#freedom from oppression

[joyboythehopepunk]

sovereign

people should have the right to self determine without interference from others. they should have the right to health, safety, and freedom.

the exceptions are harming another or obstructing another's ability to obtain health, safety, and freedom.

things which are inclusive generally do less harm. providing options and giving food, homes, healthcare, etc generally do more good.

restricting another's ability to vote, to decide what they do with their bodies (drugs, recreational or not, hrt/surgery, etc) and how to live their lives (ex: some states make it illegal to be self-sustainable/off grid) is harmful to humanity as a whole.

period.

any government that allows this sort of things is fascist.

a government is an organizing tool with the ability to mobilize resources on a grand scale. it is something that is supposed to better humankind and our relationship to the planet. to one another.

there being an upper class is not necessary. there being money is not necessary. we throw away half of what we make and even more than that is useless or made obsolete on purpose.

there are patents for technology that the government holds that would change the way society functions.

we could have something more akin to anarcho-socialism (?). i'm not huge on the political theory. it may be more like communism. if only humans could get their heads out of their ass.. and stop wanting to rule one another. or to subjugate one another over differences.

#sovereign #sovereignty #society #socialism #anarchy #anarchocommunism #anarcho socialism #freedom #self determination #free will #health #safety #liberty #dignity #freedom from oppression #freedom from fear #freedom from scarcity #scarcity #capitalism #anti capitalism #anti work #fuck capitalism #wealth inequality #government #politics #vote 2024 #burn it down 2024 #revolt 2024 #revive 2024 #democracy

[singingcicadas]

"Rodimus joining the Autobots in Autocracy and being supportive of Optimus makes no sense and is just an example of successful Autobot propaganda b/c he's been exposed to Autobot crimes his whole life and the Autobots forced him to bomb Nyon" will forever be a wild take to me cuz his complete reasoning process is pretty clearly spelled out in the comic? It's like, the main focal point of his entire screentime in Autocracy. For Rodimus there's never been any confusion about the perpetrator behind the "Autobot crimes". There’s Zeta’s crimes and there’s Orion. With a massive distinction between the two. With said distinction being extremely important, because one the first things he says to Orion is literally:

And why does he believe that Orion's different? Because of Orion's speech to the Senate.

Guess what was in that speech:

The origin of the Autobot name. Orion's idealized vision of the freedom and autonomy that the name was meant to represent. Rodimus knew what the true Autobot values were intended to be before the government took the name for their own purposes, and he identified with those values enough to straight up put his life into Orion's hands:

Not just his own life. Everyone in the Acropolex. Everyone in Nyon. Betting on nothing but Orion's conscience. Why would he do this if he didn't already believe Orion to be a good person worthy of a gamble on his trust? If he didn't believe that Orion still held true to his words in the Senate? He knows that Zeta's out for his blood, that Zeta cares nothing about his citizens except bleeding them dry. He's always known the true depths of government atrocities, he lived in the worst of it his whole life. It's why he wired the whole city with bombs as contingency, he always knew it would come down to something like this. But if he thought that Zeta and Orion were no different for their part in the "Autobot crimes", then why would he take Orion to the Acropolex, to see the most vulnerable suffering of their people, and expect him to care enough to side with them against his own government?

Even on the brink of being forced to destroy his own home he's still very aware of who's the real enemy here. After their meeting he's certain that Orion's Autobots are on his side, it was their diversion that bought them enough time to get himself and the few he could out of detonation range. Zeta wants to kill all of them; they're all victims here. Rodimus never blamed Nyon's destruction on anyone other than Zeta, least of all Orion's group.

Imo this... is a completely appropriate and empathetic response to Rodimus' grief? like he does make leadership sound all doom and gloom but it is an accurate reflection of Rodimus' feelings (as well as his own) and he's telling Rodimus that it's okay to feel that way b/c he feels like that too!

The "you faced an impossible situation" bit is just stating the plain truth. Orion isn't condoning or condemning Rodimus' decision, it's not his place to do so. He wasn't the one forced into making the choice, Rodimus was. Rodimus made his choice and now has to live with it. Orion could only offer understanding. like idk what else he could have said, it's not even his place to offer absolution, because even though Rodimus feels guilty he doesn't regret anything. When he defended himself to Bumblebee he used the exact same words Orion did: he did what he had to do.

