When a story goes yes life and the universe is fundimentally chaotic, uncaring, and meaningless in nature… but have you considered love? And hope? THAT’S when it gets me
Here’s the whole video. It’s called “Don’t Be A Sucker” and it’s 17 minutes long.
don’t just scroll past this actually watch it, it’s only 2 minutes long. If you re-recorded this today word for word with modern actors and places, it wouldn’t even look out of place as a PSA
300,000 notes and i can’t find a transcript
Transcript: (sorry for the language!)
Speaker: “I see negroes holding jobs that
belong to me! And you! I’ll ask you, if we allow this thing to go on,
what’s gonna become of us real Americans!”
Hungarian man with clear foreign accent: “I’ve heard this kind of talk before, but I never expected to hear it in America.”
Young man: “This man seems to know what he’s talking about.“
Speaker:
“What are us real Americans gonna do about it? You’ll find it right
here in this little pamphlet—the truth about negroes and foreigners! The
truth about the Catholic Church! You’ll find…” [audio grows quieter
as camera shifts to the onlookers]
Hungarian man: “You believe in that kind of talk?“
Young man: “I dunno, it makes pretty good sense to me.“
Speaker:
“And I tell you, friends, we’ll never be able to call this country our
own until it’s a country without… without what?“
Other man: “Yeah? Without what?“
Speaker:
“Without negroes, without alien foreigners,”—the young man is nodding,
following along—“without Catholics, without Freemasons! You know
these…“
Young man: “What’s wrong with the Masons, I’m a Mason.” Looks to European man worriedly, “hey, that fellow’s talking about me!“
Huungarian man: “And that makes a difference, doesn’t it.“
Speaker:
“These are your enemies! These are the people who are trying to take
over our country! Now you know them, you know what they stand for. And
it’s up to you and me to fight them!” A bunch of the onlookers in the
vicinity wave him off like he’s crazy and turn away, “fight them and
destroy them before they destroy us!”
Speaker: “Thank you.“
One man in the now somewhat awkward crowd: “claps“
Young man: *is visibly uncomfortable*
Hungarian man: “Before he said Mason, you were ready to agree with him.”
Young man: “Well yes but, he was talking about… what about those other people?“ *the pair sit down on a park bench*
Hungarian man: “In this country, we have no ‘other people.’ We are American people, of course.“
Young man: “What about you? You aren’t American, are you?“
Hungarian
man: “I was born in Hungary. But now, I am an American citizen. And I
have seen what this kind of talk can do. I saw it in Berlin.”
Young man: “What were you doing there?“
Hungarian
man: “I was a professor at the university. I heard the same words we
have heard today. But I was a fool, then. I thought Nazis were crazy
people, stupid fanatics. But unfortunately it was not so. You see, they
knew that they were not strong enough to conquer a unified country, so
they split Germany into small groups. They used prejudice as a practical
weapon to cripple the nation.”
A film created for folks in case
Martin Niemöller
was too subtle.
Not queer as in “queer is not a slur” but queer as in “I do not give a fuck if its a slur, you don’t get to censor my identity regardless”. Queer as in “I HOPE my identity upsets you”. Queer as in “my identity is not only a slur but a threat”
queer as in “every word we have used to describe ourselves has been turned around and used against us. so no, i will not surrender another word to those who wish to shame us out of existence.”
me @ my friends with mental health issues: i love you so much!!! i’m here if you ever need anything and i support you and believe in you 💖💖💖💖
me @ myself: *hitting myself with a stick* WHY CANT YOU FUNCTION LIKE A NORMAL FUCKING HUMAN BEING!!!! IM SICK OF YOUR SHIT!!! GET OUT OF BED!!! BE HAPPY!!!!! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH UR STUPID ASS FFS
millenial generation got a little too beaten down and miserable but im delighted to see that gen z seems to be frothing at the mouth and out for blood
new mood: millenials being tired af but still lifting up the gen z and wishing them the best. I believe in you guys. give ‘em hell, kiddos.
Seriously i’m too tired to defend myself from the boomers but i will fight to the death for gen z
My aesthetic is Millennials showing up at Gen Z protests with water bottles (STAY HYDRATED, KIDS) and offers of legal defense.
Kick their asses bbs, we got your flowers. (Also your lawyers and organizational tips.) (Looks like your Gen-X parents and admin do in this case, so like, seriously: we got your flowers, you go, bbs.)
