#i can't believe i have to say this

[inkskinned]

it is totally okay to be hurt and tired and fed up with the american schooling system but i need you to understand that we need to be better about loudly and routinely defending public education.

yes, many teachers suck, many schools utterly suck. i also got bullied and was absolutely not given the right support for my needs. i am not defending public education because it was kind to me. i am defending it because it needs to exist.

right-wing republicans do not want an educated population. they want kids to be homeschooled or in private school. there is a huge religious undertone to this.

the most common argument is that despite high costs, the "result" is not "good" enough. they point to failing schools as proof that public education is just never going to work out. there will be arguments made here that you actually agree with: that teachers can be bullies, that we taught online for 2 years and still charged the same amount of tuition, that we have no recourse for students to actually have agency or a voice, and that schools are now unsafe for kids due to risk of illness and gun violence.

these are all placing the blame in a fraudulent way, one intended to get your parents to homeschool you. the less kids in a school, the less federally-awarded funding for that school, the less any school succeeds. they will not mention the fact it is their legislation that takes away important funding opportunities, that teachers are living at or below the poverty line, that buildings are not kept up to code, that administration is overpaid and forces specific curriculums, that corporations like (my personal enemy) Pearson Education control certain classroom goals because teachers can't afford other options. they pretend to be ignorant of the gun violence and say "oh just get a gun" - but these are the same people who will be sending their child to a private school with a bulletproof backpack. they don't care if your kid dies, though. they "don't believe" in covid, but they did get their kid vaccinated, because of course they did.

it is a closed loop. conservative parents hear the fearmongering and remove children from the system. frequently these parents are also deeply religious. the kids are raised without access to other media & learn to parrot their parents. you have now created a new generation of conservatives. additionally, one of the parents/caregivers must stay home and homeschool the children, usually for free. i will give you 1 guess which parent tends to stay home to homeschool the children. these parents are encouraged to have many, many children. those children are most likely not getting access to safe sex ed.

we might laugh at fox news suggesting teachers are forcing children to use kitty litter but: first of all, there is kitty litter in the classroom. it's part of an emergency kit in case children are locked in due to a shooter. so that's fucking dystopian, and the fact they've completely reimagined the scenario to somehow make the teachers look bad when it's instead a fucking huge symbol of our failure as a country to protect our children.... it feels a little intentional.

secondly: don't just dismiss the situation. because, yeah, obviously, no teacher is encouraging kids to be a catboy. but the actual undertone that fox news is trying to sew is an outright distrust of teachers and of public education. they rely on the dehumanization of trans people as a common touchstone to hide the fact they're pushing two agendas at once. (which is ironic. because the thing they accuse teachers of. is pushing. an agenda.)

whenever someone tells you they want you to read less, you should be suspicious of that. when someone tries to separate you and your education, you should be suspicious of that. i don't even like incel rhetoric nor would i want my kids exposed to it - but i would not take away my child's (age-appropriate) access to the internet. i would just provide more educational materials, not less. the difference here is that i believe we can resolve ignorance with knowledge; whereas conservatives believe that ignorance is bliss.

they misappropriate funding and demonize teachers. they pull the same trick each time - the same thing we are seeing with anti-trans rhetoric. they do not want you to have access to safe sex ed, so they act horrified, claim sex ed teaches you how to thrust deep, claim that we have no idea what "age-appropriate" means. since the mid-nineties, the united states has spent at least 2 billion dollars on abstinence-only education, even though to quote the above link: "a preponderance of studies has found no effect of abstinence education at reducing adolescent pregnancy". conservatives want you to think less of any person struggling with addiction so they can continue their racist "war on drugs", so they spend up to $750 million dollars a year on the DARE program which has absolutely no effect. acting like teachers "must" be "grooming" children is just the same thing - so they can demand that funding either goes to their causes or the funding doesn't "exist" ("i'm not paying for our kids to learn that thing!")

and they want you to feel uncaring about this. they are aware that you will hate some parts of your school experience. pretty much everyone does. they want to lean into the parts that you hate so that you don't put up a fight about it when they take it away for not being "good enough."

i know i maybe sound like a conspiracy theorist. but truly. truly. it is beneficial for conservatives to reduce your faith in the american public schooling system.

one of the explicitly stated campaign promises of the conservative party: to axe the Department of Education in 2024.

i know we are all tired and burnt out and there is so much else wrong with their entire platform. but maybe just - pay attention to this one.

