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“Given the passions and feelings connected with the use of Irish Gaelic, there is a sad risk that the phrase would be regarded as some form of slogan or that its inclusion without translation would, of itself, be seen as a political statement,” said Judge Stephen Eyre, QC, chancellor of the Diocese of Coventry.

he basically said that the entirity of the irish language is a political statement, that speaking it is a political act & putting these totally heartfelt worlds on the gravestone of an irish catholic woman who completely assimilated to english culture but wanted some memoriam of her culture in her children’s wishes, is a political act.

Untranslated Irish words would be “unintelligible to all but a small minority of readers”, he ruled in his judgment for the Church of England consistory court on 6 May. He authorised a memorial which included a translation of the phrase in English.

why does every passer by need to understand the words on a gravestone of somebody they don’t know? why was this even taken into account?

& you wanna know why it would be unintelligible to all but a small minority of readers? bc its IRISH ; a language the english tried for CENTURIES to wipe out. they punished people for speaking our culture’s language, they killed people for it. the amount of irish people who know their own culture’s language is horrifically small & it’s entirely because of the racist onslaught the english perpetrated against us when they decided to try & wipe out our culture. also, why does it matter to anyone but the family what words are on THEIR MOTHER’S GRAVESTONE?

also, this battle has gone on for TWO YEARS. two years where this poor family has not been able to grieve properly for their beloved lost mother, where they can’t honour her with their culture & their language that they have probably fought to keep alive.

Shadow group pulls off massive weapons heist

El nuevo Capitán América [viene?] con fuerza en una de (The new Captain America comes out strong in a)

Executive thereof may make / Age of thirty Years, and been → US Constitution, eligibility to serve in the Senate

Those with secret identities must reveal their legal names and true identities to the United Nations. / Those with innate powers must submit to a power analysis, which will categorize their threat level and determine potential health risks. → Sokovia Accords

According to Thaddeus Ross: All information regarding the Enhanced Humans Act has been reported to be classified by Major Donavan of Special Unit…

Governments are forbidden from deploying enhanced individuals outside of their own national borders, unless those individuals are given clearance as described above. The same rule also applies to non-government organizations that operate on a global scale (including S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers). → Sokovia Accords

Explosion rocks central Tokyo high-rise building

No contracting state shall expel or return a refugee in any manner whatsoever → …to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. UN Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951

Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning → Poem for the Statue of Liberty “The New Colossus”

repeat: Желание, Ржавый, Семнадцать, Рассвет, Печь, Девять, Добросердечный → The Winter Soldier’s code words

With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and REDACTED, and related exchanges of letters, signed at Washington on March 31, 2003 → Official treaty document formula sent to the Senate by the President

Forces from neighboring Madripoor have committing human rights violations

Classified / AGENT #13 of S.H.I.E.L.D. Special Service

Destruction notice / destroy this [report when it is no longer needed] / do not return to sender → Standard notice for access-limited government documents

the Nation is called upon to recognize the patriotism of fellow citizens from all ethnic, racial, and religious → …backgrounds. USA PATRIOT Act, 2001

Masked man plunges downtown Prague into chaos.

Conditions of Release / You must appear in court when ordered. You must obey all court orders, and all federal, state, and local laws. If represented by an attorney, who shall notify prosecuting authority and the court. Within 24 hours after you change residence. You must receive hand written permission from the court before leaving. You must contact these persons before

PM 7:00 / DEC. 16 1991 / CAM 3 → Timestamp on surveillance camera that captured the assassination of Howard Stark

The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended / Selective Service Manual (looseleaf) / The Selective Service Manual is divided into six major subdivisions, and each page is identified in a manner which will indicate the subdivision in which it should be placed. In addition to this identification, supplemental pages which contain new material or changes in earlier material are also marked to show the date of release and the source of any changes in regulations which appear thereon. → Enacted 15 months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, this was the first peacetime draft in US history

All repeat / standing for freedom and liberty for our veterans → srsly wtf

БОРЬБА С ТЕРРОРИЗМОМ ОСНОВЫВАЕТСЯ НА ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЕ И ЗАЩИТЫ ОСНОВНЫХ ПРАВ И СВОБОД ЧЕЛОВЕКА И ГРАЖДАНИНА (Combating terrorism is based on ensuring and protecting fundamental human and civil rights and freedoms) → Russian federal law, 2006

Five years lost and found / How do we move forward?

