local Twitter user comes to “terrifying” realization that someone’s physical appearance does not always indicate their political beliefs
politics as aesthetic is a reliably fascist-enabling mindset. That may seem like a crazy take and obviously nobody’s brainwashed for having a style or recognizing others with that style. but listen.
there is a reason why the right wing targets ‘diversity’ beyond just obvious racism, sexism, bigotry, control issues: the need to know someone else’s 'place’ ON-SIGHT is CRITICAL to a strict hierarchical society. This is also why they get mad at poor people having nice things, or art from marginalized minorities becoming influential.
The cruise control of seeing only people who look like you and act like you is critical to conservative’s emotional goals. At the extreme, a conservative ideal doesn’t even have to navigate other real people at all: just archetypes. Which is pretty handy if it’s agonizing to contact your real living conditions with your whole authentic self.
Conservative political movements are style over substance: the feelings they solicit from their base are promoted as more important than the actual decision-making that will occur at right-wing hands. Again, a handy tactic when the choices you want to make are abhorrent for everyone but the aristocracy.
Punk and metal scenes– genres that are famous for anti-authoritarianism– have to be active in barring fascists from participation. They can’t cruise control based on how people fit 'the style.’ Meanwhile, the signals that fascists use to identify one another often are aesthetic-based because to state their political beliefs out-loud is (or has been…) punishable.
The warm and fuzzy feelings of safety you get when everyone looks like you are very easily exploitable. I know that we live in an age where everything functions like an advertisement and aesthetics rule all, but by law of demographic sizes alone more queer people and queer allies are going to look like a random middle aged dude than you think. Especially as people born after the AIDS genocide actually make it that far.
CHEERS TO GUY WALTON FOR “OUTING” THE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES
From the article:
Walton has devised his own criteria for named heatwaves in the US, based on duration and extremity, on a one to five scale similar to hurricanes. Heatwave Chevron is classed as a four and is “historic”, Walton said. The meteorologist said he has a list of 20 oil and gas companies – including Exxon and Shell – for upcoming heatwaves and will turn to coal companies if he runs out of names.
the most “cocomelon shit” i’ve ever experienced in my life was the time i was in calculus II and some girl in front of me was googling “assorted animals” and scrolling through pictures of clipart pigs and horses and shit on her laptop completely focused like it was her tax form
the gimmick blogs are like tumblr’s rogue gallery. yes we’ve got some heroes, yes we’ve got some villains, but more importantly if you look over here you will see some freak who devotes all their time to counting the number of “t’s” in a post
T Count: 15
Letter Count: 198
Your T Percentage: 7.58%
Average T Percentage: 6.95%
You used the letter T 1.09 times as much as average!
YOU EXIST???
Sometimes you create a guy and it turns out they already exist
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