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This is important. Not only because he is a hero. But because this is proof that they were going after jews, not Israelis in general. Otherwise Israeli arabs would've been harmed.
It is also not lost on me that this is the second time in the past 13 months where an Israeli arab man has risked their life to save jews whilst the west either participates or cheers terrorists on
Been mulling over the news today. But not about Biden, nor Harris. Not the breathless coverage of media-spinning-this-as-another-losing-move-for-Democrats.
I've been thinking about the right-wing in this country. The Republicans. You know, the group the coverage SHOULD be about. Especially as they've fallen into a fascistic cult of personality and vindictive cruelty-as-politics.
What is the Republican platform now? It used to be fiscal conservatism and 'business-interests' (at least on the surface), deregulation, less governmental power. Now it's, well. Trump. Sure. But what are they fighting for? "Get their guy in the White House"?
Well yes. But no. The Republicans are desperately trying to hold power. The power to dismantle the rights of every person in the country who isn't a white-male-Christian-business interest. One of Their Guys.
Why? Why so much now?
Because they're fucking UNPOPULAR. The country doesn't support them! If the entire country voted, the right wing would not meaningfully exist in the US political sphere.
Think about that for a second. REALLY internalize it: If everyone in the US voted, period, full stop. The right would be gone. The Republican party, as it is, now, would be a fucking joke.
So of COURSE they're swinging towards fascism. In a two-party system, a political party's only meaningful directive is survival of the power of their party. The very existence of Project 2025 is proof - it is the last, dying fucking breath a party that has TWO options to stay alive: Fascism and minority-rule, or change.
And they're sure not picking fucking change.
That is what we're up against.
If I could ask ONE thing of any person in the US who desperately wants to keep their human rights, who understands a loss in this election is likely the end of US-democracy as we know it - it would be to point the narrative towards the utterly vile platform of the right wing. Talk about it to everyone. Don't normalize it! Don't EVER say "That's just what Republicans do so it's normal". That's what they want.
If we win the branches of government - if we could make it 10% easier to vote. 5% easier to vote. That could swing elections and politics for a generation. We can even dream bigger: Ranked choice. Mandatory ballots. National holiday voting day.
And Republican strategists know this!! They're so terrified of it they're willing to dismantle the fundamental tenets of the United States of America to prevent it!
PART of why I'm so frustrated with the constant circling-on-Democratic-candidate is because it entirely misses the point. The choice is between a party trying to enshrine minority-Christian-Theocratic-rule in the country for generations - or, you know.
A middlingly-charismatic Democrat.
And, judgement-free - if you had a MOMENT of weighing the 'good' of those things, that's the fucking problem. These things are not remotely equal. The coverage of this political moment is like the coverage of climate change, and it gets into EVERYONE'S head - "The world is ending. But are hot summers REALLY that bad? Experts weigh in!"
The breathless both-sidesing of the current political moment is so appallingly, atrociously irresponsible I hardly have words for how fucking livid I am.
Vote.
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This is what happen when people take the 'your brain doesn't mature till 25' pop-sci too literally and just ran with it, also transphobia
I am sick of the learned helpless of the people on social media, especially on this site. "Ohh I didn't know the post I was reblogging about easily Google searchable information was a lie because all of my mutuals were reblogging it!!! It has thousands of notes so how was I supposed to know it was bullshit??? The ~vibes~ were right so I just uncritically shared political disinformation uwu pwease don't judge me!!!"
This is exactly how the spread of misinformation/disinformation works. Stop reblogging stuff you don't actually know shit about. Stop thinking your tumblr mutuals are automatically politically honest and savvy because they post cool fandom gifs and hit you with dopamine by liking your posts. Stop assuming something must be true because it has a lot of notes. Stop getting your news, politics, and history from a dying microblogging website. Stop sharing things if you don't know if they're true or false because you're so concerned about looking good and Aware to people online. Actually look things up and read real news articles, not just screenshots of headlines. Most people on this site are adults. You're grown up and no one can do this for you anymore. You are responsible for the information you consume and choose to spread. You do not have to reblog something just because the vibes felt right and because the insane people on this website told you to. Either actually learn something, or be quiet. You are not helpless. Do better.
I cannot stress enough that this is NOT exaggeration they are calling for the complete abolition of trans people. And you may go "haha well. Thats just West Virginia" which first of all, fuck you for downplaying the struggle of trans people in a place just because you dont live there, and second of all its not just west virginia. This is the goal of all republican regimes across the country.
