chescaleigh:

jessehimself:

apfelgranate:

bogleech:

exeggcute:

satire is “I’m going to take this concept to an extreme or absurd level in order to demonstrate how bizarre/nonsensical/illogical it is” and not “I said something bigoted but just kidding I didn’t really mean it hahaha”

Dang it I’ve written like 5000 words trying to explain this and I only needed this post to reblog

#i always remember that thing terry pratchett said #about how satire is meant to ridicule power #if you’re laughing at people who are hurting it’s not satire it’s bullying (tags via @vrabia)

Punching up

if a self proclaimed bigot watched your satirical piece, would they enjoy it or would it make them uncomfortable because they’re the punchline?

sorryandsoweare:

What I don’t mean:

• All cis people are the same amount/kind of transphobic
• all cis people yell slurs at trans people and murder them
• all cis people are automatically horrible people
• cis people can’t know/be friends with/have significant relationships with trans people
• I’m just gonna be a dick to cis people cause why not! It’s fun!

What I mean:

• Society ingrains transphobic beliefs into everyone. Literally everyone grows up being transphobic, including trans people, and must unlearn it if we hope to make society better for trans people. 
• it is easier for trans people to unlearn transphobia because they go through it, but pretty much all of us still have internalized stuff.
• it’s harder for cis people to unlearn transphobia because they benefit from it and do not go through it
• cis people cannot be experts on trans issues because they don’t experience transphobia 
• if cis people want to be good allies, they have to listen to us, because we understand transphobia much better than they do

dopesince1987:

goddesscru:

ctron164:

cosmic-noir:

pumpkinmcqueen:

queenevea:

meme-liberation-front:

The Panthers used to ride around and follow the police.

So the cops would pull over some sorry black person, and get ready to rough him up, but then there were the Panthers right behind them. Watching, armed to the teeth, and citing legal statutes. It’s inspirational.

Bring it back.

Bring this back.

For real.

That’s why the FBI broke them up, isn’t it ?

That among other community initiatives. They had weapons training, self defense, their free breakfast program and ran a newspaper. They raised money to pay for bail and legal funding for people. And they used to notify the community of their rights and encourage people to know the laws and protest the one which were unjust. That type of shit irked the local police and damned sure struck a nerve with the FBI. They were taking back the streets and providing the protection the police were never interested in bringing to their neighborhoods from the very start. So it’s always fuck the FBI for me.

Fuck The Feds

iamhannalashay: