"Not my problem" is literally my first line of irony defense against stupid and leading questions or online arguments this is really stupid to take it seriously
can i help by being extremely literal and lacking distress tolerance bc that’s about all i got today but if yes im extremely interested in bringing passion and also a flamethrower to this exciting new roll
When Mussolini's fascists thugs were publicly held to account for their open use of violence and murder in the 1920's they had a policy of only replying by saying "we don't care" - it ended up being one of the incipient fascist movement's early slogans.
"Self-Empathy" is the final form of therapyspeak. I want the term "Self-Empathy" to take physical shape as the monster it is so I can fight it in a forklift mech.
There is something to be said for acknowledging when you have no or limited control over something and choosing not to worry about it, but that applies to, like, waiting on a biopsy result or a job application, not this.
tumblr is absolutely rife with this weirdo interpersonal libertarianism. just a constant stream of "you don't owe anything to anyone" from the most tedious people you've ever met
But it…it is their problem? Trans misogyny hurts cis people. Our tax money is paying for genocide instead of domestic infrastructure and services. Etc.
Yup. Which is why representing this attitude as neutral is disingenuous. Silence is support of the status quo. And if the status quo is genocidal hey look what you're supporting!
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smh
have been on bksy less than half a year iirc +already seen wayyyy too much of this (+ensuing applause, even)
sigh