#public sentiment

[taiwantalk]

This is a good interview.

I do, however, still feel that even telegram may not be good enough to be a metric of public sentiment-and still, I am not believing that russians are cohesively against the invasion.

I just know too much about authoritarian regime’s effect and capabilities on anything that they inherently can manipulate and those who are vocal are quite suspicious.

For example, during authoritarian period in Taiwan, vast majority of people were risk averse to leave any trace of their political views due to fear of not just direct danger from the authorities or secret police but also from invisible black listing or become victims of being outcasted by those who are overly fearful of being guilty by association.

What’s more trivial is that Russians must be at least quite apathetic because, well, once upon a time in the ‘90s, they liked putin & bought all of Putin’s bullshit and they are conflicted and in denial that they were entirely supportive of one day that Russia will rise and show the world that they’re no pushovers. They don’t want to be held accountable and admit that they had been yearning for what putin is doing now.

Taiwan right now have significant minority population who are authoritarian nostalgic-they still are hoping that KMT will become stronger to one day rule China over other political rivals and make China imperialistic to show the world that China is much stronger and powerful than the world thinks. They want the power of ccp for themselves and then carry on the very same things in South China Sea and antagonize America.

#ukraine #russia #putin #taiwantalk #public sentiment #telegram

[gitzette]

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#Jenna Ortega COVID controversy #ethical conduct in showbiz #health and safety protocols #public sentiment

[ecoamerica]

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[bonefall]

Anyway. Bi and Mspec Lesbians aren't a hotly "debated" topic or even new to queer culture, it's just the newest thing that bullies who REALLY want to be homophobic and even racist use to justify harassing gay people they don't like.

It's the thinnest possible veneer of progressive language wrapped around TERF and reactionary rhetoric so that they can feel righteous for forming an angry mob against vulnerable targets. If you're gullible enough to fall for the newest wave of bigotry within the queer community, and turn on your allies because they're "confusing" or "invading your spaces," the SAME way they turned on bi/pan labels, trans people, xenogenders, neopronouns, and aroace people before this, then get lost.

#No patience. Wither and rot. #These motherfuckers dogpiled the legend who leaked the no fly list because it identified as the wrong type of lesbian. #They will attack the people doing DIRECT ACTION over dumbfuck label discourse. Deeply unserious people. #Embarrassing to think that there are rubes out there who keep falling for this #For ALL our sakes I hope this is literally their first rodeos and they really haven't fallen for this bullshit twice. #But unfortunately I'm too old to be that hopeful. #I didn't get to see the big ''public block list'' made for us dirty queers who support or are bi/mspec lesbians but I hope I was on it #If a man is best judged by his enemies then exclusionists who echo terf rhetoric are the ones I WANT to have. #And ''public lesbian block list'' is in quotes because if you REALLY thought that such a thing wasn't a ''GO HARASS THESE PEOPLE'' charter- #--then you have a black mold where your brain used to be and it's rapidly eating into the bathroom tile you call a skull #Unironically you should not have a platform if you are THAT stupid or malicious to think it was anything BUT a harassment charter #I hope they're ashamed. #Context for those unaware: a flesh-eating amoeba created a public blocklist for people who supported bi lesbians #Minors and extremely small creators without big platforms were on that list #People got harassed but the most namely was Lockandkeyhyena who had people raiding his server with racial slurs and death threats. #I hope everyone involved sees who their ''allies'' are when they spread that sentiment. #A bunch of people ACTUALLY 'invading someone's space' to post the n-word and suicidebait. #THAT is who you appeal to. Sit with that.

[disteal]

Talked abt this with a friend last night but there is something heartening abt just how few people are buying into the party line abt Palestine compared to say, 2020 and 2016. I’ve noticed a much more coherent distrust of government institutions and widespread ease of recognising propaganda, as well as a general willingness to quickly and effectively shut down people who try and find some vernacular foothold to gently recenter the conversation away from genocide.

It’s not a silver lining, and it comes on the heels of so many back-to-back failures of liberal institutions and colonial brutality that have ground faith in the government to dust, but it is a relief to not spend so much time arguing with comfortable morons, and to instead focus that energy towards uplifting Palestinian voices and listening to some of the most lonely, frightened people in the world rn.

