#condemned speaks

[redvelvetwishtree]

Question: All the kids and young people in Gaza witnessing their parents, siblings, cousins get murdered by Israel, their houses being pulverised, babies killed, dead bodies in their neighborhoods and ice cream trucks, father carrying his kids body p@rts in a plastic bag, aid denied, power gone...none of them will grow up normal and super chill. In addition to the trauma and other mental disorders, they will most likely want to (rightfully) avenge their families and friends' deaths, fight for their land that was bombed and have nothing but sheer hatred for Israel.

And then when they come together to fight for their land and families, and maybe give their resistance movement/group a name, will the western media automatically label them as terrorists from Day 1? Will their goals and objectives be termed as terrorism?

Because this will most certainly happen. Their childhood and youth is irreparably ruined in the most atrocious ways possible. You can't expect them to be super chill about the things they've seen.

But I'm sure Israel and the west will waste no time in labelling them as some barbaric terrorists who only want Israelis gone...

And they'll ask the future generations,"do you c0ndEmn this movement/group of people" before anything else...

#can someone explain to me what H@m@$ really is? #and i ask this genuinely #because even pro Palestine people have to start every sentence by condemning them otherwise the west won't take them seriously.... #but is h@m@$ a product of Israel's atrocities in the last 70+ years...? #coz realistically speaking such movements and groups don't just pop out of nowhere for no reason... #and the current generation #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #gaza strip #middle east #israel

[thottybrucewayne]

I think that tme people (and I am very much talking to myself here too, don't get it twisted, don't get it misconstrued) really need to examine how we interact with tma people we disagree with because we cannot risk harming an entire vulnerable group of people even in the heat of the moment. It's not enough to just not misgender someone or to get their pronouns right. We have to check ourselves at every avenue and make sure what we're saying is above board. It's not enough to say, "I'm not transmisogynistic." We live in a cisheteropatriarchal society that demonizes tma people at every turn. It's impossible not to internalize that thinking. It's something that has to be unlearned and it's a constant process. Never think that you are above being corrected or challenged in any way just because you have "done the work."

#thotty speaks #thotty rants #I'm saying this not as a condemnation but just as a reminder

[koroart]

In case it's not clear on here -- let it be known that I support Palestine, now and always -- from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

Here is a link to a Twitter/X thread that can help you keep informed of the situation and where you can lend your aid -- we must do our part

#to those in higher power #you are condemned #the blood of millions of innocents now stain your hands #and to those who try to find reason for this needless slaughtering #you are not welcome here #and to those who feel helpless #you are not alone in that feeling but never stop speaking #never forget them #never stop supporting them #we must do all we can #we must #for all of them #free palestine #:: koko speaking!

[whywoulditho]

not saying the holocaust wasn't bad. but i need people to understand that it wasn't the only genocide that happened in the same period of world history. not because i want you to pay less attention to holocaust but because i need you to ask why it's the only one we ever talk about. it wasn't the longest occured massacre of a marginalized group, it wasn't the most gruesome, it wasn't the one with the most casualties, it wasn't the first and it wasn't the last one. i need people to think about why we didn't pay much attention to all the other holocausts after WWII that happened simultaniously and were just as horrible. it says so much about media, the news we are fed, and that our empathy is BOUGHT by the same people that keep funding genocides all over the world.

#i didn't grow up in the west- #-so everytime i watch a movie where the characters comically try to avoid saying the word 'nazi' because it's so offensive i'm like.... huh #how are you as an american suggest that being a nazi is the most evil thing a human can be but describe america as the land of the brave? #for many people hitler is the face of evildoing but every single european leader at the time engaged in similar activities #and this is not to say we shouldnt condemn nazis or whatever. god no #i get a lot of asks (some very rude by the way) from people who think i'm an antisemite because i'm... muslim? #dunno how yall think that makes sense but no. i learned about the holocaust from my very muslim mother. #who then gavw me anne frank's diary to read #holocaust has always been a topic we talked about at home. it had a lot tell about the western world #but we didn't have the same 'dont speak of it or you'll get cancelled' type of mindset #i believe that's because it wasn't the only genocide we learned and talked about #it holds so much weight in the western world because you think it's this very out of the blue thing that happened only once in history. #that tells even more about the western world #thoughts #freepalestine #free palestine #free congo #free sudan #free uyghurs #boycott israel

