ratsstick.bsky.social
They/them/e/em/eir horror, cats, Cyberpunk 2077 fanfic writer, VPer, and modder. On Tumblr and AO3 as streetkid-named-desire, Nexus as ratstick.
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It's all fucking arbitrary. People are people no matter where they're from or how they got here.
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The inability to have unqualified appreciation for anything is the defining characteristic of the left, and I love it...it's great, I think things are complicated. But I don't have unqualified appreciation for that instinct...I think it can also be harmful.
SO FUCK YEAH CONSTITUTION. NO KINGS.
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What if...get this...the constitution kinda /kicks ass/. And if your instinctual response to that is to qualify that with a bunch of historical context...yeah, me too...but I'm going to ignore that instinct because I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN AN AUTOCRACY SO I'M JUST GONNA BE A CONSTITUTION HYPE MAN RN.
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"Ignoring the Supreme Court is unconstitutional!" OK, what about "If he doesn't have to listen to the courts, he becomes a king, that's why they wrote the separation of powers into the founding document of the nation."
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"Suspending due process is unconstitutional" OK...but what about "Without due process, anyone can be punished for any reason, that's why they wrote it into the founding document of the nation."
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Oh an "illegal" immigrant wants food stamps? Well hell yeah those are for people in need and you're in need. Welcome to America buddy let's get you some apparel that goes against the flag code, get a burger and a fuck off huge soda. Yeehaw!
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Idk man if you call America your home then this is your home. Just give em a social security number and send them on their merry way. The only difference between you and an "illegal" immigrant is the circumstances of your birth which is such an arbitrary matter it's absurd to care so much.
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the purpose of a protest is to demonstrate that those in power are holding power through violence rather than consent
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They plan to send 800 Europeans to Guantanamo specifically to “shock and horrify people.”
This is only especially shocking and horrifying (they are sending more than 8K others as well!) if the entire logic of your citizenship regime is that white people deserve rights and everyone else doesn’t.
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Show, don’t tell. But if you want more words, full statement here: ufw.org/ufw-statemen...
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I love my psych meds. I love them so much. I hate who I was/am off of them. I'll need to take them for the rest of my life because my brain chemicals are fucked from chronic stress and trauma and that's okay.
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Psych meds should make it easier to use coping skills and to manage life. If they're not doing that then you need to try different meds/dosages.
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And just a reminder: If your psych meds make you feel worse or have shit side effects or make you feel numb or whatever. That's not normal! You talk to your psych and try something different.
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If you can manage your mental illness without meds that's great but a lot of people will have to be on psych meds for the rest of their life and that's fine because mental illnesses are chronic conditions like fibromyalgia or MS.