#i wont shame them

[mueritos]

i hope we continue to see more protests within the US military. i see a lot of leftists and folks who are anti-military who have such an open disdain for the people who are in the military, yet neglect to considering the conditions this country makes to produce ideology, poverty, and the illusion of choice to make all kinds of people choose to enlist in the military. You ever see those videos of ROTC kids recording each other asking why they joined the military and everyone's like, "healthcare", "it helped me go to college", "I was bored" or "free ptsd lol". I hate to remind everyone but folks who are in the military are people, too, and they are the same victims and perpetrators of violence as the rest of you, we have all been shallowly conditioned to view each other as enemies just because one person is wearing army greens and the other is not.

some of the biggest anti-war advocates are those who engaged in war. Veterans who genuinely believed they were protecting the US against "terrorism" come back with blood on their hands, and they choose to realize that it was US imperialism that forced them to carry out violence, instead of doubling down and shielding themselves from the fact that they too are capable of atrocities... This is a class of people who are intentionally conditioned to be as poor and as ideologically aligned to US imperialism so that the military has a never-ending pool to send their youth to destroy other country's youth. The only people I have ever heard say "do not join the military" are those who ARE military.

This is in no way to ever excuse or explain away any of the atrocious war crimes and violence this industry and its people have committed against others. What I am saying is that we absolutely cannot cast aside the individuals who have been victimized within US imperialism, even if they are wearing army greens. I was speaking with my Palestinian classmate last week and another classmate--a member of the US air force-- walked up to me and struck up a conversation. My military classmate showed me her new bird, bid both of us goodbye, and left. My Palestinian classmate asked me if I was close with her, and I said we talked quite often, and she said, "I never met a person who's in the military. I still hate the military, but I never knew that they did, too. I didn't realize that they were also victims."

If my Palestinian classmate--one who is actively watching her own community die--can understand that it is not individuals who are the problem but it is in fact systems, US imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism...why can't we all? And she has EVERY reason to hate any individual military member. A lot of online activism just creates more barriers. if your optics look bad, complicated, or contradictory, you are cast aside. Everyone has got the be the perfect activist, you can never make a mistake or share a half-baked thought, you should always believe every word from a marginalized persons mouth (because being marginalized doesn't mean you're not entrenched in white supremacy too!) and you should never question what you see...Do you know what you sound like? The very imperialists who are convincing poor whites to vote against themselves. Perfectionism is white supremacy. Black & white thinking is white supremacy.

I'd rather have a military member who genuinely believed in the US imperialism machine but was disillusioned after being deployed as my comrade than some leftist who cherishes the performance of "being a good person". I don't want "good people" in our movements. I want humans who care. I want humans who make mistakes and who learn from them. I want humans who accept the messiness of a person. I want humans who hold others accountable and allow themselves to take responsibility for their actions. I want people who change for themselves and others.

fight systems, not individual people. we can change each other, but if we're too preoccupied looking like the World's Perfect Activists, we will only consume each other alive. Connect to your fellow humans, forever and always.

#muertotalks #a mind dump after seeing so much come out after the self immolation of the us air force member #i know hes not the first one to self immolate for palestine #and he might not be the last #i hate the military #i really fucking do #but i choose to see the people within them as victims within the overall system just like the rest of us #i will never go through what they did to make them choose to enlist #i never struggled with poverty homelessness healthcare or social acceptance #i wont shame them #shame is not productive #i want them to know there are civilians who support their protests #i want them to know that we their allies too #a note on my palestinian classmate #if youre arab or also a colonized person impacted by the us military feel free to hate every member of the military #i dont intend to police yall in how you choose to feel your anger #im angry with you #the point i mean to make is about understanding and compassion #someone who has every right to hate these people still chose to see them as the people they are #yes i even want the best for the “bad” people in the military too #i dont want these people to continue the ideology but we cant stop that without dismantling these systems #and we cant do that without creating spaces for healing and reform and growth #so many thoughts so many thoughts #none of this is easy #i fight daily against impulsively hating the world #everyday is a fight to choose compassion and understanding #but being a leftist and doing leftism is not fucking easy #if you genuinely think it is it isnt #and you may be missing the point of what leftism is #anyway

[tubbytarchia]

@mcyt-yuri-week day 1 Sun/Moon awooga awooga (Aiko - Star/スター) (Lyrics TL)

(Yeah you're only gonna see GemPearl from me)

