wtrys
left communist, hey/they
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? Im just trying to steelman their points
'all age gaps problematic' people are so wild. "what can a 19 year old and a 28 year even have in common??? what do they talk about??" BITCH THEIR HOBBIES???????
hitler committed suicide exactly 70 years ago
and to all neo-nazis alive today,
I'd say philosophy
Here's one for the academics in the audience: in your experience, which specific discipline is most likely to have strikingly personal, dude-owes-me-money type beef with a guy who's been dead for nine hundred years? I know you get them in every field of study, of course, but I mean like statistically.
"Some of the most hateful bigots"
The same pope who spoke against oppression of any people? The same church which has a specific wing to protect LGBT people in areas where they are oppressed?
They aren't perfect, but I think it's best not to complain about an organization that tries to help people, and has done more than we ever could.
alrighty, pope's dead. share your most memorable Childhood Catholic Trauma in the notes
If they chose him, they'll probably choose a good one???
the pope just died????
RIP. It's crazy, the bells outside my church are ringing. I'm upset cause that man was singlehandedly keeping so many of my more right wing/conservative family members and acquaintances in line and now it's going to get So Messy
Are you good, bro?
here's hoping he doesn't come back 3 days later
I'm so glad I found the only analytic blog on lefty tumblr
I love that physical and mental traits I have are deemed to be creepy and evil by my fellow leftists. It was GREAT for me growing up to hear that being short, chubby, into games, and depressed meant I deserved less friends and love in general.
It was super cool that my first impression of leftists was the #KillAllMen """meme""". I find it so wonderful that every 3 months, progressives on social media try to wokely quote fucking crime statistics and sometimes just reinvent eugenics psychology.
You've been too analytic. Your sentence will be fake feminists sending you death threats.
Something I've noticed within progressive circles is a sort of pseudo-tolerance of men's issues to appear nicer. I'm not referring to the treatment of domestic abuse, body shaming, or sexual assault because I've accepted that progressives will never meaningfully care about these issues regarding men in my lifetime.
I'm referring to venting/sharing your feelings. Even in its presentation, it wasn't really that genuine to me. "Women like guys who talk about their feelings." Like, don't vent because it's good for your wellbeing, do it because OTHERS want you to! Add in the pop-psychology idea that a man venting anything to anyone but a therapist is problematic and traumadumping, and you get a contradictory and confusing stew.
Oh, and if you share how badly sharing your feelings has gone, you'll just be victim-blamed or told to man up and get over it, but wokely. Even really GOOD male-focused feminist spaces end up presenting mental health as something you should ultimately be doing for others and not yourself. Not to mention, there's just a lack of acceptance that maybe some progressive people are still uncomfortable due to that whole "being raised in the patriarchy" thing.
The issue is a loop. It all just leaves me feeling a bit lost and hopeless.
Why the Church should accept Trans People: A Theological Argument
Firstly, the church claims that SRS is equivalent to castration, which in biblical times would turn someone into a eunuch. Yes there are Levitical laws against this (and against eunuchs entering the temple), but lets see what ELSE the bible has to say on the issue.
Isaiah 56:4-5 “For this is what the Lord says: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,/ who choose what pleases me/ and hold fast to my covenant—/to them I will give within my temple and its walls/ a memorial and a name/ better than sons and daughters;/ I will give them an everlasting name/ that will endure forever.”
It seems almost as if those just people who human beings condemn will be rewarded!
Now is the issue of God creating us male or female, and God doesn’t make mistakes. First of all, we are created (known) by God before conception.
Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Look! When God forms His plan for us, he does not pay much attention to the womb, he pays attention to our purpose. In fact, it is often through our struggles that God reveals to us our purposes.
Exodus 4:10 “Moses said to the LORD, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."”
Luke 1:7 “ But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.”
Moses and Elizabeth both had purposes that directly contradicted their bodies! It is obvious that these problems caused them great shame and sadness, yet through God’s will they overcame their struggles, were transformed, and became tools of the Lord!
Who are we, mere humans, to say that God’s Law is greater than his Will? Look! The Blessed Mother conceived of a Child before marriage to Joseph! Will you call God a sinner for breaking the rules he himself established?
And as for the Law, let’s read a very important teaching by Christ on how to follow it correctly:
Mark 3:4 “Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him.”
(I use the verses from the NIV throughout this post, but for Mark 3:4 I’ve chosen to use the NLT. “…or is it a day for doing evil?”, the wording used in the NLT, really captures the hypocrisy of the lovers of law. Imagine! The day the Lord set apart being used as a day for evil!)
It is easy to see that when following the law brings evil into the world, it is unlawful. Even the devil can quote scripture (see: the Temptation of Christ), which is why we have our consciences.
Jeremiah 31:33-34 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord.“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.I will be their God,and they will be my people.No longer will they teach their neighbor,or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’because they will all know me,from the least of them to the greatest,”
Does it not hurt you when you insult and degrade a trans person? This is how you can know that transphobia is NOT permitted by God. In fact, it breaks the law of the New Covenant, set by Jesus Christ himself.
