Picrews be like yeah omg acab dxde but as soon as you say bi lesbians are a thing you have a swat team at your door. Tumblr and it’s consequences have been a disaster for the human race

  • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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    4 years ago

    many online leftists don't give a shit about actual systemic issues they just wanna quote tweet people and say "yikes"

    they're just in it for their perceived moral highground, they don't really believe in anything

  • Randomdog [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Picrews be like yeah omg acab dxde

    Bless you

      • Qelp [they/them,she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Mostly Twitter users actually, the only reason I mentioned tumblr is because Twitter seems to slowly be morphing into it as more and more teenagers start getting involved in The Discourse

  • Pezevenk [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    What are we talking about again?

    These last few days have made me feel like a boomer, I have no clue what half of the posts I see are talking about, how online is online enough?

  • redfromouterspace [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Lol

    I learned to argue on Tumblr from like age 14 - 17, engaged in mortal combat with other teenagers about Steven Universe characters and fictionkin or whatever.

    But other parts of Tumblr did legitimately push me leftward. Living in a relatively rural area, I didn't even really know any liberals, let alone leftists. So seeing outspoken communists on Tumblr really made me feel some kind of (good) way.

  • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I wouldn't be a leftist today if not for tumblr. Not only was it my initial education on social issues, I also met communists for the first time and came to refer to myself as one because those people normalized it for me.

  • NeoAnabaptist [any]
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    4 years ago

    Everything will be appropriated eventually. Stay on your feet.

  • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Wait is this about merrick or the teens going after Molly Conger or something else entirely, I can't tell

  • fed [none/use name]
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    yeah stop tagging me in anarchist posts, they aren’t going to do anything nerds

    • neebay [any,undecided]
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      4 years ago

      some people want lesbian to be a label that includes all WLW identities

      not a WLW myself, but as a bi/pan guy I can feel where they're coming from

      I'll often identify as gay in situations where my attraction to men is what's relevant, but I don't want to bother explaining how I'm pansexual or NB-inclusive bisexual or whatever

      we are also subject to much of the same homophobia, it doesn't matter to most homophobes whether you're also attracted to the opposite gender, but on the other hand it is easier for us to have relationships that pass socially in a heteronormative culture

      there are many lesbians and gay men who believe these labels should only apply to exclusively homosexual people, and I'm sympathetic to their desire for exclusively homosexual spaces

      so I'm a bit conflicted about it