#i can't believe i have to say this #the conservative party is legit like ''is it anything good? okay we hate it.'' #''lets kill lgbt people and ummmmm school children shouldnt be able to read they should be at home watching jordan peterson :)" #the fact that it's like all related is. wild. #like it's wild bc if u start being like. actually making it impossible to afford housing is part of how they keep the nuclear family..... #it's just like lines connecting to lines. EXCEPT ITS OBVIOUS? #what's wild to me about most conspiracy theorists is that they're like . ohhhh the govt is hiding shit!!!!!!! they don't want u to know!!! #and im like. this old man literally got up on stage and said he hates public education and will let our kids die before taking away ak-47s #and ppl are like: lol thats just bob's sense of humor he didn't mean it literally uwu

[itsmoonpeaches]

Normalize commenting on fics!!!

#i can't believe i have to say this #fandom #fanfic #text post

[blanchebees]

Just a reminder that "I found this art on Pinterest/Google/Facebook etc" is not a valid excuse for you to repost or use art to make profit off of it!!!

You know it's not yours and thus you should not use it.

And artists posting it online doesn't mean that it is now free to use, it fucking isn't.

#text post #Art #artists on tumblr #I can't believe i have to say this

[lolobizarreadventuresshatpost]

After he put the flesh bud in Kakyoin's brain, DIO kept him around the mansion for a bit. 100% platonically but obsessed, the same way Paris Hilton kept her many Chihuahuas.

DIO and his besties would put little outfit costumes on Kakyoin, and carry him around in their purses, and stage little photoshoots!...

He's just a little purse chihuahua and he suffers in silence in his pink cowboy costumes. No wonder he's so full of murderous intent when he's finally allowed to leave the mansion

#not ship #not kink #i can't believe I have to say this #jjba #chihuahua #paris hilton #yeah some of you kids might not know about Paris Hilton's chihuahua it was such a pop culture reference once upon a time #don't treat pets like accessories btw #dio brando #noriaki kakyoin #dio's thot manor #text bs

[bpd00m]

no matter what your stance is on the depp v heard trial, no matter what you think of the verdict, no matter what you think about them as individuals- there is absolutely no excuse for ableism.

i don't care what side you're on. you don't get to demonise cluster b disorders just because some shrink said amber heard has traits of hpd and bpd. you don't get to demonise cluster b disorders just because you think johnny depp was lying and amber is the real victim.

npd does not mean abusive

aspd does not mean abusive

bpd does not mean abusive

hpd does not mean abusive

#bpd #cluster b #johnny depp #amber heard #actually bpd #borderline personality disorder #cluster b blog #cluster b personality disorder #personality disorder #justice for johnny depp #ableism #saneism #npd #narcissistic personality disorder #aspd #antisocial personality disorder #hpd #histrionic personality disorder #abuse #i can't believe i have to say this #my post

[makiruz]

Just saw this on a TERF post:

"If you're against abuse until a woman consents to it, you're not against abuse you're just waiting waiting for permission"

And like, like, like.

IF THERE'S CONSENT THEN IT'S NOT ABUSE! GIVING CONSENT MAKES IT NOT ABUSE, NO ONE CONSENTS TO ABUSE

Holy shit man, if a woman likes to be choked then it's not abuse, it's kinky; but on the flip side, is a man has to convince a woman to choke her and she's not into it, she's not giving consent, that's abuse

Oh my god this is the thing about TERFs and women's agency, they don't believe in it. If a woman consents to something they don't like, it's still abuse

#consent #rants #TERFs #coercion is not consent #i can't believe i have to say this

[artschoolglasses]

Look. I know I haven't been subtle about disliking Basim. But I can promise you I hate whitewashing even more. And I'm already starting to see it popping up in fan art.

Don't.

#granted even Ubisoft is getting in on the whitewashing train with that basim plushie they're releasing 😐 #that's not basim that's a white man #I can't believe I have to say this #me #number one basim hater #telling basim FANS to stop whitewashing him #good lord what has the world come to #artschoolrambles #assassin's creed #assassin's creed mirage #yes I also complained about this on the bird hellsite where the worst offences were

[jobeancafe]

What not to comment on my posts:

"it's still summer" "it's too early for fall" "no pumpkins until October" ect.

Those comments will be deleted. Why? Because this is the side of tumblr that stays fall all year long!

We are the people that feel miserable in summer and come alive in autumn! Autumn posts are what keep us sane while we wait for the heat to pass! There's nothing wrong with enjoying our favorite season in a different season!

If you comment something like that, you are simply ruining the vibe and I won't tolerate it on my own posts. Thank you.

