#there’s just you being a bigot

[mebiselfandi]

The whole victim-blaming of Vinicius Jr being ‘out of control’, an ‘instigator’ and ‘provoker’ is so bullshit. How sick in the head do you have to be to try and make excuses that he somehow deserves all this racist abuse. Just because Vini is black, he’s painted as someone with horrible anger issues who loves to start things. Then tell me why his first red card ever was today? Majority of the time he lashes out or gets angry it’s because a player, a fan or a ref are being racist. And the way the narrative is always twisted is just sickening. If even a quarter of these things happened to a white player, everyone would be up in arms to defend them. But because he’s black nobody does anything. Nobody cares. Not his teammates, not the club and certainly not the league. The well-being of a player especially a black one is water under the bridge to them as long as their making money. They simply do not care enough even if that player is as big and important as Vini. And to make matters worse, it’s not just Vinicius who faces these attacks. So many are swept under the rug because it’s easier that way. How many attacks are happening not only to Vini but to other black players behind the scenes? How much are these leagues not holding themselves accountable for? How much longer is this going to keep happening?

Even if Vini was the biggest instigator ever, responding with racist abuse is never the answer. It’s not a fault on the player, it’s a fault on you.

#if I see one more bigot try and say that Vini deserves this treatment I think I might actually explode #it’s so unfair #it’s like the better he plays the worse it gets #and eventually what happens when he can’t take it anymore and it starts getting to him? #then what? his own fans turn against him cause he’s not playing as well? #he shouldn’t have to ‘be strong’ #he shouldn’t have to apologize #he shouldn’t have to face this kind of abuse #abuse is abuse #there’s no ifs and buts and complexities and what ifs and he started its #there’s just you being a bigot #vini jr #he deserves so much better

[thetimelordbatgirl]

The police in Scotland have the chance to do the most funniest thing right now.

#anti jk rowling #jk rowling #come on grant her wish #though imagine seeing laws coming in to deal with hate crimes #and just instantly throwing a childish style bigot fuelled tantrum #cause you wanna keep being a bigot without consquiences #its all freedom of speech until theres consquiences for said freedom of speech #and of course her fellow transphobes are trying to say the truth isnt a crime...what truth? transphobia??? #it counts as a hate crime now not sorry if your in scotland #enjoy getting consquiences for your bigotry #also shout out to someone saying it'd be funny if they only did so they could raid a literal castle #i too think there's at least someone on the force itching to do that

[a-polite-melody]

Something I’ve heard over and over again is that, somehow, trans men having a word to use to mean “the intersection of transphobia and misogyny as they intersect under the lens of transness toward societal masculinity,” or even having that sort of concept harms trans women.

I’ve never heard anyone try to explain how, exactly, except that it takes away attention from transmisogyny—as if trans men must suffer in silence or else we harm our trans sisters, rather than two conversations being able to happen simultaneously about how transness and misogyny intersect for different people depending on societal perceptions of both femininity and masculinity.

#my post #transandrophobia #transmisandry #‘the concept is transmisogynist!’ #how so? #do you want us to drop everything because we heard the word ‘transmisogyny’ even though no one can tell us how exactly #we’re being transmisogynistic in order to help us build theory away from biases you could be pointing out #you can just say ‘this is bigotry’ and we have to stop even when no one actually seems to see anything bigoted in it besides that you’ve #heard someone else say that because they heard someone else say it and so on

[mzminola]

This is not a perfect analogy but I am making it anyway to try to convey what being online has been like for me lately.

Seeing people say "Oh, Jews are fine, I just hate zionists!" is like seeing "Oh, women are fine, I just hate feminists!"

Zionism and feminism are both very broad socio-political movements that have changed focus over time, that ostensibly have some very basic core tenets but you really need to ask the specific person you're talking to how they personally define it to be sure.

Both have been subject to legitimate criticism, and hostile reactionary bullshit. Had waves, sub-movements, splinters, people with damn near opposite views sharing the term and people with seemingly identical views rejecting it.

You can give working, broad definitions like these:

Feminism is the belief that all people should be treated equally regardless of gender, with a focus on women's rights due to systemic oppression.

Zionism is the belief that all peoples have the right to self determination and safety, with a focus on Jewish people finding it in Israel.

You can also give different definitions! Many people give different definitions! Many people also hold these beliefs but use different names for them for various reasons.

