“We live in a society” - Janus Sanders

DID/OSDD is a condition where many identities reside in a single body.

Sanders Sides is about a person with many different aspects to his one, single, identity.

The purpose of the post was to avoid hurting systems who don’t feel like they can relate to that and don’t want people to misinterpret them and their condition, and also to educate other singlets like me who might watch the series and get the wrong idea about DID/OSDD. It is completely valid and wonderful when people *are* able to find comfort in it and relate to it, I’m really glad you mentioned that ❤️

Also, if you are a system and you have fictives in your system that originated from Sanders Sides, that is also completely valid and they’re real and I love you all ❤️

I’m sorry you were rejected by your childhood church or friends or family.

I’m sorry you have had to organize for your rights to simply love and live as you choose.

I’m sorry you have become hypervigilant to perceptions of injustice.

And I’m deeply sorry that you’ve taken all that and used it to punch down, to inflict hurt, to join the antisemitism of your upbringing to the untrue buzzwords of today in order to injure:

the only democracy in the Middle East

a haven for LGBTQ+ rights in the Middle East

a nation that would legally protect your right to life and joy that is fighting a terror organization that kills queers and anyone else who disagrees with its hateful goals that include a genocide of all Jews, everywhere

diaspora Jews who are only trying to live peacefully as a minority, something you should know about

Zionism is the belief in Jewish right to self-determination in our ancestral homeland, our place of indigenousness: Israel. Zionism isn’t hatred for anyone. In fact, many Zionists want a two-state solution so Israelis can live in peace with Palestinians.

I’m sorry you either didn’t know that or didn’t care before reading this far.

I’m sorry your hatred for Jews might be so ingrained that you won’t unlearn it even though you may have been willing to unlearn other biases.

Let me just give two comparisons to show why the claim of "Zionists are genocidal!" is flat-out wrong.

First, it's been about (as of this writing) 200 days since the Hamas mass murders in early October--just under seven months. In that time, 34,262 Gazans have died according to the Hamas-run Gazan health bureau's official statistics. They are not distinguishing between Hamas' own combatants and civilians (by design), but that is the current death toll as of 29 April, 2024.

And this is a number that is claimed to be proof that Israel is attempting, with intent, to wipe out the Palestinian Gazan population.

Meanwhile, historically, 33,771 Jews were murdered in two days at Babi Yar in what is now Ukraine, near Kyiv, on the 29th and 30th of September, 1941. Three weeks later, on the 22-24th of October, 1941, another 34,000 Jews were killed in Odessa.

Those are just two massacres, each of which was accomplished with 1940s technology, while in the middle of a war with the USSR, each with a death toll comparable to the current death toll of Gazans, including Hamas combatants, each of which took two or three days to do all of the killing.

Compare that to Israel, with far greater technology for killing at its disposal, a civilian populace that is packed into a smaller area, and not having to fight against a technological peer...

And their death toll, while tragic, is at under 1% of the Nazis' own genocidal efforts. And that's because, as hard as it is for people to accept, they're not trying to kill all of the Gazans. They are, in fact, taking tremendous efforts to minimize the casualties (although there are legitimate criticisms to be made about their thresholds for what constitutes acceptable collateral damage to get at Hamas fighters).

But clearly, since they're (((Zionists))), they're the epitome of evil and must be worse than the Nazis.

And all the Jews hear from those claims is a slap in the face to both our dead and the efforts by the IDF to not kill, despite how easy it would be.

The thing is...

If the IDF did want to kill all of the Gazans, they could have easily done a Babi Yar or Odessa level massacre every day starting from October 8. At 33,000 deaths per day for 200 days, that's 6.4 million, or three times the total population of Gaza.

Instead, 98.5% of the Gazan populace is still alive.

But that apparently counts for nothing, and, in fact, "antizionists" are upset that more of them aren't dead, and are instead inflating the numbers...

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ישראל נמצאת בעמדת כוח מטורפת. מה-7 באוקטובר היא הייתה בעמדה הזאת, כנראה העמדה החזקה ביותר שהיינו בה בהיסטוריה. ולמרות שהצלחנו לקבל כל החלטה גרועה שאפשר לקבל, עדיין יש לנו המון כוח. מה שאין לנו זה מנהיג שיודע איך להשתמש בכוח הזה. או ליתר דיוק מנהיג שרוצה להשתמש בכוח הזה.