If the trust he placed in Orion before in the Acropolex was a wild bid in the face of desperation, then the trust that he's placing in Orion now—admitting his guilt and grief, showing vulnerability—is purely of his own choice. To which Orion reciprocated by revealing the weight of his own burdens. This is the kind of interaction that friends share. Which means they're friends now. Is it so unreasonable for Rodimus to want to follow the leadership of a friend, someone whose speech against the Senate that he'd admired, someone who he believed to be different and proved himself as worthy of his trust, someone who he fought beside and saved each other's lives and shared his desire for peace?

Claiming that Rodimus would be averse against joining the Autobots due to their past complicity in crimes under Zeta is vastly misunderstanding his character b/c he's not the type of person who thinks like that. Like for one thing he'd never let historical grudges get in the way of progressing towards a better future (think Lost Light and Megatron). It also completely misses the point of his scene with Orion in the Acropolex, which is about believing the best in people and making the right choices going forward when presented with past mistakes. Also Rodimus isn't stupid he's well aware that Zeta's Autobot cause and Orion's Autobot cause are two completely different things. The first thing Optimus did after becoming Prime was to renounce the old government. Being an Autobot under Optimus would be restoring honour and integrity to the name. if anything that should come off as extra appealing to him cuz he likes restoring stuff like Cyberutopia and the Golden Age.

"Rodimus should join the Decepticons" makes even less sense. Rodimus does come onscreen as an established Decepticon sympathizer but if you think about it his contact with Decepticons is limited to them providing him with weapon supplies. It's a vendor-patron relationship and their goal is to overthrow the government with propaganda keywords being "freedom" "equality" "emancipation" of course he would be a sympathizer. It's a noble cause if looked at from afar. But once the events of Nyon happens he's suddenly forced to get all up and close with Megatron and his higher-ups. and what does he see.

This is how Megatron fought Zeta:

This is what Megatron did to Orion:

This is how Decepticons treat their allies, right after announcing public amnesty:

This is Megatron's opinion of Zeta, after everything he did:

This is Megatron's idea of entertainment:

After seeing all that, isn't it perfectly natural for Rodimus to arrive at this conclusion regarding Megatron and the Decepticons:

Oh my god I can't believe I ever trusted these thugs.

Now that he's seen for himself that the Decepticons are the opposite of freedom, Orion trying to arrest Swindle at the beginning of the comic would have made sense to him. He now gets why they were fighting the Decepticons so hard.

That's basically the whole thought process for Rodimus joining the Autobots. The logic's pretty sound. There's no "Autobot propaganda" involved anywhere. Rodimus was the one who sought Orion out to make him choose his side. Rodimus was the one who rescued the Autobots from Megatron. Rodimus was the one who asked to join. The Autobots never tried to recruit him.

#neat trivia: Rodimus didn't really believe the matrix was real before he saw it in Optimus #Optimus becoming Prime was frosting on the cake but Rodimus joined up before that #I don't even know where the idea of 'Autobot propaganda' comes from like it's not propaganda if they're stating the truth #but at the same time a lot of ppl seems to really buy into Decepticon propaganda of 'freedom for the oppressed' #Optimus does give a speech at his ascension but it nowhere remotely resembles propaganda #all he did in that speech was renounce the old government and say unite don't let the Decepticons rule you #that's like saying unite against the nazis #at the time of the Acropolex meeting Rodimus believed in Orion more than Orion believed in himself #transformers #idw transformers #optimus prime #rodimus #autocracy #hot rod

[seraphdreams]

ran and corruption kink……..thinking about how he slowly gets you used to fucking anywhere and anytime….and about getting shy, little you used to his advances…..about how all he has to do is kiss you so sweetly on the face, whispering silk and candy and all things soft and sweet to you. nuzzling himself in your neck. sweet, sweet, and soft lips caught in a charming but dangerous smile against your skin because you’re so cute. shrinking and shriveling up into yourself like a tiny little turtle retreating back into its shell. but this time, this time, you try to accept him and his sweet words and his silky voice that makes you so ticklish and squeamish, and hot all the way down to your neck. this time, you don’t try to run from him to a safe distance away until you cool down. this time, you stay there and take it. take it until he can finally cradle you. take it until his tongue is finally down your throat and you’re clutching his nice expensive dress shirt till it wrinkles. take it until you breathe in his cologne and it makes your head dizzy with him. take it until you’re all wet and hot between your legs and ran is cupping his big hand over your mound, lithe, slender fingers surprisingly sturdy and firm on your cunt. he can feel you pulse and throb and he knows you’ll take his fingers like a good girl.

……….wow sorry for the horny word vomit, i miss him too.

