#i'm telling you the thing our government hates the most is word of what they're doing going out of india

[socialist-microwave-laser]

Hey the increase in antisemitism is horrible. I want to do everything I can to help. Just so I know the right thing to do, does "listen to Jews and give us space to mourn" include listening to Zionist? Many of them are Jews. Many of them won't say they're Zionists, that they're Just Jews, and don't know why people Just Hate Jews now, while calling even the gentlest opposition to textbook war crimes antisemitic.

Like, you say Listen to Jews, and I think, sure that sounds good. And then on Twitter there is a guy with a giant star of David on a flag as his icon, saying All Us Jews Have a Right to Defend Ourselves and our Jewishness and what he means is the right to depopulate and flatten Gaza and turn it into a gleaming modern city free of arabs. And he is doing this under literally the flag of the star of david

So as a person concerned with justice and really trying to do the right thing, do I listen to that Jew? Because those are absolutely the loudest voices in the room right now,that's the army and the government and their loudest supporters, and most of the times I hear people say the word "antisemitism" what they mean is "not patronizing corporations that materially support genocide", and when they say "attack on Jews as bad as the Holocaust" they often mean "resistance to Israeli occupation of stolen land"

sorry i'm answering this four days late, tumblr mobile is awful about telling you when you have new asks lmfao

honestly the answer here is yes. you do listen to zionists. you actually should listen to jews who identify as zionists VERY closely for a few different reasons

zionism is a word that has very different meanings within and without jewish spaces. this is something i've talked about a lot on my blog, but basically, many jews use this to describe a feeling of connection to eretz israel, the land of the people israel, and doesn't inherently have anything to do with the israeli government. you should be able to find posts where i talk about this at this link [x]

you say so yourself that many people will say one thing and mean another, and that's definitely true, but the problem is that you won't know who's doing that without listening to them. many jews saying those exact things are very explicitly against the israeli government

along a similar vein, it's important to listen to why a jew says something is antisemitic. like yeah there are some people who equate any critique of medinas israel (the state of israel) as antisemitism, but there are also people who very rightfully have called out popular anti-zionist talking points as antisemitic and were then dismissed as zionist (even if this person very explicitly states that they are not a zionist). for example, when susan sarandon got fired, as people put it, "for attending a pro-palestinian rally." it was actually because she said the "people that are afraid of being jewish at this time... are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a muslim in [the united states]" [x] that statement is horrifically antisemitic because it 1) suggests that the rise in antisemitism (a 541% increase from last year as of last week [x]) is justified and 2) suggests that antisemitism is somehow a new thing in the us that jews are just now beginning to experience. in this instance it would be very important to listen to someone explain WHY they felt what she said was antisemitic, bc at first blush it just sounds like one of those cases of equating support for palestinian liberation with antisemitism

honestly i feel this is most important, which is why i put it last. to quote rami elhanan: “how will you get respect if you don’t give respect? once you are able to listen to the pain of the other, you can expect the other to listen to your pain." in that same talk, bassam aramin said “don’t claim that you own the truth always. people’s stories are their truth. you need to listen, respect, then the other side will listen to you and your pain." this was a lesson i learned because i'm a queer anarchist in kentucky; it was only when i listened to the people around me that i supposedly disagree such that i learned we agree on almost everything, and that was when we began yo see each other's humanity. another quote from aramin: "we didn’t meet as friends, no, we meet as enemies. but now we are family. and we had to start by talking to each other." the recording of the talk i attended hasn't been made public yet, but i posted a bunch of quotes from it here [x]

#jumblr #anarchist #tsiyyonus definition #asks #anonymous

[foggymartin]

It's always awful to see pretentious twats on the news, but especially when they talk about things they've had no experience in. Seeing upper class, Christian men go on and on about how we should make Britian a "Christian" place again is out of this world. Seeing upper class (and let's be real, probably Christian) men talk about how people in poverty should just *work in these shitty jobs provided by our fucked government and earn minimum wage* because what are they going to do? They basically don't have a choice. Seeing *upper class christian men* talk about women's rights, gay peoples rights, people of colours rights, like it's some kind of epic tale in a book. They have no fucking idea what they're talking about, for any of it.

Christianity is a fucked religion (controversial, I know) with again, pretentious twats speaking the "words of God" which are a load of shit. Most of the time it's used as an excuse to be a homophobe or a sexist. Okay, David, why don't we follow every single rule ever put into that musty book? Why don't we tell left handed people they're going to hell? Or tell people who are mean that they're going down there? Why is it gay people? Correct me if I'm wrong, the Bible stated "man must not sleep with *boy*" and not "man must not sleep with man." You know, because pedophila feels like more of a crime then *gay people.* just a hunch. Commenting "Jesus loves you" or "find god" on any post that is someone different. An alternative person. It's so stupid. Why do you care? Follow your little religion and fucking leave us alone.

Poverty is a huge problem across the ENTIRE world, and I'm sure that speaks in volumes about how fucked up of a world we are. The fact that these people who are fighting to survive every day are being told to "just work" by people who never had to work a day in their life for shit is infuriating. Upper class people in general irritate me. I think it's the arrogance that they have. They're a bit.. Snobbish, you know? Even from just teenage girls being naive and laughing at poorer kids for not having an iPhone, to rich adults looking down on these people with such disgust. Seriously viewing these human beings as less then their pretty little £1000 poodle. What the fuck. The government taxes people - taxes the poor people who literally can't afford it if they want to eat. And just the normal people. Why not tax the rich more? People say "oh, we do tax them." Not as much? Do they need all that money? Do they really? Why can't they lend some of that "well earned" (passed down from generations) money to people who need it. I'm sure they'll live.

People on the news talk about women and gay people like they're a shit stain on a wall, but I'm sure the stain would get better rights. It's debates about women's rights to give birth, women's rights to wear what they please, women's rights to turn down a man. Literally fucking anything a woman does is shit on by society. Gay people are debated - should being trans be allowed? Is being gay a sin? Hmm, such tricky questions... Why not just let them live? People point out "oh, that school shooter was trans" or "that rapist was gay" not to say that school shootings or rape cases are bad, no no, just to shit on the LGBTQ community. Nobody points out that a school shooter was a white man. Why don't we just say "that school shooter was a horrible person who deserves to die" and not focus on the community they were a part of? Maybe mourn the lives lost instead of rejoice in the fact that you've got new things to hate the LGBTQ community for.

What a pleasant world we live in, huh? I could go on more, but I wont. I'll probably spiral into a ton of stuff about capitalism and why it should be torn to the ground.

Jesus Christ, I wrote more than intended. Happy reading

#politics #anti capitalism #anarchism #poverty #punk #uk politics #government #corrupt government #corrupt cops #christianity #anti christianity #homophobia #anti homophobia #feminism #right wing arseholes

[silvermoon424]

With the state of what's happening in America right now, I'm surprised that there hasn't been another American Revolution yet.

I'm honestly rapidly losing hope of any sort of new American revolution. The odds are stacked against us. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that wealth inequality in the United States is actually worse than it was during the French Revolution and yet there are no signs of the people rising up in rebellion.

I have a few reasons for this:

We are a deeply divided nation. Thanks to the propaganda efforts spearheaded by billionaires like Rupert Murdoch and the Koch Brothers through their right-wing media outlets, a huge number of Americans don't understand who our true enemy is. They're swept up in culture war bullshit like hating trans people and "wokeness" when they should be furious at the upper and ruling classes for exploiting them. Instead they blame all their problems on the wrong people (or only blame Democrats politicians and give Republicans a free pass). They also deeply distrust collectivism and anything that can be seen as "socialism" when it would greatly benefit them.

Thanks to at-will work laws (where you can be fired for literally any reason), tanking wages, and rapid loss of support of unions, the majority of people cannot afford to go out and strike/protest like we used to. For an example, I would love to participate in the Mother's Day Strike protesting the upcoming overturning of Roe v. Wade by not doing by job but I can't because I just started it a few months ago and I really can't afford to take time off, even for a cause I support (not to mention I don't want to get in trouble). Millions of Americans are the same way, we can't afford to stop working to go on strike or go to protests for fear of getting fired or even just taking time off. We're held captive by the system.

I once read that every society is 3 meals away from chaos. In other words, people will only rise up once they're hungry. This again lines up with the French Revolution, where wealth inequality was bad for a long time but people didn't actively start rebelling until they couldn't afford food anymore. I think that the United States is far from that point; most people can still afford food, and there are food banks for those who can't. I'm not saying that nobody starves in this country but it's not to the point where people are willing to risk everything to overthrow the system.

I'm pretty sure people have tried to organize, but they're pretty quickly shut down by the government/FBI/etc. Can't have people upsetting the oligarchy!

I just think that Americans as a whole are very beaten down, at least those of us who actually care and want change. Those of us who want reform and revolution have dealt with injustice after injustice, things that would cause other people to rise up in protest... and we see our fellow Americans either cheer it on or gaslight us and tell us it's not a big deal/it was justified/America's still the greatest country in the world. It's exhausting.

#politics #rant

[heartbrake-hotel]

Ugh. You won't believe this. I'm sorry to bug you, but I just needed to vent.

I saw some idiot on twitter saying that when E met Priscilla he had an eleven year old girl living with him in Germany. They mentioned Scotty Moore said that in his book so I looked it up. What he said was at the time E met Cilla, he had an "even younger German girl" (his words) living in the house with his father and grandmother. Except...well, I can't find any proof of this; there’s no evidence nor mention of this girl (or how old she was) anywhere else in the book nor in any other books written about him. No proof he had anyone else like that living with him in Germany.