בשנים הקרובות הולכת לקום מדינה פלסטינית. זאת לא שאלה יותר. אנחנו כל כך הרבה מעבר לתהום שזה מדהים שיש אפילו בנאדם אחד במדינה שחושב אחרת. נעזוב רגע את העובדה שמדינה פלסטינית הייתה צריכה לקום לפני עשרות שנים ונניח בצד את כל הפשעים ששני הצצדים עשו לאורך השנים. מדינה פלסטינית תקום על אפנו ועל חמתנו ואם תשאלו את קטורזה אז גם על חמותנו. השאלה היחידה היא מה יהיה התפקיד שלנו באירוע הזה.

האדיוט הראשי טוען כל יום וכל לילה שהוא לא מוכן שתקום מדינה פלסטינית "באופן חד-צדדי". אז הנה נשמה, זאת ההזדמנות שלך. מנהיג חכם, מנהיג טוב, שהביצים שלו לא שמורות בתוך צנצנת על המדף של בן גביר, היה מציע הצעה בסגנון הזה:

אנחנו מקבלים את כל החטופים תוך 48 שעות ובתמורה אנחנו נשחרר אפס מחבלים. קראתם נכון. אפס מחבלים. במקום זה אנחנו נציע הקמת מדינה פלסטינית תוך שלושה חודשים. בתוך שלושה חודשים אנחנו בעצמנו נבוא לאו"ם ונגיש את ההצעה להכיר במדינה הפלסטינית באופן רשמי.

בואו ניכנס לפרטים עכשיו, כי כותרות מפוצצות הן סתם כדי למשוך תשומת לב:

1. נקבל גם את החטופים החיים וגם את המתים, עם איום וסנקציות משמעותיות על כל חטוף שיתגלה מת מעל המספר הידוע כיום כדי שלא יתחילו להרוג אותם בשביל הכיף.

2. התפטרות מיידית של אבו-מאזן והרחקתו לצמיתות מהפוליטיקה.

3. קיום חילופי שטחים בתוך שנה כדי להסדיר את הגבולות.

4. המדינה הפלסטינית תהיה מפורזת לחלוטין ותישאר כזאת בהסכם ובהשגחה בינלאומית לכמה שנים שנרצה לקבוע מראש.

5. הסגרה של ארבעה אנשים בלבד - סינוואר, הנייה, משעל ואבו-מרזוק. לא צריכים אף אחד אחר (אין לנו ולאף גורם בעולם יכולת לתבוע ולהחזיק בעשרות אלפי טרורסיטים. תוציאו את הפנזטיה הזאת מהראש שלכם). ארבעה אנשים בשביל מדינה? נראה לי מחיר זול למדי לא?...

6. ארבעת אלה יתבעו בהאג על פשעים נגד האנושות בהתאם לחוק הבינלאומי.

7. פירוק מלא של חמאס ושל כל ארגוני הטרור בעזה ובאיו"ש.

8. כניסה של כוח צבאי בינלאומי לפירוז רצועת עזה (שהם יתמודדו עם ההשלכות של החרא הזה כמו שהיינו צריכים לכפות עליהם מהרגע הראשון).

9. הלאמת כל הכספים שמנהיגי חמאס גנבו מהעם הפלסטיני והשקעתם בשיקום הרצועה, פרויקט שבו קטאר וערב הסעודית ושאר מדינות ערב יכולות להשתתף בו בשמחה. יהיה נחמד אם הן ישלמו על מנהרות רכבת תחתית במקום מנהרות טרור הפעם.

הצעה כזאת יכולה להוביל לאחת משתי אופציות: או שנפתור 70% מהבעיות של המדינה ונתחיל את תהליך השיקום וההבראה של שני העמים לכיוון שיתוף פעולה אזורי ושלום בר-קיימא, או... שחמאס יסרב כי ברור שהוא יסרב ויוכיח שאין לו שום רצון במדינה פלסטינית כפי שהוא הצהיר שמעולם לא היה לו ואז אולי נצליח סופסוף לעודד את אוכלוסיית עזה להתמרד נגד הארגון שמסרב להעניק להם עצמאות ונעבוד ביחד באמת ולא בסלוגנים של בולשיט בהפגנות לשחרר את הפלסטינים מחמאס ולהעניק להם את העצמאות שמגיעה להם.

