#hello kitty does not say acab

[plasticine]

mcr fans ppplllllleeeeeaasssseeee find a way to care about or communicate issues besides relating it back to these four random guys

#‘’i dont want to make this event about this’’ *still does that* #hello kitty says acab type shit

[honeytoasts]

Your art is not inappropriate!!!! You're helping how you can, by raising awareness. I don't think it's trivializing anyway, but regardless you didn't make them to minimize the issue but the opposite. I think it's pretty stupid to get on someone's case because of their art style being too "cute" to talk about a serious issue because art is subjective, like what makes one piece too cute and another one fine? Anyway, thank you for using your art and your voice to keep Palestine on people's minds. PS Hello Kitty DOES say acab she told me

thank you...I do agree I think we should all do what we can with our platforms and skillsets regardless of style, it's what I've seen palestinians encouraging so it's what I'll continue to do!

[ashybobashybananafannafofashy]

Hey fun fact: hello kitty doesnt say acab, you make people like me and others who love sanrio for comfort and venting and stuff, act like we think blm is some trend, its not

#hello kitty does not say acab #blm #sanrio #healthy reminder

[neotrances]

like stopppp stoppp taking selfies with a single fist in the air in the dark of ur room with a communism manifesto in the other hand and hello kitty says acab poster on ur wall idk how to word it but theirs like a certain phenomenon that usually white activist do that just. oh my god am i crazy does anyone else know what i’m talking about

[autumn-foxfire]

A lot of villain stans/apologists that call Hawks fans and people that support his decision to kill Twice "bootlickers", honestly give me so much performative activism energy, like proper "Hello Kitty says ACAB 💕" vibes 🤢

Also being called a Hawks apologist is such a funny insult 💀 because what DOES he have to apologise for? Killing a terrorist that was trying to murder multiple people including heroes and minors? Damn what a shame 😕

Huh, funny how they say "Twice was just trying to help and protect his friends" to excuse his murdering but they don't have the two braincells to rub together to understand that Hawks ALSO had multiple friends and people he cared about that Twice posed a very serious threat to and was actively trying to murder 🙄

It definitely reeks of performative activism, in fact it's got so bad that some people have even gone as far as to claim Hori supports police brutality just because he had the heroes fight against villains (...which comparing innocent people murdered in real-life to people who commit crimes are mostly arrested without a threat to their lives in fiction is so offensive I can't believe the fandom actually thought it was appropriate to do so).

I honestly don't understand why some of the fandom can't see the threat Twice was to the raid and how him getting away would have made it a solid victory for the villains? In fact some seem to think he wouldn't have committed crimes at all (using the "Hawks punished him for something he hasn't done yet" line) which is honestly laughable considering Twice declared to Hawks his intent and actually did manage to kill someone when a clone got away. It's beyond ridiculous the hoops people jump through to make Twice innocent.

And yeah, no one cares that Hawks also had people he wanted to protect or that Twice was going to kill them.

The hate Hawks still faces in the fandom is beyond a joke, the fandom doesn't deserve such an amazing and complex character like him...

#bnha #bnha manga spoilers #thanks for the ask!!

[theinformantofficial]

Tiktok is really starting to fucking annoy me in multiple levels, so here is a list of hot takes:

Things like “hello kitty says ACAB/BLM” are inherently damaging to the movement since it infantilizes a human rights issue and turns it into a sparkly trend rather than a cry for change. Police brutality is a serious issue in the US (and in many other areas of the world as well) and so are things like racism, classism, and other forms of discrimination. Yes, racism is bad and it always will be. But taking a issue such as racism, slapping a glitter filter over the message and doing a tiktok dance over it wont solve the issue. It instead turns the issue into a joke.

There are thousands of punk sub-cultures and things like lace code, hanky code, and other visual identifiers can vary greatly among them. If you see someone wearing colored laces it DOES NOT MEAN they are participating in lace code. Even if they are, the definition of these colors can AGAIN vary. Please do not call someone a nazi based on the color of their shoes.

The blatant infantilizing of nonbinary, genderfluid, and other gender-nonconforming people is creepy and NEEDS to stop. Not all “they/thems” are ‘OMG SOFT BEANss’, this is a stereotype and it is dehumanizing. Please treat us like normal people, not like your favorite plushie or pet. This same concept applies to trans men. They are men, not helpless infants.

