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@scarlettebegonia / scarlettebegonia.tumblr.com

May the rotting flesh of kings feed the earth

Some dude in 2020: You should not judge a historical figure, a man from the past, by the modern ethics! He was a product of his time. 500 years ago his actions were completely normal! It’s present-ism, we can’t judge… bla-bla-bla…

People from 500 years ago: Oh my, this guy is such a bastard, a genocidal butcher, a total piece of garbage. Let’s keep records of this douche so people from the future shall hate him too. 

Columbus’s crew were writing about what a genocidal monster he was. There were mutinies and uprisings by his crews and colonists constantly. If his contemporaries were willing to risk the ire of the queen of Spain to oppose him, we have every right to call him out on it too.

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hater-of-terfs

And you know who else opposed him? Indigenous Americans. Africans who were trafficked in the slave trade he helped create

“This was normal in that time period” always leaves out the implicit assumption “… for white people”. It completely fails to acknowledge how the victims of these atrocities felt

And there has never been a point in history without people who I could sit down and talk to and come to a general political agreement with, who opposed all forms of hierarchy and fought for liberation. Even among colonial and imperial societies. By no means was it impossible at the time to be better than they were - so they have no excuse

i’m obsessed with this painting called tomato king and i’m even more obsessed with the man who drew it. his name is stuart dunkel and he is a classical oboeist and he also paints tiny little oil paintings of mice living their best lives. he looks like this.

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU TELLING ME THIS IS THE MICE WITH JELLYBEANS ARTISTMAN LOOKING EXACTLY HOW I IMAGINED SOMEONE WHO PAINTS MICE WITH JELLYBEANS WOULD LOOK???

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mrspider-deactivated20221213

really starting to undestand old people these days. i love laetters. love packages. terrified of my email inbox

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