I want rainbow capitalism but for disability rights but we're still ranked last on everyone's priorities and i say this as a bisexual who loves Rainbow June
You know when people say "make your own post" about bringing up an entirely new topic in response to somebody's post, they mean for you to use the "new post" button and post it on your own blog, right? Not to drop it in my inbox?
One of my favorite things is that when I tell people The Venture Bros is all about a horrible and bald middle-aged bald man that is far too pathetic and too horrible to possibly Babygirlify, the sort of people likely to Babygirlify horrible pathetic middle-aged bald men always take that as a challenge and think they’re capable of Babygirlifying him, and continue to think that they’ve won for like, the first three seasons. And then suddenly, about halfway through season 4, even they find their limit. And I win.
Before anyone who's actually seen the show comes in here talking about "oh well I babygirlify him anyway," consider the following:
One of my favorite things is that when I tell people The Venture Bros is all about a horrible and bald middle-aged bald man that is far too pathetic and too horrible to possibly Babygirlify, the sort of people likely to Babygirlify horrible pathetic middle-aged bald men always take that as a challenge and think they’re capable of Babygirlifying him, and continue to think that they’ve won for like, the first three seasons. And then suddenly, about halfway through season 4, even they find their limit. And I win.
Maybe this is a high bar, but I feel like it’s a stretch for people to describe their upbringing as “Christian but normal about it” if their parents voted for George W Bush.
one thing about me is that whenever someone mentions ASMR to me my mind goes to Lord Of The Flies and I mentally, if not verbally, reply "sucks to your ass-mar" every single time without fail
ok so a love shack is basically like a little old place where we can get together essentially
also I promise this is unrelated to anything else I've been posting about but like. We're not doing the "rainbow capitalism" complaint this year. Sorry. I know pitching this particular hissy fit is really important to some of you. But years when the conservative movement du jour is to have a literally identical tantrum about any company that's putting rainbows on drink cans or reusable grocery bags because they view that as "supporting groomers and pedophiles," we don't get to throw fuel on that fire. Even if you disagree with the fire on an ideological level, it doesn't matter to the fire! This year, feel however you want to feel about any given company making their logo into a rainbow flag, but I promise the "boycott Anheuser Busch because they're supporting Deviants by making our beer gay" people do not give a shit whether you're supporting their cause from a gay standpoint or a homophobic one, they just care about the net result, which is that by getting outwardly mad about this, you are lending them support
Just because it’s better than the alternative doesn’t make it good lmao. You think they really care about us? Fucking dumbass.
So like. I don't give a shit if they actually care lol. But when one side is saying "it's okay to be gay" through gritted teeth and the other side is saying "I want to kill this guy and anyone else who says, for any reason, that it's okay to be gay" with a smile on their face and a gun in their hand, not only am I not going to complain about the first person's begrudging support, I'm definitely not going to start handing fresh ammo to the second person and cheering them on for Shutting Down The Phony!
Because, again, guess what: to the right wing, there isn't a difference between someone who says "happy pride" because they want to make a dollar and someone who says "happy pride" because they actually care about gay people. Whether or not you're actually a witch doesn't matter, to the stake they're burning you at.
No lol
I don't know how to tell you this but both of your metaphorical "guys" are on the same side, and that side is the side that wants to kill us and wants to give money to the politicians who've made our extermination the central focus of their political projects.
I need need need need need need need you people to understand that corporations lie to you. Often. In fact, by default, assume every thing a corporation says that sounds even slightly palatable to you is a bold faced lie, a lie they tell with big smiling faces while they donate more money than you make in a year to the politicians that want to make it illegal for you to breathe.
Fucking hell.
Wow, you sure put a lot of words in my mouth! Should I respond, or are you gonna keep writing both sides of the conversation for me?
Did I say you had to love and support Anheuser Busch, or overlook any of the evil shit corporations do, or believe them when they say literally anything? I sure didn’t! Why would I? In order to say something like that, you’d have to be almost as stupid as someone who read the above post and thought it was saying that these companies cared about gay people and that we should believe and support them!
Have you considered, like me, like an adult, hating these companies for giving money to conservative PACs, instead of hating them for putting a rainbow on their beer cans? Because honestly if they got rid of the right-wing money but kept the rainbow beer cans I’d be fine with it, but if they got rid of the rainbow beer cans but kept the right-wing money I’d still be furious. It’s almost like the rainbow beer cans aren’t really the headline in my opinion and shouldn’t be the central pillar in my opposition. It’s almost like you piss on the poor!
I hope random brands turn their logo rainbow for no goddamn reason. I hope they do it even if its a desperate bid to seem supportive. I dont fucking care if its shallow. Bud light made a limited edition rainbow can and white men with big trucks took machine guns on them. Target runs a line of admittedly cringe rainbow merchandise and is the subject of domestic terrorism. A random company going rainbow for a month is shallow but its showing the people that want to kill us that they can't win. The pride flag will be everywhere and itll piss them off and theres nothing they can do about it. No matter how much violence and hatred they dish out, they'll be too many goddamn companies to boycott, to threaten. You dont have to buy shit from them, just use rainbow capitalism against them.
