December 2011
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Ron Paul cares more about zygotes than he does...
ronpaulissues:
HR 3470 - Infant Mortality Pilot Programs
Infant mortality pilot programs do the following with grants awarded by this Act (Sec. 2)
-Develop a plan that identifies the needs of the community; -Provide outreach to “at-risk mothers”; -Develop and implement systems for improved access, utilization, and quality of services to promote healthy pregnancies, full-term births, and...
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Ron Paul Not Anti-Gay, Just Wouldn't Shake Hands... →
projectqueer:
by David Badash
A former Ron Paul top aide, who worked for the Texas Congressman from 1987 – 2003, says he knows Ron Paul extremely well, has spent a great deal of time with him, and insists Congressman Paul is not anti-gay, but details two shocking anti-gay incidents, including Dr. Paul’s refusal to use a restroom owned by a gay man, and even refusing to shake hands...
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Person: Ron Paul is a racist, you shouldn't vote for him.
Paulbot: Prove it!
Person: *provides links to Paul's racist newsletters*
Paulbot: Oh. Well, uh.... who cares if he's personally a racist? That won't affect his policies! He still has good ideas!
Person: *facepalm*
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Reasons to say 'fuck you' to the Salvation Army. →
theriotmag:
applepretzel:
respirrave:
apiphile:
kiriamaya:
strawberryfaerie:
“The Salvation Army has refused assistance to gay couples unless they break up and “go straight”, Muslim families who refuse to attend “Christian Bible classes”, kids who can’t prove their immigration status, and more.”
Admittedly, i only skimmed the article, but this quote alone should give you a pretty...
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JEZEBEL: Ron Paul’s Racist Newsletter Explains Why...
ronpaulsucks:
Bewildering libertarian charlatan Ron Paul is in the news again, and it’s not for finally discovering gold in California or threatening to burn branches of the Federal Reserve in order to reduce or dependence on foreign energy sources. No, this time Ron Paul’s on the hook for writing a whole bunch of really racist stuff in the 1990’s, stuff he now claims he never knew was...
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reallyronreally:
Welcome! Have a seat.: Ron Paul introduced a bill in 1984 to allow schools to resegregate. -This plus the newsletters plus the fans, plus the…
violetchair:
H.R.4982 Latest Title: Public School Civil Rights Act of 1984 Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-22] (introduced 2/29/1984) Cosponsors (None) Related Bills:H.R.5909 Latest Major Action: 3/5/1984 Referred to House...
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we sell soul: I really hope Ron Paul doesn't win... →
spacemanmick:
That racist cult leader should just go fuck around in the John Birch Society where he belongs. His message of peace is just a trap to draw discontented liberals in. While some will laugh at my fears and say it’s highly unlikely he’ll even win the primaries it seems like more and more people…
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It’s scary how much he reminds me of Lyndon LaRouche. Draw in...
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Why Ron Paul's Disgusting Newsletter Matter.
[content note - blatant racism and racial slurs]
ronpaulsucks:
Ron Paul is back in the hunt for the Presidency. Many see him as an appealing candidate, one who opposes the wars, wants drugs legalized and supports fiscal responsibility. What they don’t know, is his long history of racism and connection to white supremacists. He has dodged questions on his connections to white supremacists and...
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A Response to Slightlymetaphysical →
writingfromfactorx:
aceadmiral:
Reblogging again for germaneness.
Guys, I am but a humble observer of my bit of the ace community, but I feel comfortable asserting that the people who claim to throw up when they think about boobs or whatever are still in the detox phase. They are also making their comments on the internets, land of hyperbole. And even if they weren’t, tell me you have never...
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squelephants:
Wait a second. Do people actually like Ron Paul for his foreign policy? They genuinely think that his lack thereof is a strong point?
Dear god
I thought people just liked Ron Paul because he wanted to legalize marijuana. I suppose his anti-war stance would be popular, but when you step back and look at his foreign policy at a whole, you’ll realize that it’s just a massive black...
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cherutenu:
Some misconceptions about the USA that I see a lot on tumblr.
yourfandomsucks:
Let me start off by saying that I am well aware that as a whole, we have it a lot better than most places, but I wanted to clear up some stuff that people seem to assume about us. I don’t think non Americans are aware that we aren’t quite as privileged and dumb as we look. There is this image of a...
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You and me, Watson: This was my nightmare scenario →
writingfromfactorx:
sentientmachine:
We finish our discussion in gender and culture and the professor said “we’re going to watch a video. I know you guys have been trying to be culturally relative but lets see if you can deal with a sexuality as different as this”
I wasn’t prepared to see David Jay onscreen.
It was like a 5 minute…
Fuck fuck fuck, something like this happened to me too,...