#mcytyuriweekvalentines #ignore the fact that the song name is star and not sun or moon........ it made me think of gempearl a lot alright #gempearl #shinyduo #shiny duo #pearlgem #this isnt as good as I wanted but look. Theres a lot of yuri to draw this week so Im gonna have to stop myself at some point #to have enough time to post them. And it'll keep me from overstressing about every little detail haha #again. trying new stuff!!! So my art wont look the way I want it to when I do but no shame in trying. Always learning baby #trafficshipping #hermitshipping #trafficblr #writing is in alt text if the cursive is unreadable sorry!! Literally picked the most readable one I had haha cursive fonts are painn #tubby art

[koddlet]

two of many zines from my project in college

#interaction i will always love you.. #might post some other ones cuz i wont lie. i kinda popped off with them #also i just have so many. like it'd kind of be a shame to not share #zine #mini zine #zinemaking #illustration #nonfandom #analogue art #collage

[moeblob]

I'm so close...... NY!Hrid is at +9. One more and I can drop the game.... I just love him so much and this alt is so happy and I need it for him...

#fe heroes #hrid #man i was looking back at my hrid art and i wanted to reblog some of it but then im like #mm nah most of my followers have seen it i wont force it upon them again #but i really do love hrid so uh here im so close to being done but i have to grind orbs #because my luck is abysmal right now as i glare at the red he shares with his sister #as i stare at the singular reds that drain my orbs just a bit faster than multiple reds #i mean GRANTED im at least GETTING reds but still #wild to me that i pulled a ny unit on his banner as a four star special after pulling her on her rerun banner #like i didnt already have her .... and it wasnt a red #so at least my pity wasnt broken by it but still wild that i pulled a ny rerun hero on a ny rerun banner that wasnt hers #i think i actually traded a couple of ny!gunns for feathers previously bc i keep pulling her instead of hrid #this alt is so much fun and i love it for him he deserves it ! since is doesnt want to acknowledge him otherwise #i say as i stare at last years summer banner casually name dropping him to say #wow sure is a shame hrid isnt here with us - maybe he will be next year #let hrid have nice things 2024 challenge

[smokbeast]

Seeing allot of trans stuff lately. I don't do this but obviously trans people and all people of LGBTQ+ are welcome here!! If you are a terf or sick mf I will stomp on you till you die you are not welcome here.

Also merlot, frak and soma are trans! Allot of my ocs are of the queer skellies and my goobies alike so hehe :]

#just letting yallknow this is a safe space! obviously i PFNGNn it be funny if a ttans dudes blog eouldnt be but i wouldnt be surprised #with how some people are tbh. but JUST SAYING HERE IS SAFE THATS THE POINT IM MAKING SKSMG #but ye merlot is a genderfluid trans woman and frak is a trans man #soma is fem nb! im not picky about pronouns so yall can have fun but just wanted to point that out ^^ #many of my ocs tend to fall down genderfluid trans categories cause that's how i see myself usually! #so no worries if you confuse pronouns or anything you can always ask it wont bother me! #trans #smoki rambles #also lesbians trans and cis alike are all welcome here and gay men trans and cis as well there is nO shame being cis and queer i just wanna #say that too cause i know thats not told allot when i mean everyone is welcome EVERYONE is welcome trans cis nb EVERYONE i love you all #i respect all people and everything cause however you are as a person that makes you happy makes me happy #i respect women i respect men i respect thems i respec everyone big huggems to all!

[wolvierinez]

final drawing before i go to bed (as in I wont draw anymore tonight. who knows if ill actually sleep) take this aki

comms are open if you want something like this!!

#my art #akihiro #xmen #xmen akihiro #xmen fang #i guess #xmen comics #adding the comms thing in case it spreads. it might. #the fact he feels compelled [or at lesst felt compelled] to take off his shirt to fight. #it interests me. #shame the writers wont ever explore him #daken #daken akihiro #akihiro daken #daken xmen #adding his insult names at the bottom bc i hate using them but i want ppl to see this in the tag..

[jellyfish-grave]

Outer wilds sketchdumb n.103037 ☺ (picture quality died here for a second but im currently unable to take another pic, youll have to live with it :/)

#if my shame is stopping me from drawing them kissing. then ill draw them talking about kissing. how about that??? #baby steps. lol #camma the drawer #outer wilds #i kinda wanna change the hatchling's head accessory #but i need one anyways or i wont be able to tell them apart. ah the curse #outer wilds oc #outer wilds gabbro #outer wilds hatchling #gabbro #hatchling #OW pumice #cam ocs

[official-persona-simp]

cackling because i just imagined a scenario where akechi ends up getting in the interrogation room with the real ren and it's just like

akechi: so... this is where your justice ends

ren, drugged out of his mind, knowing he has to convince akechi not to shoot him somehow but still missing all of his self control: you KILL joker? you kill joker like the criminal? oh! oh! jail for akechi! jail for akechi for One Thousand Years!!!!

