Me: If nobody worked those minimum wage jobs we’d have no supermarkets or restaurants, no factories, and everything would be filthy because nobody would be cleaning it
My dad: Then somebody else would do those jobs
Me: So you’re saying those jobs need to be done? So they’re essential jobs?
i still hate y’all bitches who say oc x canon shit is cringe like bitch you have ANY idea how flattered i would be if someone made an oc for my fantasy world? how utterly PSYCHED my ass would be they loved a character so much they fleshed out one themselves just 2 be with one of mine? fuck y’all haters
I’m telling you elephants are chill motherfuckers. They fucking love being helpful. They once defended a man with heatstroke from a truck that came to rescue him. They knew he was sick, laying against a tree for shade. They were watching over him and petting him, and they threatened to charge the vehicle for coming towards him. Another person passed out, and elephants cried over her and buried her body in a traditional elephant funeral. (Piling branches on her). And were quite spooked when she got up later.
And an elephant was helping workers to put logs in holes for a wall. On one hole, the elephant absolutely refused to set the log in, despite being punished and goaded. Turns out there was a sleeping dog in the hole.
There are so many good elephants stories. They will even help zookeepers wash other elephants– literally, a zookeeper can be like “[Name 1], please wash [Name 2]” and he will go wash that elephant correctly.
Listen guys. Not only are elephants people, but they’re largely better people than us. I’m 10000% serious.
was a lier (told his crew he would give a reward for pointing out land, went back on his word and refused to pay. he also reported that the carribbean natives were cannibals though he knew full well that they were not)
was a rapist and a killer (worked toward almost total genocide of the surrounding native population, spreading diseases the native’s bodies could not fight against. he also pillaged their villages and raped the women)
was a disgustingly violent slaver (enslaved the natives, literally worked them to death, and gave horrible punishments not at all fitting for small crimes. he even had the dead natives butchered up and sold as dog food)
was a white man
is known as an “american hero”, our children are conditioned to worship him, and he even has his own holiday
most mexican-border migrants:
are hardworking, family-orientated people just looking out for their families and wanting to see them get a better life
are NOT “lazy” of looking for “free handouts”, they are mainly good people looking for a chance to earn a salary
have/are children. hungry children, tired children, children who just want to go home or possibly find one
are NOT violent or thieving, they are good, honest people just like you and me only not as pampered and spoilt
are notwhite men
are rounded up and treated like wild animals, kept in cages and separated from their loved ones just because they were born on the wrong side of an invisible line
“poor people. if they had only been a little whiter and a lot more violent, we would have treated them like heroes.”
fuckamerica.
Just to tag on:
I don’t think people understand the gravity of Christopher Columbus’ impact. I read, “A People’s History,” by Howard Zinn and I highly suggest others to do the same. He explains how Columbus nearly wiped out an entire race. There were close to 10 million documented Native Americans, and after he was done there had been less than 1 million. LESS THAN 1 MILLION. And with those who survived, they were forced to assimilate into his culture, forced to give up their land, and forced into oppression well after he was gone.
Honestly, the fact that we celebrate that monster blows my fucking mind.
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