Cripple. History Major. Vaguely Left-Wing.
The absurdity of racism is all the more exposed when what an arbitrary social construct it is is highlighted. Throw the Japanese-Americans in internment camps and forbid them from serving the military with white people - but praise Chinese-Americans as allies against Imperialism™ and let them serve as officers in non-segregated units with white folk.
I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s great that WW2-era white America got over its anti-Chinese racism for ten seconds, but it would have been a nice bonus had it not been just another extension of racism’s arbitrary nature.
Funny(?) enough, efforts by Chinese-Americans to differentiate themselves from Japanese-Americans to the racist majority of the US were largely successful during WW2.
Probably not flags usually, but there was a great deal of effort made by Chinese-Americans to distinguish themselves as “Not-Japanese” to the white majority of the US during WW2 to avoid getting racism-by-proxy.
Anti-Japanese sentiment was rampant in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, and it would only get worse. Racism against Chinese-Americans was considerably less, as China was seen as an ally against Japan.
I’m going to hold my nose and vote for Kamala but I won’t shame people who can’t bring themselves to do it.
It must be nice, being privileged enough to see who wins this election as a fashion choice instead of something that will affect your life.
Because it’s an election with consequences, not an online fandom.
Not to most of these people pushing third-parties.
No, no, THIS time protest-voting to allow fascism will work to usher in a real left-wing movement in this country, promise! /s
Considering that the Mujahideen were overthrown by the Taliban in the mid-90s and the remnants spent the next half-decade or so fighting the Taliban as the Northern Alliance, I don’t see why Thatcher isn’t having a broken clock moment here. Unless, of course, you’re some kind of cretin who sympathizes with the Soviets performing systemic genocide and war rape on Afghanistan.
Raised in Maryland, same kinds of jokes we tell about West Virginia, lmao.
A West Virginian boy got mad at a Marylander, so he threw a stick of dynamite at the Maryland boy. The Marylander picked it up, lit it, and threw it back.
Be the meme-starter you wish to see in the Fediverse!
He looks intense as fuck. The cat looks like they’d open the door high on catnip and invite you in for a glass of milk when you were just there to drop off the mail.
HB enthusiasts coming here and trying to call me out achieves nothing besides proving my point
Yeah, you can always count on them to brigade.
My current psychiatrist doesn’t want to prescribe me any stimulants because of the potential for abuse. For the record, I have no, uh, record of drug use. I don’t even fucking drink. I get the caution, but it’s deeply frustrating.
I do my best! 🙏
I don’t even mind the hostility. I get the hostility. It’s the dogmatic black-and-white views that irk me. Like, sorry that international politics doesn’t fit into your pseudoreligious slots of absolute good and evil?
I mean, when it’s not the issue of playing apologia for atrocities and totalitarianism. That gets my dander up in a hurry too.
There are a lot of things I dislike about them. But aggression? Nah, I get that.
Damn cow is more useful than I am.
By '37? No, you had cameras that could take pretty sharp images in a (ha) snap. Even some expensive consumer cameras could get damn fine shots. Late 19th century is when you have the dying days of long exposure - except for color photography, which generally did require a little time spent stationary until like, the 50s or something.
Getting the right to vote, having legs… what mad innovation will tomorrow bring for the fairer sex??
What a time to be alive
Guy in the foreground about to have a religious moment when his shin hits the hydrant.
That’s almost impressive. Multi-level fuck-up.