תקשיבו לי ותקשיבו לי טוב. שלום לא יקרה מחר ולא מחרתיים ולא בעוד שנה ולא בעוד עשור. אבל אם לא נתחיל אותו הוא בחיים לא יקרה. תפסיקו לפנטז על מציאות שבה אתם לא צריכים לחשוב על שום דבר. תפסיקו לקבור את הראש באדמה. ותפסיקו כבר פאקינג לשנוא כל דבר שזז ואומר משהו שקצת שונה מהדעה שלכם. להזכירכם - שלום עושים עם אויבים. אז תוציא את הראש מהתחת שלכם. לא ביקשתי שתאהבו אותם. אני מבקשת שתאהבו את עצמכם. לא ביקשתי שתהיו חברים. אני מבקשת שתבחרו בחיים.

אין התקדמות בלי שיתוף פעולה.

אין ישראל בלי פלסטין.

אין פלסטין בלי ישראל.

מספיק עם המוות.

מספיק.

Enough. Fuck it. I'm saying what I have to say. And if any right-winger has anything to say about it, then just don't. I didn't ask you. Call me crazy or a dreamer but do it somewhere else.

Israel is in an insane position of power. Since October 7th it has been in this position, probably the strongest we've ever been in history. And although we've managed to make every terrible decision you can make, we still have a lot of power. What we don't have is a leader who knows how to use this power. Or to be exact a leader that wants to use this power.

In the coming years a Palestinian state will be established. It's no longer a question. We are so far over the edge that it's amazing that there's still even a single person in the country who thinks otherwise. Let's put aside the fact that a Palestinian state should have been established decades ago and we'll put aside all the crimes both sides have commited throughout the years. A Palestinian state will be established by hook or by crook whether we like it or not. The only question is what will be our role in this event.

The main idiot claims day in and day out that he will not have a Palestinian state established "unilaterally". Well then honey, this is your chance. A smart leader, a wise leader, whos balls aren't kept in a jar on Ben Gvir's shelf, would make this sort of offer:

We get all hostages within 48 hours and in exchange we release zero terrorists. You read that correctly. Zero terrorists. Instead we will offer the establishment of a Palestinian state within three months. Within three months we will come ourselves to the UN and apply the offer to officially recognize a Palestinian state.

Let's get into details now, because big titles are just for drawing attention:

1. We will get both the living hostages and the dead, with significant threat and sanctions for every hostage who will be revealed dead over the current known number so they won't start killing them for fun.

2. The immediate resignation of Abu-Mazen and his permanent removal from political life.

3. Exchange of territories within a year to settle the borders.

4. The Palestinian state will be completely demilitarized and will stay so in an agreement and under international supervision for as many years as we want to set in advance.

5. The extradition of only four people - Sinwar, Haniye, Mashal and Abu-Marzouk. We don't need anyone else (neither we nor any other country in the world has the ability to sue and hold tens of thousands of terrorists. Get this fantasy out of your head). Four people for a country? Seem like a pretty cheap price right?...

6. These four will be sued in Hague for crimes against humanity according to thw international law.

7. The complete disarmament and dismemberment of Hamas and all other terrorist organizations in Gaza and in the West Bank.

8. Entry of an international military force to demilitarize the Gaza Strip (they can handle the repercussions of this shit like we should have forced them from the first moment).

9. Reclaiming all the funds Hamas leaders have stolen from the Palestinian people and their investment into the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip, a project in which Qatar and Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Arab nations could gladly be a part of. It will be nice if they will pay for subway tunnels instead of terrorist tunnels for a change.