If you are not fighting against republicans with every fiber of your being at this point you are not a trans ally. If you tolerate the republicans in your family without challenging their ideas about trans people you are not a trans ally. Fight for us goddamnit or we will be culled and our blood will be on your fucking hands.
Yeah, so, fun fact:
If this goes through, even if it has a lot of resistance it'll be used as both the precedent and blueprint in every state they have power.
And if the "just give up and don't vote left/at all" people get their way, it'll become national law.
In a First Past The Post system, you have to vote for the lesser evil candidate or you get the most evil candidate. It's that simple.
Don't fall prey to the right-wing propaganda / leftist infighting that tells you not to vote for Biden/Democrats. Dems are the lesser evil and the greater evil must be stopped at all costs.
“Additionally, it broadens the definition of minors to include individuals up to age 21.”
Guess what, everyone should be worried about this part. Even if you’ve never met a single trans person (statistically unlikely), this threatens the rights and freedom of every young adult.
If 20-year-olds are “minors,” these lawmakers can threaten their right to consent to other medical care like cancer treatment, void contracts they’ve signed, cancel their access to disability and poverty assistance (you’re a minor, that’s your parents’ job), and lock this in permanently by taking away their right to vote.
Good luck out there
Taking away their right to vote is part of the point. More than one Republican has brought up raising the voting age to 25.
They're real scared of y'all.
This is why we cannot afford to continue to infantile 18 year old adults-- whether in online spaces, irl, or in fiction.
we cannot allow discourse and flexibility as to whether an 18 year old adult has the right to determine what they do with their body!
really hope that people just don’t know that they’re cheerleading for racist sex slavers, as opposed to just not caring
also if you stan the houthis, the “curse upon the jews”-in-slogan guys who ethnically cleansed the remaining (anti-zionist!) jewish population of yemen, i think your anti-zionism is antisemitic in nature yeah
^ Since the publication of this article all but one Jew (Levi Marhabi) has been expelled from Yemen, and he is a Houthi prisoner.
(To be clear: I am vehemently opposed to war/escalation of violence including by the US & Britain; I think the Saudi-led coalition and those who’ve armed them in the last decade are responsible for a reprehensible amount of human suffering and death; and I’m disgusted with people who’ve decided the Houthis are awesome suddenly at the expense of Yemeni civilians)
Yes it's election year yet again in America! but not just for President, almost as important will be the US Senate!
I'm not gonna lie this is a rough map for Democrats, we're playing a lot of defense in some pretty red states with even our best hopes for a pick up being pretty long shots. But even with narrow control of the Senate we've managed the biggest climate bill in American History a huge infrastructure bill thats bring high speed rail to America capped the price of insulin changed the law to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices bring savings to everyone, and put over 160 federal judges on the bench, 2/3rds of whom are women and/or people of color the first time white men haven't been the majority of nominees by a President. So let's keep progress going by voting for, supporting, donating, and volunteering for the following candidates in the races that will decide the US Senate this year.
After frustrating Democrats by repeatedly voting against major Democratic priorities, supporting the filibuster and putting donors over voters, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema left the Democratic Party to become an independent in 2022. Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego was running to primary Sinema before she left the party and is now the likely Democratic nominee to unseat her and give Arizona the Democratic Senator it deserves. Gallego is a former Marine, combat veteran, Harvard grad, a former state representative, and since 2014 a member of Congress. Gallego is a member of the Progressive Caucus and is known for his blunt and combative style standing up to Republicans. In Congress Gallego has been a strong supporter of native rights advocating for tribes on health care and child welfare issues. Gallego is also the sponsor of a bill to bring about nation wide, free, all-day kindergarten which isn't available in many states. If elected Gallego would be Arizona's first hispanic Senator. Republicans hope that the Democratic vote will split between Sinema and Gallego allowing them to win this important seat. The Republican front runner is conspiracy theorist and Trump super fan, Kari Lake. Lake rose to national fame in 2021 for pushing conspiracy theories about Trump having won the 2020 election, as well as anti-mask and anti-vaccine Covid conspiracies. Lake was the Republican nominee for Arizona governor in 2022. During that campaign she ran on an aggressive anti-LGBT platform, saying she'd ban drag, and was against trans rights. Lake also is against Abortion in all cases. After losing to Democrat Katie Hobbs, Lake refused to concede, and still pushes the conspiracy theory that she's the rightful governor of Arizona. If you live in Arizona please make sure you vote, but more if you have any time between now and November, volunteer to help Gallego! and if you don't live there you can still Donate or buy a pro-choice shirt from his campaign!
