December 2010
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“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like...”
– Nelson Mandela (via inthesummerof91)
So many posts are motivated by hatred. Hating the oppressors/oppressed gets us nowhere. The idea of smacking somebody because they are wrong or ignorant… is anti-climactic.
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““The “primate model behaviour” favored by overly hierarchical and patriarchal...”
– Murry Bookchin, quoting Elise Boulding in The Ecology of Freedom.
In one paragraph, they leave the entire field of social biology in ruins… for even if Humans have some natural imperative to act like our closest relative, the justification for patriarchy and hierarchy rest on monumental ignorance...
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By Jessica Valenti →
*An excellent article, in case you haven’t seen it yet, and these excerts are my favorite key points.*
Let’s get this out of the way: Sweden does not have a “broken condom” law. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was not arrested because his contraception failed mid-coitus. Nor is he charged with “sex by surprise.”
Everyone from Fox News’s Glenn Beck to...
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“What compels me to fight this society is, of course, outrage over injustice, a...”
– Murray Bookchin (via lowertheflags)
“Discrimination is wrong. On the battlefield it does not matter who you love....”
– - Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (via civillyunioned)
I get the meaning, and it’s good. … I can’t help but feel there is something disturbingly wrong with this comment. Without discrimination, there would be no battlefield. “Love is not possible where...
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http://www.theolympian.com/2010/12/14/1474209/wa-go... →
I voted to keep our taxes. I believe in taxes. Taxes pay for our community. (Among other things like occupations, war, our faulty prison system etc. that I hate and hope to help change.) If you don’t like what our taxes our being used for, do something about it. But please don’t freak out and cry ‘fear government control’, when you all you want is more money for...
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Picture of mouse in blender that I refuse to...
smarmybastardxvx:
If people actually enjoy that, you’re honestly beyond fucked up. To you, it may not seem like a significant life, but it is. I don’t understand cruelty for entertainment, ever. It’s not funny if you see someone fall down stairs, it’s not funny if you see an animal get hit by a car, it’s not funny if you see someone get beaten up, it’s not funny if you physically harm someone...
It’s been a long time since I’ve been on tumblr. Things have changed a bit, so If I unfollow you becuase you post stuff I don’t like… deal with it. I’m doing what’s good for me. This isn’t really how I wanted to start my coming back post, but the one I wanted is at home. I don’t have much internet access, so things might be scattered. Hopefully...