[ID: 9 gifs from season 3, episode 5 “second skin” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show kira nerys and tekeny ghemor.
1st gif: the camera shows legate ghemor from the chest up, he tells kira, “i suppose it’s time to go.”
2nd gif: the camera cuts to show kira from the side and ghemor from the back, kira reaches a hand out to give ghemor his wife’s bracelet, she tells him, “here. it doesn’t belong to me. i can’t keep it.” legate ghemor holds it in his hand.
3rd gif: the camera shows legate ghemor from the front, kira from the back. he tells her, “no.” then he grabs her hand and places the bracelet in the palm of her hands. legate ghemor continues, “i want you to have it. you may not be my daughter, but until i find iliana, you’re the closest thing i have to family.”
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th gif: kira stops legate ghemor from walking away by holding his hand, she tells him, “i want you to know something. in spite of… whatever i might have said, i realize now… you’re an honorable man. and i think your daughter must have loved you very much.” she is tearing up.
8th gif: legate ghemor looks at kira, smiles then turns to walk away.
9th gif: kira watches him leaves, then takes a breath before bringing the bracelet up to look at it once more. /end ID]
If ever there was a paragraph that described Canadian-Brand Racist Jackassetry, THIS IS VERY IT.
‘When you believe niceness disproves the presence of racism, it’s easy to start believing bigotry is rare, and that the label racist should be applied only to mean-spirited, intentional acts of discrimination. The problem with this framework–besides being a gross misunderstanding of how racism operates in systems and structures enabled by nice people–is that it obligates me to be nice in return, rather than truthful. I am expected to come closer to racists. Be nicer to them. Coddle them.’
It’s so good to see this articulated!
They may be Nice and they may be Polite but they are not good and they are not kind.
jane austen was right!!!!! i AM half agony half hope!!!!! if i loved you less i COULD talk about it more!!!!!!!! i WAS in the middle before i knew i had begun!!!!!!!
The submersible’s disappearance has arguably been the biggest news story of the last 24 hours. That’s understandable in some ways. For one thing, it’s a mystery: No one knows where it is or what state its passengers are in. There is, moreover, a race against time, as the sub has enough oxygen to make it until early Thursday, according to the Coast Guard—if, that is, the passengers are even still alive. There is both the possibility of an improbably happy ending or of unspeakable tragedy—another element of a compelling news story. And then there’s everything about the janky sub and its rich passengers, who have risked their lives on what is essentially a novelty expedition. Without knowing their fate, it has the feeling of something out of a Ruben Östlund film: These people are so wealthy they can take dangerous chances in a vessel the size of a Honda Odyssey, just for thrills.
Coverage of the missing submersible unintentionally illustrates something even more tragic, however. On June 14, what was likely the second-deadliest refugee and migrant shipwreck on record occurred when a boat carrying as many as 800 migrants sank off the Greek coast. Greek authorities had tracked the vessel and early signs suggest the country’s coast guard was slow to act despite numerous warning signs. This is a huge news story, one that hits at both Europe’s ongoing refugee crisis and the callousness with which many European nations treat migrants who are desperately trying to reach their shores. Yet it has received scant attention in the American media—and the missing submersible story has dwarfed what coverage there has been.
“You can’t be a lurker on tumblr.” Yes, you absolutely can. I’ve been quietly reblogging things since 2014 and I haven’t interacted with anyone in years.