So I don’t think that claim is true. Where do people come up with this stuff anyway? How do you not get into an argument with these idiots? Because it's super annoying.

ugh, believe it or not, baby, im not surprised at all. but you could never bug me !!! 💖 sorry it took me so long to answer this, but rest assured i haven't calmed down about this any since you first sent it 😅

a couple notes‐ honestly, i'm inclined to believe scotty. NOT TWITTER to clarify lol.. eleven seems young for him even if you are looking to view e through the most unflattering light possible 😬 but it seems likely to me that he had another teenage girl maybe not uh. officially on the lease or anything but staying over most nights ! more than ONE even sounds plausible.. we all know that someone didn't like his bed cold.!

people who claim to hate elvis sure spend an awful lot of time reviling him on the internet, especially by regurgitating half-remembered anecdotal evidence without citing their sources. 🙄 on the other hand, it's also easy to fall into the trap of too-faithful elvis historian; by that i mean that the fact that so much of his life is documented sometimes makes us complacent in our belief that if it can't be verified by multiple primary sources that it must not have happened. but we can't always say, and getting too involved as if the historical accuracy of one particular proposed event is the end-all be-all of elvis fandom can get exhausting.!

i wouldn't be surprised to find out either way, that this was or wasn't true. but you're free to make up your own mind, and if it distresses you, then fwiw i think you Totally have a leg to stand on affirming it never happened, like you said !! ultimately, it doesn't have much bearing on right now- if you like elvis, this vague and nebulous criticism probably isn't the thing that'll make you stop liking elvis, and if you hate elvis, you're probably determined to keep doing that regardless.

regarding the twitdiots- while looking into this claim i found a lady on there who legitimately believed that agent elvis tells the true story of how e was experimented on and mind controlled into drug abuse by the government.. like she said That with her whooole chest. so i don't put much stock in public opinion over there 😂😂💀

i want to fight those people extremely often (they're not just on twitter, either- it seems to have died down a little praise GOD but especially in early days after the movie there was a wave of ppl on here who would put their elvis hate in the main tags. WHICH DROVE ME BATTY), but i come from the "don't feed the trolls" era of fandom. as much as id like to rip 'em a new one when they rehash the same two issues over and over and OVER again ad nauseum, i content myself with the fact that they're living a pathetic existence in which they actively choose to fill their life with something they dislike for... no discernable reason.?

no one who spends their time bringing up a dead celebrity at all opportunities just to bash them is actually open to a discussion. and i do think there is a discussion to be had- his life was certainly very troubled, and i think there are a lot of nuanced issues that benefit from being spoken about openly !!!

but i like to debate bc i like to WIN- so jackasses tend to be a waste of my time 😘

#ask #if anyone DOES decide to start fighting idiots tho tag team me !!! #ill pop in for a few rounds 👊💥 #i try to just move on without paying it too much attention #and everyone on here is so lovely its a good distraction !!! #i dont think theres any harm in choosing to see the good in people #esp dead people im sorry #like either im right and elvis was a flawed but kind person (all i get is bragging rights) #or im wrong and he was a dirtbag (all i get is . literally nothing) #when i die and meet him ill send yall word but i think we already know what the answer is 😘 #but either way it doesnt have much objective bearing on my life.. #as long as im deluding myself into writing fanfic anyway who cares right?? 🤪 #like who cares if i choose to use him as a vessel to make myself happier #i DO truly believe he was a good person and i think weve p much reached the point where #no one but angie marchese herself could talk me out of that #🙃🙃🙃 #NOTE THIS LOGIC DOES *NOT* APPLY TO PPL WHO MAKE FLOWER CROWN EDITS OF SERIAL KILLERS

[the-firebird69]

This is an illegal maneuver because you should be suing the attorney general who brought the charges it's called pandering no it's called extortion and attempt to manipulate the point it's attempt to manipulate the court using nefarious means and he can be arrested for it you cannot sue a judge who is sitting on a criminal trial it's intimidation and it is insinuating that the judge would be impartial would not be impartial and yeah you have trouble with the words so we are understanding that he's allows but now the federal government is looking at it like this he's in the way of us doing anything constructive or even stasis he is a freaking mad man and doesn't do most things that would rebels do he does not have reserve and doesn't want to take over and as a pig meaning he's a mean disgusting person who ruins people dissects them and sticks them together and in no way they seemingly controlling them like they say they're probably going to get off and they won't and it's going all day long it's just a huge disgusting show by these losers trumpsters and they're saying it all the time and right now all we can tell you is we have had it with this guy a long time ago and he is causing a problem and with a lot of people and he is going to go down and in other words there are people that hate him all over the place here now and there's more and more coming in and soon an army because of what they're doing with the small ships and he's trying to fight it surreptitiously and loudly and it's not right but first and foremost he is here bothering our son every day harassing him trying to get peanuts out of him trying to knock peanuts out of him over and over trying to ruin the budget that is almost non-existent and we have to get a lot more strict and I say it every single f****** day I want people to get strict with him right now all day long we have to get aggressive with this weakling puke it's a deception we're not looking good he's not helping her son is pushing these programs so we can leave meaning this guy can leave he wants him out of here he's not going to get him a car because he won't get him money to drive the car he's going to have to refuse it then the a****** will say then you get no car at all ever and we're going to have to get rid of them that's coming up by the way because our son does not have money and what he's going to say is you can bring it down here but I'll have to sell it I'll tell you what this guy deserves to hear it straight you're the one f****** with me and you won't let me have money and I can't have the car because I don't have any money to run the car and I'm not a baby and you're sitting on me with it so what's your f****** problem is what he wants to say he's f****** douchebag f****** p**** who dies every day you get shot in the f****** head everyday they shoot you they shoot you Ronald Bay Rudy Sam AKA Trump the f****** idiot wigger they shoot you in the f****** head to shut you the f****** everyday they show you for what you're doing to me you dumb f****** cow you've heard you f****** moron so retard what do you do run him to Canada you're a loser.

Anything all sorts of stuff trying to make up for it when it's absolutely true he's a steaming steaming piping loser and he's giving up all the stuff that his people had to sit here and be a f****** massive idiot and they can't get nukes anywhere and they know it and he's going to run up to Georgetown for what are you going to his people's places for you sickle fan dumb s*** they're sitting in there they're going to have control of the entire solar system people say and you're going there to bother them and some sort of moronic cow just like a s*** head we hate you man you are the dumbest we've ever seen this clan of yours should have cleaned you out got you out of here instead of like bumming around saying I won I can beat this kid it doesn't really have the clan you're a f****** a****** trying to use it as extortion and everybody else but we're in your face telling you not to do it and we're going to crush you for your responses we're going to beat you to death everyday we're going to flatten your f****** head every day until people realize you're a dead hunk of s*** cuz that's what you are you're a living breathing piece of poop and we're going to start today killing you everyday a minimum of three times he says and three times you're out and his people are picking it up and bad debts too and we're going to keep doing it and doing it and doing it and doing it and doing it and doing it and doing it until you shut your f****** pie hole and leave. Now he's really not as mad as it seems no he's steaming mad he wants you dead you want to sit there and have him run his money down with no funding to run the stupid car there's no reason to get a car and people going to get him money they can send it in the mail if he has to leave he can take a plane we don't want him running around with no place to go he has a place to go in Utah in Jackson and you're going to go fight Brian because of that and he does not have a place to go in Canada you're not a destination anymore you've been written off Ellie and John they're still a tentative destination but you're not and you were getting him in the hospital and they know it now and they don't want to go in the hospital because they're not running it no you're not running it either you're a f****** little kid everyone wants to kill you and you're running around making it worse I'll tell you what we're going to cancel this Volkswagen and father and mother agree from Germany so the only way it's going to happen is with Lily and they're running this down we don't want that stupid son of a b**** near it we don't care about the Max and the bunkers someone else will have to do it and she's not going to do that it says we agree that's stupid son of a b**** wants to talk about it and blame people like us but it looks like it she runs down there and he does that and they get angry and they murder him with his own people and Tommy f and we think they're forcing a setup to happen with his stinking stupid attitude and the guy can't figure it out so I'm going to publish this is important

Thor Freya

Olympus

Zeus

Tombstone Dave this guy won't do anything for anyone and you're going to have to face him in mortal Kombat and the max are making it happen is gross I want to wait from you too and don't stick to me buddy do not stick to me you're going to get killed everyday and he says that is true this guy too we see you getting killed all the time and Terry cheeseman for sticking to him

Hera

[alsjeblieft-zeg]

488 of 2023

When you’re visiting a site, do you still type ‘www.’?

Nope, but does anyone ever do it anymore? It's not necessary these times.

Can you still read the time if an analogue clock doesn’t have numbers on it?

Yes, but it took me a long time to learn how to read an analogue clock in general.

To whom will/did you first talk about the first time you’ve had sex?

To my sister.

Have you ever fallen asleep while taking an exam?

No, never happened.

Tell me something ridiculous about the place or country you live in:

It's trilingual, none of the languages is our own, and we have six separate governments, but at the same time nobody is really in charge. We beat our own record in the longest time without government.

Did you know that ` is not an apostrophe? Are you guilty of using it?

Oh really? Tell me something new lol. I don't have the reason to be guilty because I don't even use it.

Have you ever gave the rejection hotline number to anyone?

Nope, I didn't even know such thing existed at all. Once I gave someone the local police number lol.

What is something you didn’t like about being thirteen?

Sudden outburst of all that hormone stuff lol.

What can you hear right now?

Some Lidl advertisement in TV.

Do you think it’s okay for kids to have cellphones?

It's okay because they can always call their parents and back, but it's not okay because smartphones are too advanced these days.

Do you watch anime? If so, what are some of your favorites?

No, I don't.

A quote/funny line from the last movie you saw?

I don't waste my time on movies.

Don’t you hate yes/no surveys? Or do you prefer the ones that make you think and explain your thoughts?

I like all surveys. It depends on the question, sometimes I feel like elaborating, sometimes not.