[i-miss-breathing]

Hey I’ve seen some things heating up and, this might be controversial, but I don’t think we (palestine supporters) should be hypocritical assholes when talking about isreal! We should not wish death on innocent, or if not innocent, civilian isrealis! We should not laugh at the idea of their children dying! If you wish death on anyone it should be the leaders and the soldiers directly doing the unforgivable acts and war crimes! Or those funding them! We should not engage in any sort of pro genocide behavior, such as wishing death on isreal, even towards an apartheid state committing genocide! That is still immoral! Please tell me y’all knew this!

It is awful what the supporters have been doing, especially with blocking the aid trucks, but that is not an excuse to say you hope them and their entire “country” dies. They are awful people doing a horrible thing but they are not every isreali.

They are also likely uneducated on the history, or at least fed propaganda about it while learning or willfully ignorant, and just listening to what they hear on the news. That does not make it ok but their actions are a direct result of the actions and propaganda their leaders and military have been putting everywhere. And again. They are not every isreali

I feel like I’m going off topic so I’ll leave it there

#it is not antisemetic to condemn isreal and it’s actions #it is not antisemetic to wish death on the country even #it is however still pro genocide to laugh and joke about the idea of killing everyone in an ethnostate #keep speaking out #just don’t be a hypocrite #free palestine #palestine #gaza #free gaza

[dennisboobs]

plain and simple i am not going to be able to remain in this fandom long-term if i have to keep putting disclaimers on every single one of my posts that say i don't condone dennis' bad, bad actions and that i am in fact aware he's got a history of sexual assault and dubious/nonconsent. the entire gang has done heinous shit. why is dennis the only one who needs to be treated like this? if some rando wants to post about how dennis is pookie pie that doesn't automatically mean they're blind to his crimes. every single member of the gang is a piece of shit. that's kind of the point.

draw dennis with cat ears who give a shit

#ada speaks #i'm not vagueing this is a constant thing ive experienced #i still have angry anons sitting in my askbox mad that i didn't explicitly condemn him last time i got into this #i'm really not a fan of the tension in the fandom the last few days #and like. i know its a hot button issue rn. everyone's going back and forth abt mac and dennis' SA #but this fandom genuinely does have an issue SPECIFICALLY MENTIONING things mac does to dennis and uwu-ifying them #when they are explicitly classified as SA in canon (which is an actual present issue i think needs to be addressed) #rather than like. just the mere MENTION of dennis outside of his SA is somehow condoning his actions #im sorry but i really do not feel the need to constantly talk about him assaulting women #everyone knows. everyone sees it. just bc i am dissecting other parts of his character does not mean i forgot he's a horrible person #it just means im trying to understand where he's coming from (which obviously does not change the facts.) #viewing dennis as a person with unresolved trauma stemming from elsewhere doesn't negate the damage he is doing to other people #he's not a real person where humanizing him does tangible damage #so i am going to continue to look into shit. when i talk about the CSA he went through it's not a justification. #but it does explain his actions in a character motivation type way which is what i am interested in #seeing what makes him tick #i think most people who follow me understand this by now. but i also don't think shit we see him do constantly in canon needs bringing up. #it's the subtle stuff that ties everything together and i want to put it all together to solve a puzzle

[wickedcriminal]

I need Lief of Del and Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third to meet. I think they'd really hit it off

#httyd books #deltora quest #(spoilers for both series i guess>>) #lief: so... you had to collect a bunch of important items and be proclaimed king to prevent a tyrant from condemning the land to slavery? #hiccup: i have a feeling you speak from experience #edit: gave it a tag #small kings au

