Feeding your kids is not a favor. Buying them clothing and school supplies is not a favor. Encouraging their learning throughout life and making them feel loved are not favors. These are LITERALLY OBLIGATORY FOR EVERY PARENT. Parents—do NOT use these “kind” actions as proof of how good you are. Do not make your kids feel guilty for receiving things from you. You are achieving the bare minimum of parenting. Goddamn.
If you believe “Kill all blacks” is racist (which it is) but “Kill all whites” isn’t racist or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.
If you believe “Trans people suck” is transphobic (which it is) but “Cis people suck” isn’t cisphobic or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.
If you believe “men hitting women for reasons other self defense” is abuse (which it is) but believe “women beating men for reasons other than self defense” isn’t abuse or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.
If you believe treating females poorly for being female is sexist (which it is) but believe treating males poorly for being male isn’t sexist or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.
If you believe “Homosexuals/bisexuals are horrible people” is homophobic/biphobic (which it is) but believe “Heterosexuals are horrible people” isn’t heterophobic or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.
If you believe “Muslims need to be wiped out” is Islamophobic (which it is), but think “Christians need to be wiped out” isn‘t Christianophobic or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard
Double Standards are NOT OKAY
TL:DR The double standard doesn’t have to be on a wide scale, it can be as simple as what people say
Today I want to remember the Americans who have fought for our freedoms.
Not only the Military.
Today I want to remember:
The Protestors. The Union Members. The Picketers. The Marchers. The Glass Ceilings Breakers. The Strikers.
Today I am grateful for all of the Americans who have stood up to corrupt systems in our Nation and demanded the Freedom and rights they deserved.
Today I want to remember those who exercised their right to protest an unfair government.
Or unfair working conditions and evil corporate fat cats.
Today let’s remember:
The May Day Parade. The Coal Strike of 1902. The Southwest Railroad Strike. The Dearborn Hunger March. The Textile Workers Strike. The Harlan County War. The Birmingham March. The National March on Washington. the US Postal Workers Strike. The Stonewall Riots. Fountain House. The Million Man March. The Los Angeles Riots. Ferguson. Standing Rock. The Women’s March. The March for Our Lives. The March for Science.
Sojourner Truth. Mother Jones. The “Rednecks”. The Suffragist. Francis Perkins. Lucy Parsons. Martin Luther King. Rosa Parks. Malcolm X. Ruby Bridges. Kent State. SANE. MADD. Occupy Wall Street. Black Lives Matter. Times Up. Emma Gonzalez.
And all the other groups and unnamed/forgotten individuals who put themselves in harm's way to fight for the rights we deserve.
Freedom isn’t free.
*Sometimes yes that will mean war and the lives lost protecting America*
Sometimes, however, it means using your voice to stand up against the wrongs that our own country is allowing or committing. Freedom then comes at the price of being blacklisted, rubber bullets, tear gas, lives lost, and long nights spent in jail. Do not forget the cost it took to get to where we are today. Even when it feels like we have so far left to go.
Remember protest is patriotic. It’s the very freedom our Founding Fathers wanted to ensure we had when they wrote the Bill of Rights. Even if we have used those rights to grant more freedoms then they ever anticipated. Expanding and evolving the concept of freedom to reach more than just rich, white men.
Protesting is the very reason America exists.
Never forget those who have fought for our rights.
Never forget that you yourself hold this same power.
This Fourth of July educate yourself on the movements, marches, and protests that it took to make America the nation we know today. Then think about the ways you can use your voice to continue to improve America and make it a place we can all be proud to call home. A place where even the most marginalized groups can feel free.
Happy Fourth of July.
Let Freedom Ring.
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You have no right
drawin in ur sketchbook like
I dunno how to take gif but me and my throwing knives are ready
don't even know what we fighting but bloodshed's bloodshed I guESS
Silently you stared at your best friend, trying to absorb everything they had just told you.
“You’re……you’re certain?” You asked hesitantly.
Frantically your friend nodded, clutching tightly at their shirt as they fought back tears. The sight made your chest ache, though you couldn’t blame them for it. After all they had been through, and everything that was happening now, you were surprised they were holding up so well at all.
Letting out a shaky sigh, you rubbed your hand over your face, heart aching at the sight of their fear, their fear of you, of your reaction. Your heart only ached even more as you opened your arms to them, seeing their genuine shock at the display of acceptance. Bitterly you swallowed back your anger, wishing you could get revenge on every one who had betrayed them, but knowing that your friend needed you to be with them right now.
As they practically folded themselves into your chest, body trembling, you rubbed your hands up and down their back, absently taking in the new chill of their body, the chill that would now forever be a part of them.
“We’ll figure it out together, alright? I’m not going anywhere…. We can get through this” You promised firmly.
You pretended not to hear the rough sobs and broken thank yous they let out, as they curled even tighter into you, afraid to wrap their arms around you, like you did them. Silently you wished for every single person who turned their back on them to face retribution three fold for all they had done, wishing that you had been there to shield them from the heartbreak.
They never deserved this.
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