Thomas Jefferson is in the Asshole Hall of Fame, but one thing he said about religion always sticks in my head: "What harm does it do upon me if my neighbor says there are no gods or twenty? It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
he was very charming, eloquent, intelligent, and a fucking goddamn monster.
it makes it worse that people could have these positive traits and use them in such a way. I think it's easy to forget that because someone is morally and ethically bad doesn't mean they're unskilled or dumb
He spent a lot of time advocating for positions for which he never managed to get the courage together to actually put his money where his mouth (or pen, really, at this point) was.
Thomas Jefferson is one of the things I will crank on about forever, if you let me. Fuckin guy goes 'all [people] are created equal]' and then goes on to have a Virginia slave plantation, order his slaves to be brutalized, and rape a whole bloodline of Hemings into existence. That's asshole behavior
My philosophy for the past 35 years(I'm 52) has been
Anything another person wants to do with their own body or that of another consenting adult is nobody else's business as long as they don't hurt anybody else in the process
He's such a genuinely good person. It's somewhat comforting to know that after Rowling does us all a favour and croaks, this series that was once so important to so many queer people will become represented by people with some actual morals.
This is exactly why I will never call Daniel Radcliffe "Harry Potter". The real person is so much more awesome than a brainchild of a TERF Holocaust Denier which just so happens to be his most famous role.
“ways of expressing gender identity [and] sexuality are more nuanced than they once were”, adding: “If that helps people to know who they are, say who they are, and communicate to the world who they are, it’s just common sense.”
beautifully put
At this point, nothing this man does could make me dislike him. Even if he's arrested for murder, I'll be convinced he had very, very good reasons. Unless it's Michael Sheen. He's definitely gone too far then.
I could go totally morbid on how they'd be useful for boys in US schools...
or I could state how SOME boys would find them useful for easier access for friends...
but IT DOESN'T MATTER. Put them there, if they get used, they get used.
He has always been a fabulous dresser, even before Doctor Who. I remember there was some Tumblr page of Zachary Quinto looks versus David Tennant looks.
In my experience this is how most normies (using the term to mean “people who don’t follow politics or spend a bunch of time online”) actually feel about queer folks.
Being terminally online, it's easy to forget that most people either don't know a trans person or don't know they know one. And when they meet one, the most common response is "do what makes you happy!"
It's not much but it's usually honest. Most people just don't care.
I was explaining to my mum who Posie Parker is just the other day and she said basically the same thing. She’s somewhat conservative but she’s not about to step on people’s right to be who they are