#palestine #dis.txt #it’s not perfect #but the libfash used to have a much more firm grip on public sentiment

[bisexualgorgeous]

It’s genuinely fascinating to me how Taylor’s aoty Grammys are almost always followed by a huge dip in public opinion about her like this is the fourth one it happens every single time and I think we all know why

#women can’t be too successful #women can’t be impressive #her flaws need to be picked at to justify the discomfort at her success #even if you say well her first two aoty there was good reason for public opinion to dip #a sentiment I don’t agree with but they were bigger dramas #then what’s the excuse for the last two

[canisalbus]

I noticed you've been making more art of Machete and Vasco after they met again as adults - is this canon? Do they get to rekindle their friendship after all, or is it still brief and bittersweet? (I love your characters and art, btw!)

Thank you! I'm glad you like them!

It's canon, I believe. After their confusing and apprehensive friends-to-lovers involvement ended in their early 20's, their paths end up crossing again unexpectedly in their mid 30's and things gradually grow from there.

#answered #kf-tea #it's not the steadiest alliance #Vasco has been stuck in a forced lavender marriage for nearly a decade but he's out of the closet to his wife by that point #their union is more like close platonic friendship than that of a husband and wife and they're largely comfortable like that #they've agreed to see other people for the common good #they're great parents and keep up the appearances well I don't think anyone suspects anything #in that day and age divorce simply isn't an option especially if you're a public figure and have a family reputation to keep up #Machete obviously isn't permitted to have sentimental or intimate relations of any kind #the two of them live in separate cities so it's more like a sporadic long distance thing #Vasco is a politician and an ambassador so he takes regular business trips to Rome which is convenient #maybe Machete gets to visit him in Florence on occasion but usually it's the other way around #but between those weeks and sometimes months pass #if their relationship lasts until the end they get a good 8-9 years in so I'd say it counts as a committed long term thing for sure #or at least that's the current idea and order of events #Vasco #Machete

[9ofspades]

Opinion:  I'm an Anti-Specsser and Everyone Else Should Be Too

Why are you wearing glasses?  

No, seriously.   Why the fuck are you still wearing glasses?  

The epidemic is over.  I don't know anyone who worries about nearsightedness anymore.  Do you hear anyone talking about it?  Do you see nearsightedness germs flying around?  No, because it's OVER.  

Look, I don't know how to break it to you, but a thin piece of glass in front of your eyes isn't going to help protect you from macular degeneration.  It's a false sense of security, an illusion; like if you just keep looking through them you can pretend that the world has crisp sharp edges.  Well, guess what?  The world is blurry.  You don't know where empty space ends and your body begins.  In fact, it doesn't.  Your body is mostly empty space.  

Everything happens for a reason, anyway; so if you get into an accident because you can't drive without your glasses?  Tough cajones; take your punishment like God intended.  It's your fault for having bad genes, which you got because of... original sin, or something.  I don't know, I didn't actually read the Bible.  I just believe vehemently in every word of it, except the words you use to disagree with me.  Because that's wrong.  

I don't think I'm doing anything wrong by yelling at glasses-wearers on the street.  It just fills me with such visceral, incandescent rage when I see a pair of pince-nez balancing on someone's nose.  It's like they're sending a direct fuck-you to people like me, who choose not to wear glasses.  So of course I have to yell at them; it's just simple self-preservation - if I don't, pretty soon everyone will be wearing glasses, and ganging up on those of us that don't, because we're "jeopardizing public safety" or "a danger to the common good."  I don't need to listen to that.

When you declare you're on the opposite side from me with that flag you wear right on your face, you shouldn't be surprised when I treat you like an enemy.  "What sides?" you ask?  "There's no 'sides' here; everyone is just choosing-" oh, shut up.  You're so naive.  Of course there are sides.  There's sides to everything.  What about a circle? you say.  Inside and outside.  There.  Now don't you feel stupid.  

And those circles you wear on your face mark you as being on the inside.  I don't like that.  Nobody likes being left on the outside.  So stop wearing them.  That way I can find something else to be angry about, like freckles.  I think I'll take on freckles next.  If you have them, stop having them.  You're being too different from me and I don't like it.

