How clearly does the point need to be made that "police officer" is just a fucking job, one with minimal training and minimal monitoring. It is NOT some kind of promise of honesty, truth, or heroism. It is a bunch of assistant managers with extremely powerful weapons. IF you can understand "pedophiles choose to be priests and teachers so they can get to children", IF you understand "arsonists choose to be firefighters so they can be present at their own crimes" - then you can ALSO understand "people who are bigoted, violent, and power-hungry choose to be cops for the opportunities the job presents" and you can ALSO understand "any occupational culture that chooses fraternity over justice - and the allowance of violence in the name of a unified front - is therefore siding with their worst representatives"

by the way. the average time to train to be a police officer? 19 weeks. A little over 4 months. many states only require a high school diploma and no further education. there is often no requirement of any form of previous experience - no interning or observations. it took me 3 years of experience and a master's degree for me to get my job in writing. hell: in my state, it takes at least 6 months with a permit before people are allowed to drive a car.

being a police officer is an entry-level job, and we are handing them weapons. nothing about their occupation automatically makes them smarter, quicker, braver, or in any way elite. there is very little in their onboarding process that would allegedly "weed out" the worst of the applicants - and once they are part of the fraternity, they're not gonna leave.

we have been taught to respect, honor, and worship them by virtue of a job title they barely even had to try for. they sign no contract, swear no vow, and make no promise to the general public. it is a community that is extolled above others and given virtually no oversight. think about the kind of people who would be attracted to that opportunity. the adage: power corrupts. absolute power corrupts absolutely.

circling this back around to say FUCK ICE, and fuck you if you willingly support them just because they're "a federal agent" and therefore "deserve respect".

ICE officers are a fucking privatized militia they do not have authority over united states citizens and none of their so-called "purpose" requires live rounds and weapons. It is entirely made up of fascist racist dickbags with no fucking training. they are lower than scum. they're police-school dropouts with no fucking spine. there is no honor in their position. they accomplish nothing but terrorizing communities they don't even fucking live in.

Any!! occupation or government !! that chooses fraternity over justice - and the allowance of violence in the name of a unified front - is therefore siding with their worst representatives.

"OR WOMEN IN GENERAL"???? HELLO

Reblog to bully people who don't like female characters or women in general off the internet.

lost my fight with fate

my little star

my svsss comic about sqq and his little personality split (what if)

I will wait for him

Do you think Xie Lian ever came across his old belongings while collecting trash?

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This… “could mean nothing”? Oh, okay. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your tags, and you type… I don’t know, #DOOMED BOSTON YAOI on that one article about Ben Affleck showing up ringless at Matt Damon’s house, for instance, because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about their cultural impact and shared filmography, but what you don’t know is that that post is not just about “doomed Boston yaoi”, it’s not about J-Lo, it’s not even about Good Will Hunting; it’s about the extent to which they have purposely and publicly entwined themselves— not just in life but as a PR strategy— ever since the calculated awards narrative of the 1998 Oscar race. Perhaps even earlier. You think it’s a coincedence that they make sure to talk about each other in every interview they’ve ever done. What am I saying? You’ve never seen The Last Duel. You haven’t even seen Dogma. You’re also blithely unaware of the fact that, after the 2010s, when Matt was dithering in between franchises, and Ben was being widely mocked as Batman, I think it was Artists Equity, wasn’t it?… where they leveraged their public partnership to collaborate as film producers and bolster one another’s images. Hmm.. I think we need a feel-good sports biopic here. Perhaps some clever Dunkin ads? And then Matt and Ben posting quickly showed up in the posts of eight different popular bloggers. Then it filtered down through the reblogs of thousands of plebeian Tumblr users who proudly watch a single movie per year in the cinema, and then through viral tweets and TikToks from normies in your area… and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner of the internet where you, no doubt, fished it out of the bottom of your likes. However, that article represents millions of posts about countless incidents of publicly expressed affection— real affection, of course, but also the fuel of a carefully crafted public image strategy (the dichotomy of which only increases the entertaining tension and romance of their relationship), and it’s sort of comical how you think that you’ve made a choice that exempts you from sincerely caring about Matt Damon and Ben Affleck when, in fact, you’re reblogging a post that was selected for you by the people in this room… from a pile of what “could mean nothing.”

Finally some good news: a few weeks ago, anti-transgender activists offered $35,000 to the next National Women’s Soccer League player who criticized trans athletes... except the league overwhelmingly supports trans inclusion and no one took her up on the offer. Very few trans athletes play professional sports, and there has never been a trans woman in the NWSL. Stand your ground!

category of blorbo called "technically i like them but fanons obsession with them to the exclusion of other characters pavloved me into having a negative reaction whenever i see them"

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thought about him a bit too hard the other day and felt physically ill. send help

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