar doesn’t mean terrorism stop using it as one
I would really appreciate it if non Muslims understood this
The Ghanaian Jewish community claims to be decedent from the Jewish community of Bilad el-Sudan, who were nearly completely wiped out when they were forcibly converted in 1492 by the Songhai Empire. The Sefwi people, who live in western Ghana, have an oral history that tells of them migrating from Mali and Gambia and through many centuries of assimilation and antisemitism, converted to Christianity. In 1977, a Sefwi man named Aaron Ahomtre Toakyirafa is credited for connecting certain practices of the Sefwi, such as circumcision, refusing to work on Shabbat, and the laws of kashrut, to Judaism. The community has been connected with the worldwide Jewish community since the 1990′s and is especially known for making challah covers – such as in the picture above – which can be purchased here.
Shabbat Shalom from all of us at the Jewish Virtual Library!
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