Do you have a favorite curse word? If so, what is it and why?

Godverdomme, the Dutch equivalent of the F word.

How well would you say you do in school? Do you actually exert effort or are you naturally good at your subjects?

Depends on the subject right? I was brilliant in science and terrible in writing.

Do you have any siblings? If so which one of them do you get along with the best?

I do, I have one sister. One is a key word here.

What’s your favorite TV show? And who’s your favorite character from it?

Allo Allo, gotta go with Mr Crabtree, Madame Fanny and Gruber :D they're all hilarious.

Is there someone that you look up to? If so, who and why?

My husband, I wish I had his mentality.

Do you take surveys on other sites besides Bzoink?

Hey, this is Tumblr.

When did/will summer start for you?

In June. Northern hemisphere there.

Do you have a poor eyesight? If so, what is the power of your eyes?

Above -4.0 in both eyes, left eye is even weaker.

…do you use glasses or contacts for it?

Glasses. My eyes are too dry for contacts. Laser surgery is not an option.

Have you violated any of the 10 Commandments? If so, what?

Probably more than one. Not that I really care. I'm not religious.

What would you consider to be your most valued possession? Why?

My cats. And all my memories from all the travels I had. Nobody can take it from me.

Are you ever satisfied? Or are you one of those people who always want more?

I always want more, sadly. But, at the same time, I'm happy with what I have.

What were you like as a kid?

Cringeworthy, that's all.

#survey #q&a survey #random survey

[thirtheenprimes]

Just trying to put it into words here but:

I don't think there's anyone who cares about me the way I care about me.

Some get close, but I've still got to hide important parts of myself from them. I can't be myself, fully myself, around anyone. Maybe that's what they mean when they say that everyone knows a different you.

My grandmother knows me best out of anyone who isn't me, she knows the silly me, the autistic me - though I'm still not ready to use that word around her I doubt she'll agree or be accepting fast enough and my sense of self is so fragile despite my confidence - but she doesn't know the queer me and she is reluctant toward the liberal government-hating me.

My friends know the queer me and I think are vaguely aware of the autistic me but they aren't silly like I am. Like my grandmother is. I feel annoying and worthless when I get excited about my special interests around them. I feel like a nuisance unless they're also in the silly mood already. The friend I'm closest with (location wise and spending the most time with) I feel barely knows the non-people pleasing me at all. I feel they don't actually care about me at all, only the convenience I offer and the idea of me as an easily accessible friend.

Maybe this is normal, but it's exhausting. I don't want to have a dozen people who only know one side of me. Some of it is my fault for not being forthcoming about the parts of me I am trying to protect. Some of it is their fault for not paying attention when I try to share new parts of me. Some of it is shitty fate for all of us having so many of our own mental health problems that we don't make space to help each other (though I don't feel I am as equal in such blame. I used to put so much effort in helping those close to me when their mental health troubles were weighing them down and I have not felt anyone not ONE person help when mine weighed on me. Now I don't help them as much, I don't take that initiative because I am cynical and tired of being the first to put my troubles aside to help them and NEVER get it reciprocated so I'm willing to be selfish now).

It's exhausting. I'm tired of it.

I want to tell my grandmother I'm gay, I'm genderless, I'm asexual and aromatic, I want her to be alright with it, I want her to not make shitty comments about kids these days and however she's going to phrase it. I want to tell her I'm autistic just so I can stop censoring my language without her telling me in wrong and whatever else she's going to say.

I want to ask my friends for help once and get results because I have trauma about being persistent and being annoying and getting help but being hyper aware that I'm not worth it and the person helping me would rather be eating nails. I don't want to have to do all my own emotional work by myself. I want one of my friends to regularly come to my space without me begging because they have no idea how much I crave spending time with them and hate only doing that outside of my space.

I think I've lost my initial point, but I just really want someone to know me and give a fuck. I'm so good damn lonely.

I guess to summarize:

No one cares about me like I do and I feel so fucking lonely because of it. Mostly it's my fault for not recklessly sharing the parts of me I either suppress because I know I'm annoying or hide protectively because I am soft. I don't want to work on my trauma about being persistent about things I care about or asking for help, and I'm bitter about being intentionally ignored even though I know I'm not entitled to others doing any emotional leg work on my behalf.

#still having an emotional breakdown #i don't expect anything from anyone #both because I'm self aware about emotionally manipulative tactics i don't want to force anyone into anything #and because every tentative attempt to seek help and emotional support from friends is met with reluctance and shallow platitudes

[littlemxmisfit]

So it's pride month, obviously. Last year I was really active during pride month doing a pride bingo from Tumblr. This year, I'm struggling to find what to say. It's the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting. Something that should never have happened and it seems like everything has gone down hill since then. All the anti-trans bills, the Don't Say Gay bill, the bathroom debate. It just seems like the hate has been amped up to 100 since 2016. And in a way, it has because all the bigots, haters, trolls were shown that they can get away with their hate. And I also know that I was looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses. I firmly believed that if I just helped educate others about the LGBTQIA+ community the hate would go away. I trusted my government and the politicians that I elected would do the right thing. I grew up hearing about trans people being murdered and nothing being done about it. I remember waking up the day of the Pulse shooting, the feelings I felt, the tears I shed. I thought if I shared resources, facts about the LGBTQIA+ community, and other people's posts that wrote far more eloquently than I was enough. Then, the leak from the Supreme Court about overturning Roe v Wade came out. Up till now, I hadn't been directly attacked. I've been blessed to not to have had hate directed at me personally. And I know that the Supreme Court isn't going directly at me, they're going at everyone with a uterus. But this is what woke me up, it gave me the kick in the ass that I needed. I knew that after Trump won, even well after he was out of office, that the hate would continue. But I still thought something would happen to show that we will not stand for hate. Yet here we are halfway into 2022 and none of the big wig politicians that helped to incite the January 6th insurrection have gotten in trouble. Sure they're getting investigated and the democrats are hopeful they have enough to charge Trump but it's taken this long to do something about it and there is still that possibility that nothing will happen. Marjorie Taylor Greene and many other bigoted politicians are still in office. I voted for Kyrsten Sinema twice, I donated to her campaign. I was so proud to have a member of the LGBTQIA+ community in our government, I believed that she was going to do what she promised to do. And she turned out to be just as corrupted as the other politicians. I've lost faith and trust in my government and the people who run this country. I grew up loving my country, I was a patriot. I can see how great this country could be and yet we just keep going backwards. This isn't a "I'm giving up post", it's far from that. This is a "I love my country but we can do so much better" post.

I saw a post on Facebook today. It was a parent talking about their trans son and how important gender affirming care is. It was a beautiful post with various pictures of the sons journey, you could feel the joy radiating from his smile. It made me smile. Then I go into the comment section(I know, big no-no) and I see all this hate and ignorance. What got me the most were people saying that kids are too young to know their body. I know from personal experience that that claim is bullshit. I was 6 years old when I started telling people that I'm neither a boy or a girl, I didn't have the word Non-Binary at the time so I took the word tomboy and changed its meaning for myself to mean both boy and girl. Because if I don't feel like either then surely that means I'm both. I was wrong and it took until I was 20 to learn that but that's what happens when you live in a progressive society. We discover terms that we didn't have before. Anyway, back to the post. I see all these comments and I originally was just going to share the post and write my own little blurb. I started to do that and I just stopped. This is my problem, I don't use my own voice. I use others. I've been taught to never stoop to your opponents level. Don't raise your voice instead speak calmly. Both can be good advice but there comes a time to raise your voice and to call out people for what they are. So I wrote my own comment. I wrote about my experience in being gender non-conforming, about my suicide attempt at 16 due to all the hate in the world. I didn't stoop to their level but I called them out on their hate and ignorance. I used my voice.

A band of mine released a new album last month. I was really busy and was able to give it a listen just recently. The band is Halestorm and the album is Back From the Dead. I could gush about this album all day as I think it might be their best yet but there is one song that really resonates with me. It's called Terrible Things(I'll share it after I post this if Tumblr lets me). One of the lines is "I see a sickness in a world on its knees". The song is really beautiful and it perfectly describes how I feel right now. I see how we can change this world, I see how we can get to the best version of ourselves. And yet, we just don't do anything and those that do raise their voices get hate. We'd rather be content living in a world full of hate than admit that we need to change. I don't want to be content with our world as it is today, I want to change the world. As of right now, I don't see much of a future for anyone. I'm prepared to die fighting for what I believe in and for what is right. I will no longer go silently into the night, I will go kicking and screaming. By all means celebrate Pride for what it is and for how far we have come. But keeping reminding yourself that we still have so much to do.

#pride month #we need each other #we need every voice #all trans people are valid #black lives matter

[hotch-stufff]

Meet the Parents

Gif is not mine

Pairing: Aaron Hotchner x f!Reader

Warnings!: angsty, mentions of neglect, bad parenting, fighting, arguing, lots of yelling, parents saying degrading things towards reader, but happy ending between reader and hotch obviously

Description: Hotch meets your parents that have never approved of you or anything you do, how will he react when they begin picking apart your life?

A/N: not rlly sure if i love this one, but I hope you guys do. Probably a bunch of spelling errors, just warning you.

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It was a bad idea.

Of course it was a bad idea.

You really didn't know why you had to go through with this.

You never wanted to have to introduce him to your parents. You had hoped this day wouldn't come. They were... not the best parents in the world, to say the least.

But you were engaged, getting married in only a few months, and your parents had of course heard of your engagement from your older sister. She had accidently let it slip on her last visit.

And now you had to introduce him. And God you were terrified. They had belittled and picked apart each and every aspect of your life.

It wasn't really your father, more so your mother. But he had never stopped her and joined in occasionally.

They had always hated your decisions. You had joined the marines straight out of highschool, and went to the FBI academy after 4 years of service. You had then quickly made your way to the FBI's behavior analysist unit, and that was where you had met your now fiance, Aaron Hotchner.