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Welcome! Have a seat.: Ron Paul Is A Lying Scumbag... →
violetchair:
http://www.conservativesnetwork.com/2011/12/07/ron-paul-is-a-lying-scumbag-politician-with-borderline-sociopath-tendencies/
Ron Paul is the sickest, most twisted, scumbag politician to come along the political landscape in a long time. He’s a borderline sociopath.
This scumbag sociopath…
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Ron Paul: Ron Paul's Racism →
ronpaulissues:
Last fall, Rand Paul briefly caused a stir when he suggested that his libertarian principles would require him to have opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Paul danced around the subject, refusing the let himself be pinned down.
Tonight his father and political idol, Ron Paul, appeared on…
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kingcheddarxvii:
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topraymen:
A 14 years old boy got beaten half dead by his stepfather. His only fault was this that he tried to protect his little sister from being raped. Now he’s struggling for his life, but doctors say he won’t make it without a surgery. His mother doesn’t have money to pay it.tumblr donates 45cents for every sharing or reposing. Please...
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do asexuals have a sexuality?
This is one of the questions where the answer is “it’s different for everyone”, but I want to elaborate on my own feelings on the issue.
I go back and forth as to whether or not I think of myself as having a sexuality. Even though I’m a kinky asexual, my kink is so far removed from what most *sexual people consider “sex” that it doesn’t feel like...
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writingfromfactorx:
lizziegoneastray:
nat-attack:
“poikkisexual” is the dumbest word I’ve ever heard
oh, thank heavens I’m not the only one who doesn’t like it.
Nope, you’re not. It reminds me of poi dogs. Also I have no idea where the root comes from and it doesn’t look at all like English.
I’ve been using “allosexual” on the theory that I hate it least.
It’s Finnish for...
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Mary Sue, what are you? or why the concept of Sue...
mercurialmalcontent:
roachpatrol:
adventuresofcomicbookgirl:
Looks like this essay was needed, so I went ahead and did it. Not sure I said everything I wanted to say, but I tried.
So, there’s this girl. She’s tragically orphaned and richer than anyone on the planet. Every guy she meets falls in love with her, but in between torrid romances she rejects them all because she dedicated to what...
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aversive asexual erasure: maybe it's just me?
[content note: mention of coercion]
hawkelf:
Throwing my two cents in for once. As someone who manages to mostly lurk in the online communities but is surprisingly (to myself at least) active in raising awareness offline, I agree with aceadmiral and GreenChestnuts in their observations about why aversive asexuals are kind of talked about very quietly in relation to the rest.
Personally, as an...
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aversive asexual erasure: maybe it's just me?
I’ve been extremely indecisive over writing this post because I feel like maybe I’m just paranoid or imagining all this. It seems like, whenever I see a definition or a discussion of asexuality, there is a lot of effort to point out that “many asexuals enjoy sex!” or “many asexuals compromise and agree to have sex to please their partners!” or even “many...
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My Problems with the Tumblr Social Justice Culture
bellisadinosaur:
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captainhumphrey:
blaitzen:
Yeah, I’m even going to use capital letters and shit because this is kind of a serious venting post for me, requiring me to temporarily abandon my flippant no-effort no-care face. (Not serious even to stop swearing though)
As I identified myself as an extremely tolerant and caring person, when I started a tumblr I was naturally...
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trigger warnings revisited
[content warning: mention of incest]
A long time ago I wrote about how I was seeing trigger warnings misused as a passive-aggressive shaming technique against writing - and writers - one doesn’t agree with.
An issue that keeps popping up - or continues to pop up - is that people are using “triggered” as a synonym for “upset”. This is called semantic bleaching -...
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neurotypical privilege, continued
This fantastic checklist has been whittled down to 50 items from over 300, which is a monumental undertaking. There are of course well over 300 ways in which neurotypicality is privileged over autistic neurology. I wanted to list a few that are specific to me and my day-to-day interactions, which either weren’t part of either the larger list or the condensed one, or were phrased in a way...
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Neurotypical privilege checklist
Checklist of Neurotypical Privilege
Safety 1. I have never been told, because of my neurology, that I am incapable of feeling pain. 2. If I have a medical problem, I do not worry that my doctor will dismiss it as part of my neurotypicality. 3. When attempting to purchase health insurance, I know that I will not be rejected because I am NT. 4. If I am bullied or abused, people will not assume...
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"celibate"
pmzzo:
As far as I understand the word celibate is mostly used to tell people who say things like “I’m going to be asexual” that they can’t go asexual but only celibate/abstaining. I’m sure I haven’t seen every asexual on tumblr but I don’t think that “celibate” isn’t very common as a self description for aces. According to google there are 370 times the words “celibate asexual” have been used...