Not just making it illegal, but making being gay punishable with death.
This is one of the many reasons why I walk by every single red bucket in the run-up to Christmas. They’re not getting my money, I don’t care how nice the people ringing bells are.
Ever since the time they threatened to close all their soup kitchens in NYC if a law that did something as simple as allow companies to extend spousal benefits to their employee’s same-sex domestic partners I have refused to buy from them or donate to them.
It’s that time of year again! In case people don’t know… the Salvation Army is shitty peoples.
Also, the married women are not paid (and therefore can’t qualify for assistance if they should ever divorce, etc). And worth “of course” less than a man.
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In the Army’s case, the agreement for compensation is that the officer allowance be paid jointly to the husband—the check is written in his name. Officially, the wife is a “worker without expectation of remuneration,” and her husband receives 40 percent more of an allowance as a married man than he would as a single man.
His restaurant was robbed at gun point, and he was shot in the arm…
The person in this cartoon is intentionally pitting two separate demographics of people with similar grievances against each other.
Implicitly, the veteran thinks that the fast food worker does not deserve $15 per hour because he does not work hard enough for it, whereas veterans have been shot at for a living and still do not receive enough care. The fast food worker’s obvious reaction is to be indignant and provide the veteran with a blow-by-blow account of how he has to deal with the foulest dregs of humanity on a daily basis.
This puts the veteran and the fast food worker on opposing sides: each thinks that the other is in some way holding them back and distracting from their own issues.
This creates a villain for each side to focus on, which distracts them from what should obviously be the primary target, that both sets of people should be teaming up against: a system which can’t even pretend to care about the issues that either of them face.
Divide and conquer.
Politicians do this all the time, and it’s amazing how we as voters keep falling for it. All you have to do is show up in front of a crowd of angry people, and tell those people that an Acceptable Target is to blame. Could be White People, could be The Jews, The Illegals, The Godless Heathens, whatever works. Then all of the disparate groups which should be united against you are instead warring against each other. And at least one of those groups is looking to you to stop the Other Group Menace. Voila, you have a voter base that you can exploit and screw over for as long as the Other Group remains a credible threat.
Of course, sometimes the ploy is not as obvious as that. Sometimes it’s as subtle as this cartoon.
Guess this was my political rant for today.
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People demanding fair wages, no matter their place of employ, are not the enemy. Those who would pay them less than a living wage. -V
be careful about your cleaning products and dont get yourself injured or potentially killed ok
why it so dangerous to be clean
As someone who’s job is to handle chemicals like this, I need to state that this information is IMPORTANT. Plenty of people have accidentally injured or killed themselves at home because they didn’t know what kind of reaction certain substances have with one another. Play it safe and don’t mix chemicals.
Also don’t use bleach to clean up urine it’ll create chloramine bc of the ammonia in it and you can give yourself chemical pnemonia that way
bleach is scary
Last night I was about to mix hydrogen peroxide with vinegar when I remembered seeing this post earlier in the day. Thank you.
Don’t mix cleaning products.
Walk away from this post remembering don’t mix cleaning products.
You don’t need to remember the chemistry or anything. Just remember to use one cleaning product at a time.
Not for nothing, but in America, at least, there’s a strong trend of “unless you’re the BEST at it, you need to stop doing it.” Somewhere around 5th grade, kids get it into their heads that if they’re not some sort of art prodigy already, then pursuing it (and actually, y’know. Practicing and learning) is a foolish, childish notion.
The idea that someone could just do something for FUN? Not entertained.
This mindset is why I didn’t get back into drawing until I was like 22 – practice that shit you’ll get better
ugh 