Insidious bullshit in teaching
So, if you asked me what the most insidious lie I was ever told was, there's one that easily wins out over all others: Lost Cause of the South nonse. Now, on it's own, it's bad, but not exactly "the most insidious lie". But here's the kicker: I was in 4th grade, and I was told this by a speaker who my social studies teacher brought in to tell us about how the civil war wasn't actually about slavery.
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cis ppl....if u catch yourself thinking when around trans friends "man i wish i could change my name too": do that shit it automatically makes you at least 10% cooler
the mainstream narrative of the Rwandan genocide is a victim-blaming lie: a thread
The vagues ideas that many people have about the genocide that took place in 1994 in #Rwanda—one where "extremist" Hutus set off cycles of senseless violence that Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) raced to stop while the world kind of just watched & did nothing—is full of distortions, leaves out many important details, & even includes many outright lies.
This thread is a corrective. (genocide talk ahead)
TIL via a DeafBlind TikToker and confirmed via a DuckDuck search that, in an emergency situation, if you are with a (culturally!) DeafBlind person, drawing an X on their back or, barring that, palm, is a way to communicate "We have to get out of here, NO DISCUSSION."
Disability advocates often talk about the importance of not physically grabbing/moving people. Emergencies MAY be an exception but now you know a way to communicate instead!
nazis, justice (+)
Sing along now!
If you're a Nazi and you're fired, it's your fault!
If you're a Nazi and you're fired, it's your fault!
If you're spotted in the mob
And you lose your fucking job
If you're a Nazi and you're fired, it's your fault!
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/capitol-riots-people-fired-jobs-trnd/index.html
uspol, re: the coup attempt
It would be like knowing someone's a child pornographer, and merely giving them a slap on the wrist temporary suspension and saying you'll only ban them if they do it again. At that point, if they do it again, I honestly feel you're liable for that. You knew they were problematic and you let them stay anyways. It's no different with Twitter letting Trump stay. 3/3
uspol, re: the coup attempt
And even if you think Twitter shouldn't be held liable for yesterday, they are explicitly allowing him to stay on their platform as long as long as he doesn't try this again. Even if you don't think they should be held liable for yesterday, they are absolutely culpable if he does this again using their platform. 2/3
uspol, re: the coup attempt
So, ostensibly, I support section 230. I think that most people who hate it don't even know what it is. But after the events of yesterday, I think we've finally hit the limit of §230. Twitter has known how bad Trump can be for *years* and let him keep using their platform. Twitter should absolutely, in part, be held liable for what happened. 1/2
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