There are self-described zionists who are jingoistic, racist, etc, and who attribute those attitudes to their zionism. Just as there are feminists who are misandrist, bio-essentialist, transphobic, homophobic, and so on, who attribute those attitudes to their feminism.

There are also incredibly selfless, compassionate activists working for positive change in the world who consider themselves zionists and feminists.

It has been very jarring to see people, who I respect, uncritically reblogging posts or headlines that use "zionists" as a stand in for "bad people", just as jarring as it would be to see them sharing things that use "feminists" that way. Especially when those posts contain easily debunked conspiracy theories that I know you'd have seen right through if the OP said "Jews" but because they said "zionists" you swallowed it whole.

I am not asking anyone to stop sharing important information, petitions, news articles, resources, and so on. I am asking you to slow down and stop spreading inflammatory language that paints a broad socio-political movement for Jewish self-determination as inherently bad. The same way I would ask you not to spread inflammatory language that paints gender equality & women's liberation as inherently bad.

If the information is important, please look for other, more neutrally worded posts. Or verify the links yourself and make a fresh post! There is no situation online in which the only way to share information must be to spread such language.

#antisemitism #being critical of zionism is not automatically antisemitic #just as criticizing the feminist movement is not inherently misogynistic #but the way a LOT of people have been talking lately...it has been indistinguishable #please slow down #being Jewish in America #and online #I have so many filters and yet I cannot escape this even in fandom spaces #''Jews control the media'' repackaged as ''zionists'' or ''the Israeli government'' has been the one I've seen the most #but there's been some outright blood libel too #and of course the usual banking bullshit #when you accept a term like this as synonymous with ''bad people'' you swallow the lies more easily! you swallow the exaggerations! #you fact check less! you reblog from psyops and bigots who've found keywords! #and it doesn't have to be this way #please stop making it be this way #editing tags to add #zionism #I think I left it off originally to stay out of the tracked tags

[bonefall]

I personally like Thunder's prosthetic. Explained it to my friend (who does use a mobility device, a cane and wheelchair, and listens to me rant and infodump about BB) and they agreed, it's important to know that not every person needs what someone wants to give them. It's another example of "bad ableist person does a thing that hurts a disabled person because they are bad and ableist".

Clear Sky got Jagged Peak killed and would have killed Sunlit Frost! He would absolutely force his disabled son to be "normal" and present it like a privilege. "I wouldn't do this for anyone else, it's special, why don't you want to be helped?"

Thunder Storm should toss it in Clear Sky's face. (I would say toss it into the river but we do not pollute waterways in this house)

Thank you for telling me this, and tell your friend I'm thanking them too! If they have anything else to add please forward what they have to say

Since BB!DOTC tackles some of the heaviest topics in the entire series because its canon equivalent is so dark, I think very carefully about what I do here and how I show it. I take feedback on its sensitive aspects very seriously. If I'm understanding the criticism properly, it's that I should avoid stigmatizing prosthetics by making sure Thunder Storm's not the only one with it-- which he's not! And I'll add even more.

I don't want to avoid something only because it's uncomfortable if the topic is important, and my portrayal is respectful. Ableism IS uncomfortable! There are some situations where a prosthetic is not wanted! I think the rejection of this particular one is both a good opportunity to show a type of ableism and ALSO is very fitting for the characters.

In BB!Clear Sky's mind, the villain, he's fixing an old mistake. He can't admit that he got Jagged Peak killed or take REAL accountability for it (though he will, occasionally, apologize insincerely), but deep in his bones, he knows what he did was cruel. He'll never tell anyone this because he doesn't really cognate it himself, but Thunder Storm NEEDS to take his gift.

If Thunder doesn't take it, it blows a hole in his newest story. You see, throwing Jagged Peak out was All That Could Have Been Done back then. It was a Tragedy and he simply Made A Hard Choice. He regrets it very much, But You Have To Understand.

But now? Now? Well, behold. Look at what he's accomplished since the tragic death of his little brother. His cats are well-fed, cared for, and stable enough to make such incredible advancements. If only Jagged Peak had been able to hold on longer, if only he could be here now, I could fix him.

Just like I can (MAKE YOU JUST LIKE ME) fix you.

"Everything I've ever done is for Jagged Peak. For Fluttering Wing. For you." Thunder Sky is SPECIAL, but if he rejects any gift, tries to turn down the "privileges" offered to him, in an instant that becomes ungratefulness and arrogance. He both forces him to be special, and then leverages it against him if it's rejected. "Spoiled brat, doesn't appreciate what I've worked so hard to give him."

