ACAB Rave

Was literally just thinking about this the other day.

I remember being 16-17 and feeling like an adult. I also remember having teenagers for coworkers when I was in my mid-late 20s and being like holy fuck this is person is a literal actual *child*

it's not only a matter of needing to value women more (or at all), it is genuinely a matter of needing to value men less. no man is so important, so singular, that he deserves a freebie atrocity here and there and we all just have to look the other way

and then some people take it a step farther, not just insisting that we're overreacting, being hysterical again, but flirting with the idea that these sorts of behaviors are a prize that men of a certain "caliber" have earned

think of his writing! his art! his electric cars that keep exploding! surely we can't throw all of that away over a few raped or dead chicks

the lives and well being of women, girls, and even little boys, simply don't matter as much as a man not being inconvenienced or, god forbid, made to face consequences for absolutely anything, no matter how heinous

men broadly, but prominent men in particular, no matter what field, no matter what their actual accomplishments or contributions are, are simply weighed as too important to have their lives derailed over something as mundane as domestic violence, rape, CSA, murder

and this is the repeating problem I see with every hand wringing, sad boy defense of any of the names appearing in those emails with Epstein, or any man that has ever faced Being Canceled

not only is this conceding that, yeah, he probably did rape little boys, it's also insisting that he's such a showman, such a singular talent, that he deserves it. toss him a few more, as a treat for being the King of Pop

now, people have been denying that MJ is a child molester since those first accusations went public, but this is worse

photo of page 42 of George Carlin's 2004 book, “When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?” that reads: JACKO BEATS THEM ALL I don't care if Michael Jackson freaked off with little boys or not. It doesn't bother me. Fuck those kids. And fuck their greedy parents too. What's important to me is that Michael is the greatest entertainer who ever lived. Bar none. Watch him dance; pay attention to the showmanship. No one ever came close. Elvis was a bogus white guy with sex appeal and good looks who ripped off a lot of great black music, watered it down, and made it safe for lame whites who couldn't handle the experience of raw, emotional black music. Never grew as an artist; remained an entertainer. Fuck Elvis. Sammy Davis Jr.? Nice try. Ordinary dancer, ordinary singer, second-rate impressionist. I also didn't like the insincere sincerity. But he was a nice man, personally; I give him credit for that. Frank Sinatra? Great singer of songs, among the best. Superb musician. Grew as an artist. No showmanship, though. Arrogant, too. And mean to ordinary people. Fuck him. Michael Jackson buries them all. I say give him a bunch of kids and let him dance.

to establish the tone of what I'm referring to, I have an excerpt from one of George Carlin's books:

there's something I've been struggling to articulate in relation to the backlash to #MeToo, the reaction to the Epstein Files, and really the way people react to prominent men being accused of anything

Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.

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By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Photo of 7 year old Diana Crespo sitting with her parents at a table in a restaurant. Her dad is giving a thumbs up.

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.

Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.

Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.

Get them out!

They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.

a noodle friend

plenty of women maintaining and perpetuating it, whether out of fear, indoctrination, or a desperate bid to stay in "second place" in the hierarchy, but it will only lead to our ruin

gray vessel shaped like a pig with a rimmed opening at the top

gray vessel shaped like a pig with a rimmed opening at the top, front angle

behold!

saying no in response to questions like, “can I vote?” “can I have my own bank account, credit card, or own property?” “will you prioritize my life and body integrity over an embryo, zygote, or fetus?”

would rat purse be friends with hog pot?

this framing that these men were “only” raping high schoolers and not kindergarteners, so let’s give them a medal for their self-control, is truly maddening

Local officials push back on Trump's threats to 'nationalize' elections in targeted cities City and county officials in Atlanta, Detroit and Philadelphia spoke out about Trump's criticism of their elections.

Officials in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit this week vowed to defend local control of elections after President Trump floated the idea that Republicans should "nationalize" elections.

you mean you can’t have a currency that functions like a collector’s item???

gun on his nightstand was fake too, no way out

seeing men post essays about how we shouldn’t cancel Chomsky like the man isn’t 97 years old. the grim reaper is going to be cancelling him

the resurgence in rhetoric advocating for pushing women out of the workforce entirely is the culmination of this

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

RFK is using his position to push things that have never shown any benefit in autism & have shown serious harms, including numerous dead kids thru the years. Why push for things known to harm instead of looking for things that could actually provide benefit? Because the harmful things are profitable

naming your thing after a meme and then immediately killing it by association

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.

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