I think maybe we need to start calling people who tell us not to vote "Russian psyops." They were am actual thing last time and I think people need to be reminded of how they sound when they try to discourage voting.
Parents advocating for Kosa is parents throwing themselves at the feet of the government both begging them to take responsibility for shitty parenting and enjoying a victim complex over preparing their kids for the world they brought them in to. Simultaneously denying themselves and everyone their first amendment rights AND trying to increase direct control over the kids.
No one gets safer with Kosa, no one gets protected. But I’m sure you’ll feel better, until there’s another freedom that offends that fucking victim complex.
If you care about free speech, if you care about art and community online, if you want to protect adults AND kids fight this thing with whatever you have.
And for the love of fuck, stop having kids if your only relationship to them is little egoic dolls you can’t let go of. You’re here for THEM. THEY are not here for YOU. They owe you NOTHING, especially if your response to them learning anything of the world beyond you is grabbing them by the hair and trying to shove them back into your pocket. They will cut it!! They will be right to!!
If you can’t bear the thought that a kid will grow up and have a complex relationship to you, change their gender, change the name you gave them, maybe grow up yourself first before having one.
It’s not the libs or new information seducing yours kids away from your way of doing shit. If your way was so great, so *natural*, maybe they’d want to stay.
the fact that marshall winslow was a Black man from the row and all these powerful corrupt white men were scheming to take him out of the picture so that instead of helping the city they could gentrify it
i think the crazy thing abt sr1’s ending and the beginning of sr2 is that none of it mattered. it was all in vain!!! as soon as the seed was planted—the idea to gentrify the row—there was no stopping it. it’s like you’re completely powerless to stop the cannibalisation
I think the Public School Arc is somewhat painful because it's a glimpse into what Ciel's life should have been like.
In a world where the attack and fire hadn't happened, he might have gone to school (depending on whether his asthma went away). Sure, he'd have the troubles of any kid. There'd be people like Cole. But he might have genuinely befriended people like McMillan.
I don't know if he would have pulled off something like the cricket victory; I think living in his brother's shadow might have stilted him a bit. But he could have been happy and not have to do so many horrific things to survive.
But all of those possibilities were lost that one night. And now, he's become stronger in some senses, but at a great cost. He's proven his capacity as a leader, but only through sacrificing part of his humanity.