Millie @Atatra@computerfairi.es

The so-called "non-violence" of Gandhi and King only worked because there was no real intent to kill on the part of the government, so faced with implacable resolve, and knowing the only other option was to kill, the powers that be eventually relented.

That is not the case with the Trump regime, or the Hitler regime, or any other similar totalitarian regime before.

They not only mean to kill us, they delight in doing so. We are nothing to them, not human, inhuman, subhuman, alien, animal.

I'm unable to find it, but I dimly recall some afterword on one of the Dilbert collections (this was long before dude outed himself as fash) where he claimed to have defeated cancer with the power of positive thinking or something like that.

and I guess he wasn't thinking positively enough this time

"Scientists design intelligence tests to compare other species to humans, but they tend to overlook alternative modes of knowing. For instance: could I, a human, survive for years in an urban woodlot with as few resources as a skunk? Could I travel many miles of unmarked forest and swamp to find the small hole that leads to my exact wintering den from the previous year? Are those not types of intelligence? While many things about our bodies and behaviors make us distinct from other species, it is unscientific hubris to build a hierarchy out of these traits. This hubris is what has thrust the planet and all its inhabitants into crisis." Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, #ForestEuphoria

Several times a day, if not several times an hour, I see people using "sane" as some sort of synonym for ethical and "insane" as some sort of synonym for unethical.

Think of what you're saying here - instead of grappling with the idea that abled people can do harmful and/or evil things, the moment some threshhold of evil is passed, you simply label them "insane".

This equates disability with evil, and equates being abled with virtue. It's a rhetorical frame to keep you comfortable. #Ableism

To the leftists who refuse to stop discriminating against the mentally disabled

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Dictatorships and authoritarianism are not practiced by "crazy" people. They are frightening because they are exercised by sane people. Those judged "insane" by those in power are pushed to the margins of society, stripped of their dignity, and even killed.

https://ringonouen.hatenablog.com/entry/2026/01/11/172043

"You shouldn't fat shame because you don't know what that person has been through."

No, you shouldn't fat shame because fat shaming is wrong, period. It doesn't matter if the person went through hard times or not.

If you’re upset and trying to guilt people of color for rightfully pointing out that nobody gave a shit until it happened to a white lady, maybe sit down and shut the fuck up

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Wally shapes

to be clear, giving out masks and tests at an event that isn't masking and testing required is like handing out free "I like Jews!" pins outside an event that you're allowing Nazis into.

it's a purely performative measure designed to assuage attendees' and organizers' fragile egos. it's a thing that minimizers can point to and say, "see, we acknowledge that COVID exists!" all while continuing to rawdog CO2-saturated air that people cough into unmasked.

if you cared about COVID, you'd make masking and testing mandatory, and tell people that they'll be thrown out of the event if they unmask indoors.

If you are running a conference or expo in this day and age without 100% enforced masking and COVID testing, you are openly stating your hatred of the disabled, no matter how much you might think you're an ally, you're not