Where do we go, now that they’re gone?

U.S. bombers hit HYDRA factories

Executive thereof may make / Age of thirty Years, and been → US Constitution, eligibility to serve in the Senate

[?] sparked [?] pro-Gov’t

District of Columbia support group / Please sign in below:

Mission Report: / December 16, 1991. Long Island, NY

Senator Atwood pushes for stricter border enforcement

No contracting state shall expel or return a refugee in any manner whatsoever → …to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. UN Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951

Those with secret identities must reveal their legal names and true identities to the United Nations. / Those with innate powers must submit to a power analysis, which will categorize their threat level and determine potential health risks. → Sokovia Accords

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. → Poem for the Statue of Liberty “The New Colossus”

shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President / two thirds of the Members present. / disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor / Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment → US Constitution, the role of the Senate in presidential impeachment

In many cultures, ethnic groups, and nations around the world, hair is considered a source of power and prestige. African people brought these traditions and beliefs to the Americas and passed them down through the generations.

In my mother’s family (Black Americans from rural South Carolina) the women don’t cut their hair off unless absolutely necessary (i.e damage or routine trimming). Long hair is considered a symbol of beauty and power; my mother often told me that our hair holds our strength and power. Though my mother’s family has been American born for several generations, it is fascinating to see the beliefs and traditions of our African ancestors passed down. We are emotionally and spiritually attached to our hair, cutting it only with the knowledge that we are starting completely clean and removing stagnant energy.

Couple this with the forced removal and covering of our hair from the times of slavery and onward, and you can see why so many Black women and men alike take such pride and care in their natural hair and love to adorn our heads with wigs, weaves, braids, twists, accessories, and sharp designs.

nonbinary people are trans. not every nonbinary person identifies as trans but nonbinary IS under the trans umbrella. don’t get mad at people for making a post talking about trans people and be like “nonbinary people exist too :(“ yes they do and they were included because they’re trans. if they meant “binary trans people” they would have said “binary trans people”

pronouns DO NOT equal gender. going by they/them does not make you nonbinary. not all nonbinary people use they/them. binary trans people can use they/them. even cis people can use they/them. anyone can use any pronouns. INCLUDING neopronouns.

if you know someone’s pronouns and that person does NOT use they/them and you call that person by they/them pronouns, you ARE misgendering them. they/them is used as a weapon against binary trans people ALL THE TIME to invalidate their womanhood or manhood. using they/them for someone who doesn’t use they/them is misgendering and it’s transphobic.

stop using language that excludes nonbinary people. “men and women -”. no. shut up. just say “people”

stop gendering genitalia. stop gendering chromosomes. stop gendering hormones.

if you call someone “amab” or “afab” without their consent, you’re misgendering them. there’s no universal amab and afab experiences anyway. there are very few circumstances when amab and afab should be used anyway. if you can’t use it properly, don’t use it

stop using radfem/transmed/transphobe arguments and rhetoric.

listen to trans women when they say you’re being transmisogynistic. (this goes the same for listening to trans men about transandrophobia, and the same for listening to nonbinary people about exorsexism. but the majority of transphobia i’ve seen from the new people in the community is transmisogyny. because you have not been unlearning your transmisogynistic ideas from before you joined the community)

your experience in transness is not universal. you do not speak for the community, so stop acting like it. ESPECIALLY if you’ve only been in the community for a few months

I will be respectful of people and advocate as I encounter opportunities and teach and learn as I go. But expecting people to do extensive research in order to stay up to date on the Best Practices of community consensus- if there even is a community consensus, which let’s be real there’s generally not- in order to not be considered transphobic? Especially when we know the lines will be in different places next week or next year. It’s just unrealistic. Especially when this post is directed at people who are, by the post’s own declaration, just starting to see through the fourth wall of the gender construct system.