I feel like there’s a certain type of “ex-evangelical” progressive who obviously supports mandatory progressive causes like abortion access and LGBT rights, but then in practice supports them “so strongly” that they can’t compromise on anything. And if that means that they can’t vote for candidates who support those issues because they aren’t “good enough” and those issues get set back, well… That’s a trade-off they’re willing to make!
If there’s one pro-choice candidate and one anti-choice candidate and you campaign against the pro-choice candidate because you don’t think their support is strong enough, knowing that the alternative is the anti-choice candidate… I feel like you’re not that pro-choice?
Or if you have one candidate who wants to maintain LGBT rights and one who wants to roll them back, and you oppose the pro-LGBT candidate because they don’t want to… add 3 new sex markers to government IDs, but the other candidate wants to make it impossible to change the sex marker on your government ID at all… I don’t think you’re actually being very supportive of LGBT rights?
People are addicted to trying to find a way out of the trolley problem. Sometimes you do indeed have to decide whether or not to pull the lever and yes, sometimes somebody is going to die because of your choice. Voting is harm reduction
So this was a pre-planned (and likely paid for by the Kremlin) show: to invite Zelenskyy, scold him like a kindergartener in front of the press, present him with an unreasonable “deal” – an ultimatum – knowing full well he will refuse it (as anyone in this position would). And then tell the world: “Look, our mighty Orange King could’ve ended this horrible war in a day, but this poorly-dressed, warmongering, ungrateful twat just doesn’t want peace! It’s not our fault, we did what we could!”
The show is so cheap, so transparent, yet still effective for so many brainless people.
I want you to know that the Mexican press is calling Zelinskyy a hero for walking out and putting his people and country first.
So is the Canadian press, who are also reporting that it hasn’t played well for anyone but Trump’s most staunch supporters in the US.
And don’t forget: this is a revenge story. It’s not all about rare earths or mineral rights… not by a long shot.
Trump got impeached the first time because he got caught trying to get Zelenskyy to lie about Joe Biden doing illegal/corrupt things, and Zelenskyy refused to do it. The Suit without a Man In It* will have cuddled that grudge to him like a vomit-soaked teddybear, dreaming of ways to someday inflict maximum punishment on Ukraine’s President for making him look bad.
So the mugging, as described above, went forward. But I seriously think no one associated with the current inhabitants of the White House realized how badly the event could or would backfire and/or catalyze opinion, both in the US and in other parts of the world.
It’s going to be interesting—in the historical (annoying) sense of the word—to see how all this unfolds over the next couple/few months. But today’s speech from the Danish prime minister is a real banger. (Apologies for the TikTok-ized version of this with background music. I’ll look in a while and see if I can find one with, you know, just the words.)
Earlier I ran across a comment from somebody to the effect of, “The inhabitant of the Oval Office may just have accidentally created the United States of Europe.” An interesting take. We shall see…
*There’s a description of yesterday’s events making the rounds: “A man without a suit on had a meeting with a suit without a man in it.”
The good (y’know, comparatively) news is that after the last 48 hours, we can decisively conclude that that whole embarrassing shitshow went far, far worse for Trump/Vance/Putin et al than it ever did for Zelenskyy. The pile-on has been worldwide and consistent. Zelenskyy came out looking strong and principled because he was the only adult in the room and everyone saw it. Europe got together and hastily pledged tons of new spending and support for Ukraine, including about four billion pounds for military support from the UK alone (rare Starmer W). Zelenskyy got to meet King Charles (who didn’t say anything about his non-suit-wearing). Every single European leader posted messages of support (except for Orban of Hungary, who is obviously as much a Putin stooge as Trump). There were worldwide demonstrations for Ukraine. Vance got his Vermont ski vacation ruined for being a treasonous chud and had to be removed to an “undisclosed location” like certain other crappy Republican vice presidents of yore. Lololololol.
It’s worth noting that Zelenskyy has refused to submit to Trump’s blackmail in 2019, refused to surrender to Putin’s invasion in 2022, and now refused to bow down to the Trump-Russia Axis of Treason in 2025, even after, as noted, the whole Friday debacle was very clearly set up to humiliate him and kowtow to Trump’s Daddy Dom, Vladimir V. Putin. He’s still politely but flatly refusing to let anyone get away with lying about the war and the invasion, excuse Russia’s actions, create a false moral equivalence, or let Trump/Vance just bully him for the transient masturbatory satisfaction of their Kremlin paymasters. He is a human politician and therefore flawed like any of them, but the individual courage and incredible tenacity that it has taken to repeatedly stand up to the worst elements of what Anne Applebaum calls “Autocracy Inc.” and tell them to take a hike even when he will quite obviously suffer for it, is remarkable and should be recognized. So yes. May we all channel more of this determination.
I want to scream and cry (istg who tf am i lying to, i am already crying)
To every non-ukrainian that reads my tumblr — if Ukraine is going to be given to russia, I will die. For being openly pro-Ukrainian of openly queer — one of those two, definitely. It is, like, a fact. And the possibility of that is way higher then the possibility of me dying right now from a missile or a drone (even though there’s an air raid right now, yeah). Fucking crazy, but that’s the reality.
Don’t want to be spreading defeatism, but the things that happened in the White House today very clearly shows that the US is siding with russia.
I believe in our military. They are doing absolutely unbelievable things. They are probably the only reason why I haven’t given up on my life yet.
But oh my fucking god, it is so obvious that the US is trying to sell us to russia. Honestly, it is fucking unbelievable. After threatening to sanction the hell out of us in the 90s in order to make us give up our nukes and destroy missiles and military aircrafts, they failed to react when russia broke the Budapest memorandum and attacked us in 2014. They did fucking nothing. And now they are actively betraying Ukraine (sorry, I can’t call it otherwise). I hate trump and every person that voted for him. I wish them to spend the next 11 years like ukrainians — actively suffering and with everyone telling them to shut up and die already.
I genuinely don’t know what else to say. Support Ukraine, please. If you are not from the US — look up the info about pro-Ukraine rallies in your country. We need the support of other countries. At this point I am literally begging everyone who can read this — push your government to help us. It is crucial right now.
If you are from the US — honestly, i don’t know what to tell you. Either hire a hitman who can do their job or riot and overthrow him. Yeah.
Ah, also, yeah, never fucking ever give up your nukes 🙂
Yeah OP same.
I know exactly who of my friends would be hunted if Ukraine is occupied. I know my family targeted because our family members serve in the army and fighting at the frontline.
I know that right now my chances of dying from a drone are relatively low because of our air defense.
But I those chances are still high. I shouldn’t worry about drones and missiles to begin with.
But I know that if Kyiv is occupied. My chances of dying in a gruesome, cruel way with rise tenfold.
I don’t understand why my desire to survive is seen as warmongering.
It’s my hope that Tumblr is still a safe space from political interference when it comes to allowing the users to interact without fear that bots we interact with are sharing misinformation.
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