cancel culture vs accountability

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#cancelculture

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Sara hagale

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I always do an Independence Day drawing, a tribute to my country, but this year is different. The country and the world have been observing a very arrogant form of freedom that is wrought with ignorance—that is proud of ignorance and conflated with it. A freedom that is blind and unaware, and born from that, a sinister, bastardized version of what it means to be an American. The ones who scream in the face of injustice; the ones who wear a mask so that strangers will be able to go home to their loved ones without fear; the ones who will always want a better, more equal and safer version of the America that was sprouted from a document back in 1776—a document that in many ways was a wish more than a reality—those are just some of the people who embody what America is. That’s what freedom means. It’s not selfish. It doesn’t twist rhetoric or laws in a way to benefit one over many. It is the ability to improve. It is the fight against apathy, the insidious enemy of change. In sewing and embroidery, sometimes the thread becomes knotted halfway through a stitch. You have to take time to undo the twisted thread or you cannot continue. A knot is a stop, and for good reason. We are at a knot that was forced through the fabric of our country at the very beginning, residing within the foundation, left unaddressed. Now so clearly seen, it cannot be snipped away or quickly undone. It has to be studied and carefully unravelled. We have to work to reverse the knot, for the sake of our country, our humanity and our future.

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"What to my people is the 4th of July?"

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Honored to be a part of this. Words by: @wkamaubell, @safiamafia, @camonghne, @idrisgoodwin, @illuminatemics, @pharoahemonch, @anaffy, @danez_smif, @lady_whitehead Inspired by Frederick Douglass’ historic speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Directed by: @iskracine Creative Director: @adammansbach Executive Produced by: @offsidesproductions & Colehouse Walker Political Outcomes Executive Produced by: @mrjoshhealey and @iskracine Concept: @calvinwilliams3 and @mrjoshhealey DP & Sound: @gonflow Editor: @mekomw Music: @martinperna YouTube link in bio

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stonewall

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It’s pride month! 🏳️‍🌈And it’s time to remember how pride started= The morning of the 28 of June 1969, when the gay community of Greenwich decided they had enough of police raids. Something interesting that I didn’t mention in the slides is that often gay bars were owned by the mafia, who would use them to smuggle alchol and drugs in exchange for a space to survive and live in peace for the LGBTQ community. I love the world “pride”, coming from the protest in 1970, when the LGBTQ parade was shouting “say it loud, gay is proud!”. We have come a long way since then, but unfortunately the LGBTQ community still goes through hard times all around the world. Even in Italy, they are not welcome by everyone (you can find data on this in one of my old posts). There is still so much to do, for the perfect integration and acceptance of the enormous variety of sexual preferences and gender identities, but we will get there eventually. I will try to make more post for pride month, I believe in the importance of awareness and there is no better way for spaghetti politics to do it then this. Please forgive me if I forgot something important in this story. I suggest you go read the story of Marsha P. Johnson and the other stonewall protesters, because they really are an inspiration for all. #pride#pridemonth#gaypride#lgbtq#Lgbtqcommunity#marshapjohnson#stonewallriots#stonewall#greenwichvillage#news#history#gayhistory#lgbtqhistory#newyork

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TransLivesMatter

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All of this is connected, deliberate and profoundly dangerous for all of us. Don’t sit this one out #translivesmatter #blacktranslivesmatter #transisbeautiful #donate #vote #speakup #speakout

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The level of disgust I felt reading this was blinding but not in any way surprising.

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Impeach this fucker already.