[voxpraxis]

lately i've been... idk if you can really call it "debating" but i've been interacting with some muslims in the comments of an instagram reel in which a young girl was speaking to a young boy (i want to emphasize that they are both children) and telling him that she wasn't allowed to speak to boys until she was married, because her parents and her religion said so. the boy was sad but replied with something like "oh, alright" and the caption & comments were all talking about how "sweet" the situation was. i commented that i didn't think it was sweet, and actually that's a horrible thing to put in a child's mind. the post never directly mentioned islam and neither did i, but everyone who's been replying to me is proselytizing islam, so. anyway, these are the points that have been thrown at me so far:

it's not wrong because both genders are forced apart from each other

in response to me saying it still enforces an extreme divide between genders and encourages them to see each other as opposites rather than equals: the separation is necessary to prevent rape

there is no rape in islam because of the separation between men and women, rape only occurs in western society because men and women are not separated (...because apparently we cannot expect men to not rape women unless they're physically kept away from them at all times)

rape does not happen between family members, it's just not a real thing, ever (incest doesn't exist?)

if you're interested in a girl you should marry her immediately, because dating leads to cheating

men and women cannot be just friends because "islam and science and psychology says so." one guy said it's because "women can't talk about cars and sports"

(i also got called a simp for saying i have female friends. can't make this shit up)

in response to me pointing out that what the girl is saying implies that she won't have any say in who her husband is: arranged marriages are better because they always work out and unlike western marriages, they never end in divorce! (i'll give you one guess why that is.)

similarly, single parent families and suicide are solely western problems

men and women are NOT equal

i need to shut up and respect it because that's their religion

islam cannot be questioned because islam says islam is true

and that's not including all the personal insults and threats i've received, in just a few days.

i will say this is one of the least challenging "debates" i've ever had, in the sense that almost no point brought against me has any logical foundation and is easily refutable. but it's one of the most frustrating because the problem is that they won't hear me at all, because islam teaches its followers to never consider anything else. it teaches them to accept exactly what they are spoon-fed as the ultimate truth. and this is by no means a problem exclusive to islam, but islam does this kind of control better than any other religion i know. people raised into islam are not taught to think in any logical terms - in fact, they're deliberately taught to avoid thinking logically. logical fallacies are the rule. so not only can they barely form a coherent argument in favour of their beliefs, but they have absolutely no clue how illogical they sound sometimes. when i point out a lapse in logic in something they've said, the response i get is "no, that's true because islam says it's true." no other explanation required. at least, i've sometimes heard people of other religions attempt to use logic or science to prove their beliefs, but with the muslims in these comments, those are unnecessary things to be absolutely avoided - it's like they don't even understand why i'd bother to use them. you can't use logic to get through to them because they've been taught to avoid logic and cling to the mantra of islam-is-true-because-islam-says-so.

#trying not to sound like a bitter atheist in this post #i mean i'm not an atheist lmao #but it's very hard to speak critically against islam without feeling like an asshole #because of the leftist climate that condemns criticizing islam #for the record and i speak the same way against christianity #all ideologies must be subject to criticism #ex muslim #ex islam #ex christian #antitheism #antitheist #anti religion #op

[writingmoth]

liking romantasy as an ace person who is more sex-indifferent than sex-favorable is so exhausting. there are all these books that look cool but the authors mostly market them based on spicy levels and spicy scenes and it does nothing for me so i just sit here like :| thats nice i guess haha

#nothing wrong with spicy levels btw #but spicy is like a plus for me #i only really enjoy it if i like the romance first so all the marketing is lost on me #which is why i think fantasy romance wip has no target audience at all LOL WHO IS THIS FOR EXCEPT ME SPECIFICALLY #its such a specific niche like #if you like romantasy but queer #and queer as in transmac & nonbinary ppl mostly with ace/aro characters #might have spicy stuff but not much and not for a long time #huge platonic element but the romance is There (I SWEAR) #who wants to read this even #again: this is not a condemnation of romantasy its more a 'i want to read this and there isnt much of it and that makes me sad' thing #ren.txt #i feel like im stuck between regular adult fantasy which is usually very dry and emotionless with no well written relationship to speak of #(romantic or otherwise) #and romantasy which has the emotion i want bUT GOES ABOUT IT IN A WAY I CANT RELATE #*shakes fantasy genres* IF YOU COULD JUST MEET IN THE MIDDLE

[dizzythegreat]

and if you still support the actions of israel i have nothing to say to you. "but i'm israeli" "but i'm jewish" "but hamas attacked first" take it up with the more than 25,000 killed, of which more than 10,000 are children. take it up with the toddler with no fucking legs, the girl squeezed under rubble and had a tank driven over her so hard all the vessels in her eyes burst, the thousands of children in shock. kids having heart attacks from the stress, kids whose entire families are dead, kids mangled, kids dying in their parents' arms, kids dying alone on the dusty ground. i don't fucking care who's done what, there is absolutely no excuse, nothing that could ever warrant a genocide like this. if you still support the actions of israel, fuck you.