This offer could lead to one of two outcomes: either we solve 70% of the country's problems and start the process of rehabilitation and healing of both peoples in the direction of regional cooperation and sustainable peace or... Hamas will refuse because of course it will and prove he has no want for a Palestinian state as it has always declared and maybe we could finally encourage the people of Gaza to rebel against the organization that refuses to give them independence and we truly work together to free the Palestinians from Hamas and give them the independence they deserve and not just with bullshit slogans in protests.

Listen to me and listen carefully. Peace will not happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow or in a year or in a decade. But if we won't start it it will never happen. Stop fantasizing about a reality in which you don't need to think about anything. Stop burying your heads in the ground. And stop fucking hating everything that moves that says something a bit different then your opinion. So get your heads out of your asses. I didn't ask you to love them. I ask that you love yourselves. I didn't ask that you be friends. I ask that you choose life.

There is no progress without cooperation.

There is no Israel without Palestine.

There is no Palestine without Israel.

Enough with death.

Enough.

people tend to get really focused on the idea of the famous parent calling people on their child's behalf or just the last name opening doors and getting the child booked regardless of talent

and then the child of those people deny that ever happened for them, and round and round we go

but you know what, I don't actually think that happens as much as we think (though I definitely think it happens more than those kids want to admit)

I think the reality is much subtler than that, and is the bigger leg up:

if you grow up with famous parents, you get to witness what being successful in the industry looks like first hand, and you already have a guidepost for navigating that in ways it takes non-famous kids years or even decades into the industry to learn

in the same way that if you grow up with parents with white collar jobs, you have a massive leg up in understanding office norms and behavior over kids who don't have that experience

we all learn so much about the world through our families, and when your family is deeply involved in an industry you get so much foundational knowledge that someone starting the industry at 20 still has to learn

Imagine you want to be an actor, and your mom is an actor already. Here are examples of things I imagine you could pick up, merely by being her child: her process, how she hones her craft, acting techniques she likes and doesn't like, running lines with her, seeing her audition, how she negotiates, what an agent does and how your mom deals with hers, different positions/jobs on set or elsewhere in the industry, comfort with being on a set, knowledge about appropriate set behavior, what publicity tours require from her, her ups and her downs and what she does when parts aren't turning up for her, etc etc. Not even getting into just the straight up wealth privilege that comes with that level of success, nor to mention that if your mom is a wealthy actress you're much more likely to be attending a school with an actual functioning arts program...

Imagine how much more time you'd have to devote to your craft when you already are familiar and comfortable with the industry, when you have financial security, when your family "gets" and supports the idea of making a living through the arts, when you already know what an agent is and how to find one and what kind of deal with one is fair vs. predatory, and more. People sometimes will talk about nepotism babies being actually good like they're shocked but to me I'm like, "Well duh, I think if you took most kids and gave them that kind of comfort, safety, and support + their own drive to succeed, yeah you get a lot of kids who have the time and space and expertise to become good at their art, yes"

Hot take, I know.

People need to stop criticizing children for watching their parents their entire lives and wanting to work in the same job as them. Ask yourself - would you say this about a surgeon? a lawyer? a plumber? a chef? if not, than why would you say this about an actor or a singer? why is art so different a profession than any other, that the thought of a child wanting to be one because of their parents is so abhorrent to you?

Anyway, I do agree with op that the point of focus in this discussion should be privilege, but I really need people to understand that every single person on the planet has some form of privilege in certain situations; A child of a gardener or a chef or an engineer technically has free access to decades-worth of knowledge and expertise at their fingertips at all time. That is privilege. They could have (if they actively want to, or even only passively, or forcefully by some parents) familiarity and understanding with a particular profession that, just like op said, other people only starting out in the field well into their twenties will never have. And that's not a bad thing, it is simply a thing.

Your mom had a business and she died and you inherited it with no previous experience in the field, while other hard working talented people worked in that business but got no part of the ownership or management? Yeah, that's nepotism. "X Profession and Sons"? Boom, nepotism. Family business? It's literally in the name folks... I don't know how to explain to you that if two people show up to the same interview, but one graduated from community college and the other from Ivy league college, and the company chooses the Ivy league one because of the Ivy league and for no other reason, that's the exact same privilege as being chosen for a movie because of your last name.