(also hello, happy new years! wishing you health, safety, happiness, and success and growth. as well as a free palestine, sudan, yemen, congo, tigray, and many other countries suffering from occupation or interference from the western world.)

dior… you have me grasping for air… because why is this so?

it’s almost as if ran trains you that way. he uses those weaknesses you have for him as a weapon to get you right where he wants . . specifically speaking, giving into ran in situations you’d never even think of — the elevator ride from the top floor of his abode to the very bottom . . it gives him an ample opportunity to whisper those silky sweet nothings in your ear, kiss n bite at the flesh of your neck , and allow you to grind greedily over his palm . . had it been early into the pining stage of your relationship, you would’ve gotten all hot n bothered at the thought but now it’s your reality.

#first thirst of the year!!! from my lovely wittle diorie🥺 #i luv u so bad #i hope for nothing but great things for you this year #all you’ve been striving to and more #i wish for the oppressed to receive the justice and freedom they deserve #i wish for them to be protected #and to live on their land with no one saying they can’t #greed is a hell of a disease #seraph.replies! #dior.dreams!

[preemptive-procrastination]

We are living in Nazi America and Joe Biden is the fucking Führer…

#revolution #palestine #donald trump #joe biden #vote green #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #save palestine #israel is committing genocide #protest #columbia #genocide joe #oppression #freedom #police brutality #ucla #never forget never forgive

[yoursfallacy]

just umm…… leaving this here

#something something freedom…… #something something finding freedom in each other #something something freedom from oppression freedom to be here and be queer….. #something something finding freedom in finding and expressing your queerness……… #<3<3 #i love this comic #tgs #the glass scientists #tgs lanyon #tgs jekyll

[chaiaurchaandni]

#armed resistance is the only way #non violence #u dont get freedom by appealing to the conscience of ur oppressor bec if he had a conscience he would not be oppressing u #in the first place #palestinian resistance #free palestine #glory to the martyrs #death to israel #long live palestine #long live the resistance #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #palestine #gaza

[wingsofhcpe]

Happy greek revolution anniversary.

May Palestine be free of their oppressors just as we were. We Greeks should stand with the struggle of the Palestinian people, and today is a great day to remember our own struggles and to support those who struggle still.

Remember, Western Europe called our revolution "terrorism" at the time, too. The oppressors will always call resistance terrorism. Don't fall for it.

#free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #freedom to all the oppressed. to congo. to sudan. to palestine. dont stay silent in the face of oppression and genocide.

[pointsfortrying]

At least your fav series's hollywoodified spinoff isn't being broadcasted to the greater public becoming the only version of said series many will know and ultimately will dislike based off of said broadcasting bc tumblrs awful at advertising

#rye rambles #head in HANDS. #do ppl know #do ppl know that the clown in reality is so silly?? do they know that he's actually bullshitted his way into life??? do they know that he's #incredibly popular through sheer dumb luck and he knows it and has no idea how he got there either?? #do they know how colorful and bright and whimsical one piece actually is #do they know the core themes of one piece are dreams and laughter and freedom and the romance of adventure #do they know how giving food to the hungry is such a big theme #how liberty against oppression is and the horrors of government and racism and corruption--- #head in hands #<- they havent seen the la yet so cant rly say anything concrete but going off of trailers im looking forward to watching but also #cannot say yet if it's rly representative n eitherway whoever thought to put grimdark buggy the clown onto everyone's dash Why #<- they love one piece but also stares off into distance knowing tumblr #advertising's going to piss ppl off from the series #it'd piss me off if i didn't already know #rye rants #tbd

[locrianking]

am yisrael fucking chai.

#at this point im just gonna be real: if you see what happened yesterday as anything but a tragedy #you are fucking larping as a ‘freedom fighter’ from the safety of your home without using the brain god gave you #hamas took control of palestine via COUP they have not had a democratic election since then. #hamas is liberating jack shit. they are ALSO OPPRESSING PALESTINIANS. palastinian civillians are fucking meat shields to them use your head #the bodies of israeli women are being paraded around naked with their goddamn heads blown off right now #israeli and palestinian civilians are being killed by hamas right now. if you see this as liberation and not a tragedy or injustice #i do not know what to tell you other than to stop using civillian deaths to justify your political beliefs #and i say this as an anarchist #it’s easy to call this liberation on tumblr.com when your home isnt being used to store weapons or as a launching pad for rockets #or when your neighbors arent currently hostages or your daughters dead naked body isnt being paraded in the streets #i will not apologize for being more concerned about palestine’s civilians than the safety of the hamas. #i will not apologize for being worried when there is a grand total of ONE jewish state on earth and people are chanting to kill all israelis #i care about jews. i care about palestinians. i care about the civilians who are living in fear. #if you think that is controversial feel free to block me ✌️ #rosie speaks