#once again! no antisemitism! fighting evil with hatred is not the answer! #support your jewish/israeli friends and condemn the inhuman actions of the IDF #keep boycotting and speaking out #free palestine #palestine #gaza #israel/hamas #israel

[7amaspayrollmanager]

The protesters at the church being palestinian and another a black activist really defeated the whole thesis of their post on "white leftists ruining the free palestine movement" so all they can do is go after my ironic tumblr url. But again we literally don't exist. The palestinians that do support these protests, r deranged and not worth the time and apparently all white lmao.

#like first they invoked anti blackness to condemn a peaceful protest and second u ignore the fact that black bloggers r pointing out that #u are anti black for suggesting those tweets speak for all black ppl

[theamazingannie]

Love the way people will simultaneously hate on celebrities for voicing opinions about politics because they aren’t educated enough on the topic and also condemn celebrities who don’t speak out about politics when they are clearly not the kind of person who is properly educated on the topic

#like pick a side #maybe the reason global superstar Taylor swift hasn’t spoken out about Palestine is because she is white American global superstar #and not a fucking expert on international politics #this expectation that every single person with the slightest but of a platform #should speak out on every single issue #is so unbelievably harmful #not just to the person who gets hate for no reason and also is expected to emotionally exaust themselves for your personal morality points #but because of all of the celebrities that DO speak out and clearly aren’t educated enough on the issue and spread gross propaganda #to their massive followings #like I’d rather a celebrity stay silent on politics than ruin my perception of them #because they decided to have a public opinion about something that is awful #i don’t need stranger things ruined for me because Noah Schnapp called all Palestinian supporters terrorists #i dont ask the political leanings of the clerk at the grocery store #so why do we expect this of our actors and singers #(and i only brought up Taylor cuz I just saw someone condemning her and it’s so annoying #this happens with every single political event #not everyone can be properly informed on every single issue and it’s wrong to expect them tl #i just want them to sing their silly little songs and act their silly little movies) #if they’re like an outright shitty person I want to know that #but if they’re just dumb and fall to propaganda on an issue that doesn’t affect them then just silently think wrong #and hopefully it’ll give them the chance to silently learn a better way #once they publicly post it they’re more likely to double down when called out #idk just more 2am rants ignore me as you do

[dowagersqueen]

book fans love to talk about how sweet was rhaenyra that when she heard laena was pregnant she flew to her to attend the birth of her twins and that they should have shown their bond in the show. i do wonder what these people think of rhaenyra not speaking to alicent for 3 whole years over viserys choosing her as wife after she was groomed into it by two men and had to handle her first pregnancy and birth alone, with no friends, with no people who genuinely cared about her well being, just her 16 year old self giving birth all alone in those castle walls where rhaenyra knew she was imprisoned because she made a comment to alicent about how miserable that life is. 

#alicent hightower #it's things like these that make it really hard for me to see their friendship or relationship develop well #she didn't speak to her supposed best friend for 3 whole years #she never condemned her father #she never tried to help alicent cope with her situation which rhaenyra knew was miserable because rhaenyra herself said she doesn't want #that life

[switch]

do they still even make/localize girly adventure cartoons lately. i feel like the sort of specific niche that was filled by winx club and totally spies and friendship is magic took a huge blow when fim went out and i don’t know if it’s really being filled now. the most recent one i’m aware of is lolirock and even that stopped airing before fim.