There is only one real problems with nepotism: giving endless opportunities to people who have already proven they are not right for the job because of their name. That's it. I'm not even against giving them the first chance because of their name, because I can think of a hundred instances where people who are wronged by society consistently and don't get a fair chance might get that chance solely based on connections, and I'm just a 100% okay with that. Also, there's nothing wrong with giving anyone a chance. The question is what happens next.

The trolley problem isn’t about figuring out who set the problem up in the first place, it’s about determining how you, personally, can justify an allocation of suffering in the event that suffering (or pain, loss, whatever) must occur. Do you make the choice that will result in the least suffering for the fewest amount of people, knowing that in doing so you are choosing to shift the suffering onto their shoulders? Do you make the ostensibly ‘ethical’ choice that will, nevertheless, hurt even more people? Do you stand back and refuse to act, allowing events to unfold as they would with or without your intervention, knowing that your hands are technically clean but that you could have made a choice and prevented some measure of harm?

It’s a fascinating ethical quandry and it’s intensely frustrating that it gets so bogged down in semantics by people trying to ‘trick’ the system. It’s not supposed to be tricked--if you try to trick it, you’ve missed the point.

A vast majority of Japanese people actually enjoy other people making an effort to spread and enjoy japanese culture, and encourage it. Many make businesses in deliberately taking pictures of people in kimono. A common omiage (gift) for foreigners from japanese people is traditional japanese things such as kimonos, tea seats, shisa dog statues, ect.

And to top it off, basically 80 percent of japanese customs, traditions, and food, came from other countries. Japanese is an integration of different cultures, like america. Japan takes influences from places like korea, china, russia, and europe. If japan stuck to itself, there would be no tempura, japanese tea, tea ceremonies, kabuki, japanese bread, japanese curry, j- pop, anime, cars, or modern fishing techniques. The picture is not “yellow face” they are not making fun of asians. In fact, it looks like they put extra care and research into their work.

Recently a museum in Boston came under a lot of fire for allowing visitors to wear a ‘kimono’ (it was featuring a painting my Monet of a girl – a white girl – in a kimono, and the museum had replicas made that guests of ANY RACE could wear to mimic the painting, Pageant-of-the-Masters style). After protests and heated debate, the museum closed the event.

I was living in Japan at the time, and out of all the *actual* Japanese people I asked, not a single one was offended by the event. Rather, they were excited that people half a world away were showing interest in their culture, and were sad that visitors could no longer enjoy the event.

This party, though somewhat silly in application, is an attempt at experiencing and appreciating another culture. The mom who put this together is not an expert on Japan, but she did her best. She got a lot of things right: there are few things Japan loves more than tea, Pocky, and sakura. 

Where do you draw the line for who is “allowed” to learn about Japan? If the girl were of Japanese descent, would that make it ok (even though her citizenship would be the same as the girl from the photo)? If one of the girl’s parents were from Japan, then would it be ok? 

Are you only allowed to make pizza if you live in Italy? If you’re an Italian immigrant? How do we decide these things??

You can’t say you want to dismantle racism and then in the next breath make rules – based on race – for who people can wear, try, or eat, especially when the intent is obviously to have fun experiencing a culture (as opposed to having fun by making fun of a race or culture, like blackface does). 

This right here is so important. Most people who talk about cultural appropriation have zero understanding of history and how cultures are created. We don’t live in isolated bubbles. Cultures change, evolve, adapt, and grow constantly, and most importantly they influence each other. Of course this process is not always peaceful and many times change comes through a lot of pain and suffering. It is very important to talk about this, but you can also not ignore the simple fact that there is no such thing as authenticity in cultures, and that chasing after such an idea is not only toxic and damaging to the ability of cultures to continue to grow (yeah, just because we are talking about it doesn’t mean we’ve reach some sort of zenith of cultural growth. They will continue to change and they will continue to change each other whether you like it or not) but actively dangerous with a very racist undertone to it. Everyone has a little bit of the other, and that’s not bad. This is a heavy and complicated issue and I can go on about it for hours just adding more problems and contradictions between theory and reality. But the bottom line is that sharing cultures is wonderful. Just don’t be an asshole about it.

The only reason that you have a problem with this is because that little girl is white and you know that it is acceptable on tumblr to crap all over white people. The only racist here is you.

