is the left “obsessed” with gender, sexuality, race, etc, or are they just constantly having to defend people in marginalized groups against a right wing that’s ACTUALLY obsessed with gender, sexuality, race, etc
@amandawtwong In my head canon, I'm convinced that Biden's win in 2020 was the alternate reality (a welcomed reprieve!) but that we're just 4 years behind now.
Someone posted: “There is nothing the remotest bit natural about capitalism. The bees are not stockpiling honey to sell at a profit. The trees are not charging the bees to build their hive. The soil is not leasing itself to the flowers. (Cont.)
"These studies reveal an interesting fault line. While most women get their news from TikTok, most young men get their news from YouTube, X, and Reddit."
Also, if you read a newspaper, odds are 3-to-1 you voted Harris. If you don't consume news, odds are 2-to-1 you voted Trump.
I don’t mean this in some political sense or any actual connection to the election. This isn’t important. Stupid of me to even bring up. But can we still hang out with Tim Walz? Like can he come over and give neighborly advice & play Jet Set Radio? He has thoughts on HDMI cables
A distraught friend yesterday boiled it down perfectly:
"If we won, we'd be celebrating how many of them would get healthcare, education, or student loans canceled. But they won, and they're celebrating how many of us they get to kill."
Tells the whole story, doesn't it?
"I hate this country; I love this country. The two do not cancel each other out: They exist together, they dance with each other, and on different days one will dominate the other. My job is not to reconcile these two realities, or to force a contrived equality between them. All that I can do is allow them both to exist.
The grief is there, the hope is there, and so are the anger and sadness, and the joy and pride. It is all there, all at once, and all I can do is hold all of it. And I want to keep all of it. I get to keep all of it. There is not one right way for me to think about America, nor is there one answer for how I should respond to what happens in America.
The joy does not cancel out the pain; the grief does not cancel out the hope. Holding contradictory truths does not diminish my dedication to fighting for what is right." - Brit Barron