Using medical terms like “dissociate”, “trauma”, “psychosis”, “manic or manically depressed”, or words with a clinical definition to describe mundane feelings and emotions actively takes away the meaning of those words. “To dissociate” is not a synonym for casual daydreaming. Manic is not a synonym for being angry at someone. I am not saying you cannot use these words period, I’m saying use these words with their ACTUAL definition instead of overusing them to the point where they have 0 meaning. 

Please do not be “offended” on behalf of another ethnic group or culture. Not every single thing is cultural appropriation. If a person is respectfully taking part in a cultural activity, service, or dish without satirizing, sexualizing, or profiting off of that thing its called “cultural appreciation” and that is 100% ok. Speaking over people who are PART OF THAT CULTURE and dictating what people can or cant do based off of their race is indeed racist and fairly counter productive. Cultural appropriation is an issue, but so are people who gatekeep cultures they are not a part of and who speak over POC in favor of their own uninformed opinions.

If you use your Anxiety, depression, BPD, or other mental disorders as an excuse to be an ass to people you are an asshole. Mental illness may be a cause for something but its not an excuse. The road to recovery can be a long and hard one, but it should not be an excuse to drag others down with you. 

Lolicon is not cute, its not sexy, its not ‘art’, its disturbing. Please stop trying to justify it existing.

Being “alt” (or participating in a alternative subculture) is a very broad term. Egirls and Eboys are part of that label, but they are NOT the only thing in that label. Things like goth, punk, metal core, and other non-traditional non-mainstream fashion/social subcultures ALSO fall under that label. You cannot police what is alt on the basis of what fits in Eculture because that is just 1 piece of a massive puzzle. Things differ from thing to thing. Please stop trying to pretend Eculture is the only alternative subculture there is.

Commenting “free Palestine” on the pages of Jewish creators NOT TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE is antiemetic. Not every single Jewish person supports Israel, not every Jewish person has a connection to Israel, not every Jewish person has an opinion on the conflict, not every Jewish can even form an opinion on this issue. Simplifying a complex conflict/issue to “Jews bad Muslim good” is a dangerous way to think and has lead to genocide in the past. You are not “woke”, you’re just antiemetic. Congratulations, you and the KKK share the same opinions. 

The LGBTQ experience is different from person to person. Don't invalidate someone else's experience because it does not match yours. 

Hating on cis white people because they are cis white people is just as bad as hating on trans black people for being trans black people. “Us vs Them” mentalities lead to more divides and less equality. Hate the racists, transphobes, homophobes, and xenophobes for harmful ideologies. 

pretending to have Autism, Tourette's, or any other disorder for clout is fucking disgusting. It hurts the people who actually have these disorders and leads to harmful stereotypes. Please support creators who ACTUALLY have these disorders rather than someone using a diagnosis as a trend. 

Mental illness, self harm, eating disorders, abuse, drugs, and pedophilia should not be glamorized, promoted, or idolized. You are not a ‘tragic broken person’ you need serious help. 

The word problematic is not a synonym for bad. They mean similar things but are not interchangeable. Not every negative thing is ‘problematic’, and not every creator with negative aspects to their past is ‘problematic’. Many of these things are situational and should be treated as such.

Doxxing and targeted harassment is still illegal. Do not dox somebody because you don't like 1 thing they said. 

Cringe culture is dead, let people enjoy things AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT HURTING ANYBODY OR THEMSELVES. 

Christianity is not inherently evil, the people who use it as an excuse to assert themselves over others because of their religion are. This applies to any religion. 

#TiKToK #hottakes #hot takes

[bunnyboyezra]

Let people use themes

Introduction

I think it's an understatement to say my themes are cute/hj. I have these themes for a reason, I talk about triggering subjects sometimes some things that I need people to hear but they scare me too. I keep my same theme thought out For that reason, I have seen so many posts that don't add trigger warning and add nothing, all they show is a video of another innocent minority bring shot. So what do I do? I do take the easy way out and do "hello kitty says acab/blm" No I just have a theme. I expressed my anger, I spread information, I put petitions in my bio and I blur the background so you can focus on my text, not my theme. Having a theme does not distract from my message. If having a theme distracts you from someone's message then your focusing on the wrong things. The only aesthetic part for most people's posts is the title slide, borders of the text, and the end slide. I use a solid background (not a background with like 70% opacity like other discourses) so you can focus on what I'm saying not the background.

