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sgreffenius · 9 months

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This article discusses a little history around the Gadsden flag, its origins and development as a symbol of freedom, and reasons it has endured as a symbol of freedom for so long. It does, however, miss a key point in this Colorado controversy.

The problem with a balanced analysis in this case is that it overlooks how public officials just make stuff up. The school administrator who insisted student Jaiden leave school property - now - states his reason:

"The reason that we do not want the flag displayed is due to its origins with slavery and the slave trade."

People in authority who want to prevail like fantasy arguments, because their victims have no way to refute their nonsense. Do you suppose that when Jaiden's mother tried to explain the flag's origins in the American Revolution, her arguments had any persuasive effect? Of course not. When Colorado Governor Jared Polis supported Jaiden's free speech rights in a public letter, it had no effect. The school administrator had already removed Jaiden and his backpack from school property, with justification that amounted to a joke.

I would say that to counter self-important administrators who use dishonest, false arguments, we must treat them as a joke. The problem is, they get the first move, they have tenure in their positions, some parents will believe their nonsense, and parents who hold up ignorant slobs for ridicule often find themselves regarded as troublemakers.

So what do you do when your child is effectively ostracized from school because some administrator does not know what an historical symbol means, or care about fair enforcement of school district policy? If you really think a Gadsden flag patch on a twelve-year-old's backpack disrupts the school environment because it symbolizes white supremacy, how disruptive is it when you show yourself a fool, and students under your authority no longer respect you?

#Gadsden flag #Don't tread on me #school speech

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azural83 · 4 months

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What's the point of having characters from different time periods when they behave and swear like they're edgy american teens?

#it would've been charming if their speech reflected their cultures #too bad vivziepop is stuck in her middle school years #vivziepop critical #hazbin critical #hazbin hotel critical #hazbin hotel criticism #hazbin critique #hazbin criticism #hazbin hotel critique #vivziepop criticism

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garadinervi · 23 days

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June Jordan, An Address to the Students of Columbia University During Their Anti-Apartheid Sit-in, April, 1985; in On Call. Political Essays, South End Press, Boston, MA, 1985, pp. 117-122

#graphic design #school #education #speech #book #june jordan #south end press #1980s

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itsnotalemon · 7 months

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he only wants to have fun!

#that moment when i can make one of my special interests combine with a new hyperfixation #my art #the amazing digital circus #caine #pomni #lemon demon #cabinet man #im so glad i paid 50k+ for a year of art school just so I could be taught how to properly draw speech balloons #and i wish i was joking too

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hellenhighwater · 4 months

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My parents and I were talking about our Bar admissions, for some reason, and they'd both forgotten that my motion for admission, put forward by my brother (also a lawyer) began, "My sister has many issues, but the one before the Court today is that of her admission to the State Bar."

Start as you mean to go on, I guess.

#my parents met in law school #to join the state bar you have a mostly ceremonial Motion for Admission #and for a lot of people it's pretty pro forma #but if you have a mentor or friend or family member in the legal field that you want to move for your admission it can be a nice thing #for them to do it #and then you do little speeches

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hedgehog-moss · 1 year

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French TV journalist having a hard time trying to get woman in the street to comment on Macron's latest speech yesterday

Protesters organised casserolades (aka banging on pots and pans) in front of city halls across the country at 8pm, when Macron was speaking, to symbolically drown out his voice. Later that evening, Macron was filmed singing a song with some 'random people' in a street in Paris, trying to show he can go out and meet people and have fun because protesters don't exist. The people he was singing with (members of a choir, some of whom are 'alt-right-leaning') were using a folk song app created by far-right activists that was criticised a few months ago for hosting a Spanish fascist anthem & Third Reich military marches.

The government's response was that the President "couldn't know the background of the people he met that night." Maybe if he wants to avoid being associated with the far-right (that's a big if, I know), Macron should keep in mind that with the kinds of strategies and positioning his government has adopted lately, people in the street who welcome him with open arms and are proud to be filmed with him have a higher than average likelihood of supporting fascism.

#genre hier darmanin qui dit qu'il faut sanctionner les gens au RSA et aujourd'hui le maire pour qui fraudeur = maghrébin...#also the far-right ppl who made that song lyric app got 40K€ of public funding from the ministry of culture #our government is 'questioning' public funding for the human rights league but not this #so yeah this is just 1 thing out of the avalanche of bullshit the government keeps unleashing these days #i could have made a post about the minister of the interior; a known rapist; saying #that french people are angry about the reform but ''they swallowed it''#that was yesterday; this week is going well so far #cool thing that happened last week is that the film director who won the césar des lycéens award #made a speech in the presence of the minister of education in which he said #''it must be hard to be minister of education for a president whose words and actions reflect the opposite #of the values school is supposed to teach the youth: contempt rather than respect; dictating rather than dialoguing'' (etc)#also last week when macron went to notre-dame and of course forbade protests in the area #so protesters hopped on a boat and protested on the seine next to notre-dame #frpol

