One of Hello Future Me's videos on revolution brought up an event from the Philippines back in the 80s: the dictator sent a battalion to crush a supposed revolt, only for the soldiers to be met with nuns and children offering food and water. The majority of the army defected as a result
I'm going to use rwby to try hammering this abstract concept into a coherent thought, but this incident got me thinking about how nonviolent protest is theater
If a similar event were to occur in rwby, for it to be successful, the protestors would have to be the cutesy faunus types: rabbits, cats, dogs, and the like because they're non-threatening. Attacking a sweet cat faunus would be akin to attacking a child or nun, paragons of innocence and virtue respectively. Only a monster could cut them down, and no one wants to be seen as a monster
A scorpion faunus, though? Their mere existence is a threat. That tail is dangerous, a weapon available at all times. Bull faunus have horns they can use to gouge out eyes and organs. Claim they attacked and most people would agree that killing them in self-defense is justified
Because nonviolent resistance relies on public perception, people who could possibly taint the image of the movement will get left in the dark no matter how important they are. Bayard Rustin was the one who taught Dr King about civil disobedience and was an organizer for many major events, but he opted to ride to events in the trunk of people's cars so his status as an openly gay man wouldn't harm the movement's image
There would be little wonder why the White Fang would be more popular with the "scarier" faunus. Public perception is already against them, so it's not going to change much for them if they join a violent organization, but this in turn will be seen as justification for discrimination against these types of faunus. A hellish self-perpetuating cycle
These faunus would also be far more likely to experience violence at a much younger age, akin to how black children are treated as adults even if they're literally six years old
The strategy behind nonviolent protest like the ones Dr King did is to show the world the mistreatment of the innocent, but when your existence is deemed a threat, there's little hope that you'll ever get enough support to change the system. This is why bigots constantly spew the "queer groomer" and black crime "statistics": by portraying someone's freedom as a danger to the innocent, any level of violence is justifiable defense. The police aren't attacking queers, black, and brown folk discriminately, they're attacking dangerous criminals, so it's okay!!1!
Theater can't save those already condemned and to try is wasted effort
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This is nothing new but a note on how a dog having energy doesn’t necessarily mean he will be the best partner for all activities that requires high energy:
So Nova isn’t low energy by any means, but he’s very selective on the activity he will expend his energy on. I walk him everyday for 50-60min, 20min to the park, 20min of parkour/diy agility, 20min walk back. He’s in shape, is what I’m trying to say.
Yesterday evening on our evening hike, I set a goal: I wanted to reach a look out point to watch the sunset. I’ve been going to the gym 5 days a week for the last two months to get in shape. I wanted to reach that point fast, so I set the pace pretty intensively and didn’t slow down during climbs.
Nova was falling BEHIND lmao. Not because I don’t think he can do it-he can. He just finds it boring. I usually let him sniff and stuff on hikes, but even when I’m going at a normal pace, he falls behind. He’s not keen on going faster. He’s rather fall behind and sprint up to catch up (which ends up being an endless cycle). (this leads to a lot of my friends and other hikers telling me my dog is far behind, and i have to say, yes i know, he’s coming don’t worry.)
This same dog could do 40min of high intensity runs and jumps and whatnot at the park. Sometimes we do that when I have extra time, with several minute breaks in-between, but this dog will go-go-go until his heart bursts. Hikes though? Meh.
Sometimes we come back from a two hour hike in the calanques and he’s bringing me his entire collection of toys to play (while i’m in my bed recovering).
Which isn’t a big deal! But this is why sometimes I think maybe I should also own Koa. She’s the perfect hiking partner with her endless endurance and energy storage.
But I also lovelovelove doing parkour and training stuff with Nova at the park, and if agility was more accessible to us, we’d be taking classes 100%.
I find it funny that I have a relatively high energy dog on my hands that I’ll have to drag on hikes, but change the context, and I have the most willing, crazy energized dog who seems tireless to the outsider.
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Anyway do think it's really telling (irt perspective of misogyny among seemingly "accepting" or "progressive" types) that we consider calling women sexist slurs to be like, acceptable. Imo extremely few "progressive" people would say "yeah a gay person did something bad so it's OK to call them (insert homophobic slur here ig)" but the moment a woman does anything wrong it's ok to call her a sl*t, wh*re, b*tch, c*nt etc. And if you take issue with this you're obv defending whatever she did. Just another little thing that shows that misogyny isn't taken seriously and is considered a kind of "secondary" form of oppression, or as being not real at all.
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hi i’m not really sure how to do this but i came from your uquiz and you seem knowledgeable and nice and so i’m asking you a question now i’m sorry
uhm, so, i think i maybe might be trans (ftm) because i’m super dysphoric and i sometimes look at guys and i get really jealous because they just get to, like, exist like that (i’m not really sure what the “that” is, but god, do i want it) and i very much don’t and when i refer to myself using he/him pronouns in my head it feels, uhm, at the risk of being a cliche, right, i guess.
but the thing is that i don’t really fit into any of the stereotypical trans guy things. like a lot of my friends when i was little were girls and though i have some stereotypically masculine hobbies (sports and physics) i also sew, and when i was little i was obsessed with being a princess for like a month before i started refusing to wear dresses.
i don’t think i’m non-binary, i tried using they/them pronouns this summer and while they didn’t actively hurt like she does, they didn’t really feel right.
so, like, am i lying to myself? i don’t know, maybe i just want to be special (i don’t want it, though, if i could just be happy as a girl i would).
sorry i just unloaded half an essay on you you obviously don’t have to reply and i know you’re probably not qualified to answer anyway, i just needed to tell someone, you know?
anyways, i hope you’re having a nice night or day or whatever. thank you, for, like, existing on the internet i guess. your quiz was very nice. bye.
howdy anon! dw i am always glad to answer questions abt this stuff even tho it make take me a while lol
my best advice for situations like this is i know its easy but don't let yourself get caught up in the trap of "well this is the label that makes me feel best but i dont technically check off every single box for it so am i just lying?" people arent video game quests, you dont have to hit every single box for it to count, youre allowed to have stuff fall outside the technical definition of a term while still calling yourself it. im very similar to you, i was in tap and ballet growing up, wore dresses and makeup for most of highschool, sewing crocheting knitting the whole shebang. but the important part is that none of those things make a difference to your identity. knowing how to sew doesnt make you a girl, it can just make you a guy who knows how to sew. its a thing you do, not who you are.
all that being said, i think another helpful angle to look at things is "does the distinction between two similar labels actually make a difference to me?" using myself as an example again, i dont call myself a trans man because while i do prefer presenting masculine, for some reason the term 'man' just doesnt feel right for me. but at the same time, to the rest of the world that's functionally what i am, right? so does that change /who/ i am? no. so for me personally, ive deliberately chosen not to file myself into either "trans man" or "nonbinary" and just move on with my day, because to me it doesnt actually make a difference which one i am, im still gonna stay on t, i still want top surgery, i still want to be perceived masculine, and thats not gonna change no matter what name is on the box so who gives a shit. just do what makes you happy
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