John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
When you make transphobic comments and attacks, when you don’t welcome trans people into your churches or homes, are you loving as Jesus did? Are you loving that trans person so much that you would lay down your life for them, that you would bear the burden and guilt of each and every one of their sins?
1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”
Obviously not. And furthermore, what do we know about hating others in the name of God?
1 John 2:9-11 “Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.”
When a person has gender dysphoria, it is because God has a plan for them that involves transition. When you are transphobic, you commit blasphemy against God’s will, as well as break the covenant of Jesus Christ.
So to any and all transphobic Christians, I repeat the words of Jesus Christ to you:
Repent and believe in the Gospel! Do not judge, or you yourself will be judged! Love both your brother and your enemy!
I love the intersection of passionately Christian Queer Tumble people.
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Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.
I wonder if, in the Weimar Republic, Hitler got dunked on as much as Elon Musk.
*nursing dying torrents of obscure media files back to life with the loving care of hand-feeding orphaned baby bats with itty bitty sippy bottles*
Some of yall mfs would bully Jocat and it shows
They need to go back in time and show Lenin Bakunin instead.
The average user after getting into communism
"Developing the productive forces"
How does that factor into the Uyghur Muslim Genocide?
But I guess sources that the CCP don't approve are Western Propaganda
Also, I guess I'm not a Communist because I'm skeptical of the state; it's not like Marx would disagree with the CCP or anything.
Something to be said about how ironic it is that some people in the US celebrating the assassination still view the revolutionary justice of communist parties as evil. Like, killing billionaires is good but only when it’s disorganized.
Anyways, if you like the execution of an exploitative insurance CEO, then you’ll love the People’s Republic of China!
I don't know how you can think a country not only with billionaires, but with some of the worst workers rights in the world is Socialist
even disregarding this, it's baffling to think that Mao would agree with anything modern China is doing. I don't like Mao, but at least he wanted Socialism.
Something to be said about how ironic it is that some people in the US celebrating the assassination still view the revolutionary justice of communist parties as evil. Like, killing billionaires is good but only when it’s disorganized.
Anyways, if you like the execution of an exploitative insurance CEO, then you’ll love the People’s Republic of China!
*saving this so I'll be better*
Tumblr users when a trans women expresses an opinion they disagree with:
I can rest easy
I do think that US communists should be doing more to engage in mutual aid—just not in the ad hoc disorganized way anarchists suggest. Food banks and meals programs are rather prevalent in US cities, yet also incredibly disorganized and pressed for resources. They are functionally a part of the capitalist system right now, where a portion of the surplus food that would go to waste is distributed to the working poor by means of depoliticized organizations often disconnected from the communities they serve.
Imo, communists could greatly strengthen our connection to the masses by developing a systematized and politicized network of mutual aid, not in place of mass work but as a bridge between the organization’s political work and the lower strata of the working class.
"Grab em by the pussy"
I like how we are calling them Communist because they are executing billionaires, but not asking why China has billionaires. Like damn, did they hide from the red guards until Deng came to free them? lol
Something to be said about how ironic it is that some people in the US celebrating the assassination still view the revolutionary justice of communist parties as evil. Like, killing billionaires is good but only when it’s disorganized.
Anyways, if you like the execution of an exploitative insurance CEO, then you’ll love the People’s Republic of China!
Liberalism is when people use sources
Along with the rise of Tankies due to the US' teaching of Communist history, the biggest problem with the New Left is, largely, laziness and romanticism.
Many Leftists refuse the, to be frank, privilege, and responsibility, of going to the ballot box, instead opting for revolution, or, as one put it to me, 'burning down a walmart'. I do not wish to condemn those whose hearts are passionate enough to incite a revolution, yet I urge them not to cling to ideals; the idea of most European Countries having free (as free as you can get in Capitalism) elections would make Marx proud of our successes in our modicum of progress, as imperfect as it is, yet I see so many openly doing away with the work of our lost comrades.
I say also to those who refuse the ballot that we fulfill more responsibilities when voting than merely voting from reverence and fear, rather, we vote for those who may be affected in the victory of our opposition. Therefore, when we vote to save our comrades, we not only save them, but we also may gain a sibling in arms, whereas, if we disregard their interests in lieu of idealism, we may lose them as a comrade; we may lose a fighter in a revolution.
I also implore those who refrain from 'burning the walmart' to also consider direct action, for these our tools that must be used in tandem
Thus, by voting we not only allow ourselves time to prepare for Fascism, but we also have the potential to save live, and aid the revolution.
You're almost there.
If you start supporting Mao or Stalin, you will find a pipe bomb in your mailbox/s
IMO, Communism is basically dead in the states. Kids are taught not of Marx's word, but of Stalin's. Therefore, when they look for an alternative for our hell-hole of Capitalism, they will look to something worse, as they know no better.
Anarchists in a squat's garden shed made my HRT. My local communist party... Sold me a newspaper subscription?
Yes, this is why I said that US communists should take mutual aid more seriously. Communists in states like Cuba and China are making and distributing HRT on a scale that US anarchists can only dream of. The “communist” movement in the US is currently dominated by socdems and trotskyists with practically no connection to the masses—a more effective movement is both possible and necessary, and systematized mutual aid work will be an important step.