#are they just condemned to webisodes? are they still making webisodes #obviously there’s always stuff like precure but i did not know how to watch that as a kid #also yes there’s the totally spies reboot but i strongly suspect that got sent to hell #switch speaks

[crescentfool]

with the year coming to a close, i hope that anyone who's reflecting about how the year went remembers to be kind and fair to themselves with how you evaluate the year as a whole.

i think there are definitely times when life throws things that are... Not So Great at you. whether if it's some external circumstance that surprised you, or maybe your mentality wasn't at it's best. i wish for anyone who's encountered those kinds of challenges to be able to triumph over them and be able to say that they got through it.

heck, it might still be a work in progress even though you've kept chipping away at it, and that's ok! the results will show themselves eventually as you work through it! and i hope that we can all remember to be patient with ourselves as we go through these processes (learning, healing, etc.), because damn, it can be frustrating when you feel like you're "not there yet."

knowing that life can be rough at times, i think it's unfair to yourself (and others) to discount and downplay any progress you've made this year- whether if it's something that you did for the first time, or maybe you came to a new understanding and insight that you didn't have in the previous year.

it's not to say that you should undermine the validity of your experience with hardship, but to take the time to remind yourself what makes life worth living. to recall what moments were the most satisfying to you- and use it to strengthen your resolve for the next year and beyond. no amount of hardship will ever take away from the fact that you deserve to have hope that things will get better.

i hope that looking back on the year, you don't leave out the things you cherish. that you can remember the good that came this year. whether if the small victories are things like meeting someone new, trying something out for the first time, or making some strides in a long-term project/obligation...!

i wish everyone a happy new year! may it be prosperous, and that your life can move in a direction that's close to what you want out of life. you're all going to do great! remember to congratulate yourself for what you did well! despite everything, you're still here, and that's wonderful. never forget that!

#lizzy speaks #hello everyone. i know that there are *checks calendar* still 20 days left of december and 2023 #but i've had a lot of strong emotions and feelings i've had to sort through as i've been thinking about how 2023 went for me #so a lot of what i've written here comes from the perspective of someone in their early 20s #it's like... a crash and burn from when you were a teenager thinking that you know everything #and realizing how big the world is and how many responsibilities there are #all while a feeling of overwhelm looms over as you try to sift your way through the world and adjust your understanding of it #for me i've definitely had an underlying thought that 'you should have your shit together by now why aren't you there yet' #and it's! not motivating! at all! to think that way. and it's made me more than ever want to be a friend to myself. to extend a patient- #kind voice to myself that reminds me that others are also trying to navigate these feelings and to accept that i'm not going to have an- #instantaneous understanding of how one goes about adulthood. and neither will they. even if they look 'put together.' #like... these people have also undergone similar stresses and along the way figured out how to navigate through that space #and personally i've found peace in knowing that there are people who are older than me. trusting that they've dealt with these things too i #some shape or form and that them living... being here.. is proof that we shall be fine in the end and that we will move past what plagues- #our mind. there's definitely been some... anger i've had this year that. school didnt teach me these things or skills!! i was so mad lol #but hey if we are little guys who are living on planet earth for the first time we shouldn't condemn ourselves to an unrealistic standard- #of going through life and being able to instantly do everything 'correctly' and know how everything works #i'm still working on improving that patience... and also trying to put in the work to understand these things. #in the midst of a very tough week for me i was tempted to say that 'nothing happened this year it was not productive' #but then i was like. that's. objectively not true if you just look at other things. also theres worth in life outside of 'productivity' #...i think i passed 20 tags at this point. but like. my favorite thing about 2023 was meeting so many cool awesome people! #who would've known that funny lil squid game could bring so many connections and friendships i cherish! #thank you so much! for being a part of my life and changing me for the better! for giving me many fond memories! #and i'm very grateful to anyone who supported me and my art this year... for sticking around even though i wished i could do more #it means the world to me knowing that there's proof that i exist and have touched someone's life in a positive way! thank you! truly! #ANYWAY. happy early new year. i hope everyone can nourish a friend in their head that extends acceptance and patience to themselves #as we try and make sense of the world together. there will be things that we don't understand yet! but one day we will! and it'll be like #wow! look how far i came! i'm okay! i'm alive! yipee! thank you for reading this post i made to get my feelings out! have a nice day!