tldr? if trained military ppl who are most comfortable around guns are still getting gunned down by those with the intent to kill HOW THE FUCK DO YOU THINK A SCIENCE TEACHER IS GOING TO REACT? you actually think they are going to turn into bruce willis or black widow instead of just being another dead person? the fuck is wrong with you?
So yeah, white-washing is bad, but more often than not unintentional.
As mentioned above, there have been a few blogs recently that make the claim of being against white washing, yet continuously misdiagnose and lack any fundamental understanding of basic color theory or anatomy. So, the intent of this post is to help give people a vocabulary through which they can address the issue of white washing, while presenting solutions in a way that other artists can understand and learn from.
White washing is inexcusable, but “too pale” won’t fix it.
Being afraid to check your bank account is the adult version of being afraid to check your grades, while as a college student you are afraid to check both.
Hey fun fact less than 5%of mass shootings involved mental illness but if you’re going to scapegoat the mentally ill to distract from the actual problem maybe don’t do it immediately after you already demonstrated you didn’t think it was the issue???
I’m a teacher and I just want to say this because it’s bothering me..
I don’t want to be armed. I don’t WANT to be armed. I don’t want to have a gun. I don’t think I could ever pull the trigger to kill someone even if I needed to.
I did not choose this career to carry a gun and be ready to shoot someone if necessary. That did NOT cross my mind when I was a little girl dreaming about teaching English.
Please stop speaking for me when you are saying I should be armed. I should not be armed because I don’t want to be armed.
I WANT to just do my job in peace, without being in sporadic states of fear for my life. I want to feel protected and validated in what I’m doing and to feel free to teach my craft and make students better at reading and writing and thinking and trying. A gun on my person is not going to help that. It’s not going to make me better at my job.
I think you might have good intentions, but the words are not adding up right to me. I don’t want a gun. I want safety. If I were up against a shooter, I don’t think a gun in my hand would keep me or anyone else alive against an AR-15, and that is me speaking personally.
So. While you’re out here preaching on a soapbox from the comfort of your own home while you go to a job tomorrow that is probably not on a mildly open campus full of 1200 students… Please stop saying I need a gun.
I need safety. My kids don’t need me + a gun to be happy or successful or alive. They need me + safety.
This this this. While I’m no longer teaching, I’m still working at a school. If another person tells me I should just be armed, I may scream.
I don’t want to carry a gun. I don’t want the responsibility that comes with what carrying a gun to work means.
I say this as someone who lived with a police officer. Do I know how to handle a firearm safely? Yes I do. Do I know how to shoot at a paper cutout or clay pigeon because I had weapons in my home? Yes I do.
That doesn’t mean I want to carry one at work or shoot a living being.
