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medicinemane · 16 days

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I may not be good at doing much with activism cause I'm still getting my own shit together, but I'll tell you I remember stuff

Slips my mind more than I like, but I don't forget what's happened to Iranians, to Syrians, I don't forget the Hong Kong protests

I remember how it was, I refuse to follow a new narrative when I was there watching across an ocean

As an American I think I have an obligation to support people fighting for their freedom... kinda one of the things about the American identity that's supposed to mean something, the idea you're supposed to support everyone everywhere in being able to choose how to live their life

So I won't forget what the Iranian government's done, I won't ever let them pretend to be moral after I watched them with blood on their hands, their so called morality police brutalizing people just trying to live, and then fighting to be free

I may not be able to do much, probably don't do as much as I could or should, but I'll never forget and when it's called for I'll never forgive either

Can't follow all the horror in the world, hell, I can hardly keep up with Haiti or Sudan who both deserve support

But I do pay attention, I do see some of what happens, I won't forget and I won't let people feed me a new version of what I've seen

#i was thinking about other less serious but still serious stuff #think cultural issues rather than human rights issues #but i was thinking about things that have happened; that i watched first hand #and how... people just have this new version of them #they take the word of a random tumblr user over people who were there #and there rewrite stuff #fine... i can't force you to listen #but... i won't forget #and the places the details get fuzzy at least I'm honest #at least i say 'I'd have to do some research on what happened'#like i know the broad strokes of when the Night in the Wood's dev killed himself #but I'm forgetting a couple details that... really don't matter #but i had my ear to the ground; you won't make me forget this stuff #big or small; i keep this stuff in mind #you people (broad general gesturing at the world) love lying about shit i was there for #and people gobble up these narratives #but fuck you; i saw what i saw #not gonna say other people didn't see what they saw too #but... i think some people are spinning some bullshit cause they were spinning it at the time #just like now it seems people are spinning bullshit around these attacks #trying to rewrite history like those brutal crackdowns on protests didn't happen #protests over police murdering an innocent woman for existing #I've seen stuff; at least i cite what i saw and moot second hand tumblr posts #was on my mind already; seeing that post just... made me think in other contexts #please stop fucking swallowing whatever some tumblr user said #I'm begging you; i adore you; i don't think you read my tags #please stop falling for this stuff; your so smart and caring #please stop worrying about your past and fearing falling out of step with the crowd #think for yourself on this stuff; be critical; your so good; please be critical #mm tag so i can find things later

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