It all goes back to him and his own guilt. He can NEVER be wrong. He can't accept his family doesn't have to be "normal" or reflect his own ability. He won't see himself as a bully, let alone a murderer. It was never about his son's comfort or finding out what Thunder Storm wants or needs, it was about his own ego.

...All that said I'm still taking feedback if there's anything else I should keep in mind, or if anyone has a counter point, especially if you also have experience here.

(In the interest of having a link trail for posterity, here's the critique/call for feedback this is in response to)

#ALSO also I will take suggestions on other characters who should have prosthetics #Sunlit makes sense and it will make a really nice character moment later for him to have one built #There's also an amputee in RiverClan few people talk about called Stonestream #I can give him one and bump him up into a bigger character. In BB he is the sibling of Willowshine #BB!DOTC #better bones au #Also just as a side note... I love writing BB!Skystar. My ire for the character comes from his redemption arc so I feel like I get to-- #--write the character I WANTED to see #Same with Bramble in other BB arcs #cw ableism #tw ableism #ableism #They're fascinating in that they always have to see themselves as the victim or the hero #They believe every lie they tell. #If you ever catch them in a contradiction they will still try to find some way to turn it on you and YOUR lack of understanding. #Interestingly both of them are ableist. Sky's is just more obvious because he's LOUDLY bigoted. #But BB!Bramble is *notably* less close to Jay for a very sad and very subtle reason. #Jay just doesn't serve his ego like the others do until much later in his life. #unfortunately most bigotry is like that. #the type you have a hard time calling out because it's a deniable bias. the constant gaslighting of being part of a marginalized group #Maybe I need to address the criticism by adding a character with a prosthetic to THIS arc even earlier #Problem is that like... Thunder's small merc group is already full of disabled characters and their THING is forming in response to ableism #OH maybe I'll put someone in the Forest Cat group which is lead by Slash? #I need to finish that last book and then gather up all the cats for sorting into allegiances

[jewreallythinkthat]

Call me old fashioned but when I see suffering alongside those who are not suffering (in the same way at least), my first thought is not to drag down those who are happy so they can experience suffering themselves, but to instead try and work out how those suffering can be raised up so everyone is living happily and peacefully.

And if to stop one group suffering, I must instead pass that pain onto others, I simply don't make a decision about who I executively decide to be mose deserving of suffering but instead put in the effort to find another way

#jumblr #this is about I/P #seeing suffering in Gaza should not make peope want to see israelis suffer #thats not productive and its not pro-peace #its pro antisemitic spite and isnt very sibtle #the suffering in gaza is horrific and needs to end. I have feelings about the beat way to go about that but thats a separate thing #the idea that peole belive the best way to end suffering is to give it to those they decide deserve it is embarassing #and makes it clear they're pro torture but they dont want to say the quiet part out loud yet #at least have the guts to be a bigot in public rather than being a coward about it #if the only way you can envision peace involved a genocide in israel then maybe you need to try again and actually try to solve the issue #if any plan to peace involves mass slaughter to remoge “the other” then youre just as bad as the people you claim to hate

[poisonousquinzel]

Harley Quinn would beat up terfs with her mallet and if you disgreee then you have fundamentally misunderstood her character <3

#she and i stand with trans people im sorry some of yall are just bigots :) being a woman or lgb-q doesnt mean that #you get some free pass to be a bigot #if you're transphobic you're a bigot #fuck off #harley quinn #harleen quinzel #dc comics #'oh but what about-' yes we have all moved on past the fact that Amanda & Jimmy dont understand shit about her they are included #in the 'you fundamentally misunderstood her character' lbr #every lgbt character in their ongoing for her that wasnt like priorly created #is Sus #sinquinn or whatever????? jfc

[radfae]

this is genuinely upsetting. how much longer are women not only going to be complacent in but actively encourage misogyny?

