I’m BEGGING anyone who is going to reblog any news/political posts here AT ALL to turn timestamps on.
Things are happening too quickly right now to not know when something was posted before responding to it or passing it on as though it just happened when it’s actually a headline from like 2018. Please. The solution to this is very easy.
Settings -> General -> Dashboard Settings -> there’s a toggle for timestamps on
Gamergate was like 200 people. And now look where we are. “A lot of emails” on a topic to congressional staffers is like, 20. Are politicians spineless idiots? Yes. Use that to your advantage! Is this the only thing you can be doing? No! But it can be the first.
The internet has completely short circuited our sense of scale. The number of people required to move almost any needle is remarkably low. Your involvement in local causes, political pressure WILL have an impact.
“I am appalled at this MASSIVE GOVERNMENT INVASION of personal rights. Why should the government be getting involved in how websites run themselves? If there are kids getting into trouble on the internet, tell their parents to step up! It’s not my job to take care of everyone’s kids and I don’t want extra roadblocks between me and my websites because some parents aren’t being careful enough.” Push hard on “law-abiding citizens should not have to jump through extra hoops because some people can’t be bothered to follow the rules.” Lean hard on the idea that the rulebreakers are a tiny number and efforts should focus on finding them without interfering with the rest of us.
SAVE act (requiring proof of citizenship for voting):
“I do not support this and you shouldn’t either. The government should not be requiring extra paperwork to vote, especially paperwork that’s often expensive and not easily available. This allows parents who disagree with their kids’ politics – or any caregiver who disagrees with their charges – to withhold the right to vote by restricting access to their documents. The government should be removing restrictions from personal activities, not adding more of them. Please vote against this.” Imply that you think liberal parents, spouses, or caregivers will hide paperwork to prevent people from voting. Lean into the idea of not inconveniencing millions in order to catch a few dozen criminals.
In most cases, you can lean into “I am in support of families and personal autonomy and believe that local communities, not the distant federal government, should decide how to manage themselves. I do not support this thing that invades peoples lives and restricts our freedoms.”
You can also lean on “I do not want you spending my tax dollars on this thing that does not benefit me at all.”
You don’t have to persuade them, especially not in the space of one phone call. You are just trying to convince them that you agree with enough of their politics that they don’t stop listening entirely.
You’re trying to make them think that their choices won’t be popular even with the people who voted for them – who might vote otherwise next time.
“Well are you a [controversial identity] supporter???”
My friend I do not know what to tell you here. My rule is and remains “I don’t care what you call yourself because your actions and who you are as a person is more valuable to me” and “as long as everyone in the situation is an adult and is giving enthusiastic consent I genuinely do not give a fuck what you do” and “words are stupid and people are complicated so it doesn’t matter if The Words Are Wrong as long as it makes you happy”
I’m a longer tables not higher walls kind of guy. Have a seat. Break bread with me. Tell me a story over dinner. I think that’ll be better for the both of us.
This post has gained about 2.5k notes in 24 hours for some reason and is doing numbers in the Identities Fandom but I feel like I need to be clear about something:
I wrote this before I’d ever even heard of crimew but also like.
Also yes I mean even that identity. That one too. Especially that one. And we can’t forget that one either.
Come and sit at my table. Try my soup, it’s an old recipe. Tell me how your day went. I think that’s a better course of action.
Hey. Welcome to the table. You hungry? Come, sit, tell me about your day.
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