Florida's current Republican Senator Rick Scott is a right wing extremist pushing dangerous ideas even by the standards of the Modern GOP. During his first term as Senator Scott has pushed to defund the IRS, and the Department of Education. He's sponsored bills to punish schools that allow students to use preferred pronouns, to ban affirmative action, bans teaching critical race theory, and ban trans people from women's sports. Scott is against abortion in all cases. Most alarming Rick Scott proposed a radical plan that would "sun-set" ANY and all federal laws after 5 years, including Social Security and Medicare, Scott would place all federal programs and agencies on the chopping block every 5 years for a radical Republican minority to block their renewal and leave us without Social Security, or the EPA, to name just two examples. The likely Democratic nominee is former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. Born in Ecuador, Mucarsel-Powell immigrated to the US when she was 14 and had work to help support her family. When she was elected to Congress in 2018 she became the first South American born immigrant and first person of Ecuadorian heritage to be elected to Congress. In Congress Mucarsel-Powell was a member of the Progressive caucus, she fought to expand medicare, and secured $200 million for Everglades restoration. After a narrow defeat in 2020 Mucarsel-Powell joined the gun control advocacy group Giffords to fight for gun control a personal issue for her after her father was murdered when she was 24. If you're in Florida please make sure you vote, and Volunteer to help remove on of the most extreme Senators, If you're not in Florida you can help Debbie win by donating.
Long time Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow is retiring this election, so there will be a tough fight for control of this important swing state Senate seat. The likely Democratic nominee is Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin. Slotkin is a former CIA analyst, after retiring from the CIA she worked in the State and Defense departments during the Obama administration. Slotkin was first elected to Congress in 2018 winning and being re-elected in a tough swing district. In Congress she's fought for common sense gun control, supported the cap on insulin prices and Medicare drug price negotiation, she helped pass a law on drug price transparency, she championed the CHIP act to bring high tech manufacturing jobs back to America, and was a big supporter of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Slotkin is centering a pro-choice message in her campaign as well as gun control and bring down medical costs. Who the Republicans will pick isn't totally clear, it seems like it's between Former Congressman Mike Rogers and former Detroit Police chief James Craig. Craig ran for Michigan governor in 2022 before he was disqualified for fraudulent signatures on his nominating petition. Craig has listed cutting off US support to Ukraine as one of his top priorities, and endorsed Trump's 3rd run for President early in the primaries. Mike Rogers is also trying to win over Trump voters and has attacked the rights of LGBT students in schools calling it "social engineering". If you live in Michigan make sure to get out and vote, and also volunteer! And for everyone outside the state you can donate or buy some merch.
In most contexts Montana is a deep red state going for Trump in 2020 57% to 40%. This makes the reelection of Montana's only Democratic member of Congress and only statewide elected Democrat, Jon Tester maybe the toughest election for Democrats this year. A Senator since he was first elected in 2006 Tester has won a series of upset wins in Montana over the years. A 3rd generation farmer Tester has been as strong for small farmers and ranchers in Washington. Tester has always been a champion of accountably and transparency in government pushing ethnics and campaign finance reforms. Tester is rated one of the most effective senators and managed to pass more bills last year than any one else in Congress. He's never been afraid to stand up for the Democratic side even if it'd be an unpopular vote in Red Montana. Tester voted to impeach Trump twice, and he voted against all 3 of Trump's nominees to the Supreme Court. He supported President Obama on The Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank, and has supported President Biden on the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Republicans seem likely to nominate right wing influencer and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy. Sheehy promises to get drag queens out of schools and the Lord's Prayer in to the classroom. He also hopes to repeal Obamacare calling for a "total privatization" of health care and made statements against the very idea of health insurance, insisting people should pay full price at point of use. If you're a Montanan make sure to vote to re-elect a champion of the little guy, and also volunteer! if you're not please think of donating what you can, if you can only give to one campaign this cycle this one, or Ohio are the most important!