Themes get boosted on the algorithm

Themes actively get boosted on Instagram, most people will click them, thus boosting it more. People have found a way to utilize these themes to advocate for people. of course, they don't do it on very very serious topics they tend to use a solid color background on those. On a regular post about spreading information about an ongoing situation people use themes to spread the word, and this is ok. Not to mention that you people will only hear us when it's appealing to you. A lot of my POC friends get criticized for the theme they used. You refused to listen to them unless it's to criticize them. If we can't advocate for issues on the basis of the advocation alone then we have to use tactics to get it to you. You're contributing to the problem if people have to adhere to your standard before you care about people in dangerous situations.

"Its insensetive"

Elaborate? are themes mocking it? are themes belittling it? Insensitive would be making a half effort post, insensitive would be never addressing it on your page, insensitive would be brushing over it. Go after the people who ignore the issue, not those who actively address it. Do people use a bunch of emojis like Kim Kardashian? Did I turn it into merch like Zoe lavender? If I'm being completely honest, it's only white people who comment on posts complaining. This is the Twitter afro puff situation all over again you claim to be offended by most things POC are ok with. Having a background does not make my point any less valid. Ofc I don’t use backgrounds on post like r*pe,su*c*de, etc but I do use themes on experiences that I deem common to me.

Conclusion

Just let people use themes to spread information because it's supported by the algorithm and it's an overall better way of getting things out to people. If you claim you don't have the energy for that then how do you have the energy to control how people advocate?If you don't like how it's done simply make your own account and poor hours of research into your post.

[pogasm]

Hey does anyone have any songs about how much they hate society and America and capitalism as a whole? I need to update my hello Kitty says acab playlist

[escaliburn]

I feel like a lot of leftist folks on the Web™ really need to learn to criticize war criminals, oppressive systems, and all manner of horrific things that we are ostensibly fighting against with methods other than """humor"""

Like. Making jokes about drone strikes are (as many other people have stated better) still joking about people being killed.

Like, I truly understand the compulsion to make jokes about dark things because it can, in many ways, make them easier to face. But I think to actually make progress towards dismantling these systems of oppression, if you're not directly impacted by them, you have to treat them with seriousness and sincerity, especially when you're critiquing them and trying to change the minds of others and win them to our cause.

It's not funny when the United States military kills people. Hello Kitty does not say ACAB. Climate disasters aren't funny. Learn to critique without making light

[bunnieluves]

ACAB does not mean all cops are bad. it means that once they put on their badge and uniform they uphold and enforce a corrupt system. stop with the “hello kitty says acab!! chile anyways uwu” it’s all preformative and you probably don’t even know what you’re talking about.

[art-in-the-age]

Part 2: Witnessing Conflict

Young people are increasingly getting their news through the lens of social media, which makes it that much more essential to understand the way different platforms refract information. For as long as people have used social media, the content posted has reflected current events more generally, something that is becoming especially acute as time passes. Tumblr users bore witness to several conflicts that unfolded across the world in the year 2014, something Rosemary Pennington chronicled in her article in the International Communication Gazette, “Witnessing the 2014 Gaza War in Tumblr”, through which she explores how several Muslim Tumblr users interacted with and witnessed the violence occurring towards Palestinians during the 2014 Gaza War. She writes in her introduction, “Traditionally, it has been witnessing that can make us feel close to those suffering through the violence we see in media as well as others we imagine are in the audience witnessing the event with us,” (Pennington). Tumblr as a platform provides both a means to witness the violence, as well as a community of fellow witnesses, inspiring feelings of closeness that would heighten emotions. In the case of the Gaza War, the bloggers take note of the fact that the mainstream media centers the experiences of Israelis and largely neglects Palestinian suffering in the construction of their narrative (Pennington). Through the usage of Tumblr, Palestinians can share photos and narratives that reflect their experiences, which can then be disseminated by bloggers elsewhere in the world, such as those who were the subject of Pennington’s research. The platform provides the space to construct an Oppositional Gaze, in the words of bell hooks. hooks writes of the oppositional gaze, “By courageously looking, we defiantly declared: ‘Not only will I stare, I want my look to change reality.’ Even in the worse circumstances of domination, the ability to manipulate one’s gaze in the face of structures of domination that would contain it, opens up the possibility of agency,” (hooks 116). Palestinians are able to control their gaze in a way that stares back at those who are oppressing them, counteracting the narrative that they are the sole aggressors and thus giving them agency. Tumblr elevated the narratives of Palestinians to the point where they could be held in conversation with and in contradiction to those pushed by wealthy media conglomerates. Communities centered around sending aid can also be formed on the platform which is only possible through the shared experience of witnessing. Pennington posits with her research that Tumblr was a crucial piece in raising global awareness of the situation in Gaza, a lasting impact of the platform.

