the more i discuss morality and philosophy the more I realize how utterly useless the labels “good person” and “bad person” are
It’s not that there aren’t people who do unforgivably bad things, or that there aren’t people who’ve done more good than most could imagine; it’s that it’s not a straightforward equation, not a clear divide, not a static state.
people do good things and bad things and the impacts from BOTH of those actions are equally real. Everyone’s capable of all kinds of miracles and atrocities, arbitrary divides (and, more importantly, the impression that anybody including ourselves can’t or won’t cross those divides) are meaningless
“A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.” e.e cummings
DO NOT TRY TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE AT THE POLLS.
DO NOT ENGAGE IN ANY KIND OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE AT THE POLLS.
NO ELECTION IS EVER A SURE THING, EVEN IF YOU’RE IN THE BLUEST OR REDDEST OF STATES. IF SOMEONE TRIES TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN SIT THIS ONE OUT, THEY ARE EITHER IGNORANT OR MALICIOUS.
An incredibly important, and often forgotten, part of lgbt history.
For anyone interested in reading more, I highly recommend the graphic novel Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371, by MK Czerwiec. The author is a lesbian who spent several years working in the unit mentioned in the title, and the book is a memoir about her experiences there. It’s a really heartfelt and beautifully told story, and it covers all the emotional complexity of caring for members of your own community, and manages to be hopeful without shying away from the reality of what happened.
Just drove past some graffiti that said “butter is a milkshake” and honestly, I cant argue with that, but I want to meet the guy who felt strongly enough about it to put on a street sign
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