People are not “throwing hissy fits” over rainbow capitalism out of some silly socialist posturing. Is it so hard to believe that people are genuinely pissed about corporations who make money off pride merch and turn around to donate that money to conservative groups? Or governments who fly rainbow flags but do not take meaningful action to protect us? People are allowed to criticize these things while also being glad that there are peo-queer sentiments being spread within them. Calling this a hissy fit is genuinely so shitty goddamn
Putting aside the fact that the right wing has perfected what our side has actively and purposefully failed to attempt, which is "I don't care WHY you give me what I want, as long as you DO give me what I want," and what they want is for all pro-LGBT content to be removed from their favorite stores and brands, if you are calling for pro-LGBT content to be removed from their favorite stores and brands, you are functionally a right-winger, and it doesn't matter that your motive is "because it's phony! they don't really mean it! they just want our money!" and not "gay people are demonic and rainbow T-shirts are corrupting the children," and putting aside the fact that you are presumably an adult and therefore capable of being mad at "gives money to conservative groups" and "fails to protect LGBT citizens" and "failing to back up their PR with material support" without also being mad at the one thing they're doing right which is "publicly expressing that being LGBT is okay and even worthy of celebration," putting all that aside for a moment:
This message leads me to believe you aren't beating the "hissy fit" allegations. Does baby need his bottle?
also I promise this is unrelated to anything else I've been posting about but like. We're not doing the "rainbow capitalism" complaint this year. Sorry. I know pitching this particular hissy fit is really important to some of you. But years when the conservative movement du jour is to have a literally identical tantrum about any company that's putting rainbows on drink cans or reusable grocery bags because they view that as "supporting groomers and pedophiles," we don't get to throw fuel on that fire. Even if you disagree with the fire on an ideological level, it doesn't matter to the fire! This year, feel however you want to feel about any given company making their logo into a rainbow flag, but I promise the "boycott Anheuser Busch because they're supporting Deviants by making our beer gay" people do not give a shit whether you're supporting their cause from a gay standpoint or a homophobic one, they just care about the net result, which is that by getting outwardly mad about this, you are lending them support
Just because it’s better than the alternative doesn’t make it good lmao. You think they really care about us? Fucking dumbass.
So like. I don't give a shit if they actually care lol. But when one side is saying "it's okay to be gay" through gritted teeth and the other side is saying "I want to kill this guy and anyone else who says, for any reason, that it's okay to be gay" with a smile on their face and a gun in their hand, not only am I not going to complain about the first person's begrudging support, I'm definitely not going to start handing fresh ammo to the second person and cheering them on for Shutting Down The Phony!
Because, again, guess what: to the right wing, there isn't a difference between someone who says "happy pride" because they want to make a dollar and someone who says "happy pride" because they actually care about gay people. Whether or not you're actually a witch doesn't matter, to the stake they're burning you at.
tom wambsgans line deliveries that are always rotating in my head
Like no this obviously doesn't mean you have to buy or even be thrilled about the New Burger King Gay Fries Feat. Elton John Carton (not a real product, made-up example) but it does mean that you have to comply with reality, and the reality is that the conservatives having backlash and accusing anyone displaying a rainbow flag of being a Groomer are a much larger and more financially valuable demographic than terminally online LGBT people scandalized that any company would try to sell a product to them. If any company wants to lose a whole loaf of conservative profits because they were seen asking for two crumbs of gay profits, I say more power to them. The lion's share of backlash against this stuff is literally part of a mainstream, violent attack on LGBT rights, and I promise it does not need any help from within the community. Gotta suck this one up until conservatives stop giving a shit and making laws about how gay beer cans are why we need to institute book bans and gut Sex Ed and start arresting anyone who's visibly gay where a child might coincidentally be
also I promise this is unrelated to anything else I've been posting about but like. We're not doing the "rainbow capitalism" complaint this year. Sorry. I know pitching this particular hissy fit is really important to some of you. But years when the conservative movement du jour is to have a literally identical tantrum about any company that's putting rainbows on drink cans or reusable grocery bags because they view that as "supporting groomers and pedophiles," we don't get to throw fuel on that fire. Even if you disagree with the fire on an ideological level, it doesn't matter to the fire! This year, feel however you want to feel about any given company making their logo into a rainbow flag, but I promise the "boycott Anheuser Busch because they're supporting Deviants by making our beer gay" people do not give a shit whether you're supporting their cause from a gay standpoint or a homophobic one, they just care about the net result, which is that by getting outwardly mad about this, you are lending them support