Russia in 2022 attacked another Eurovision participant and made a whole bunch of other contestant countries scared of being attacked next, after already having attacked a fellow competitor in 2008 -> Russia got banned from Eurovision

Ukraine in 2022 got attacked, had its civilians targeted intentionally, did not choose to start the war, has no record of past attacks against ESC contestants, and is not currently posing a threat to any other Eurovision participating country -> Ukraine did not get banned

Israel in 2023 got attacked, had its civilians targeted intentionally, did not choose to start the war, has no record of past attacks against ESC contestants, and is not currently posing a threat to any other Eurovision participating country -> Israel did not get banned

There isn't a double standard, except for people who insist on not following the geopolitical logic. Same ones who didn't use Ukraine's retaliation activities against Russia as justification to get Ukraine banned, but are doing that to Israel, usually with a side dish of false, hyperbolic accusations that have nothing to do with reality.

Also...

The only flags allowed are of participating countries and the pride flag. The American flag is therefore banned. The Mexican flag. The Japanese, the Korean, the Nigerian flags. The world doesn't actually revolve around Palestinians, they're not actually the ultimate victims, and honestly, it's offensive they're cast that way when there are conflicts far worse and bloodier than the current war in Gaza, not to mention it takes away attention and help from them, to make everything constantly about the Palestinians.

Meanwhile, this is supposed to be the rule. Outside the performance hall, but within the borders of the Eurovision village, a visiting Israeli comedian called Guy Hochman was assaulted for walking around with the Israeli flag. Swedish police intervened, but they didn't act against the anti-Israel protesters who attacked and spat on Guy, they stopped him from openly carrying the Israeli flag. He asked why are they not allowing it, even though the flag is of a participating country, in accordance with the rules. He was told it's too dangerous. He then asked why are Palestinian flags not being removed, if they're banned according to contest rules, and was told that in Sweden, freedom of speech is above anything else. He was also grilled about whether he's Jewish by the Swedish policemen. Why was his flag denied, then? Why was his freedom of speech not protected, why was his Jewish identity a matter for questioning?

Another thing, the Swedish singer who ended up in third place in 2011 Eric Khaled Saade went on a childish rant crying over the Palestinian flag being banned (again, as if it's the only one), and as he was invited to perform this year, he got on stage live with a kaffiyeh tied to his left hand, even though he knew that was considered political, and therefore not allowed. Once more, he whined about it as if this is specifically against Palestinians, but you know what? The dress designers wanted to have a Star of David on the dress of the Israeli singer. She's a Jewish woman, that's a Jewish symbol, so why not represent her identity? But they were told that's "political." And you know what the Israeli delegation did? Followed the rules. You won't see the Star of David on Eden's dress. When they were told not to wear the hostage pin, because that's "political"? They followed the rules. When the Israeli song writers were told that their song, expressing Israeli pain, is "too political," what did they do? Followed the rules, they changed the lyrics. And you don't hear them crying about it all over social media and the news.

Not to mention, Eric Saade had no problem kissing the ass of Israeli fans back in 2011, when he competed and needed their votes. Was his dad less Palestinian back then? By the way, Israeli fans didn't hold his identity against him, they didn't demand he be questioned about Palestinian terrorists, or what his stance is on Hamas, they didn't drag politics into it, they focused on music and culture connecting people across borders and identities (as the ESC is supposed to do), and Israel gave its 12 points in both the semi and the final to Eric Saade that year. How did he repay those fans? Campaigning to ban Israel (and therefore them) from the contest, because he's incapable of seeing them as people first, and political rivals second, or maybe even (God forbid!) not at all...

It all smells like hypocrisy to me. But we all know this post won't get anywhere near the exposure (through likes and reblogs) that the lying, self-centered, hypocritical anti-Israel posts do. Doesn't matter. I'll still be here, speaking the truth.

It's a fantasy setting Saiteru fic, and I just had the urge to draw these dummies (⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠³⁠˘⁠)⁠♥

They're only some simple headshots of them, I definitely draw Teruhashi better than Saiki haha

I Wanna maybe draw a scene later, but who knows :P

But wait, there’s more!