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winesharksea · 24 days

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every so often jace sends kit very upscale hair care products because the herondales have a reputation to protect damn it

#personally i think the first time jace visits cirenworth he asked kit what hair stuff he uses & kit said um the bottle is green? its 2 in 1?#and jace's soul left his body temporarily before he gave an impassioned speech about protecting the herondale image via one's hair #kit goes to school like hey does anyone want this 70$ leave in conditioner my weird cousin sent to me #jace herondale #kit herondale #the wicked powers #twp

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one-time-i-dreamt · 5 months

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Jamiroquai did a motivational speech at a school, and then used a portable speaker to walk through the halls playing Virtual Insanity on loop for four hours.

#dream #jamiroquai #motivational speech #school #speech #music #game #virtual insanity

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safedistancefrombeingsmart · 17 days

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London’s Central drama school axes audition fees to end elite grip on the arts

Martin–as a former graduate– chimes in. 🙂

“None of us want drama schools to be the preserve of the well off. Ideally, they are places where people from all backgrounds can come together and learn from each other,” said Freeman, a Central graduate and star of The Responder, Sherlock and The Office. “Without my grant from Richmond council many years ago, I would never have been able to enjoy my three years at Central. That seems to have become harder and harder in recent years; who knows how many young actors are lost to us, due to lack of funds. I hope this inspires others to follow suit in trying to make attending drama school fairer for all.”

#martin freeman #Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

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ohmigoshiloveu · 2 months

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If youre still taking art requests- emizel showing shilo and grefgor various cartoons. PLEASE. Another idea is shilo and emizel style swap cuz i think it would be pretty funny

Okay, so, um. This ask made me realize that I don’t watch a lot of cartoons??? Like I tried to think of something that Shilo and Grefgore would have a reaction to and drew a complete blank??? And then I realized that the cartoons I did get into are not the kinds of cartoons Emizel would admit to watching???? I’m so sorry I never thought not watching Family Guy or the Simpsons would mess me up like this.

Anyways I drew them watching one of the many many many slasher horror films I have also not watched instead

And two different types of styleswap

#jrwi the suckening #emizel tucker #shilo bathroy #shilo bathory #jrwi grefgor #jrwi grefgore #Grefgore’s doing gods work and judging the hell out of the fake blood effects probably #don’t mind the wonky lines all over the first style swap thing #I though I was gonna do speech bubbles for a hot minute #I learned my lesson sobs #OH! and for the second style swap #shilos either one of those private school kids with a school uniform #or he’s like that guy from my highschool who wore a suit to school everyday #also also doodle prompts are absolutely still ongoing and will continue to go until I delete the post asking for them #omgart #honestly I don’t think I managed to do anything interesting with this one #inspiration is a fickle mistress le siiiiiigh

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thankssteveditko · 8 months

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(Amazing Spider-Man #3 - Stan Lee, Steve Ditko)

He just fuckin' slaps him. The disrespect

#ASM 3 #tsd post #I'm not going to post the whole thing because the fight isn't THAT interesting #but peter flat out loses for the first time against a villain and has to flee #and then at school the human torch gives an inspirational speech about how you should never give up even if you lose #then they have a rematch and he wins the end #thanks johnny

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aimseytv · 1 year

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one thing that always makes me 0_0 is when people claim to be supportive of people being neurodivergent up until said person displays neurodivergent traits and then it’s a whole whirlwind of just “this person is annoying because of (insert neurodivergent trait here)”

#growing up in school and listening to people use my normal speech patterns as reasons to actually dislike me put a dent in my heart #13 year old aimsey was crushed when they found out people found them annoying for stuff they couldn’t figure out how to stop #now i’m like eh fuck it if people can’t stand it that’s fair but just don’t be weird and make fun of someone for something they can’t change #life is too short #be nice

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earlgreymon · 2 years

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a to z: digimon featuring adventure, 02, tamers, and frontier

for some people, digimon is just a show they watched a long time ago every sunday morning; a happy, fleeting part of their childhood. but for me, digimon is a significant part of my life that shaped me into what i am today.

digimon taught me that there might be wonders beyond our grasp, so you always have to be ready because you never know what kind of adventure lies ahead. there will be bad days, but good things come to those who wait as long as you stay kind. the battles might be hard, but you will always have people who love you for who you are; be it your family, friends, or partner.

i'll become a happy butter-fly, and there's no way i can lose to the towering target. i'll be the biggest dreamer running full speed through, to the frontier full of unknown—and i'll take you along.

HAPPY ODAIBA DAY! (for @digiweek 2022 day 7; inspired by 1, 2, 3)