[catoscloves]

you know in my ap us history/ap government classes something that comes up in the videos they have us watch as homework assignments is how governments & especially fascist regimes will use children's education as a tool to mass-brainwash the impressionable youth into believing in their ideology while cutting off their access to outside information & resources that would contradict and completely disintegrate that line of thinking, and being the thg girlie that i am i immediately thought "hey that sounds familiar, pretty much what happened to the career tributes" and after that i was like "oh. that's literally suzanne's entire point!! right."

#even the US did this during wwi and literally took away their beloved constitutional freedom of speech when it didn't benefit the war effort #the constitution: yeah people should be say what they wish (within reason) because that is literally the founding principle of liberty #the US during a war when people disagreed with the draft: yeah how about no #i wouldn't goso far as to call it fascist that is not the correct word (i don't think I'd be able to publish this post online if the US was #but like ??? 'freedom of speech but not when it's inconvenient for us' 💀💀💀 #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the career tributes #listen no matter how you feel about them as characters (even katniss saw them as jerks which they kind of were) #if you were raised from literal infancy/toddlerhood to think that murder was super cool and great #and had no reliable resources or education telling you otherwise #I mean. anybody in that situation would have turned out just as bad as cato was according to katniss #they weren't going to grow a moral conscience they deadass had no frame of reference to be like 'wait maybe the ideas we grew up believing #in our whole life are actually?? wrong and oppressive????? #cato hadley #clove kentwell #district 1 #district 2 #anna speaks

[adhd-merlin]

unpopular opinion: arthur (as much as i like him as a character) was useless in terms of prophecy and liberation of the magic people. not just bc he never ended up lifting the magic ban but bc literally anyone sitting on the throne could have done that. i see no reason why it had to be arthur specifically. but the show liked to pretend like he was the only way to achieve a positive future bc the opprressed community cant simply help themselves that would be silly ig? no no they need to patiently wait that maybe one day their oppressor (whos literally continuing his fathers genocide even if less zealously) has a change of heart and they wont be hunted down like animals anymore. never mind the countless people that will have to die in the mean time. merlin can kill a bajillion people on screen and thats fine and for the greater good but if someone tries to kill One guy sitting on a fancy chair with a fancy hat suddenly thats too extreme. half the time it felt like the show was pointing to merlin as a poster child of how to act when oppressed. the fact that morgana growing bitter about uthers reign is framed as inherently bad and what directly lead to her becoming evil tm is particularly infuriating to me. the choice to create this very ya dystopian setting and then cast the oppressors as part of the main cast and the final solution is just very weird to me. i think it wouldve been objectively for the best if the magic community had overthrown arthur (or uther really but thats not really contested.. unless youre the bbc. this show is so british (derogatory))

in that vein: mordred has never done anything wrong in his entire life and that includes killing arthur

one more for the "arthur was a loser" folder

[ok but about the rest!! I have many thoughts about it. merlin as a member of an Oppressed Minority. his betrayal of his own kin. I'm putting it all under a cut bc you guys don't need to see me rambling about this and the disir again]

you make a good point — the way in which a story is framed, even the moment we choose as a "beginning", determines what characters we'll feel sympathy for, even when the facts at our disposal are the same.

I don't think the writers were trying to create any kind of deep social commentary btw. just so we're clear. merlin is the hero of the story and his mission is to keep arthur safe. we've got to root for them both.

to have a king with a hatred (fear) of magic gives us a convenient antagonist within the court. merlin having to defend the men that would have him killed for his magic is a great source of dramatic tension. it sort of follows that the people he has to fight against to defend the king/prince are other magic users, or magical threats. (it also keeps things interesting because there would be no challenge for merlin otherwise).

there isn't much of a point in exploring the motives and backstories of other characters with magic (with the exception of morgana, perhaps). They are only briefly touched upon — so these characters remain vaguely antagonistic for the most part. Neutrally aligned at best (see mordred).

We are shown that the druids are (mostly) aware of the prophecy that marks merlin/emrys as the saviour of their kind.

what I find fascinating are merlin's interactions with magic people who are either not aware of this prophecy (gilli) or have no faith in it (kara, possibly?) Because we're never given the chance or the time to see things from their perspective. To see merlin through their eyes.