#unsure if its funnier if it works or not #if it works akechi has to live with that for the rest of his life cause at that point he cant avoid joining the pt and they wont let him di #like he spared their leader they wont let him escape the found family but dear god he is never living it down #if it doesnt work he shoots joker as soon as he stops talking and sae walks in on them like that i think galskjgklasjg #and then he dies of shame regardless. just bumped his death up a few weeks ahead of schedule #persona #persona 5 #goro akechi #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #is this the first time ive had both of them in a post and not tagged it as ship? it might be. on brand for me tbh #shitpost #og post

[ear-motif]

what kills me is that hannibal very clearly wants to be a provider and caregiver, but he just cant be because he can’t give up control over those he cares for

#hanniblogging #imo his drive for killing and eating his victims is yes to establish superiority over them #but what does that do? it establishes his control over them #over who? literally anyone. which means everyone. literally everyone #if anyone can be a victim the moment they cross hannibal then what does that really say. imo it says that hannibal views EVERYONE #as a potential threat #im sure he tells himself hes a god exacting old testament justice but man i dont think a god complex would sustain you this long tbh #you didnt slice beverly up and encase her in glass for the fbi to see to flaunt your power over them #they were already too close. he already lost control #beverly GOT INTO HIS FUCKING HOUSE #THE TRAINEE GIRL WHOS NAMR IM BLANKING ON JUST SAW HIS DRAWINGS AND SHE GOT TRAPPED FOR TWO YEARS!! #he let williford graham slice him up and put him behind glass and hes fucking terrified #hes bending over backwards as a warning and to scrabble for some kind of control over all of humanity bc he views everyone as a threat #bc he learned early on that everyone IS a threat. your parents wont protect you. your countrymen wont protect you. you can love someone and #they can use you while youre vulnerable with no guilt or shame #but those he cares for he also needs control over because they will be taken from you at a moments notice #so their free will doesnt really matter when youve been in fight or flight mode for 40 years straight and are convinced #they will be consumed if you dont consume them first

[aphsillyos]

i get it. i get why he went evil. i really get it

#me arts tag #ill get over it <- just has had a bad couple of days so it hurts extra bad #i know people just go ''dont play jungle'' or ''dont play league'' but like #idk. sorry im insane and just think people should be nicer #maybe we should all try to be less toxic and be more nice to people #be nice to ur teammates and give them a lil thumbs up if they do a good thing. please. we can make a tiny difference :') #i would turn off pings but. i wanna use some communciation @_@ it is a team game ya know yknow #(i do have chat turned off every game) #(which is a shame to do if you wanna make friends online but. video games am i right or am i right) #im ok i will get over it. i am listening to my evil viego playlist (wont elaborate)(leaves

[areyousanta]

Now I remember why I don't draw in front of my family, I get yelled at for it!

#stfusanta #had to shut down a lecture from my grandmother this morning #she was so disappointed in me for not making art my career #'no i wont accept that its your hobby' #'hobbies aren't real! you need to make it your lifes work' #like damn i just like drawing my little silly blonde men #leave me alone #but seriously #the reason i dont is because drawing is the first thing that gave me pure joy #like i get warm and tingly when a drawing turns out the way i want #or mastering a skill ive been working on #and im not harping on people who do art for a living! i think that shits awesome! #but i just dont want that #some people read a book and get lost in it to have their me time #i draw #my moms the same way #both of them say 'i never had a hobby why do you need one!!' #its not my fault you made you life all about work #my grandmother and my moms siblings shame my sister for her hiking #like they think she is insane and irresponsible for working for a few years to save money #and then quitting for a year to hike the AT CDT etc #because she loves it so much and shes lucky that the company she works for will take her back for her job everytime #cause its kinda niche and shes really good at it #but were shamefull for having a hobby that doesnt really run a profit #shame on us i guess

