if you see someone saying “black people’s lives matter” and your reaction is “everyone matters” “why not all people” unfollow me like there is no way people are genuinely this dense, it is so easy to understand why those comments are completely inappropriate especially in the fucking context of current events what the fuck is wrong with you people

and this is NOT a good thing. 

I completely agree

WHAT THE FUCK? can I get a source?

http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-state-police-deployment-in-chicago-starts-thursday/256983/

Oh fuck. No. No no no no no no no no no no no no no no….

banning media is the most extreme form of media censorship, which u white americans looooove to talk about in china and other countries. but it’s happening in one of ur own small towns…

Just your daily reminders:

• Racists are a problem
• White people are not
• Homophobes are a problem
• Straight people are not
• Transphobes are a problem
• Cis people are not
• Sexists are a problem
• Men are not

And most importantly,

• Hating an innocent person solely because of their race, sexuality, or gender makes you a fucking asshole

Just some actual daily reminders:

• All white people do racist things without being aware they are
• All straight people do homophobic things without being aware that they are.
• All Cis people do transphobic things without being aware that they are.
• All men do sexist things without being aware that they are.
• Saying things like ‘some men’, ‘some cis people’ absolves the blame of individuals and only seeks to comfort those with privilege and power.
• When a post says ‘some X’, the X will always assume that they are not because THEY ARE NOT AWARE.

And most importantly,

• It’s called metonymy, when anyone who is oppressed makes an exasperated statement like ‘i hate straight people’, they are substituting straight people for the concept of a system and a culture that teaches, incentives, and legitimizes homophobic acts and normalizes homophobic acts so that straight people constantly do honophobic things without realizing it and that’s really fucking annoying.

And just as important,

• The concept of sjws dehumanizes marginalized people and categorizes them as an ‘angry and emotional’ stereotype and only adds to the oppression of marginalized people under the guise of being ‘fair’, while the only thing you are doing is cushioning privileged people from their own ignorance and privilege.

For anyone who doesn’t know who Michael Brown is or what’s been going on in Ferguson

• Saturday Aug. 9, 2014: Reports out of Ferguson, MO. that a 17 y/o boy was shot 10 times by police over stolen candy
• He is identified as 18 y/o Michael Brown. The store Mike Brown allegedly stole candy from did not report any theft. Reports then claim that Brown was unarmed and shot 10 times for jaywalking.
• Mike Brown’s body was left lying in the street uncovered for 4 hours. His body was then placed into an unidentified black SUV.
• His mother said she was not allowed to ID her son’s body.
• Community members take to the streets (x). Flowers are spread where Mike Brown’s body laid (x).
• Protests begin. “No justice, no peace" chants are turned into "Kill the police" by media. Police respond to the unarmed crowd with dogs, shotguns, and this shit
• On the morning of Sunday Aug. 10, 2014, a crowd of people continued protesting, gathering at the Ferguson police station
• After a press conference, reports claim that there was a “struggle over the officer’s weapon" and that Mike Brown assaulted the officer who shot him. However, witnesses say that’s not what happened.. and they all have the same story (x) (x) (x)
• On the night of Aug. 10: Police blocked off streets (x), brought out the dogs (again), rifles, tear gas, gas masks, riot gear (x), tanks, and yelled “bring it on you fucking animals" at the crowd of protestors. They also did not hesitate to pull a woman who is 6 months pregnant out of a car, have her lay face down, and point their weapons at her 
• Reports of looting and vandalism grab the media’s attention
• More pictures/footage from that night: (x) (x) (x)
• Protests continued into the morning of Monday Aug. 11: (x) demands of the protestors
• The night of Aug. 11: (x) Tear gas (x) (x), (x) (x) (x) (x) Gas masks, (x)
• Later that night: More tear gas (x) (x) (x) (x) lots of tear gas, seriously look at all this tear gas, riot gear, rifles, m16s, wooden pellets (x) (x), people shouting “hands up, don’t shoot!” and still shot with rubber bullets, (x) (x)
• Police tell people to return to their homes, returning home still isn’t good enough apparently. Police continue to shoot rubber bullets and tear gas at people who have returned home (x)
• Police shoot tear gas at media and threaten to arrest them if they don’t leave (x)
• Police think their lives are in jeopardy 
• Oh yeah, the officer who killed Mike Brown is on paid administrative leave
• OH YEAH, the police declined to talk to Dorian Johnson, witness of his friend Mike Brown’s murder. But you can read Johnson’s description of what happened here
• But the Ferguson Police Department said they would release the name of the officer who killed Mike Brown………. Just kidding! (x) His safety is important (x)
• Tuesday Aug. 12: Police ban the media from the area. Ferguson declared a no fly zone (x) (x)
• Protesting continues
• Protesting rules (x)
• "Hands up, Don’t shoot!" (x) (x)
• “Who do you serve? Who do you protect?”
• Neighborhood cleanup organized
• Ferguson police officer drives around QuikTrip and harasses those who are working to clean up the mess
• Mugshots of looters to be released. Officer who killed Mike Brown is still nameless.

If there’s anything I missed or anything that is incorrect please let me know and I’ll change it or add it

i think it’s important that myself and other white ppl remember that we can not even begin to truly understand the pain and trauma of what is happening in ferguson, nor can we grasp the anger and sadness black communities experience due to this situation. all we can do is stand in solidarity, listen, and not derail or take the focus away from the true face of racism and white supremacy.

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/events/3271930

watch this link please now!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do not just like this, reblog it and watch it, they need witnesses, the police need to know they are being watched and that black lives fucking matter 

the title of this post is INCREDIBLY misleading. although i doubt there would be more retribution if there were more harmful bullets actually killing protesters, the police are firing rubber bullets in this video. the title leads a quick viewer to assume that the police are using normal bullets to gun down the protesters. that being said, the rubber bullets are awful and sickening, as is the tear gas. everything about this is despicable and wrong.

posts like this are incredibly dangerous and harmful in this situation. emotions are running high for everyone. people are so outraged that they dont think before sharing what they read. regardless of emotions, thats no excuse not to post reliable information. if youre going to post something, please think it out and be specific about the rhetoric youre using because it really will make a difference in this kind of situation. 

that video is also prerecorded — not a livestream anymore. theres a complete television media blackout in ferguson right now (anything youre watching on tv right now is a loop of earlier recordings). while those videos are invaluable, please consider moving to twitter for up to date information about the situation in ferguson.

here are some links

• wesley lowery, a reporter for the washington post who was illegally arrested 
• christina coleman, a local reporter
• st. louis dispatch twitter
• antonio french, a local alderman who was just recently reported to be placed under arrest  (he’s not tweeting now on account of the fact that he was arrested, but his account is full of vines from the day)

I’m about to cry. My 60 year old mother watched a netflix documentary and only just now found out she’s asexual. I’ve been trying to figure out how to bring up this idea to her for years. I am so glad to hear her, she’s so happy and saying “there really is nothing wrong with me!” I didn’t realize it wore on her like that. God bless the internet.