First elected to Congress in 2016 Jacky Rosen moved up to the Senate in 2018. In her first term as a Senator Rosen has championed green energy for Nevada. Together with fellow Democratic Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Rosen has gotten millions for solar manufacturing in Nevada as well as millions to replace the state's school buses with electric, and programs to study new groundbreaking green technology. Senator Rosen has been a supporter of gun control, is in favor of banning assault weapons. She sponsored a bill, the Background Check Expansion Act, that would require background checks for all gun sales closing loopholes for on-line sales and gun shows. Rosen is pro-choice and has sponsored a bill to protect doctors from being prosecuted across state lines for providing reproductive care, and is a co-sponsor of a bill to codify Roe V. Wade into federal law. Rosen will likely face Republican celebrity and army veteran Sam Brown. Brown ran and lost a race for the Texas State House in 2014 and ran and lost for Nevada's other Senate seat in 2022. Brown stated he was in favor of getting rid of the Departments of Education, Transportation, and Energy. Brown is against Red Flag gun laws that allow police to temporarily remove fire arms from the home of someone deemed a danger to themselves or others. Brown also has refused to say if he supports a national abortion ban, but does say he's pro-life and wouldn't support any judges that weren't. If you live in Nevada make sure to get out to vote and volunteer to protect the state's green future and the right to reproductive care. If you're not in Nevada consider donating or buying some merch.
Ohio together with Montana represents the toughest re-elect for Democrats this year. The state went for Trump twice, elected a right wing radical, JD Vaince, to the Senate in 2022 and has had a Republican governor since 2010. To complicate thing more Democrat Sherrod Brown is one of the most progressive members of the Senate, regularly scoring along side Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren for the most left wing in the Senate. From the time he was first elected to Congress in 1992 Brown refused to take the Congressional Health Insurance until all Americans could be covered. Brown first supported a Medicare for all bill in 2006 and has supported different efforts to expand Medicare and health coverage. He was a key supporter of the Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Brown is a strong supporter of unions and has struggled his whole career to protect unionized manufacturing jobs in Ohio. He was one of the first Senators out on the picket line during the UAW strike of 2023. Brown's hard work has help make Ohio the center of a new booming lithium battery manufacturing in America, a green manufacturing future for the state. Republicans look likely to nominate former used car dealer and father-in-law of Republican Congressman Max Miller, Bernie Moreno. Moreno's main qualification seems to be having been endorsed by Donald Trump. He lists among his priorities "End Socialism in America" and "End Wokeness and Cancel Culture". If you're in Ohio make sure to vote to re-elect a progressive giant and volunteer too! If you live out of Ohio donate, if you're looking for the race where your dollar will matter the most, this one or Montana guys.
First elected in 2006 Bob Casey famously beat incumbent Republican homophobe Rick Santorum by 17 points. Since first entering the Senate Casey has moved leftward on a number of issues. First elected as a pro-Gun Democrat since 2012 Casey has sponsored a number of bills to expand background checks, ban assault weapons, ban extended magazines, and well as supporting mental health funds for victims of gun violence. For a number of years Casey was called the last pro-life Democrat in the Senate, however in 2022 he came out in support of Roe V Wade and voted twice on bills that would have codified the right to an abortion into federal law. Casey voted against all 3 of Trump's Supreme Court picks and has long supported Planned Parenthood's contraception efforts with federal funds, seeing easily available birth control as key to reducing the number of abortions. In 2021 Casey published a plan he called "The Five Freedoms for America's Children" modeled after FDR's famous speech. He proposed automatically enrolling all kids in Medicaid, an expanded child tax cut, a federally supported college fund for all kids who's parents make under $100,000, expanded free school meals, more funds for head start and abuse prevention programs. Republicans are rallying behind Mitch McConnell's hand picked candidate, hedge fund CEO David McCormick. McCormick worked for the Bush administration during Bush's second term. McCormick's wife Dina Powell also worked for the George W. Bush administration and was a senior aid to Trump as well. If you're in Pennsylvania make sure to get out and vote for a solid Democrat out to solve child poverty in America and keep the Hedge Fund guy from Connecticut out, and Volunteer if you can. Remember you can donate where ever you are.
Texas is currently represented by likely the most hated man in Washington, Ted Cruz. Republicans hate him, Democrats hate him more, he has a very punchable face, he might be the zodiac killer (thats a joke and meme). From shutting down the government in 2013 to try to overturn Obamacare, to leading the charge in Congress to overturn the 2020 election on January 6th Ted Cruz is a greatest hits of the worst parts of the Republican Party of the last 10 years. When Texas lost power in the middle of a historic ice storm in 2021 Ted Cruz and family ditched the state to go on vacation in Mexico, classy. Cruz in the Biden years has cast himself as a culture warrior fighting against "woke" publishing a book "Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America" in 2023 to kick off his re-election campaign. Texas is a traditionally red state but things are starting to shift and in 2018 Cruz narrowly won re-election over Beto O'Rourke. Democrats hope with the right candidate they can turn Texas blue and beat the most hated Senator in America. Democrats think Congressman Colin Allred is the man for the job. Allred is a former NFL Linebacker for the Titans. After the NFL he went on to get his law degree from UC Berkeley, and work in the Obama administration. Allred was first elected to Congress in 2018, unseating a Republican who'd been in office since 1997 and becoming the first Democrat to represent the area in Congress since 1968. In Congress Allred has supported bills to expand voting right and protect abortion rights, as well as gun control. In the Senate he promises to address Texas' shaky power grid and make sure Texas is never left in the dark again with its leaders missing. Lets do this Texas, make blue Texas a reality if you live in Texas remember to vote and volunteer, if you're an American who hates Ted Cruz you can donate to make in unemployed.