#i mean the post is just weird and wrong in the first place #and there’s a lot to pick apart about how it’s contradictory #and people on twitter on both sides REALLY aren’t helping discussion #but i’m just saddest about this :/ #they think it’s okay because it’s not happening to them #but they don’t realize that this affects us all #it’s not that they even think misogyny is acceptable against evil or bigoted women (most of them anyway) #it’s that they don’t even recognize what is and isn’t misogyny anymore #we’ve gone too long suppressing feminists and we’re feeling the effects #and now they can’t even call out when someone is going against women #why do you think that cain deleted that post? because there was something wrong with it #he KNOWS that he is being brash and speaking out of turn #he KNOWS that that post will get him called out #he KNOWS he did something wrong #:/

[unicyclingdogs]

hey guys just got back from queering my favorite character into oblivion— what’d i miss??

all jokes aside, this blog is a safe space for queer people and intolerance will not be tolerated here‼️‼️

#linked universe #lu fanart #lu wild #its so crazy to me that people thought they could be so bigoted out on the open on TUMBLR of all places; those ppl are out of their minds #also the fact that they though loz was full of ‘conservative christian values’ like what are they talking about 💀💀💀 #and while its only a small part of the fandom the fact that it existed at all is so sad to me #like how are you gonna take these games and characters and just use it as a platform to spread your hate??? #but that being said outside of those ppl I consider this fandom to be great and full of amazing writers and artists #im proud to be in this fandom and I will not let these ppl taint it for me #so even though this situation is awful it definitely makes me appreciate the fact that the majority of ppl here are queer or allies #in conclusion #feel free to troll that server if you so desire bc I have no sympathy for them #like the fact that they said queer ppl are ‘predatory’ is so disgusting #that mindset gets ppl hate crimed so I don’t feel bad that ppl are trolling their server #ok ok I’ll stop here im getting myself upset but man some ppl suck #also art tag wait #uni art :)

[uncanny-tranny]

Honestly, I do think it's kind of funny when cis people talk about how Big Trans is forcing them to date, bed, or be friends with trans people because, truly, most of us wouldn't have wanted to be around them, anyway.

If you don't want to be seen as transphobic, there are ways to state your desires without being seen as transphobic. However, you can't have it both ways: treating trans people as second-class people while also not being seen as a bigot while doing so. You need to make your peace with that if you are going to go about this in a transphobic way.

#ally advice #lgbt #lgbtq #transphobia #transphobia tw #like i get how complex the conversation can be for some people... #...but sometimes i wonder if it's a matter of the conversation being complex... #...or because people want so desperately to be bigoted without being treated any worse because of it... #...in short they don't want to be reminded about how shitty it is to treat PEOPLE like things or like parasites... #...because then you have two options... #...option one is to embrace that bigotry openly no matter the cost... #...and option two would be to actually reflect on WHY it is that bigotry - and specifically their - bigotry is wrong actually #like whenever i have talked to other trans people about this we ruminate and laugh about our own experiences with it because it's ridiculou #and it just seems like the Cis Gaze into transness and what they assume it looks like. #i don't have a better word besides cis gaze because it objectifies mystifises and seperates the trans experience from Everybody Else #anyway it is sometimes amusing to see but it is ultimately not trans people's fault if you aren't ~into~ us to any capacity #so i am critical of the idea that trans people need to Remeber How Hated We Are to the point of our own detriment #anyway we will simply move on without you and we will yet live (and ball all the while)

[fromtheseventhhell]

Interesting how the Trident incident is the only moment where people question Joffrey's capacity for cruelty. He is almost universally considered one of the worst asoiaf characters, with no redeemable qualities. No one ever attempts to justify his actions when he abuses Sansa, orders Ned's executions, or any of his other many acts of violence. It's only this moment, a moment meant to introduce us to his cruel nature, that people seem to believe him to be a rational character with limits. It's honestly laughable. It's evident that the people who think like this are just biased against Arya; the majority of these arguments are centered not around Joffrey's violence, but Arya's actions to defend Mycah. People seem to truly believe that the better option would have been to let Joffrey "have his fun" and torment Mycah.

Debating how badly Joffrey would've hurt Mycah misses the entire point of the moment. Joffrey attacks Mycah because he's lowborn, he finds amusement in tormenting others, and he knows he can get away with it. He was quick to pull his sword and draw blood and, from what we know of his character, he undoubtedly would've taken it further. Arya stands up to him because she thinks that Mycah is worth defending which is significant considering she is the only one to do so. She is also the only character who mourns him and is affected by his senseless death, even books later (Ned is affected by his death but I wouldn't say he mourns him, although it is a moment that influences his feelings towards the Lannisters and Robert). Even if, which is a very big if, Joffery hadn't intended to go any further he had already crossed a line by attacking Mycah. The only alternative would be that Arya simply sits by and watches Joffrey further injure Mycah...and that's somehow the "better" option?

