semantic satiation @starfall@plural.cafe

the thing is, it’s not just "these are Bad Words and so you shouldn’t use them"

it’s "by using these words, you are making a lot of extremely harmful assumptions and hurting disabled people"

calling a bigoted person stupid implies that their bigotry is due to a lack of intelligence instead of, say, being closed-minded, uncaring, or selfish

saying someone did something horrible because they have no empathy implies that people who don’t experience empathy are naturally horrible

We need to kill the stereotype that non-binary people are just "girls, but not really!" or "genderless femmes"

Plenty of people out there need to learn that non-binary is an umbrella term for a lot of things, and restrictive nb stereotypes exclude *most* nb people

I'm sad that this is needed, but I know it is, so I'm glad it exists:

A text-messaging service that sends a dose of daily positivity to trans and non-binary people, the Validation Station uses the recipient's name and pronouns to help trans people’s mental wellbeing during this difficult time.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/25/the-validation-station-non-binary-bbc-presenter-trans-people-self-isolation-coronavirus-lockdown/

Autism Speaks is bad, they want autistic people ‘cured’, otherwise known as eugenics. They are non autistic people speaking over us.
There are more horrible things AS do but this would be a very long post if I included them all.
Do not support or promote them.

ABA is a form of torture to force autistic people to mask our behaviour. It is not a helpful ‘therapy’. Even if someone didn’t have a bad experience it doesn’t negate the people who have been traumatised.

Light it up blue is an autism speaks event.
Light is up red is an autism community event in opposition to AS speaks.
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Autism awareness is an autism speaks phrase. Autism acceptance is an autism community phrase.

The blue puzzle piece and puzzle pieces in general as a symbol are a red flag. It’s from the idea us autistic people are ‘incomplete‘.

We speak, sign and vocalise for ourselves. We do not need any NT people to communicate for us or decide our needs and rights.

You call yourself an American, yet you're not trying to overthrow the British monarchy? Curious 🤔

You must construct additional pronouns

hmm

here we go, this one is better

50% grey and a purple with roughly similar perceived brightness

(didn't bother with gamma correction but to heck with it)

 "A federal court today granted a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to strike down federal permits for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline....

The Court’s decision relies heavily on the technical analyses conducted by the Tribe’s agency directors and expert consultants, repeatedly citing the Tribe’s evidence that the risk of a spill, and the consequences should one occur, are far more serious than ever recognized."

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-prevails-as-federal-judge-strikes-down-dapl-permits?

Warehouse workers: what safety measures are your employers mandating right now, if any?

I just switched from retail to distribution because our brick-and-mortar shops closed, and I see a lot of problems. Aisles are narrow, you can't always hear co-workers approaching, handwashing is lax, and some people are flat out just not interested in giving six feet of space. We need training.

#AskMastodon #AskMasto

anarchist struggle can run neither on pure desperation or hope. it needs both in adequate proportions.

Reminder that you can turn off boosts for people who boost not CWed content but write CWs on their own posts.

it’s easy to go “if we’re not angry and scared then we’re ignoring the problem” but honestly it’s important to realize that past the point where it’s actually productive, it’s just hopelessness for the sake of it and it hurts people around you rather than making anything better

📈 physical distance
📉 social distance

Take a moment. Recenter yourself. Breathe. You can do this.

If you need anarchists to provide you with a Theory of Everything in order for you not to resort to hierarchy fatalism, you're missing the point.