#swearing #satire #parody #covid allegory #anti-maskers #glasses #unreality #bastardized christianity #evangelical philosophy #public health #public safety #ocular health mention #eyes #aggressive language #current events #american politics #I literally could not make anti-masker sentiments sound more illogical if I tried #original

[blorbocedes]

tbh it’s really weird like the vibe last year was that it really sucked how it all went down for daniel and it would great if he could have a happy ending to his career and now he’s actively making that happy ending for himself and people are like “no not like that”

I think people had emotionally said their goodbyes and accepted his retirement, and now him chasing his happy ending is at the expense of other promising juniors being pushed aside made them sour on him. esp when -- according to the arguments I've seen online, to them -- daniel hasn't earned his seat, he got it handed cause he has a better relationship with redbull management, and the promising junior has been relegated back to a reserve driver for a second year while the 35 year old gets a seat in the junior team. esp now that he's out of commission it feels like an unearned redemption. maybe if he out drives the car and his teammate and scores points next year, people will be back on board.

ultimately it's a sport where you're only as good as your last race, so a choice between guy who underperformed for 2 years vs a rookie who got in a car and scored points and the former being chosen over the latter, you can see why online sentiment is more divisive now than it was when he retired.

ofc this isn't Everyone, daniel is still hugely popular and beloved, and even that factored in redbull's decision to keep him cause he's definitely got a bigger PR and marketing pull than lawson

#this is about the shift in public sentiment and people's attitudes on DR changing over the past year #not what value he actually brings to AT #blorbocedes ask

[judgejudyofficial]

accidentally turned my adblock off and saw some ads. tbh they're mostly way better than they used to be, but uh. im still getting eating disorder content

@staff bbgirl please get rid of the "flat tummy" stuff you're actively killing people <3

#i mean. not me anymore #and I am 100% turning my blocker back on #but girl it's 2024 and public sentiment towards harm caused by ads has never been higher #you are putting yourself at risk queen

[tswwwit]

dip 🤝 bill

both liking their hair pulled/played with

👍

#answers #Bill ruffles Dipper's hair all the time. But that's condescending and generally leads to an argument #Playing with Dipper's hair is only available when Bill thinks he can get away with it. Can't look *too* sentimental in public #They've still been caught multiple times. Dipper just never commented on it #Dipper has more chances. Mostly when Bill's dropped his head in Dipper's lap and smacking him in the face inevitably leads to more touching #It's also one of the few ways he doesn't feel awkward about initiating gentle touch. Since Bill's basically offering there. #The Cuddling™ is still a recent development and he's not sure where the boundaries are #If these two were better at communicating he would learn that Bill's full-on dived into the decision that nonsexual touch actually rules #Hug that demon Dipper. He'll let you cling to him and nuzzle up against his neck and giggle about it #semi-nsfw: Bill really had to egg Dipper on to full-on pull his hair when he goes down on him #A little pain adds spice!! Yank away sapling it's encouraging AND really hot #Dipper prefers a much lighter touch himself but hey! If Bill's into it he'll go ahead and tug like hell #Bonus fact: Dipper watching Bill bend over to get something under a table or low drawer #Raising an eyebrow at the presented rear end #Then the sudden realization: Wait Bill does this to *him* all the time. They're married. He doesn't just have to stare #He can actually- #The ensuing butt slap made Bill jolt up and smack his head against something. Swearing and surprised. #And Dipper made his escape while Bill was still too engulfed with confusion/amusement/annoyance to take quick revenge #Mission: Success

[ragsy]

The peace of anonymity vs the joy of being known

#ragsycon exclusive #spent most of my weekend largely offline and away from home. it was nice. #mostly stopped feeling like i need to announce every event or place i go to online #it feels good to unplug for a bit #but at the same time. i have friends that i would love to have know about my escapades and life events and whatever #but my only means of sharing that info is on a largely public forum #or on my private twitter with like. two people on it #i think I've bemoaned this exact sentiment before #but I'm just thinking about it again #hey tumblr devs if you wanna be so much like twitter why don't you make private circles too #i would love to be able to ramble about my personal life for the viewing of my beloved friends and mutuals

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[makerscockandballs]

cis people stop buying into the "trans people are the real aggressors" rhetoric whenever we try to defend outselves or bring attention to something challenge (APPARENTLY IMPOSSIBLE)

#this isnt about straight up harrassment which is honestly just not helpful stop it #but sayong ''hey this creator sucks this is why you should not keep giving them money and public support'' #or ''this guy should not stream the blood libel game that gives money to miss megaterf'' #IS NOT HARRASSMENT. ITS NOT BULLYING. IS YOUR SKIN THAT THIN YOU STUPID FUCK #the point IS to make us seem the aggressors whenever we try to defend ourselves #when we are not perfecr victims we deserve to stay victims #grow a spine. #yes this is about the stupid goddamn game people are STILL bothering us about. im not going to make excuses for you #unfollow and block me if you buy into the ''ooh trans people are being too mean 😔😔😔'' rhetoric when genocidal sentiments are growing #same with jewish people calling out antisemitism. listen to them for once in your fucking life. #tw hogwarts legacy