And of course your mother disapproved. She had always wanted you to go the traditional route. Be a stay at home mom, married with kids by the time you were 20.

You were now 28 and just getting engaged, so of course your mother was going to have some complaints.

But you had never expected how the night actually had turned out.

You had been wringing your hands the entire way there. Aaron had been worried about you for the entirety of the trip. Constantly sending you glances, taking your hand in his own and squeezing reassuringly.

"It will be alright, love." He would tell you. You would simply glance at him shaking your head.

He didn't know how wrong he was.

Soon enough you pulled up into the driveway of your childhood home. Your heart beat widely as you stepped out of the car, meeting Aaron on the other side.

"I'm sorry." He shot you a confused look.

"For what?" he had asked.

"Just apologizing in advance." And with that you rang the doorbell. You heard footsteps and the door was yanked open. Your mothers shrill voice rang through the air.

"Honey! They're here." She sent a smile Aaron's way, and glanced at you dissaprovingly. "Darling. What on earth are you wearing?" You looked down at your simple dress and rolled your eyes.

"Good to see you too mom." She shook her head.

"Of course of course. Good to see you as well. And you must be Aaron? We have heard nothing about you." You scoffed, quickly covering it with a cough, as Aaron responded.

"Yes, Aaron Hotchner ma'am. Its wonderful to meet you."he stuck out his hand for her to shake, but she just turned around and strutted away.

"Do come in, we wouldn't want dinner to get cold. You're already 20 minutes late." She scolded as she walked through the kitchen door.

"Mom, we are 5 minutes early." You stated simply. She laughed like you had said the most absurd thing in the world. You just rolled your eyes.

Aaron shot you a glance and you smiled softly at him.

You gathered around your table, hoping for a somewhat pleasant meal. You father walked in glancing at Aaron before doing a double take.

"Ah you must be Aaron." Your father held out his hand hesitantly. Hotch shook it respectfully introducing himself.

"Yes sir, Aaron Hotchner." He nodded politely.

You all sat around the table and began eating in silence. Small talk here and there but mostly silence, until your mother finally spoke up.

"So, you two met at work?"she asked, disdain present in her voice.

"Uh, yes we did. We work together at the BAU." You replied, catching your mothers eye roll but electing to ignore it.

"Yes, I'm the unit chief, and Y/n is one of our best agents." You couldn't stop him before he made his mistake. And you saw the realization flashed in your father's eyes.

"Unit chief? Like the boss?" He asked.

"Shit." You muttered under your breath. "Yes dad, like the boss." You said a bit louder.

"You're dating your boss!" Your mother exclaimed.

"Mom, its not that big of a deal, he isn't my direct boss, another agent is." You tried explaining.

"Ugh, this government talk us just too much at the dinner table." She sighs dramatically and you shut up, not wanted to start a fight so early in the night.

You all continued eating until your dad spoke again.

"So Aaron you must be significantly older than Y/n." Your father continued. Aaron nearly choked on his drink.

"Um, there is a small age difference yes. But we have never let it bother us." God this was painful.

"No but, why on earth would you bother with a young, disappointment like Y/n? I mean she's obviously gained some weight. She had a dishonorable job for a woman. She doesn't have a family, and jmis just now getting into a serious relationship. I mean seriously Aaron, you could do so much better than, her." You could not believe the audacity of this woman. Your mother effectively silenced the entire table. You felt tears gather in your eyes. As you tried to stop them from falling down your face, Aaron set his wine down calmly and stood up.

"Your daughter is very far from a disapointment." He stated matter of factly. "She is by far one of the Best people that I know. She is the love of my life. She is one of THE most prestigious agents in the FBI, and is apart of one of the best teams in the country. She is the most amazing partner in the world, and had become my favorite person. I dont know how you consider yourselves decent human beings when you can sit here and degrade your own daughter like this. And I feel sorry that you can't see how amazing she truly is." He was nearly breathless when he finished. You stood up beside him.

"Aaron's, right. You guys are the most indecent human bei-"

Anger had flashed in your fathers eyes as he stood angrily, slamming his hands on the table, effectively interrupting you.

"How dare you come into our house and speak such words towards us!?" He yelled at Aaron and you with a furociousness you hadn't seen since you joined the marines.

"Sit down and shut up!" Aaron yelled right back, furious that your father had just interrupted you.

You decided it was time to step in and leave.

"Me and my fiance will be leaving now. I hope you have wonderful lives. And the next time I hear from you it better be an apology otherwise you will never be meeting your grandchildren. And my my wouldn't that just be very indecent." You finished in a mocking tone, spinning around and walking away, Aaron hot on your heals.

You somehow held off your tears till you reached the car and pulled into your driveway and then you completely broke down.

Aaron held you the best he could over the console, trying his best to make you feel better

"Sshhh, sweetheart, its okay." He whispered into your hair. "That was so brave. I'm so proud of you." You smiled slowly pulling away from him.

"Thank you Aaron, for everything you said in there. I never would have had the courage to say anything to them if it wasn't for you. So thank you." He was about to protest, but you shut him up quickly by pressing your lips to his in a passionate kiss.

"I love you." He mumbled against your lips.

You just kissed him harder, getting your message across loud and clear. You pulled away, wiping away your tears.

"I think they liked you." You mumbled a few seconds later, causing him to burst into laughter.

"Especially when I told your dad to shut up." You giggled at his statement.

"Especially then." You continued laughing as you leaned in kissing him again.

Never had you been happier for having a man like Aaron Hotchner.

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[writingsfromstarfleet]

Spock - Kind of Human

♫ - Science and Faith - The Script

For a lovely Anon, enjoy! ♡

Having a Vulcan parent and a human parent usually would create some sort of tension in a person, and possibly an air of confliction when it came to emotion. Though, luckily indeed, your parents were happy to let you choose your own destiny, whether that be your human heritage or your Vulcan heritage. What mattered to them, was that you were happy.

Having applied for the Vulcan Science Academy, you were awaiting a decision on your acceptance when you learned of Starfleet's recruitment programme, and instead opted for that. The idea of travelling space and meeting and working with new species was fascinating to you, and quite frankly an offer you couldn't refuse.

Your acceptance letter for Starfleet came in, and you were packed and ready to leave Vulcan in pursuit of your dreams. You were skilled in Xenobiology, and that was the course you had chosen to take at the academy.

"Though I would have loved for you to attend our academy, I'm happy your doing what's best for you, Y/N, I wish you luck on your adventures out there, my child." Your mother beamed, and though she was Vulcan, you heard the aura of humour in her first words, causing you to chuckle.

"I'll be sure to update you with everything, mother, thank you for letting me go."

"Such a thing is not my choice, Y/N, it is up to you to decide your life."

Smiling, she took you in for a hug, and you reciprocated all too quickly. In the midst, your father had made his was over, engulfing the two of you in his own hug, causing all three of you to laugh in unsion.

"Hugs without me? Not in this household.." he trailed off, feigning hurt. Your mother swatted him playfully.

"Y/N is due to leave, we must get every hug we can."

"Quite right," your father agreed, wrapping his arms around you and lifting you up as though you were a child. Laughter ensued once more, and he placed you down with a kiss to your head.

"Do us proud, kid."

That was five years ago, now. You'd been given your first assignment upon graduating the academy with flying colours. It was aboard the Enterprise, one of the Federation's esteemed ships, and you couldn't be more excited. She'd been out on her voyage for two years now, and was due to gain a couple of new recruits, you being one of them. The next day couldn't roll around quick enough.

It did eventually arrive, however, and you stepped aboard the Enterprise with awe. The captain was there to greet you, a smile on his face.

"You must be Ensign Y/N, of course, welcome aboard. I'm Captain Kirk."

"A pleasure, Captain, thank you for having me." You smiled, confidence unrivalled.

"With a brain like yours, it would be rather stupid to say no." He winked and held his hand out to motion you to walk. "This way, Y/N, we'll have you down in the labs once you're settled."

He walked you the whole way, an unusual thing for a captain to do, you thought, though in reality you hadn't ever been on a ship so it may well have been normal. The atmosphere was lovely and you had already begun to settle.

After a solid six hours in the labs, your work break had rolled around and you made your way to the mess hall, congratulating yourself in your head on only getting lost once. Grabbing some food, you were unsure of where to sit, before a hand motioned you over, one that belonged to your captain.

"Please, have a seat with us, Y/N," Jim began, as you sat rather cautiously beside a man in a blue shirt, opposite the captain and a Vulcan. "I'd like you to meet our very own Chief Medical Officer, Leonard McCoy, but we call him Bones."

"A pleasure," you smiled, and he reciprocated.

"As it is you.." he trailed off, forgetting your name.

"Oh! Y/N, my apologies."

"Y/N, it's good to have you here."

"And," the captain continued, "This is my first officer, Mr. Spock."

"Ambassador Sarek's son?" you questioned, realising now why he seemed familiar.

"Indeed. You are well versed in Vulcan government?" Spock asked. You chuckled to yourself lightly.

"You could say that, Mr. Spock."

He raised his brow out of curiosity, and Bones laughed to himself. Briefly, you caught the captains eye as it happened, and Jim shot you a look as to say there was about to be an argument. Narrowing your eyes at him, he sent you a smirk as what he had predicted began.

"You Vulcans and your righteousness," Bones started, glaring at Spock. " It could be, just maybe, Y/N simply knows who your father is, not everyone has to be well read on your people, Spock. Perhaps he's visited Earth, being their Ambassador, or perhaps-"

"Perhaps being Vulcan myself, I've run into him a couple of times, on.. well.. you know.. Vulcan."