The people coming to the conclusion that Arya was the one who escalated the situation (and that it's somehow not Joffrey pulling his sword on an innocent boy) are coming from the perspective of the classist society that they live in. Joffrey attacking a lowborn boy wasn't an issue worth action, but harming a prince is "wrong". Mycah being attacked, and later murdered, is seen as inconsequential to the other characters (and readers) because he is lowborn. That's the thing though. You aren't supposed to look at this situation where a young boy is murdered for no reason and think that the only one who defended should've behaved differently. This moment is a criticism of the classist society these characters live in. It is significant that Arya is markedly less classist than a majority of other characters and cares when no one else does.

Further, if Arya were truly in the wrong for her actions then Joffrey wouldn't have needed to lie about what happened. From the very existence of the "trial" and Arya being given the chance to tell her version of events, we know that there wouldn't be any punishment if the truth of the situation had been told from the very beginning. The only reason there was an issue is because Joffrey decided to attack Mycah, and then later lie about what happened. Arya is not responsible for Joffrey's cruelty, Cersei's enabling, or Robert's subsequent apathy. The fact that people can't seem to comprehend this is maddening. I've never seen people have the same attitude towards Sansa for speaking up for Dontos, even though it incurred Joffrey's wrath and would've escalated had Sandor not spoken up. Why are Sansa's actions brave and kind, but Arya's are seen as stupid and reckless? What happened to not blaming young characters for the actions of others?

This is one of those things where the fandom decides for themselves that they know the story being told, without actually looking at how it's written. They would rather debate on (baseless) hypotheticals than look at why George presented the story to us the way he did. It takes an insane amount of misinterpretation to decide that Arya's actions are the reason for Mycah's death and misses a, rather large, point being made by the author. Notably, none of these people can ever provide evidence from the book to support their insistence that Joffrey would've simply left Mycah alone. You would think that since that's the basis of their argument and they're so adamant that their analysis is correct, they would be able to support their reasoning. It's almost as though the books don't support their interpretations...

#arya stark #ned stark #joffrey baratheon #the trident incident #anti arya bs #fandom nonsense #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #people are joining the class wars on the side of classism and that's just insane to me sdksdkdsk #you are not supposed to think that Arya defending a lowborn boy being attacked is wrong! or that her not being classist is wrong oh my god #yeah George's point was totally that it's better to bow to classist ideals than defend those who are unfairly treated /srs #he wrote a bunch of characters victimized by a bigoted society cause he was in a silly goofy mood he definitely wasn't making a point 🤪 #I've said this before but it really is alarming that George has more progressive ideas then a lot of people in fandom #anyways it rocks that Arya defended Mycah it rocks that she isn't classist it rocks that she wants justice for him #it rocks that she's constantly thinking about trying to protect those who can't protect themselves and that she wants justice for them #hurray for privileged characters growing beyond the ignorance of the society they were raised in!!! #praying people don't try and misinterpret what I said because my point about Sansa/Dontos isn't that she was wrong for speaking up for him #it's that people are hypocritical and biased when it comes to Arya and her behavior #the same people who say you can't blame Sansa for lying will blame Arya for Mycah and Lady's death it's honestly hilarious

[spitblaze]

idk if I have any kids following me, but if I do:

people who act like it’s important to ‘be normal’ and never do anything ‘embarrassing’ are LOSERS! They’re chumps who missed the memo that purposeful conformity is actually the lamest thing on earth and they’re obsessed with how they present themselves to the world at the cost of their own happiness. You don’t need to change, or act like you don’t have emotions about something, or dance like you fully expect everyone to be watching and judging you. You will be so, so much more cooler if you just do whatever you want to do and that’s a promise

#spitblaze says things #this isnt to say that if you for example need to stay in the closet for your own safety you shouldnt do that #just that the people who want you to stay in the closet are #1) losers #and 2) the villains of like 90% of all media made for children in the last 30 years #also inb4 'uuuh what if who you are is a n@zi' #jokes on you being a bigot is 100% conformity baybee #racism is a LEARNED behavior

[cemeterything]

Poor brits of color have good food though. Their food is not the type being mocked. It’s rich and poor white Brits, they want poc deported/denied, gone way out their way for their resources including spices and then made shit food despite all that. You pretending you don’t know the joke is…wanting white ppl to be persecuted so bad.

this has GOT to be a troll. 1. a large percentage of poor british people are people of color, who have the same accents and eat at least some of the same food that gets mocked 2. racism and classism are both bad??? lmao??? holy shit??? you're not off the hook just because you're making fun of white poor people 3. i'm an immigrant so trying to tell me that you're "only making fun of the shitty white people who colonized the world and want poc deported" isn't gonna fly because guess what i'm literally one of the people they want deported (despite being white myself) and i manage to not be a classist dickhead about it

#like... the answer to people being bigots isnt to be a bigot in another direction wtf #thats just looking for an excuse to be an asshole #also making fun of things people cant control but 'its okay because im inly targeting bigots' doesnt work because you will inevitably #end up affecting other people who have things in common with the people youre making fun of. oh my god.