When Tammy Baldwin first ran for Congress in 1998 she was the first openly gay person elected to the US House and the first open Lesbian to serve in Congress. In 2012 she became the first openly gay person elected to the US Senate and the first Lesbian to be a Senator, she is still the only openly gay Senator. Through out her time in office Baldwin has been a tireless voice for LGBT rights, in 2022 she helped spear head the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act to help protect gay marriage, she's also a sponsor of the Equality Act to protect all LGBT people from discrimination. Baldwin is a progressive who was a member of the House Progressive caucus, opposed the Iraq War and supported impeaching Dick Cheney. In the House she introduced bills for a single payer healthcare system in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2005. In the Senate Baldwin is regularly listed as one of the most progressive members, voting against tax cuts for the rich, supporting a bill to require companies to have workers on their boards, she sponsored a bill to create a public option in Health Care, and has supported gun control efforts. The Republican field to challenge Senator Baldwin is uncertain, but former Milwaukee sheriff David Clarke dominates the polls if he decides to run. Clarke's sheriff's department is accused a number of human rights violations from his time as sheriff, including allowing a prisoner to die of dehydration after 6 days without water in the Milwaukee County Jail. Clarke is a Trump super fan who has pushed conspiracy theories about mass shootings being fake, attacked Black Lives Matter, called Planned Parenthood "Planned Genocide", and called for the mass detention without trial of Americans because he believed there were a million ISIS supporters in America. If you're in Wisconsin make sure to get out and vote for a trailblazing icon and also volunteer if you can, all Americans can donate and support Baldwin wherever they are.
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and the smallest thing you can do is reblog this very long post, thank you!
Why are we still, Still, STILL pulling this “the media doesn’t want you to see this!!!” crap in 2024 when it’s so easy to refute?
These didn’t even take long at all to find! And I bet I could find more from all, or nearly all, of the media organizations listed in this image if I gave it a few more minutes?
And by the way, listing reputable, well regarded sources with high standards of journalistic integrity alongside the likes of OANN and Fox News and the NYP is not slick. It’s a false equivalency and you know it, even if the point this image is making was legitimate, which it isn’t!
I know this makes the anti-voting fandom big mad but this is only happening because Murphy was re-elected by a thin margin in November 2021, bucking a 40 year trend of Democratic governors losing re-election in NJ, because enough people voted for him
Remember, people who have a victim complex about voting:
Time to update the good ol' pinned post:
It is overall indicative of how Terminally Online these freaks are that they think the release of Spotify Wrapped would be part of some geopolitical conspiracy. This is not something an offline person would ever conjure up. I can assure you my mom has no idea what Spotify even is.
Saw these tags on a post that wasn’t mine and they’re correct
And just to clarify: it Spotify Wrapped was released the Wednesday after American Thanksgiving. Same as usual.
This tells us something about the terminally online (which all of us can be, at times):
I don’t want to alarm anyone who reblogged that, but please know that was one slip down a pipeline.
Be careful next time. Think about why that post seemed believable.
in light of recent news about spotify trying to overshadow Pro-Palestinian posts on social media by releasing wrapped early and it's CEO being a zionist piece of filth, it's very very easy to crack premium for desktop
it's literally that easy
Enjoy your free spotify without ads
They’re literally always releasing it on the same schedule for the last couple of years. That is, right at Wed after thanksgiving. Don’t get me wrong the CEO is a shitty person, but this is not uniquely shady.
gonna need a source on the CEO being a “zionist piece of filth” op
"the (((zionists))) are controlling spotify!!!!" no babe, spotify wrapped drops at the same time every year - the week after thanksgiving. maybe don't spread misinformation?
this is in the same vein as those posts that were like "the ceasefire is happening at the same time as black friday bc the (((zionist capitalists))) want ur money!!!"
americentrism at its finest. it's not all about you, lol. if the jews (bc let's be honest: you say "zionists", but you actually mean "jews") controlled your music app we'd have removed all the shitty neo-nazi music from the platform by now.
spotify wrapped consistently releases the week after thanksgiving. it isn't a conspiracy. the exact date moves around because... that's how dates work? i can't believe i'm explaining this, but on this date 1 year ago it wasn't the 30th of november - it was the 1st of december.
it's a business schedule: spotify collect data for wrapped from january 1st - october 31st & collate that data, then release it on the wednesday after thanksgiving. that is all. they have been doing this for years.
