if net neutrality gets killed, a bunch of idiots on the online are gonna blame the people who didn’t spend 100 hours calling miscellaneous high-level government officials, rather than the fact that said officials don’t give a solitary fuck about what the public wants

And liberals in the comments already making this argument because they have no critical thinking skills and think they’re special for participating in a system that views the working class as disposable.

Imagine calling people “edgy” for literally repeating what the FCC voting board has expressed.

This isn’t about being disillusioned, it’s accepting that more political figures are 100% alright with telling us in no uncertain terms they don’t give a flying fig about our interests.

The semi-bright side is that senators and representatives have been sending letters of dissent to the FCC across party lines. If this is repealed by the FCC, it will certainly face blowback and be challenged in court if not over-legislated by Congress.

And a particular “bug off” @ you dipsticks saying “it only took me x amount of time! it’s not hard!” because not everyone is in the same position or has the same abilities as you and inclusive activists continually remind y’all to stop assuming you know the effects of disability and class and etc. in these situations but you always wanna be on some high horse.

The system is made to keep us from having any real power as individuals and blaming each other for a lack of ability to jump through bureaucratic hoops just to have our opinions counted is divisive and ignorant.

You’re just playing into the hands of the ruling class by focusing on pinning the tail on the “non-participants” rather than acknowledging the people in power actively look for any excuse to disregard the will of the people.

Congrats on being a pawn with an ego.

The only problem i have with this post is “and liberals” because its not just liberals and you dont have any reason to single them out but yea the rest of this is on point

We have every reason to single them out buddy. Most people on this site, at the very least looking at popular political bloggers and those posts that garner thousands upon thousands of notes, are left-wing. 

The problem being most of them are lukewarm liberals who believe in the lie of “things didn’t work out because YOU didn’t do enough as individuals!” as opposed to “the system itself is completely fucked and not listening to us and we’re wasting time blaming each other instead of uprooting the system”. 

Individualist politics (ie. “your singular action could have turned this entire thing around) is fundamental to liberalism and it’s harmful.

People tend to already disregard right-wing folks, as they should imo, but even if they weren’t, right-wingers are less likely to be like “uhm this wouldn’t have gone thru if you had contacted your representatives” and more likely to just be for the repeal because 45 is their overlord, which makes them moot in this convo entirely.

perhaps read for understanding b4 making baseless comments.

What i meant to say was its pointless (not baseless) to single out liberals because its more practical to generalize people in this exact situation because the people as a whole need to be made aware of the fact that politicians dont care about us rather than being given yet another group of people to demonize for yet another stupid thing that people are actively doing (regardless of discrepencies in marginalized groups of people) and that the “and liberals” part of your addition to the post is mildly toxic because youre going to create a bias tword liberals which is unnecessary in this exact situation and will draw attention off of “politicians dont care about the people just their own agenda” and is likely to create a divison of the people between liberals and conservatives which again (in this situation) is a bias that is unnecessary

Are you… like I literally said "and liberals in the comments” because the notes of this post are full of liberal people doing exactly what OP said was going to happen? 

My point wasn’t a critique of liberals from a conservative perspective, it’s a critique of liberalism from a leftist perspective lmao. that’s why i didn’t mention anything about conservatives. this was purely an intracommunal discussion of left-wing politics.

and I can almost guarantee OP was (1) talking about liberals/liberalism and (2) was doing so from a leftist perspective. liberals are not the definition of leftism, and liberalism is a deeply flawed and harmful ideological set that is only a stone’s throw from conservatism. i’m well within my rights to point that out and critique it, especially in relation to issues like this.

because the bigger issue is these things are accepted as reasonable stances and are perpetuated time and time again through various political issues, bc liberals pride themselves in being Better than the lazy non-participants they scapegoat when their dear democracy fails them.

Open Letter to Cardi B.

I don’t know if Cardi B. saw my tweet enough but she was on Twitter upset “somebody” said she didn’t deserve the Best Female Rap Artist Award.  And I remember getting a lot of her stans after me because they felt some type of way about my tweet about her primarily getting so much attention for her skin color. Look. It’s true. If you feel some type of way, acknowledge it. Be honest. You referred to dark-skinned women as “burnt roaches” after proclaiming to be some champion for them. You were also documented referring to certain black women as “monkeys” and “darkies” in the past. You bring every criticisms unto yourself. I’m not here for your being slut-shamed and receiving classist comments. I will defend you from that but I will never defend how you treated your female friends, trans people, queer men, and your referral to Jewish people. 

 I supported your last mixtape, and I’m going to be honest. I thought it was alright. I liked some of your songs but I do not think they were stellar enough for you to get an award for Best Female Rap Artist this soon. At least not over the likes of Kash Doll and Cupcakke, which you likely only mentioned because you saw fans rightfully say how they deserved it more. If you were all in this together, I wouldn’t have complained. But since it’s just you, obviously it’s because of who you are and how you look. If you weren’t so light-skinned and not African-American (ethnically, I’m not saying you’re non-black), you wouldn’t be as hyped the way you are. You would have been looked at as another Love & Hip-Hop reality star with some songs. Can you remember a time Rasheeda and Joseline were nominated for Best Female Rap Artist? Maybe I’m too young but I don’t remember.

 I think you are a very attractive woman but how you act and treat others is ugly. I understand if you want to clapback at deserving “haters” but you don’t do that. You pick fights with people who don’t @ you, especially if they are women. You go out of your way to shame and embarrass them over an opinion. We all saw how French Montana got lambasted for talking shit about that girl’s hair texture over her opinion on his music. That was you when you talked about that girl’s skin color because she said you were ugly for a light skin girl. That was not a very nice comment of her but there’s a difference between her saying that and your literally using colorism and a gross slur to refer to her. All you had to do was apologize and admit that was wrong. You could’ve even said it was out of character, but you never did. And if you think putting dark-skinned girls in your videos and promoting them is going to make up for what you said about them, you have another thing coming. 

 I can see why you’re on Love & Hip-Hop. I can see you in movies or hosting things hip-hop related. I listened to your new song, and you have gotten better. But for you to have gone this far for something you only started doing last year is clearly a work of privilege. So many darker skinned girls from Chicago and ATL have done the same thing you’re doing for years, and they’re young. But where are their dues? From what I am getting from you, you don’t seem like a very nice person when you speak to others who really are calling you out for your problematic behavior. When you proclaim to stand up for a group of people, we expect you to go all the way through with it. You don’t back track when someone makes you angry. This is not about respectability politics, this is about how you treat others. The same can be said for male rappers, and I can’t for the life of me see why they still have support. But I’m focusing on you because as someone who claimed to be a black feminist, I’m not seeing any of your actions line up with your ideologies. It comes off as only doing it for the trend, and not because you genuinely care. 

 If you feel you worked hard, that’s all that matters. If you spent nights and days writing your material, that is commendable. However, all I was saying is that for someone like you to get a Best Female Rap Artist nomination that soon is suspect and clearly a work of light-skinned privilege. Hell, it took Nicki Minaj 12 YEARS to become the person she is today. I understand you came up a long way. I’m not bashing the fact you are popular and in the media. I’m talking about rap only. I said you did not deserve the Best Female Rap Artist award, not that you didn’t deserve to be where you are today. If you really want people to root for you (and I’m not talking about misogynists who hoe-shame you, they’re irrelevant) you need to not be defensive when others call you out for legitimate issues. Don’t say you’re a feminist but then turn around and slut-shame and call women “roaches” over their skin tone after building your whole platform being against it.

Imagine if the RKO was done by someone who wasn’t a boring shitheel

This is my favorite photo, hands down.