The captain laughed heartily, already having read your personal file and knowing your heritage. Spock simply raised his eyebrows again, dissapointed in himself for not having noticed your right ear poking out slightly from your hair that had, for the most part, covered the tops of your ears. Bones was the only one to audibly answer.

"You're not a Vulcan." His statement seemed more like a question, but an uncertain one for sure.

Saying nothing, you shrugged, tucking your hair behind your left ear and taking a bite of your food. Bones' eyes widened.

"You're a Vulcan."

Jim, by now, was at the height of amusement., and even Spock's face showed a small hint of humour. Bones was the only one seemingly not having any of it.

"You don't have a Vulcan-sounding name, though?"

"My father is human. My mother is Vulcan. I'm kind of human?" You added the last part to try and console the poor doctor, who looked distraught, despite the fact you weren't sure as to why.

Bones placed his head in his hands and groaned.

"Oh god, not another one."

Jim was laughing and you had joined in, as confused as you were to Bones' distress. The sound of your table was becoming louder in the mostly empty mess hall. Through your laughter, you looked up to Spock who had the faintest hint of a smile on his face. You smiled back, your brain clocking on to the fact he was rather handsome.

"I would love to hear more of your life on Vulcan, Ensign." Spock spoke once the laughter had died down to mere chuckles.

"Of course, Commander. As would I you, it is not often you meet someone from the House of Sarek, and if you're anything like your father, I assume you have many a story and quite the brain up there." You smiled and winked at him. Spock simply nodded and tilted his head to the side, his emotional side processing the compliment but his Vulcan side not allowing him to accept it.

"Jim, they're at it already!" Bones complained, and Jim swatted him. The table simply stayed in good faith, you and Spock sharing quick glances of interest at one another and Bones grumbling about how he hated Vulcans, "just so damn much." You would have been offended if you hadn't felt the vibes around the table and the looks from the captain to tell you he wasn't hostile and didn't really mean it.

All in all, it was a very nice first day. The good graces and happy feelings around the table made you certain of one thing; you were in for a turbulent and interesting next few years.

#star trek #star trek imagine #star trek x reader #star trek the original series #star trek tos #the original series #spock #spock x reader #spock imagine #x reader #imagine

[aotopmha]

Attack on Titan in 2020

I've sort of dropped doing detailed chapter posts on the series because that type of writing wasn't very fun for me anymore and I have taken a liking to a bullet point kind of approach where I list the elements that stood out for me in the chapter or make a separate post for some specific topic I'd like to talk about in it.

I've started like 10 different posts to attempt to talk about AoT this year and I always end up with incoherent rambling because of all of the elements I'd love to to talk about.

This year's chapters were 125-135 and this year's episodes episodes 1-4 of season 4.

The anime episodes in particular have given me a lot of food for thought, so I'm just saying fuck it.

I think the biggest misstep of the story for me will forever be the fact that it decided to use fairly specific historical imagery.

The Eldians are clearly supposed to have allegorical equivalency with Jewish people, but the Jewish people were never the oppressors. There weren't any Jewish empires. That's conspiracy theory bullshit.

But on the other hand, the series clearly takes great effort to not stereotype any of the groups it's portraying and gives complex reasons for what both sides do. It's one of the few Japanese series that I've seen not stereotype Middle Eastern-coded people (Ramzi and Halil) or black people (Onyakapon). Everyone are people, it says. It even champions diversity:

(Chapter 118)

It is also very much true that a bunch of fascist states use long-term history as an excuse for their actions:

(Chapter 127)

Nation did X 2000 years ago therefore our conquest of them is justified.

This makes discussion about the series' themes like a minefield.

The people who are very critical about its imagery are right, but the people defending the series aren't wrong, either because it condemns all of those nasty ideas of conquest and hurting innocent people.

You can't have a more clear-cut condemnation of genocide:

(Chapter 127)

If you combine all of these details instead of zoning in on them one by one, to me what the story is saying is that *even if* all of that conspiracy bullshit is true, innocent people don't deserve to be slaughtered no matter the reason because they are still people who have their own feelings, thoughts and wishes.

The story clearly gets the baseline, but fumbles the details. I decided to look up some more discussion surrounding this these past few days and I just wish there was more good faith discussion about it. A lot of it feels like a moral superiority contest.

I think it's these kind of flawed stories that actually deserve detailed scruitiny over stories that are rotten to the core because they are *almost there*. Talking about them is a good topic starter in what to do and not to do in a story like this.

Speaking of rotten to the core, I think the absolute highlight of the chapters this year is Eren and some of the chapters this year finally gave me a pretty clear picture of what is going on with him.

Context from 123 certainly helps, though:

(Chapter 131)

This is about Eren's perspective. He can't accept the destruction of Paradis.

It's not that this solution was inevitable looking in from the outside (which is one of the interpretations I see around for Eren's actions), it's that *Eren* can't see any other way out of this except the most extreme because of all of the horrible things he has seen from the outside world. It is very similar to the way suicidal people can only focus on the negative.

You can tell them everything is going to be okay, but those words won't reach them because their mind won't let them and loops them back to those negative thoughts.

Eren can't see the ice cream or silly clowns. But he can see how the other Eldians in the league of Eldians are willing to push Paradis under the bus. He can see how Grisha's sister was killed. He can see how racist and cruel Marley is towards the Eldians in Liberio (and how the people have racist leanings towards other nations, too).

He can only see those bad things. But he also understands how everyone outside of the walls are human just as the people inside of the walls are.

So he is torn to pieces by guilt.

He doesn't want to do this, but he can't see any other solution.

This is why I also think he can't rob his friends of their agency. He is fighting for them to have a good future:

(Chapter 133)

(Chapter 131)

What really stood out to me on a revisit is that Eren considers himself much worse than Reiner.

I've seen criticism on how the story pushes the narrative of both sides being the same and this detail is really important to me because this is the story acknowledging that what Eren is doing is worse and gives all of the following exchanges about this the context of it being a similarity in principle.

Both sides have killed for what they think is right and have to deal with how they have killed people. This is such an important detail in the Uprising arc, too, where Erwin firmly acknowledged that overthrowing the government might not actually be the right choice by him. It was simply what he saw as right. On a narrative level this avoids absolute truths and preference of one character perspective over the other and once again makes it about individual perspectives.

The theme of individual perspectives is so ingrained in this story at this point in my eyes that it's another cornerstone in understanding what is going on with Eren to me.

I think it's great.

I also really appreciate Annie and what was done with her in this chunk of chapters.

(Chapter 127)

There has been this narrative going around that proposes that the story is in Eren's corner too much. But these chapters are nothing but questioning Eren and Annie is one of the main voices in this. It's the Marleyan girls, really and I think this is a very necessary part of making the narrative work. Once again, it separates the narrative and character perspective.

It says that the Paradis side caring is about character perspective, not what the narrative sides with and Annie is even sympathetic to Mikasa in that instance.

She gets it. Unexpectedly, I think Annie might play a bigger role in taking down Eren than expected. Her character arc about deciding to no longer go with the flow because she doesn't want any more tragedy to happen is basically calling for it.

(Chapter 128)

Another element I've seen brought up is the fact that nobody seems to address the Bert-sized elephant in the room, but some of our characters are certainly thinking about him.

This is such a thematically strong element and really interesting because Connie joined the military to make his mom proud and be a good soldier. This is the motivation behind his claim when he says they are going to save the world. But what does becoming a good soldier mean, exactly?

Well, apparently possibly gunning down people you care about.

This moment is so good because it's another moment where the idea of glory in war is taken down a peg.

The moment with Connie declaring they're going to save the world is so often criticised, but it is actually turned on its head in 128. There is no heroics in this. This is actually Connie's big "killing a person" moment because it strips away the final bit of comfort in killing in war, the excuse of killing for good moral reasons.

It is also a wonderful complex evolution of the series' themes. Trost was about fighting monsters. In the Female Titan and Clash of Titan arcs some of those monsters turned out to be human. In the Uprising, Return to Shiganshina and Marley arcs all of those monsters turned out to be human and here in the War of Paradis arc, everyone is human and the only separating system is what everyone views as right.

I really hope the anime will let this chapter breathe a little bit more.

Moving on, I guess it is time to address the rumbling.

I love it as a horror spectacle.

(Chapter 130)

And I really I think it needs to be non-CG when animated. CG is fine in spectacle battles, but not in horror settings because it is too clean.

The rumbling needs to be disgusting and dirty.

Chapter 132 gave me one of the few moments in which I truly cared about Levi. I think him telling Hange to dedicate her heart was a very good moment to cap off their relationship. He sent another SL commander to fulfill their duty.

The speech about hatred in chapter 134 also stood out to me. I think it definitely should be fitted in there somewhere in this, but I also see a bunch of criticism for it.

I want to point out that this is the side of present Marley talking here. It's the military dictatorship.

It's the Nazis. I think the Nazis should feel regret for exploiting innocent people and admit they're wrong.

I also like how the horrors here are undoing the brainwashing and showing the truth to the citizens.

I guess you could read it as heavy-handed, but it is also something that needs to be addressed and in principle, it's not wrong.

I'm also going to put a mention of Historia here. I've talked about how this is my biggest and most glaring problem with the series because of how thematically unfitting it feels, but I've also talked about it in many posts. I wanted to focus more on other stuff in this post.

So now, we make it back to chapter 135.

I think having stewed on it for a month now, I like the element of mindscrewing our cast with the Titans of the people they love is the strongest element of it. It's making them face their personal traumas and we also get some great character moments and payoffs from it.

Mikasa ended off the year in a very good note in my eyes.

Even this deep in the story, this chapter left me in a situation where I have no idea how things might turn out.

I might have rough ideas, but not anything specific and that's fun.

Well, this is it on my retrospective.

2021 is confirmed to be AoT's final year of publication as volume 34 is set to be the story's final volume.