[antiqua-lugar]

the terror has me itching to fall into another rabbit hole about victorian racism because they absolutely nail the despair james would feel at "not being even English" but I need the details of what the Victorians were thinking about the Brazilians specifically. It's already pretty wild that James ends up embodying the English fear of miscegenation of all things, which right now I can't remember if it's openly addressed when it comes to Francis and Sophia or it's only implied (I am aware about the essays on how the Irish are an inferior race of "white gorillas", I don't believe for a second Sir John wasn't) but the ties to a different colonial empire...they had a caste system too, to add to the mindfuckery.

#like james' mother could have not even been white. that's the level we are at. he doesn't know either. #the terror #antiqua ponders how the terror masterfully uses gothic tropes which were appropriate for the time #european racism is so fascinating to me and victorian racism in particularly because it tends to be my field of study #and also because you read things like wilkie collins being accused of corrupting the public by being a francophile #i found an essay about anti german sentiment propagated by the stereotype of germans loving sausages too much #like sometimes it's fucked up shit like matthew arnold pontificating on the inherent inferiority of the celtic race and how england needs #to conquer them for their own good #and some other time it's room with a view where they go to italy and faint when they see italians #where is that post about lovecraft's nightmares being to be in an elevator with an irishman

[diyosku]

public domain is good especially from disney but strangely enough all i can think about is this

mickey is vulnerable now, and under no protection whatsoever, he wonders if he'll be well taken care of

#mickey mouse #public domain #bleh i tend to add sentimental shit to things that don't ask for it #especially since it's an older version of mickey #it's as if they aren't willing to protect him anymore bcs he's old and not worth it #yes i know that's prolly not how ip law works #but again i add sentimental shit

[frivolous-pastel]

The US Sun's commitment to accurate reporting is breathtaking

#ao3 blackout #ao3 #I had never heard of the publication before #didn't realize at first it was a tabloid #but I'm def not turning there for news in the future #ao3 does NOT condone anti-Muslim sentiment #the us sun #tw islamophobia

[yarrowleef]

mmm somethings been rattling around inside my brain about queerness in xenofiction (warrior cats centric cause that's obviously mostly what people are talking about in my internet circles) and I know around here I am preaching to the choir but w/e. I feel like i may have made this post before but i’ll do it again until i feel like i’ve crafted all of my thoughts correctly

everyone knows there’s always like. some shmuck on twitter or youtube comment sections, complaining about how gay cats just don’t make sense ~realistically~

and the common argument back is always something along the lines of “these cats have complex society and religion and talk to ghosts and sometimes have magic powers, and being gay is where you draw the line? it doesn’t have to be realistic”

and something just rubs me the wrong way about that argument, not that it’s WRONG, it’s not wrong, xenofiction by definition is all super super unrealistic. I think it’s more like, it oversimplifies it. because honestly when I make critiques about the warriors world building not making sense, I don’t tend to like the argument beginning and ending at “well it doesn’t have to be realistic” because no it doesn’t but it’s still supposed to feel believable.

i think i don’t like that the argument seems to imply that gay animal characters are at all on par with other fantasy things like talking to ghosts and having powers or complex religion. I also don’t like it when people who are being fake-supportive can condescendingly say “well the gay couple may be completely absurd and unrealistic but I guess it’s ok because its just a silly fantasy :) ” cause like. Like its not unrealistic tho. i don’t like the implication that it’s uniquely unrealistic, if this was a grounded story with no magic or religion and the cat social groups were more inspired by real feral cats, it would still be illogical for some queer cats not to exist.

 I feel like it is a more effective argument to point out that straight cats are just as unrealistic, in fact more unrealistic and silly

“cats lovingly and monogamously married-for-life and raising kids together” is the absurdity it should be compared to, rather then the magic elements. Because then the complainers have to contend with the fact that they aren’t bothered by unrealistic relationships between cat characters, they are just uniquely bothered by gay ones. 

