#half the time the accusation boils down to ‘person x is a normie liberal’ and it’s presented like they’re a fucking Nazi lol

[notaplaceofhonour]

so sick of call-out posts that target individuals and care fuck-all about systemic considerations

like SO AND SO SUPPORTS [EVIL HEINOUS THING] BOOT LICKER BOOT LICKER! THEY’RE EVIIIIILLLL!!

Nevermind that 9/10 of these posts are extremely abstracted ship-of-Theseus half-truths in the first place: don’t you think maybe people who are threatened with a boot on their neck without the means to get out from it themselves might be a little more willing to lick the boot if it means alleviating the pressure on their neck? You think maybe part of the problem with destructive systems is how they instill learned dependence, how they make themselves necessary to people, and the people hooked into the systems aren’t The Problem?

#half the time the accusation boils down to ‘person x is a normie liberal’ and it’s presented like they’re a fucking Nazi lol #and no that’s not saying prioritize the oppressor over the oppressed #it’s saying don’t essentialize people #it’s saying prioritize and organize against the system rather than replicate a system of competition #you can recognize people’s humanity without excusing oppression #and understand that the wheels of oppression do not turn at the whims of some random tumblr or twitter user #istg