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The tags on my whiteness post said to me that white people (at least those that are racially aware) and colonized natives perhaps have more in common than most people think. Or at least more than they talk about it in public.

Not that they're the same. Misogyny and transphobia are not the same, but they are both veins of oppression in a patriarchy. Similar.

In the same way, that empty hollowness white ppl feel where your culture should be is not unlike what I feel as a native, from what I've read of your accounts. Learning your ancestors chose whiteness and safety and comfort over culture and identity. That now you have nothing because of the colonization and assimilation your grandparents experienced when they got to the USA. Because of whiteness. Because of the power it has even just as a concept in the US.

We experience these for much different reasons and at least your loss bought you privilege.

... but they aren't total opposites either. A hollowness where you know rich history used to be? Having culture but feeling a disconnect where you know More used to be? Feeling like you only have scraps of the culture your family used to have? Clinging to what you can get your hands on? Feeling like it's so detached that it's not really yours?

I get that and I bet I'm not the only one.

The USA's habit for white supremacy, racism, and colonization hurt all of us.

And it will benefit all of us to discard the systems those things built. They're still there and still hurting every one of us.

We can build a future that benefits us all instead as soon as we all start working on that together.

But we can't do that if some of us refuse to admit the system is what's hurting us. If we refuse to acknowledge that even with perfect politicians our Systems would still prevent progress because they are built on outdated and white supremacist ideals we'll just continue to suffer together under those systems instead.

We can't keep attacking each other just because some of us refuse to look at the ideologies fueling our current reality.

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It's been a while have the outline of Europe (+ some of the middle east and north Africa, as well as Central Asia)

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It's been a while have the outline of Europe (+ some of the middle east and north Africa, as well as Central Asia)

#we now hate the norwegian and finnish coasts #greece's too #map

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rawr

rawr :3

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i'll have to check it out, in like 30 years list of shows to check out is too long which "news" do you recommend tho, i see like 5 of them

Watching an apocalypse unfold can sometimes be more interesting than after the apocalypse

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so true bestie

Watching an apocalypse unfold can sometimes be more interesting than after the apocalypse

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Turtle shares his wisdom on critical thinking

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almost like justifying violence in terms of historical context is unproductive except in the pursuit of anything but more violence. cycles and shit

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Can we stop pretending like the only 2 possible responses to oppression are " meekly lie down and die" or "mass murder civilians" because you can fill the ocean with what loes in between those two options.

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consider that atrocities can be weaponized in the service of committing or excusing other horrific crimes. now consider that the response should not be denying those atrocities happened in the first place, you fucking sandy hook truther ass conspiracy nutcases.

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oh sure, my “no one should be made to suffer for the actions of their government/other members of their demographic” is inhuman propaganda, but your “fuck that, guilt by association is awesome” is brave truth-telling. very cool, sorry that you get whatever it is you wish for me.

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if you believe this you are genuinely fucking stupid and there is no helping you.

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called it.

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maybe the best response to someone calling you a nazi isn’t “if that makes me a nazi, then i’m a proud nazi”

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Blind people must save a lot on electricity.

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Tumblr added a feature that showed your battery percent on every post you posted or reblogged and someone got cancelled for having their phone above 70% ("what a privileged arsehole").

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