Those who hate the story can finally be free of it and those who care for it, can look back on it with fondness and sadness and many other emotions and evaluate.

It's been 7 years for me. What a wild ride.

So, I'm asking everyone, what are some of your observations on AoT in 2020?

Is there anything you'd like to add or do you have any observations or counterarguments for anything I've said?

I'd be curious to see what everyone else thought of AoT in 2020!

#Attack on Titan #Shingeki no Kyojin #Eren #Eren Jaeger #Eren Yeager #Annie #Annie Leonhardt #Connie #Connie Springer #Hange #Hange Zoe #Historia #Historia Reiss #Mikasa #Mikasa Ackerman

[papirouge]

the absolute Irony of seeing rightoid Christian/Antis bitching about how brainwashed leftists are by popular culture when they're doing the same, but on the opposite spectrum???

All that frenzy about civil war, rebellion, overturning government, survival stick.. Do you think it came from a vaccuum? Don't you realize these too have been pushed by Hollywood, pop culture, Netflix, video game industry, etc. for decades? None of you are above this shit, you just think you *are* on the right side, that's all.

But for the most part, you ALL watch the same shitty movies, stupid degenerate paganist anime, play the same shitty games funded with American military money to make war cool & exciting. And also dehumanizing the ennemy. Unsurprisingly the zombie apocalypse genre has become very popular lately.... it's no coincidence.

Civil war is ugly guys. It's very obvious that Western millennials and zoomers have been so pampered to the point they do not grasp how awful it can be. I lost family members to civil war. So it's unbearable for me to see American or Western European twats getting a hard on while talking about getting rid of leftists and unbelievers during some phantasmagorical "retribution day". This is chaos. There won't be any right or left, patriots or government, right or wrong. Only violence. Lots of you have no idea of what you're talking about/calling into existence.

Everyday I'm seeing "Christian" foaming at the mouth at the thought of a civil war to kill leftists. Do you think it's healthy as Christian to entertain this energy? Don't you realize there's a demon behind this nasty spirit? Do you think God doesn't love these people? We were ALL sinners. If God was as righteous as you think you are (to the point of feeling entitled death to God creatures), He would have killed US before we had the opportunity to repent (arguing the lot of you did, which I'm getting highly doubtful)

When Jesus said to love our neighbor, do you think he only talked about people we liked? The Bible warns us there is NO POINT in showing love & compassion only the people we appreciate:

Matthew 5:43-48

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

You make me ashamed to share the same label of "Christian". Everyday cussing and mocking and running your foul mouth. Lots of pagans behave much better than you do.

Yes we can be angry, yes words can override our thoughts, but some you made an entire mood and personality of cussing and mocking and entertaining toxicity. For what purpose? Do you actually PRAY for these people? Do you actually pray for PEACE? Or do you want to exercise your weird moral superiority complex of being Christian? We really need to inspect our ways before grabbing out keyboard and ask ourselves : is it really honoring God or my ego? Would you do or say the same thing if Jesus was sitting next to you?

I know some you have this black and white like of thought consisting of antagonizing anyone who doesn't think/live like you (leftists, pro vaccine, LGBT, communist, unbelievers, feminists, BLM, etc.) but the thing is...none of it will matter when shit hits the fan. Civil war is the definition of chaos. Your own family, comrade will snitch & turn on you to have you killed. You are all children with a big mouth, you wouldn't survive facing all this crap IRL, trust me.

This is not the Retribution Day some you imagine to be. We will ALL be victims of this. It's really irresponsible of you to entertain this toxic energy and almost call for it. None of it stands right to God. And you will have to give accountability for that on Judgement Day.

You might have all the guns in the world, but none of them wil save your life because you cannot save you soul with guns ; "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword". Learn to get right before God to get His protection rather than through worldly demonic means. These won't save you if God decides to make you die because of your rebelliousness.

Walk with the light of the Christ, not the flaming torch of satan.

#Yes I am angry #I just can't stand this brand of boastful Christians #they're rude mean nasty and pointless #papi watch #Christian

[the-firebird69]

There's several things that point to the morlock actually planning what they're doing one of them is they plan to move out of the Midwest and to blame our son he told Brad that you plan to do that and Brad decided to get physical now sunset you're dead and as he's leaving the house he's screaming it and Brad said this I don't think I'm going to work tomorrow and it was brilliant choice of words no I'm putting a hit on you and the guy died and wasn't it work for a week and people kept killing him. They're killing him now is the stupid reason to do that so you don't understand what you've done to your people we've ruined your plan sucker Punch he got really mad and he started s*** and it came out everywhere and we started wailing on them. And Mac is the one directing it but we have a parallel cuz that's all we can do. So that happened it's supposed to stop but they're supposed to try and get to happen if you don't succeed they're going from west to east and to try and take over the government again and they plan these contingency plans and yeah Trump sucks so bad that he messed it up and he's trying to fight and it was well passed what they wanted got some kind of agreed to do it it's called taking a dive and you people got your asses handed to you turn it all the time trying to tell you really you're just like really stupid who the f*** wouldn't who wouldn't take advantage of you Brad in my position your brain is it's like a piece of burnt toast no offense but I'm in the opposite end of the spectrum and the macs turn the middle of thinking they run both he says I'm greatly offended and I can't believe you say that stuff but it's normal it says one day you'll pay I'll say one day you'll come to realization when you're on that end of the indicator that really it's actual superiority depending on what you do and it is really not this complicated formula you people are over complicated overcomplicated simpletons and your box yourself some corners mentally all the time and you're free yourselves from the burden of Life by harming me or trying to I'm going against simple math you became people who would rather save face than do things to the right for yours and it's ridiculous it looks hilarious is aggravating as hell and you're grinding yourself to nothing because of Brian's CIA genius and Trump's AI genius and really you guys don't know any of that stuff for the most part it's a different brand and you're different and Garth as an AI guy please I mean come on he doesn't even make a good alcoholic for Christ's sake he can't keep drinking or he'll simply die. He goes on to a movie and is an alcoholic supposedly but he drinks way too much and he can't keep doing it and you disproved it and nobody was paying attention anyways cuz they don't want to hear about your petty s*** and you're extremely petty s*** and he's right and there's our son and daughter above you people are so nasty and irritating that we should just get rid of you defeated everybody and you're talking about all their plans so you have this planned and you also had this wagons East plan and John Candy give it away cuz he thinks he's AI boy, the program was Dave Odette and he said it to you let me know about it and you don't so what you're just going to die putting up stuff we need you to but boy you irritating you're a huge loser and you don't know it it's irritating care about that massive mistakes and it's true too bothering us and irritating us now and we have things to talk about that are important and they're important to your people they might not be important to you because you're vegetables and your toast that you'll hear about it from them because you're an a****** attitude and they don't care if you die but they have to sit there and support you so you're all going to end up gone and we need you out now that's what we're going to get to right now

-lot of people hate you here okay this group of idiots surrounding our son a lot of people want you dead. And they put it in writing today and they put hits on you dumb mother f****** some of you saw it and it went on the wire it's a lot of money and it's tough too to kill you permanently it's because your attitude towards our son they've been doing it steadily in a few of you guys every day permanently into Ash. Lots of you go to prison and are incinerated and they record it and they don't send it to people but it's for their records it's out there at the incinerator which ones have you were incinerated and they verify your identity if you're a higher up and I want to tell you nobody gives a s*** you don't know anything you're stupid you keep proving it here and you do die your people here die five of you died last night and you know who they are. So what are you Allison says it's five households no sense is no kidding it's really like around 10 people no it's 20 people they're cramming in there it's a loud mess mostly you're using drugs and drinking and it suits you but boy you losers. And those 20 people some of them are some new a little from westborough not here at all people here at all doesn't really have any opportunity to your such huge assholes to him. Other mental patients and that's fine okay is the one to know you if you're in mental patient mode and you know it and he's Young when he says is I'm just killing you because I don't want to know people and mental patient mode I'm getting rid of them because they're in sheriff mode they're dying people are dying incinerators because of their s*** with me you can tell people of your own try not to die when you go near him maybe we'll have an army they said that to Tommy f he went around and looked at it had his guys look at it when I told them I told him they don't care at all have no care in the world are dying and we can use it if we stay out of it and start trying they saw us hard and it's on Max doing it and they let an attack on them it's going to happen again. There's a big group of people who are gunning for you here and they're not Max

-the McDonald's are firing a big huge pile of you today and that's what they all call it. And you're going to be out on your ass and pushed out just having any place to live they're also coming into Charlotte county and taking over apartment complexes that are abandoned and disuse all the owner has died or the courts have handed it over 50% of the apartment complexes fall into these categories they're going to evict all you wiggers out from them. And they can't stand you running around trying to get rid of a social security and social security is aware that he has bank accounts he's also aware he is not accessed it and it's really 16.5 years and that's how long it's been since he went to Buffalo and you guys can't figure out the math it was about 2010 to 2011. Okay he brought money that he declared with him to that area so it goes back to California and he left the bank account Bank of America from that point forward he was bringing most of his money with him it's only like $300 in a bank and it's become a few thousand which would not affect him and social security doesn't know about it. And it is about 16.5 years after 20 years he can access money in those accounts without penalty from social security so he has three and a half years to go.

We feel that it's not a windfall you did not have access to the money he did not have access to the money at the time and he couldn't get to it because of his poverty and because of people blocking it it's not hard to prove they tried calling they tried going there they wouldn't let him have his money.

I'm going to publish now the stuff here is rich

Thor Freya

Zues Hera

Olympus

[quillify-tries-to-talk]

RACISM IN STALKING JACK THE RIPPER BY KERRI MANISCALCO

DISCLAIMER: This is going to be a lengthy and very angry rant because most people seem to love Stalking Jack the Ripper series and don't recognize the rampant racism and token diversity plaguing this book. I'd written about it on my IG story but that can only reach so many people. I am Indian and if anyone tries to tell how I, as a PoC, should feel about the butchering of my country's culture, you can shut the hell up.