I mean...not to get tmi but it seems obvious to me this knee jerk reaction people have to rolling their eyes and scoffing when “gay” and “animal character” are placed in the same sentence is based on their insistence on equating the breeding behavior of animals to the romantic relationships of humans. Y'know, they're assuming that when people talk about romantic couples between anthro characters, that that is the sort of thing they are drawing from. When, certainly when it comes to cats, that is a very very poor equivalent. Cat mating behaviors are not affectionate or long lasting--they actually seem quite stressful, and then the father runs off to find more girls and probably never calls his one-night-stand again.  

this is why I am really not fond of “mate” being used at the go-to replacement for husband/wife in xenofiction. Consider just coming up with a brand new word for your animal character’s version of romance! maybe they have types of relationships and words for them that humans don’t even have! but “mate” feels like. an action, nothing more. It doesn’t inherently imply love. frankly I think more people should be anthropomorphizing mates as simply Business Partnerships where the business is in desiring offspring, as opposed to husband/wife.

Just like....ok if you’re going to use the real behavior of animals as at least the loose inspiration for your anthropomorphic character’s behavior, surely pair bonding would be a smoother translation to what we view as a romantic couple?? not mating?? because pair bonded animals are the ones having consistent pleasant interactions, and being physically affectionate, and working together in life, sometimes even raising each others kids together.  

And keeping that in mind, frankly you could argue that gay-coded cats should be the norm. (not that I think pair bonded creatures should always be interpreted as a romantic coded relationship, you could interpret some as platonic or familial or simply allies needing to survive. The point is no matter what route you go, you are projecting some human experience onto animals who’s minds and feelings we cannot ever actually understand. So to make it coded as a gay romance is just as reasonable as making it an adopted found-family sort of affection. You can go any route and be the same amount of unrealistic.)

If these losers actually want reasonable cat fiction, no one should have romantic affection for anyone! and if two cats have kittens together, it should be treated more like a short-lived antagonistic business partnership where you part ways immediately after. If you only criticize one type of romance for being “unbelievable and silly because these are CATS for crying out loud 🙄” but you don't feel “distracted” or “taken out of the story” about the other type of romance, then this aint about realism my guy, sounds like you just have some baggage to unpack.

I am beating people over the head with a very big sign that reads “Whether you’re writing about cats or birds or aliens or fantasy people or whatever, you cannot grant any creature the ability to love without all the variety and complexity that **naturally** goes hand in hand with those messy emotions. If the creatures can fall in love at all, then there must exist the possibility for some of them to be queer about it. And if you view queerness as unnatural, then we don’t have a writing disagreement, we have a fundamental moral disagreement about life. And I can’t help you there, that’s your problem! But I refuse to let people benignly hide behind a “simple desire for more realistic-feeling fiction uwu” as a defense!! (gay people are real. It’s true! I checked!!)”

#i have to think about this a lot bc someday i am going to hopefully publish an original cat story with a lesbian protag #and then i am going to have to listen to some version of these arguments for the Rest Of My Life #i feel like someday i could write a thesis on queerness in xenofiction and how the whole sentiment of 'the natural' has been distorted #-by shitty political agendas since forever. The Natural became an unquestionable bludgeon bigots use against anything that feels 'icky' #and those sentiments have of course leaked into the general publics perception #and of course it crops up in Xenofiction first!!! the genre that is peoples attempt to rationalize the animal world #and lazy xenofiction writers just regurgitate this sanded down unscientific limited perspective of what ~natural~ behaviors look like #WHERE is that quote Ursula made about watership down #and like and like. look it SNOWBALLS and we live in a SOCIETY-- #*grabs the youtube comment section goers by the lapels and shakes them around* #DO YOU THINK IT IS TRULY **NATURAL** THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS KNEE JERK REACTION AGAINST QUEERNESS IN FANTASY #BECAUSE SOME PART OF THEM HAS BEEN LED TO BELEIVE THAT BIGOTRY IS THE NATURAL STATE OF THINGS #AND QUEERNESS AND DIVERSITY EXISTING IS JUST SOME QUIRK OF MODERN SOCIETY #THAT IS OUT OF PLACE AND '''''UNREALISTIC'''' IN ANY FICTIONAL SOCIETY THAT IS MEANT TO BE CLOSER TO THE ~NATURAL WORLD~ #you think YOU'RE THE ONE WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT REALISM AND RATIONALITY IN THIS CONVERSATION I AM BITING YOUR KNEE CAPS RN #yarrow speaks #long post #warrior cats #technically but again this broadly applies to xenofiction As A Whole animal and humanoid fantasy species alike