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Okay maybe this is a hot take, but as a Folk Catholic, there absolutely needs to be more accountability for Christianity in general for all of the terrible things that have been done in its name, especially the Catholic Church. I need you guys to read this carefully, I am not saying that all modern Christians are bad, or that they should be personally held responsible for the Crusades. What I am saying is Liberal/Leftist/Progressive Christians and Conservative/Traditional Christians have one thing in common and that is their Christianity. As leftist Christians, we need to seriously think about why Christianity has been co-opted by terrible people throughout history, and what we can do to stop it. One of the things we can do to stop our religion being run by bigots is by learning about the history of colonization, forced conversion, the crusades, the persecution of Jewish and Muslim people, Christian Nationalism, and many more topics that show the bad side of our faith. We must not only learn about these things, but face them head on. We cannot continue to sweep it under the rug. Because if we do, then it gives more power to Conservative Christians, since there is no one fighting against them. (Im thinking of starting a substack so I can get all my thoughts and ideas out in a more organized manner, but I just needed to get this out of my system.)

“i do not dream of labor” yes u do. labor is fulfilling. u dream of a world where ur labor isnt exploited and its that or starvation. i guarantee u dream of labor. labor is a necessity and in and of itself is a good thing.

if u dream of having a garden, of painting murals, cooking or baking for people, researching in a lab, or writing stories, u dream of labor. which is good! we all jus hate having our labor exploited and being underpaid for the value of our work. nobody wants to just sit at home and do NOTHING as quarantine proved! in and of itself labor is fulfilling and contributes to the betterment and advancement of society, too many people are just barred by arbitrary divides (class, education) and unable to perform labor they’d be best suited for, or that type of labor (arts, service industry) is undervalued and underpaid.

it's a shame that the trope of a character who looks 12 but is actually 300 years old is usually just used for ick fanservice because on a paper i think the psychology of a person stuck in permanent childhood has a lot of interesting story potential. unfortunately i would not trust a fandom with that character with a 100ft pole.

*slaps the roof of a spaceship* This Hail Mary is so full of Grace