[ectonurites]

tom taylor is so fucking annoying and im tired of anyone pretending he’s not

#ik most people in my circle of dc followers/mutuals on here are in agreement on this but #daily i see ppl dickriding him and just. Enough. im not saying he’s evil but he’s so fucking tone deaf #yes this is in reference to how he responded to the dixon situation today. #you don’t thank a fucking bigoted asshole who was purposefully spreading misinfo so he could be homophobic about it #in your tweet politely correcting him. like. jesus fucking christ grow a backbone my dude #‘oh it was classy’ shut uppppp there is no reason for someone who totes themselves as such a dedicated lgbtq+ ally as tom taylor does #to publicly directly thank a bigoted asshat like dixon. there is just No Reason #it would have been so easy to just A) fucking ignore it and not give Dixon the attention #he was clearly trying to get or B) correct him about it being an edited panel and just… leave it at that! #but no. no he could not just do that. #grandpa max is god? i go to church now #anyway. its 3am and im annoyed.

[penn-dragon]

There’s nothing trans about franky… Odo has not said anyone on the ship is gay.

LMAO I have a couple things to say to this

1. They’re actually all gay, Oda told me personally

2. I’d like to invite you to Google what headcanon means

3. Oda hasn’t said they’re straight either (except to me, because he told me personally they’re all gay). One piece has SO many canonically LGBT characters. They’re not explicitly labeled as such because Japan has even stricter rules surrounding that than the US. It’s all about the coding and subtext, if you can’t pick up on it that’s… kind of on you and your own reading comprehension. You probably read The Great Gatsby and thought Nick Carraway was straight.

4. The fact that you singled out Franky is SO FUNNY because I can only assume that means you agree that Robin is trans

#it’s so funny it me that straight people literally can’t see a gay character unless it’s spelled out in front of them in blazing letters #some straight people are being bigoted when they say Yamato and Kiki aren’t trans #*kiku #but some of them just GENUINELY DONT UNDERSTAND THAT THESE CHARACTERS ARE TRANS and that’s so wild #like did you skip all your high school English classes? #rambles #normally I delete asks like this but this one really tickled me so I’m posting it so everyone else can laugh with me

[bonefall]

tall shadows line of "she was only a kittypet" kinda reminds me of the line "they were only slaves" from the prince of egypt.

What kills me about it is that like, at that point in the movie, the Pharoah Is Bad. Him saying that a billion babies where fed to crocodiles is A Bad Thing. It's the point where Moses realizes he can't be part of the royal family without being complicit.

But Tall Shadow says "calm down, Bumble was less than human anyway" and Gray Wing nods along (complete with the jiggly clicking noise that comes with shaking a can of spraypaint) and this is an example of them being reasonable. Level-headed, even, not getting swept away by the passion of the angry mob.

There are so many levels to how fucked up the Bumble Debacle is that you can't explore every floor all at once. It is an onion. It has layers.

#I don't take potshots at liberals too often but like. I have to here #Because GOD they are bad at defending their positions #They can't defend nonviolence because they don't actually believe in it #They believe in STATUS QUO #They're not antiracist. They're just pro-decorum and being racist/xenophobic/bigoted is rude #Very very rarely do they reach their position through introspection and thinking through their beliefs #So you see it in their art. #Unable to examine WHY bigotry is bad or what's so insidious they just repeat it #Or try to justify it #She was too fat/useless/not part of Our Bonds and thus her life is lesser #And thats why they have the theme of predestination making everything forgivable imo #And it not actually mattering what you did #It's the ultimate status quo. Change doesn't ACTUALLY happen because of people or our actions it's all just fate. #And this ironically makes them very susceptible to smooth-talking fascists #...also my lover told me im Bumble's Lawyer and made me an AA style talk sprite so I've got that going for me now