To start, I'll quote Mark Twain: "Loyalty to the country, always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it."

Right. So I'm Indian. And there are a ton of problems plaguing our country, which many don't want to admit, but one thing that we're mad at: white people butchering our country's culture.

Stalking Jack the Ripper is the first book in a series by Kerri Maniscalco and it chronicles how a girl, 17-year-old, aspiring forensic scientist Audrey Rose Wadsworth strives to solve the Jack the Ripper murders in the late 18th century.

Believe me, I tried to love this book. But the more I think about it, the madder I get.

40 pages in, we find out that Audrey's mom was from India. And she had "beautiful honey skin."

.........

Great. The one thing every writer is advised not to do, a published author does.

Also, wtf is honey skin? Don't people know basic geography? THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE EQUATOR, THE DARKER YOUR SKIN WILL BE.

Or do they have an aversion to explicitly saying "brown?"

So, coming back to the point. Audrey is biracial. Her mom is the dead PoC. And the closest we get to seeing her explore her Indian heritage is the vague mentions of her grandmother dressing her in saris and her eating chick peas at a local fair (or was it a circus? Someone correct me)

I have a question for Kerri Maniscalco.

Did you not research Indian history?

Didn't you know India was fighting for freedom, emerging from a failed, nation-wide revolt that English historians choose to gloss over?

Why didn't Audrey know what was happening in her mother's country? The Revolt of 1857 and the subsequent freedom movements were an immensely painful time for Indians. My country was looted and plundered and destroyed by colonizers for 200 fucking years because they thought they were "teaching us how to be civilized." I will not have white authors cherrypick pieces of my country's culture for diversity points and wholeheartedly ignore the suffering and history.

Why wasn't she making an effort to stay in touch with her mother's heritage? It could've been the littlest things: speaking a Hindi word, reading through poems of Rabindranath Tagore, anxiously asking her father if there was news from India about what was going on. Why wasn't Audrey Rose facing any problems because of her biracial heritage? It could've made an excellent critique on racial discrimination and colonialism, adding depth to the book and enhancing the themes of feminism (if you want to read a book highlighting this theme, I recommend The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi)

She doesn't even have a non-English name!! The wikia says that Audrey's full name is Audrey Rose Adhira Wadsworth. Because God forbid someone have a non-English name or looks that deviate from tan/honey/gold skin (which don't fucking exist; just say light or dark brown) plus, gemstone-colored eyes. Is there a problem with brown eyes and skin? Oh who am I kidding? Of course there is. They're not gemstone-colored after all. You can't write poetry about them. :/ The least you can do is attribute them to the food that colonized countries used to grow for Europe. Am I right?🙃

Here's to the people gushing over this series and not noticing the blatant token diversity. Like I've kept harping: performative activism doesn't fucking work. If you love a book, fine. Yay. But if you love a book to the point where you refuse to admit that it has problematic themes, then you've got a problem.

Also, if someone comes at me saying feminism in this book is amazing, let me say another thing:

Feminism is supporting every gender, supporting sex workers, supporting the choices that women make. Audrey Rose being disdainful of women who like dresses and makeup and gossiping while thinking that she's not like other girls? That's not feminism. That's just being haughty. Even if you hate someone, doesn't mean you look down on their choices to live their lives.

Think about this.

#writing #stalking jack the ripper #kerri maniscalco #audrey rose wadsworth #thomas cresswell #ya criticism #ya critical #white authors at it again #racism in ya #racism in fiction #indian representation #indian culture #bad writing #stalking jack the ripper series #representation struggles #poc representation #representationalart #anti sjm #anti sjm stans #anti sjm fandom #anti aelin #anti feysand #anti feyre

[ahsana]

Rehab ~ Dean Winchester

Chapter 1 - The Party

Summary: Gwendolyn Anderson is in her early twenties. For most people that age, they're in college or just starting to find their way. For her, she lost the person closest to her in the universe and she has to find a way to pick up the pieces because everything as she knows it as about to change. After a few events that are less than coincidental, the only thing that seems to make sense anymore is a man with green eyes and a twelve step program.

Pairing: AU!Gabriel Novak x OC!Gwen, AU!Dean Winchester x OC!Gwen & possible other variations. Stay tuned to find out ;)

Word Count: 2038

Chapter Warning: Just like every other chapter in this book so far, there will be detailed drug use, mentions of drugs, paraphernalia, mentions of death and other very sensitive topics. If this could trigger you or set you off in any way possible, I urge you not to read it. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, please reach out and get help. You are not alone. Always keep fighting.

Even when things were okay, I still never feared death. I've been on the edge many times; never quite falling off, but never quite holding on either.

A lot of people say overdosing was their rock bottom. It wasn't for me. Heroin is a strong word, and sometimes it even shocks me when I say it. Weird, right?

In health class as a teenager, I saw the pictures of drug addicted people and made a pact with myself in my head that I'd never become one of those people and here I am. I guess I should explain how I got here, though.

« FLASHBACK »

Why did I snort that line? My nose burns, my brain hurts, and my whole body feels like it's buzzing. I'm not exactly sure where the cocaine came from or why exactly I did it but I know that I have to get out of here and fast.

Parties aren't usually my scene, but I figured since it was my last day as a teenager I might as well indulge. My surroundings aren't familiar, just some college frat party that I knew of because I attend school here, but other than that I really have no idea where I am or how I got here.

I'm searching for the exit, pushing past sweaty bodies and other young adults who reek of alcohol and marijuana. I gave up hope halfway through the search because it feels almost as if though it's impossible, so when my eyes land on the staircase in front of me I sigh gratefully.

The door at the end of the hallway is propped open slightly; a large rock wedged between so it couldn't close. The loud music was causing my ears to ring so I walked as quickly as I could and became elated when I realized the door at the end of the hallway leading to outside, giving me a chance to get some fresh air.

I push the door open and realize it's heavier than I first assumed, so I try and let it close behind me gently so it doesn't knock rock out of place. I inhale deeply and look around, only to be met with the fact that I'm on the roof somehow.

"Wow," I mutter, and make my way towards the edge of the building; my shoes making the gravel of the rooftop crunch along the way. I peered over the ledge, and for a second considered flying.

Worse case scenario, I land flat on the pavement, ultimately dying in the process or I make it to the rooftop across the way. I step onto the ledge, squat and then sit; dangling my legs over the side of the building.

My heart is pounding a hundred miles a minute, and all of a sudden tears start streaming down my face.

"I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend," I gasp out of shock because I didn't realize that I wasn't alone up here—and also because a random man is singing to me. I turn my head to face the mystery man and am pleasantly surprised. "You could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in," He continues, and I recognize the song and join in with him.

“And if you do not want to see me again, I would understaaaand. I would understaaand," We both sing in unison, and the stranger lets out a fit of giggles which makes me laugh in return.

"So Miss, how are you on this lovely night?" He questions.

"You aren't even going to ask me my name?" I inquire with a grin.

"Nope, don't need to." I nod in response, pretending to understand why.

“I'm doing well, by the way." I add.

"That's amazing.. or.. would be, if you were telling the truth." I cock my brow up, and he quickly adds, "I mean you wouldn't be sitting on the ledge for nothing, right?"

I shake my head in disagreement. "That's where you've got it wrong, sir."

"Sir? Do I really look that old?" He jokes.

"No, but I'm not sure what to call you since we don't need to know each other's names." The stranger sits beside me and lets his legs dangle over the building as well. I take a closer look at his features that are illuminated by the street lights below and I am captivated.

The ridge of his nose, the length of his lashes and his eyes—Wow, his eyes. It's dark, but I can tell that they're brown with a swirl of honey and it reminds me of a Hershey's bar.

"So, did you find what you were looking for?" He asks, and I shake my head no for the second time. "Well then what are you doing?" I shrug. "You're not very talkative, are you?" He asks, seeming genuinely curious.

"I am, but I'm not sure what to say. I'm at a party, drunk and high off coke, sitting with a stranger on the edge of the roof; trying to come up with something I could tell you but I'm at a loss for words here." The man gives me a goofy grin in return.

"Well. We'll probably never see each other again, so why don't you tell me your biggest secret?" I laugh out loud.

"Sir, I've known you for mere minutes and you want me to do something like that? Strange." I mumble in awe.

"I'm not from around here, so I couldn't possibly hold it against you in any way."

"Why did you come here then?" I ask.

"Free booze."

"Interesting. Here—I'll make you a deal. I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours." I whisper cheekily to him and he nods his head, agreeing.

"Sure. Okay. Let's start," he thinks for a moment, "My guilty pleasure is Lazy Town, the kids show."

"Ha! That's an awful secret, shame on you!" I reply but laughing while doing so.

"Fine, fine. Um, when I was seventeen I slept with my best mate's girlfriend. He still doesn't know." He whispers guiltily.

"Wow, that's pretty deep. Are they still together?" He nods.

"Been together for eight years, married for three—with two kids."

I chuckle, "How do you know you aren't the baby daddy?"

"Timeline doesn't add up—trust me, I did the calculations as soon as she told everyone she was pregnant the summer after we graduated high school," He trailed off but then turned his head towards me, "Your turn."

I gulp, and try and think of something.

"Um... Well, I might as well go all out then. My parents are both government officials. Amelia and Doug Anderson?" I throw the names out to see if he recognizes them.

"Holy shit," He marvels. "You're Gwendolyn Anderson. I should have recognized you as soon as I seen you! You and your parents are all over TV." I sigh.

"Yeah. But call me Gwen, I hate it when people call me Gwendolyn. Anyways—That's not exactly my secret." I look towards him and he motions for me to continue.