Six years later, the world is no less familiar with incredible amounts of violence and suffering, especially as we live through the COVID-19 pandemic. Relegated to our houses, many Americans turned to TikTok for entertainment but found within it a well of resources for activists as the nation erupted in protests this summer in response to the killing of George Floyd and other Black Americans. TikTok, like Tumblr, allowed the average citizen to both bear witness to violence and share their narrative of the situation without it being refracted through the lens of a mainstream media source. TikTok, however, is still plagued by the same issues endemic to the platform; All content distribution is of course driven by the algorithm, which incentivizes outrageous or highly emotional content, raising the stakes to a point that may desensitize viewers after a certain amount of information. The algorithm can also end up prioritizing only a few voices, typically those who already have a platform. This in turn creates its own hierarchy which, although independent from traditional news networks, is still exclusionary. A lot of the information viewed is not controlled, as the primary interface on the app is the For You Page; if the average user is not putting in effort to control the type of information and content they are viewing, it’s not likely that they will put in effort to ensure that it is accurate or unbiased. 

TikTok and Tumblr users alike are fond of their image-based communities and continue to source them on the same platform that they source their news, the unintended consequence of which being the fascist aestheticization of politics as theorized by Benjamin in his 1935 essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”. He writes, “All efforts to render politics aesthetic culminate in one thing: war,” and later continues, “Mankind, which in Homer’s time was an object of contemplation for the Olympian gods, now is one for itself. Its self-alienation has reached such a degree that it can experience its own destruction as an aesthetic pleasure of the first order. This is the situation of politics which Fascism is rendering aesthetic,” (Benjamin 19-20) In the context of 2020 civil unrest, on TikTok, the juxtaposition of violent oppression with daily vlogs from teens in thrifted clothes dancing around big cities has led to both being subsumed into a dominant identity that holds “activism” as a core component. To truly be a member of the alt-TikTok community, one should be a self-identified leftist and activist. Both are noble ideas, and pushing for more accessible leftist literature is not a bad thing, but the issue arises when those looking for membership in the community are not willing or unable to do the work. The process of unlearning carceral understandings of justice and the subtle ways in which racism is intertwined in our everyday lives is a conscious, long, and oftentimes difficult process, that teens are undertaking with the ultimate goal being membership in a community of which the spokespeople are predominantly white and wealthy. The shortcut has become adding “BLM” and “ACAB” to a user’s bio, signaling to other users that they are socially aware. Memes that consisted of a cartoon character, such as Hello Kitty, saying “ACAB” were added to profiles, repositioning the acronym with long traditions in anti-racist and leftist activism as an aestheticized trend. The acronym is not entirely devoid of meaning, because leftist circles extend far beyond the teenage communities on TikTok, but to this new generation, adding ACAB to a bio means less a radical resistance to the carceral state and more a display of performative activism. This practice has led to the acronym being reappropriated into the pejorative term “Emily ACAB”, which typically refers to a wealthy, white teenage girl attempting to be performatively woke without renouncing any of her privileges. Emily ACAB is the rebellious teen daughter of the Karen who uses a movement meant to protect the lives of systematically marginalized groups as a way to separate herself from her family that “just does not understand” but ultimately won’t take too strong of a stance if it means sacrificing something of importance to her. The aestheticization of politics neutralizes the message, something that Benjamin knew all too well, and that TikTok teenagers, many of whom are well-meaning, now find themselves falling victim to. 

Despite being only separated by six years, teens in 2020 find themselves living and comprehending current events in a dramatically different world. No generation comes of age without a tremendous amount of hardship, personal and interpersonal, but Gen-Z is the first to have that hardship published on the internet. Social media has revolutionized organizing in many ways for the better, but as with all developments, it is one that requires active participation and checking of power. TikTok and Tumblr have made positive contributions to activism, but the nature of social media’s democratization of information requires we all pay attention to ensure neither platform does more harm than good.

[theinformantofficial]

Shit like “hello kitty says ACAB” and “the manny will not be televised” is still preformative activism and having it in your bio or as your PFP does not  mean you REALLY support the black lives matter movement. It means you view a legitimate movement as some quirky aesthetic and treat it as such on social media. 

Please stop flooding your schools toilets, vandalizing POC owned businesses, and speaking over people who have legitimate racism and grievances at the hands of police because you do not like conforming. Black lives matter is a movement, not a fashion statement

#black lives matter meme #blm #hello kitty says acab #no nuance november