When gilli says:

"It is time that someone struck a blow for the likes of you and me. And if you're too weak, then I will." (!!!)

It makes him sound like some kind of extremist, but really, when you think about it. isn't his anger kind of justified? I'm not condoning his violence, I'm just saying — it's understandable. uther has killed so many innocent people. literally drowned innocent children. and merlin's like "violence isn't the answer!" — and I can see his point!! but I can see gilli's just as well. and I find it so interesting that he's still addressing merlin as a brother ("the likes of you and me"), even when expressing disappointment in his actions and calling him weak. because they are the same. he's saying "you're deluded, and cozying up to the enemy won't save you"

this episode also contains what is (probably) my favourite dragon call. when merlin summons kilgharrah in other episodes, he's usually in the middle of some Urgent Situation. matters of life or death. there is nothing urgent here, really. yeah, it is arguably a matter of life or death, but nothing merlin couldn’t have stopped on his own. he really just called on kilgharrah to have a heart to heart with a friend — a member of his class.

("You are a creature of magic, and only a creature of magic could hope to understand.")

this episode is about merlin looking for kinship and still feeling isolated from his magic brethren. there's something tragic about the way the prophecy makes him unable to connect to some of the people who would be best placed to understand him.

and gilli plants a small seed of doubt in merlin's mind. "You've been pretending for so long now that you've actually forgotten who you are" (!!)

but kilgharrah reassures merlin that there's a golden age coming. so merlin does what he has to do — he saves uther once again. before gilli leaves, merlin reassures him that one day they will be free.

he tells mordred the same:

"It won't always be like this. One day we will live in freedom again."

and then, when he has the unique opportunity to use his influence on arthur to sway his opinion in the right direction. he fails.

he condemns himself, and the people he spoke to of freedom, to keep living in fear and in hiding — and what's even more upsetting, he does so while talking of a "just and fair kingdom"!

("You must protect the world you spent your life building, a just and fair kingdom for all." What an interesting choice of words. camelot isn't just and fair to all — as merlin knows well. he's lying to arthur, and possibly to himself.)

imagine being gilli or mordred and hearing him say that "there can be no place for magic in camelot." (!) What a slap in the face.

I've read meta suggesting that the disir were testing merlin just as much as arthur (or even more so than him). I'm inclined to believe it — I want to believe it. If anything because it makes the story all the more interesting and tragic. (I know what some are going to say — if mordred's destiny was to kill arthur, it would've happened anyway. but remember what else kilgharrah said — the future is never clear. there are many paths).

I understand why merlin did what he did, I really do. but for a moment, the fair and just kingdom he spoke of was within reach, and he failed to grasp it.

so was gilli wrong after all?

[and kara. I feel quite sympathetic towards her. we know arthur. she can't see him from our (merlin's) perspective. for her, he might as well be uther. magic people are still persecuted under camelot's law. she has spent her life on the run, she has seen people she loved be killed. and from our (arthur's) perspective, she looks like some kind of fanatic. but in reality. put yourself in her shoes. when arthur offers her a chance to save herself by "repenting" for her crime, she says she has nothing to repent for. "it is not a crime to fight for your freedom". that's the belief she's willing to die for. did she deserve to die for it?

(I also think there's an interesting parallel in merlin failing his kin in the disir, and arthur failing mordred in ep 5x11 by condemning kara to death. something about pinning all your hopes on someone who's going to fail you, and doom you both. idk idk.)]

sorry anon. you were saying

#merlin meta #more like brain vomit really #there is nothing particularly insightful in here #do you have an episode or a scene that makes you lose it #for me its that scene in the disir probably #I just [insert stick figure violence meme] when I think about it #many thoughts about merlin and the druids and those who knew him as 'emrys' #you have people like alator and finna - with an almost fanatic level of faith #but surely there must have been skeptics #druids who were like “what is he even doing. he's been in camelot for years” #“are we sure he's the right one” #it's just... from an outsider & skeptic perspective. merlin is a race traitor #defending uther and arthur like that #merlin iscariot #betrayal is such an interesting concept #but yeah I love it when he talks of freedom to his fellow oppressed sorcerers #bc it's easy to forget how much he suffers because of camelot's stance on magic #even merlin is so busy looking after arthur that he doesn't seem to have much time to dwell on his own oppression. if that makes sense #and meeting other sorcerers. it brings it back to the forefront #these are the people he's fighting for. brothers and sisters. #asks