[hollystarss]

i hate that people have gotten so comfortable shitting on like. completely normal fandom things. just because its "cringe"

i love you fanon charactization i love you selfship i love you oc inserts i love you ooc fanfics i love you cliche aus i love you beginner artists and writers and creators trying new things and being unabashedly creative. i love you "cringe" fandom behaviors. keep creating. dont let people shame you. have fun

#you can have preferences but i swear ive seen so much hate on the most . innocent of shit. i feel shitting on things. that generally are- #done by kids or people new to fandom is just. shitty? #it rubs me the wrong way . let people explore their creativity. who cares if its ooc found family . if theyre not claiming its canon. shush #like. do you not see how this will cause people to not create. do you. not see that???? #this isnt a vague abt anyone specifically btw its just a trend ive noticed happening more. n we need to cut that shit out #you wont get new outstanding writers n artists if you shame them out of fandom when theyre beginners. you realize this right? right guys???

[bisquitly]

Found this meme I did in May

So... of course I had to update it to be accurate to October

#no they probably wont see internet #or if you (un)lucky I get drunk enough to post them #no... I don't think I have anymore shame #käärijä #jere pöyhönen #joker out #bojan cvjetićanin #kris guštin #jan peteh #nace jordan #jure maček

[softshuji]

eldest daughter syndrome really do be kicking my ass tbh

#i just find it like so unfair yknow #im the only one who works in myhouse and full time #but i come home and the house isnt clean and i tidy up and sort everything out and tidy the kitchen anf living room after dinner and put #my sister to bed and yk if there was no one else to do these things id understand but #i have 5 brothers all of whom are adults and they dont lift a finger #its not as if any of them work bec they dont and neither does my dad #and im so so so exhausted yk? bec not everything is my job or responsibility #and i keep blaming other things for me getting sick but yknow what maybe i just dont rest enough #and the other day i was upset bec i'd had a tough day at work and i felt unwell and i cleaned up everything after dinner and my brother #said i didnt have a right to be upset bec i “chose” this. like as if i chose to work full time nd do all the chores for a family of 9 #and it just really upsets me bec no one sees an issue with it and im so mad at my mom at rhe same time #constant therapy sessions w her bec shes mad at my dad and wants someone to vent at and then he does the same abt her and my brothers #and im so tired yknow just sososos tired bec she'll complain abt how they dont do anything but then she wont ensure they do either #its just empty complaints whereas she thrust responsibility on me when i was 9 and yet my brothers are 18+ - all but one that is and they #cant even do their own laundry bec she just..... did everything for them all the time but now is mad that they cant do anything. #like yes i know my dad is a failure of a husband and a father i expected that i'll never be a good enough daughter for him and that the onl #thing he has to say about me is that im bringing shame on our family despite everything ive done but come on #im just tired and upset #its hard not to see yourself as a robot or machine when theres little room to be anything else. #and even on a day like today when i dont feel well it never stops and i just keep doing #im sad i want a hug from my gangster bf #oh god i am sorry pls do not perceive me for this #and yk what #thats why i cant stand when people are nice to me bec all i can think of is #i havent done anything to deserve this? i should have to give something in return #or if not #theres something this person must want because why else would they be nice to me when i havent done anything for them #i cannot fathom the concept that someone just wants me because its me #its literally just not possible why would anyone fo that for me

[sennaverstappen]

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#tbd #i sometimes genuinely feel like a freak for liking this sport so much #like ik everyone who follows it LIKES it #but to me its like. incredibly important and a big part of my life #idk ive never really been good with interests and shame surrounding them #probably has to do with years of bullying #and me being audhd and hyperfixating #but ive always tried to hide my interests from the ppl sround me bc i know many others wont #wont… be as passionate #which isnt their fault i get it. i am a bit unusual #but i just wish i knew some people who share my level of enthusiasm #i feel like there arent many people out there like me #sigh. if you relate pls lmk it would help me feel less alone but no need to lie #im just rlly going through it rn

[zarovich]

i may not be ashamed of my scars but i still fear that no one will love me bc of them

#personal #sh mention #i dont hate ny scars in fact i like them but ik many find them ugly and shameful #idk i get afraid thinking ppl wont be able to look past it. if my own family my own blood comments on them... then others will too #combined with the fact that i like my scars too. i have no desire to be rid of them theyre apart of me and my struggles #to erase them is to erase part of who i am. so i refuse to be ashamed even tho theyre from my own hands #ugh. idk if anyone can relate to this at all im mostly just speaking to clear my mind.... #i get remind of this everyday andit sucks a bit. a permanent reminder that others will judge me. but theyll judge regardless