And to my fall people... 32 days left to go! 😊

#autumn blog #fall blog #blog rules #I can't believe I have to say this #You don't see me on summer posts going uuugh this sucks bring on the fall #I just think it😁 #Point is dont kill the vibe

[smeetlinglord]

On Not Masking

If you have a death wish for the disabled, you will probably continue to do this. If you are entitled to personal comforts over public safety, you will probably continue to do this. If you would like to see more people permanently disabled and die young and spry and filled with ambition, you will probably continue to do this. The words have to cut deep for you to feel them anymore. You better listen the fuck up and act on it, or keep yourself far away from other people. We are tired of burying our loved ones. Start caring or else we will get loud, nasty, and ugly. I'm learning to brawl. If you threaten my medical safety I will threaten your physical safety. Watch your mouth, watch your tone, watch your back. I am past playing nice.

#op #disabled #chronic pain #chronic illness #angry cripple #cripple punk #queer cripple #cripple posting #bpd thoughts #actually bpd #bpd mood #bpd stuff #being autistic #autistic adult #i can't believe i have to say this #who could have foreseen this??????? #shocked pikachu face #medical negligence #fascism is here #this is a threat #I'm going to kick your ass #wear a fucking mask #wash your fucking hands #take care of your fucking body #wash your entire body #clean your fucking living space #wake up #I'm going insane

[fledermaus-mainblog]

Obligatory reminder that proshippers are not welcome on my blog and will be immediately blocked if I catch you here. Bye.

#i can't believe i have to say this #ok to reblog

[unresurgeance]

fyi I wasn't attacking you for liking an evil character, I was attacking you for glorifying fascism. Thats what makes you a bootlicker. Y'all would prolly still root for Rayman if the show made him an abusive sex trafficker, cuz dats okay he's hot.

Anon the thing is we're "rooting" for him cause he's a character that we love and we would be interested in seeing him during a possible evil arc.

He's a fictional funny looking guy which is also the main character and so the good guy of his mainline game series that might possibly be going on the wrong route for the first time in this au and I'm personally very interested in seeing that. That's it.

Fascism has little to nothing doing with it, you won't see me going burning cars over him dw don't just go throwing around political bs over a fictional world and one of my fav characters I am just interested in seeing in a darker light

#if I'd see a fascist in real life I would burn them instead are you kidding #of course we don't support the shit he might do we just want to see him acting like the villain for once and that's it #btw if I receive another ask like this i'm turning off anons cause I don't have all night #ask anon #fascism tw #i can't believe I have to say this

[diagonal-queen]

who is the biggest babygirl in doa

oh gosh. they're all babygirls. okay i'd probably have to go with fyodor LET ME EXPLAIN

sigma is definitely babygirl but i'd say he's more 'character' than he is 'babygirl'. he has more 'just a lil guy' energy than 'babygirl' energy. in terms of wet catness he doesn't match up to fyodor, but they are both equal levels of pathetic blorbo. sigma's overall flair doesn't match a babygirl but rather a precious lil guy.

mykola on the other hand is much more babygirl. i'd say that he and fyodor are equal amounts babygirl but canonically that's not true. bones gives fyodor a truly astronomical amount of babygirl treatment compared to mykola, who they kinda give more silly boy treatment, and that's obviously done for a reason. plus, mykola is the most dom-coded out of these three, which also sort of gives fyodor the upper hand in babygirl energy.

therefore fyodor is the most babygirl out of these three, followed by sigma and then mykola (though it isn't incorrect to say they're all babygirls in their own ways)

#dia's discourse #thoughts: anon #anon is asking all the right questions the world has to offer #also #i can't believe i have to say this #but IT'S A FUCKING JOKE #THIS IS JUST MY OPINION

[valarhalla]

I never thought I’d be forced to say this, but at least the Hobbit movies bothered to make the elves actually look like elves.

#i have been humbled #i can't believe i have to say this #but REALLY #tw rings of power

[detectivewigglesaiart]

AI art is trash, huh? then it's a good thing i'm a raccoon 💅

#it's not real art without raccoons #i can't believe i have to say this #ai artwork #ai artist #ai art discourse #ai art generator #ai art community #ai assisted art #aiartlovers #ai art #ai art gallery #ai art isn't real art

[impunkster-syndrome]

As a reminder:

It is a bad idea to admit to crime on the internet at all. Doesn't matter how small a shoplifting haul is. With how employers are looking for social media these days and how many social media companies are just fine with handing over data to cops, it's better to be safe than sorry.

If you're going to commit a crime, do not post about it, at least not publicly. Tell your friend group. Not the whole internet.

#I can't believe I have to say this #Like even the person that leaked the no fly list has said to stop admitting to doing crimes in their askbox

[lukebeartoe]

OK SO

The knife is obviously a regular knife wrapped in red paper. Right? Because that's how birthdays work? And a one-piece red plastic knife is highly unlikely? Am I crazy?

#alberto scorfano #alberto's birthday #i can't believe I have to say this #also tiramisu photobomb #it's an excellent wrapjob #gj massimo