[meitoscringe]

the only thing that unites Zionists is hatred. The thing that keeps their "communities" strong is hatred and ignorance. And they're proud of it to

#“Israel” has no culture which is why they steal from others #Your identity was based on oppression #If you feel threatened by the oppressed gaining freedom you are the oppressor btw #Also #“Fun” thing I learn #The original plan of the brits was to give Zionists east africa #not Palestine #And the Zionists would've taken it! #Had it not been for settlers in east Africa thinking it was #Somehow #Unfair to THEM for the Jewish to move there #So the plan was cancelled and later on moved to Palestine #Tell me again how you're “native” to Palestine yet wouldn't have minded stealing somebody else's land? #unsure if i should tag this #I'll do more research first

[nonokoko13]

Friendly reminder that being queer/LGBT ally/jewish/pro-semitism isn't, can't and shouldn't be used to justify and support ethnic cleansing, colonization and genocide. If you do think so then I don't want you to talk to me ever again 👉🚪

#from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free palestine #“BUT IF YOU LIVED THERE THEY'D KILL YOU” bitch people from my own country would rather see me dead for existing too #just because minorities are oppressed by their governments doesn't mean the citizens deserve to die #they're just weaponizing people sexualities and you are buying into their “noble” reasoning #“it is a war not a genocide” isn't it weird that the only side that is being censored for speaking about what's happening to them #are the Palestinians? #in pro palestine protests people don't yell death to Israel they yell they want freedom and ceasefire #if you think “from the river to the sea palestine will be free” is somehow the same as a (death) threat the problem is on you #and yes you can question Israel without being antisemitic. People can be jew and/or queer and be against them #this dehumanization shouldn't be answered with indifference or “they deserved it lol” BIG FUCK YOU #not sorry if this is how you find out what side I'm with. If talking about this makes you uncomfortable or offended feel free to unfollow m #tener que decir algo que debería ser universal y de sentido común me toca mucho los huevos #when I say I prefer to be drama free I mean about fandom discourse. Never about war crimes and violation of human rights #“if they don't want to get bombed just leave” THAT'S NOT THE SOLUTION THEY DESERVE TO LIVE IN THEIR LAND WITHOUT GETTING ATTACKED FOR IT #god dammit #I'll be back to being silly later but first I wanted to get this out of my chest #🍉

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

trying to talk about What's Happening and hearing "b-but israel is one of the only other DEMOCRACIES!!!!!" and having to restrain yourself because you're thinking. Who The Fuck Cares

#the democracy and 'FREEDOM!!!' of a government towards it's own people within it's nation doesn't mean jack shit #when they are actively oppressing another people and stripping them of freedom and keeping them in an apartheid state #like. cool. citizens there can vote. that's awesome #can their neighbors in gaza leave a strip the size of london. can they control their own food. or water. or electricity. #a nation having a state of democracy and freedom of choice within it's own borders is irrelevant #when they're depriving innocent people outside those borders of their fucking humanity. let alone anything akin to freedom and 'democracy' #mine #free palestine #but of course. in a country that itself flaunts being the democratic 'land of the free' despite building that 'democracy' on stolen land #that was taken from the people they also colonized and carried out a genocide on. that rhetoric shouldn't surprise me here. and yet.

[loveerran]

“I don’t blame any one for not believing my history. If I had not experienced what I have, I would not have believed it myself.” - Joseph Smith

This sounds so much like a trans thing, honestly. But even if people don’t believe trans people or understand who we are, they can still act with courtesy and respect. They can let us have autonomy in our lives and respect the agency of parents, doctors and ourselves when we make decisions about our bodies.

It certainly seems better than using the law to cast us into prison, take away our rights and privileges, and beat us or even just let us die in the metaphorical Carthage where you’ve locked us up.

‘If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets’ Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Matthew 23:30-32

#individual liberty #and freedom from fear and oppression #limited government #and allowing each individual to chart their own destiny #joseph smith #was the founding prophet of the lds church #and was martyred at carthage jail #a special note for the utah legislature #and the governor #and transphobic fascists everywhere #queerstake #tumblrstake #politics

[chaiaurchaandni]

free palestine! <3

freedom is not a matter of 'if,' but 'when'

#never despair. #look at the revolutionary hope and optimism of the palestinians. allow yourself to be inspired #allow yourself to hope against all odds #oppression is unnatural and unsustainable and infeasible #freedom is natural. freedom awaits our people #freedom is not a matter of if but when #free palestine #palestine #gaza #long live palestine #glory to the martyrs #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #long live the resistance #death to israel