"I don't know why I'm telling you this but.. here we go. My entire life, I've felt like the weight of the world has been on my shoulders. Ever since I was a kid my parents have been pushing me to be the best in every category there has been or ever will be. My senior year of high school was the worst, obviously because of the impending doom of getting into the best college and working on getting scholarship offers; meanwhile keeping all A's, playing volleyball and volunteering."

I continued, glancing back now and then to see if he was still paying attention and he was alert the entire time. "It got to the point where.. I needed some extra help. Adderall was basically my scapegoat and how I functioned for the entire year. My parents were so busy being wrapped up in their own lives and pushing me to my limit that they never discovered I lost myself along the way. Now I'm in college, and I'm still trying to find my way back to a happy medium. But when I looked down at the ground, I realized that for some reason it doesn't even matter anymore."

"And what do you mean by that?"

"Have you ever gotten to the point where you feel like you're just numb? Everything is grey scale and there's no color at all? I'm just going through the motions. There's no highs or lows; only this weird middle ground. I thought coming to this party tonight and getting trashed would make me feel better but it didn't change anything." He nods, knowingly. I can tell he understands. He rests his left hand on top of my right one and somehow it felt like my body couldn't get any hotter.

I should be scared, uncomfortable even. I just met this guy and don't even know his name but I'm letting him touch me like we've been friends all our lives. A sudden thought makes me speak up.

"You know, it's not really fair that you get to know my name and I don't know yours." He chuckles.

“It's Gabriel." I smile because it's very fitting. He looks like a Gabriel.

"That's a beautiful name."

He laughs, "Beautiful? More like average. Your name is beautiful."

"I wholeheartedly disagree. I have a grandma name, at least yours fits your age no matter how old you are." He smiles. We sit in silence, his hand still resting on top of mine and I take another look down at the ground.

"How long do you think it would take to reach the ground?" I ask as if he'd actually know the answer.

"For a suicidal person? Too long. For a person just looking for some answers, too fast."

“How do you know which is which?" Gabriel lets out a grunt and laughs.

"Well, do you want to die?" He asks, raising his voice but continues smiling; which is oddly contagious.

"I don't think I'd ever do anything to speed up the process, so ultimately no. Probably not."

"I guess there's an answer then." Gabriel replies.

"An answer?"

"Yeah, the one of many you're looking for. I won't have them all, though."

"B-But I thought you were an all-knowing wizard!" I gasp out sarcastically.

"No, no. But... I maybe might have one.. just for now,"

I raise my eyebrow again and ask, "What might that be?" Gabriel reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tiny baggie with pills inside of it.

"You might like these," he whispers gently.

"Ah, man. I don't know--"

“I'm sure drugs weren't the first thing you thought of, but maybe they'll help you forget until tomorrow." I sigh and stick my hand out apprehensively.

"What are they?" I question.

"Percocet. Strongest prescription." I nod, remember hearing some of my peers talking about it previously this week. I swallow two of them without a second thought.

« FLASHBACK OVER »

I look down at the person who brought me into this mess, and his face is quickly turning a light shade of blue.

"Gabe, God, You fucking idiot! I told you not to do that much!" I shout and dial 911 as quickly as possible.

The next thing I know, I'm sitting on the front porch steps of his apartment as they're carrying him away on a stretcher. My best friend is dead, and I can officially say I'm terrified.

#dean winchester #sam winchester #supernatural #supernatural fandom #supernatural fanfiction #supernatural imagine #gabriel novak #castiel #fanfic #dean winchester imagine #dean winchester x reader #sam winchester x reader #rehab au #crowley #charlie bradbury #au #slow burn

[xtruss]

Transcript: Senator Bernie Sanders on "Face the Nation," May 23, 2021

— CBS News May 23, 2021 |

The following is a transcript of an interview with Senator Bernie Sanders that aired Sunday, May 23, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

JOHN DICKERSON: And we go now to Senator Bernie Sanders, who joins us from Burlington, Vermont. Good morning, Senator.

SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS: Good morning, JOHN.

JOHN DICKERSON: I want to start in the Middle East. You have made the case that how the US government responds in this ceasefire period says something about President Biden's commitment to human rights more broadly. And last Sunday, you wrote a piece in The New York Times that said the US must stop being an apologist for the Netanyahu government. Since you wrote that the president has been very supportive of Israel. Do you think the administration is being an apologist for the Netanyahu government?

SEN. SANDERS: Look JOHN, all that I think is that given the incredible suffering in Gaza, where we have a poverty rate of 56%, 70% of the young people are unemployed. And after the Israeli attacks, you have wastewater plants destroyed, clinics destroyed, hospitals destroyed. I think the United States has got to develop a even-handed approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We have to be pro-Israel, but we have to be pro-Palestinian. And I hope and believe the president understands that. And I was delighted to see that he is moving forward to try to rebuild with the international community, the destruction- rebuild Gaza after all of that destruction.

JOHN DICKERSON: You mentioned an even-handed approach. When I read a portion of your editorial to Prime Minister Netanyahu, he thought it was preposterous, your claim that he had created the conditions and that- that he'd made peace impossible because he said, how do you have negotiations with Hamas? They are dedicated to the destruction of Israel. President Biden again said that this week when he said, "Until the region says unequivocally they acknowledge the right of Israel to exist as an independent Jewish state, there will be no peace." How do you have an even-handed approach to terrorists who want to destroy Israel?

SEN. SANDERS: Well, what you have got to do is also understand that over the years, the Netanyahu government has become extremely right wing and that there are people in the Israeli government now who are overt racists. You have in West Jerusalem people being evicted from their homes. Tremendous pressure on people within Israel, the Arab community, as well as Gaza. So you have a very difficult situation. You have Hamas, a terrorist group. You have a right-wing Israeli government, and the situation is getting worse. And all that I'm saying is that the United States of America has got to be leading the world in bringing people together, not simply supplying weapons to kill children in Gaza. This last series of attacks killed 64 children and destroyed a large part of the infrastructure of Gaza in a community that has already been one of the most uninhabitable territories in the world.

JOHN DICKERSON: You have put forward legislation that would delay the sale of military equipment to Israel. Would you also put the same kind of conditions you'd like to see on that aid to Israel on any aid the US gives through the UN or otherwise to the Palestinians to make sure that Hamas doesn't get any of it?

SEN. SANDERS: Absolutely. Look, Hamas is a terrorist, corrupt, authoritarian group of people, and we have got to stand up to them. But once again, our job is not simply to put more and more military support for Israel. It is to bring people together, and we can't do it alone. We need the international community. But that's what I think we need to be doing.

JOHN DICKERSON: Let me ask you about how this has played out here at home. The Anti-Defamation League says there were 193 reports of anti-Semitic incidents this week, up from 131 the previous week. So that's during this period while the crisis began. In the past, you've said it should be possible to be a critic of Israeli policy, but not be anti-Semitic. But it doesn't seem to be playing out that way with this uptick in random attacks.

SEN. SANDERS: Anti-Semitism is rising in America. It's rising all over the world. That is an outrage. And we have got to combat anti-Semitism. We have to combat the increase in hate crimes in this country, against Asians, against African-Americans, against Latinos. So we got a serious problem of a nation which is being increasingly divided, being led by right wing extremists in that direction.

JOHN DICKERSON: There are a number of liberals who use the word apartheid to describe Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, a number of them liberals in the House who use that language. The executive director of the American Jewish Congress, who handled Jewish outreach for your campaign, has said that that word, Joel Rubin, has said that using that word has increased the level of vitriol that has contributed to this anti-Semitism. Do you think those who- who share your view should not use that kind of language?

SEN. SANDERS: Well, I think we should tone down the rhetoric. I think our goal is very simple. It is to understand that what's going on in Gaza today is unsustainable when you have 70% of the young people unemployed, when people cannot leave the community, when hospitals and wastewater plants have been destroyed. That is unsustainable. And the job of the United States is to bring people together. And that is what we have got to try to do.

JOHN DICKERSON: I want to switch to domestic affairs now. The president and Republicans have been going back and forth on this question of infrastructure. The president made another bid, shortened the price tag a little bit. But the central question of what infrastructure means, Republicans say it roads and bridges. Democrats say it includes lots of other things in the environment, childcare, elder care. Is that difference so big that it can't be fixed through bipartisan negotiations and Democrats should just go it alone?

SEN. SANDERS: Well, look, I think most working-class Americans understand that for the last 40 years, what the government has done is catered to the needs of the wealthy and large corporations. The rich are becoming much richer while real wages for average American workers have gone nowhere over the last many, many decades. And I think what we have got to do now, JOHN, is start paying attention to a struggling middle class and struggling working class. What does that mean? It means that at a time when half of our people are living paycheck to paycheck, we have got to create millions of good paying, good paying jobs. That is rebuilding roads and bridges. We've talked about that forever, but it is also having to deal with the existential threat of climate. How do you not deal with climate when the scientists tell us that the very future of the planet is in peril? And furthermore, when I think about infrastructure, of course, it means education. How do we lead the world unless we have, in a competitive economy, world economy, the best-educated workforce in the world? Of course, it means childcare. Of course it means health care. And I think we've got to expand Medicare to cover dental, eyeglasses, hearing aids.

JOHN DICKERSON: So, Senator--

SEN. SANDERS: And of course, that means dealing with income and wealth inequality.

JOHN DICKERSON: So in 30 seconds we have left, Senator, with ambitions like that which the president shares, how do you do it through a bipartisan process? Aren't you going to have to go through reconciliation just with Democratic votes?

SEN. SANDERS: That's probably right. And I think that's what the American people want. We would like bipartisanship, but I don't think we have a seriousness on the part of the Republican leadership to address the major crisis facing this country. And if they're not coming forward, we've got to go forward alone.

JOHN DICKERSON: All right. Senator Bernie Sanders, thank you so much for being with us.