"i'm not usually one for conspiracies but" you clearly are, if you genuinely believe that spotify wrapped is a zionist conspiracy. lmao.
"DO NOT let (((them))) steer you wrong" lol.
i am losing my fucking shit y’all literally sound like qanon groupies.
Watch, they're going to end up joining QAnon by Christmas at this rate.
Along with the easy swallowing of misinfo & conspiracy theory, something disturbing (but not surprising) me about this is how many people are comfortable unchallengingly reblogging a post with the phrase "zionist piece of filth".
Even if they weren't using it as a dogwhistle for "jews (derogatory)", how many other political affiliations are so casually and frequently called filthy, dirty, etc, at least in left wing spaces?
When we talk about fighting gerrymandering, I don't see people saying "filthy republicans".
When that article about the town that got overrun by bears dropped I didn't see people saying "libertarian pieces of trash" even when the issue was literally lifting of trash can regulations.
I don't see people saying "dirty conservatives" unless they're straight up talking about politicians caught taking bribes.
Maybe it happens occasionally (never say never) but I don't see it in the sheer volume, casualness, and reflexiveness as I've been seeing "filthy zionists". Heck, even the right wingers I see who use the phrase "damned filthy democrats" or "filthy queers" don't seem to use it so frequently. Or at least they don't pretend to be anything but full of hate while they say it.
Anyway. OP is posting blatantly antisemitic conspiracy theories and everyone reblogging without even being slowed down by OP's phrasing and doesn't think of themselves as antisemitic needs to take a good hard look at why they were so comfortable spreading the words "zionist piece of filth".
I keep seeing people asking for “proof” of the slaughter in Israel. So a general reminder, you are not owed images of the brutality of war. You are not owed pictures of bodies of those whose families might not even know they are dead. You are not owed suffering.
In this case, different cultures have different death practices. Jews believe in a dignified death, and while modern practices vary across communities, the Talmud forbids gazing at the face of the dead.
Therefor, it is culturally abhorrent for you to request that the Jewish people exploit their dead just for you to express minimum empathy.
If you voted for one of the yes options, and you feel comfortable doing so, I'd appreciate it if you also reblogged this and put in the tags what your test is/why you use it
Hi yes actually this is Incorrect.
The Times actually did a whole article on the history of credit reporting which covers things quite nicely - so did CNBC - but since this is Tumblr and I know no one is going to follow those links, I'll sum them up.
Credit reporting in the United States started in 1841 with the founding of the Mercantile Agency, who basically sent people out to stalk potential lendees to figure out if they'd be reliable. This was an incredibly prejudice process that remained the standard for quite some time and included such important lending information as "There's too many Jews involved" and "This person is gay, probably."
This stayed the course until the 1960s when they started digitizing and consolidating records (which would lead to the advent of the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970, which requires a) all information relating to race, disability, and sexuality be scrubbed b) all files be made available to the people they're on and c) all negative information being scrubbed after 7 years).
Fair, Isaac, and Company (better known as FICO) was founded in 1956 and created the current algorithms that are used by the big 3 credit reporting agencies to create a unified credit score based on financial history rather than things like if you tuck your shirts in or not.
So now, instead of judging you based solely on prejudice assumptions, your suitability to borrow money is decided by your ability to pay loans and bills on time. Which yes, is still discriminatory against poor people since they often have to make difficult financial decisions that negatively impact their credit score - choosing to pay the rent instead of a credit card bill, for example. But that's still LOADS better than being denied a loan because of your physical characteristics, religion, or sexual preferences.
Is there room to improve? Of course there is! But you only harm your argument and goals by being disingenuous and spreading misinformation. Misinformation is always wrong, even if it's in service of doing good.
Here’s a quick history lesson about the right’s favorite not-so-new term, “groomer.” It should go without saying that the issue was never actually about adults harming children. It was always against queer and trans people existing openly.
