Super fair! I guess I would categorize or lump that in as a tactful and warm way of “asking” but I absolutely am with you for that suggestion. 🤗
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AND HOLY SHIT does it get toxic. for some reason there’s no will for even this basic level of nuance. currently watching an entire anti-blahaj hate crusade over a simple misunderstanding where the left and the right conclusions of the chart got conflated as though they are the same thing.
then i tried to help clarify and got called insults.
just… so sad :(
you know wgat fuck it aces all over everything
willem dafoe with cigarette holding two oranges, one of which is moldy
Any account that spreads lies about allies, empathetic leaders, and people I care about, I will call out. If Drag feels harassed by me straightforwardly repeating the truth from the modlog in relevant contexts, Drag is more than free to block me. Encouraging self-harm in an ableist way was deemed unacceptable by both 196 community mods and Blahaj admins independently. That decision wasn’t about silencing anyone—it was about maintaining a safe space for marginalized people.
yuppers! not even becoming, already has been for a hot sec :)
Luddites’ main concern was the systemic redirection of revenue from them, the laborers, to the owners of the factories. They did not simply hate technology for technology’s sake.
The fact that you ignore this basic historical fact betrays an embarrassing ignorance.
I personally don’t give a shit if some AI is used in research. I think that’s awesome. But AI also actively and materially deprives laborers of compensation for their work, both before and after the model training process. And I fucking hate that.
yuh yuh
art doesn’t typically cause immediate political change but it can bolster and help it along. many examples:
- sinead o’connor in suport of victims of the catholic church
- the cranberries in support of ireland
- spike lee in support of victims of police brutality
- bob dylan and others became representative of the anti war movement
when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. is kendrick going to fix america? fuck no lol, but giving a voice to human dignity and class consciousness cannot hurt. in the same way me writing this comment ain’t gonna do shit but it sure cannot hurt.
so anyone who read this far, i highly recommend looking into analysis of the performance by Black creators. hopefully you can find some new community and engage in support with those folk. :)
I watched the performance. I’m not an idiot, I understood the subtext.
Not the performance. The video. The link I sent you. The one two comments above.
Whatever. I thought this could be a nice conversation about building solidarity and mutual support in media but you ruined it by bringing it back to the same three talking points that are already beat to death on every social media feed. Have a good one. :(
Wow okay what a way to engage with the cultural significance and the molding potential inherent to art. Given how quickly you commented back, did you even watch the video?
Let me clarify: Your original comment is valuable but I felt it missed some nuance, specifically as to how it may foster and bolster solidarity. So I brought to the table new analysis of the media and why it has more cultural significance than perhaps any super bowl performance, ever.
In your response you exhibit neither a desire to hear nor understand and that is disappointing and frankly disrespectful. :(
Who cares?
Answer: Black people. People of color. And you should care too.
Analysis of the performance as just an extended diss on Drake is shortsighted at best. The Drake beef is only the exterior veneer of a much more nuanced and symbolic work expressing race, culture, and economics in America. For a deeper analysis see: https://www.tiktok.com/@toureshow/video/7469843075863579950 (apologies for the TikTok link but it’s a very good one)
That’s a very probably true analysis :(
Relevant meme post of what brought on a lot of those bans for onlookers.