although frequently assumed to be grouped with other birds, the dodo was a large member of the pigeon family. its closest living relative is the nicobar pigeon, a bird with striking iridescent plumage that is found mainly on small islands in asia. the nicobar pigeon feeds on fruits, seeds, and insects, and lives in small flocks. adult birds have a distinct white tail; the sexes are similar, but females are slightly smaller. unfortunately, the nicobar pigeon is rated ‘near threatened’ by the iucn as of 2018, mainly due to hunting.
punk isn’t just skinny. punk isn’t just perfect mohawks or aesthetically pleasing jackets. punk isn’t only listening to dead kennedys or black flag. punk is being an individual, having no respect for our fascist authority, sticking up for the little guy even if you are the little guy. punk isn’t just a look or a music scene.
i literally made this because nazis and the alt right can’t be punk
Stop bringing politics into music genres lmao
stop bringing politics…….. into punk????
Here’s Green Day, one of the most popular and well known punk bands.
Wait, but there’s MORE!
Wait, in case you weren’t convinced that the punk scene is political and is all about standing up against fascism and bullshit and racism that America is facing:
shut up. Punk is not just a fucking music genre.
Ok I’m reblogging this again bc when I went to see green day, before they properly started playing they made us make a pledge, at the gig there is to be ‘No racism, no sexism, no homophobia, no donald trump’
Punk has been political long before Green Day existed. The political history of the Punk scene(s) cannot be divorced from the music scene(s) that arose out of them. It is not just about music. It is not just about fashion. The stylistic choices made have meaning and are situated in a social/political context.
That being said, it’s really important to acknowledge that Neo-Nazis didn’t infiltrate the Punk subculture for no reason. Absolutely, make it clear that Neo-Nazis are not welcome in The Punk Scene. However, part of doing that means confronting how they got there.
Punk music isn’t all about one political stance, though it’s commonly anti-authoritarian. Anyone can utilize the genre to promote their own ideologies, even if a popular intention of the genre is to be anti-authoritarian. Green Day is just one of many bands who use Punk music to spread their ideology.
It’s not just punk. Music has been used as a form of rebellion against oppression for a hell of a long time. Fuck, centuries even. The people who don’t get this have most likely never been oppressed in their life.
A few protest/”political” songs, and some about specific tragedies, from recent history, that aren’t just punk:
Zombie, The Cranberries
I Know A Place, MUNA
99 Luftballons, Nena
Beds Are Burning, Midnight Oil
Khe Sahn, Cold Chisel
I Was Only Nineteen, Redgum
The Greatest, Sia
Fuck Tha Police , N.W.A
Eve of Destruction, Barry McGuire
We Are The World, USA for Africa
Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud), James Brown
Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell (or more recently, Counting Crows)
Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen
Know Your Rights, The Clash
Holiday in Cambodia, Dead Kennedys
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gil Scott Heron
We’ve been doing this shit forever, it’s not new. War, racism, fascism, homophobia… if it’s harmed people, it’s been put into music. It’s an incredibly powerful medium that has changed the world before, and to say that politics, hatred, and tragedy shouldn’t be featured is, honestly, simply ignorant.
I cannot deal with the sheer level of numbskull-ery in a statement like “Don’t bring politics into music” as if this is some Silly Tumblr Fad and not something that’s been a thing for over a hundred years
Seems like a good place to note that Joe Keithley aka Joe Shithead who was one of the models for Hard Core Logo’s Joe Dick has just been elected to office in Canada as a member of the Green Party. 😀
After many years of never knowing how people will react to finding out that I’m queer, encountering a 14 year old who just blurts out, “Oh, are you bi? That’s so cool!” after hearing me mention my boyfriend and wife is just so…refreshing. The kids are alright.
London had several streets named Gropecunt Lane including one in the parishes of St Pancras, Soper Lane and St Mary Colechurch, between Bordhawelane (bordello) and Puppekirty Lane (poke skirt)[26][27] near present-day Cheapside.
I’m not actually strongly for or against organized hound racing. A greyhound is born to run, and there’s nothing inherently abusive about letting a fast dog run in a circle to see which dog is fastest. Working dogs clearly enjoy their work.
The biggest issue I have with racing (this includes horse racing) is that when the impetus is there to make money, you have a high churn rate for your animals. What I mean by this is, you go through them quickly and retire them young and then keep breeding more.
A race horse is often completely spent by the time it’s 4, and they are often injured because they’re trained so young that it stresses their developing bodies. Similarly with a greyhound, the majority of the racers only race for one season, maybe two if they’re good, before being retired and replaced by a younger dog. I agree wholeheartedly that a working animal should be allowed to work and have a job. Working breeds NEED work. A greyhound needs to run.
But if the animal can only run for one season and then be retired to an ordinary pet home anyway, we can’t very well rely on a racetrack to give the animal work for its whole life. I wouldn’t work a cattle dog for one growing season. A dog can live to be almost 15, one season of work won’t suffice.
That’s not to say that the people involved in racing are bad to the dogs. For an animal to be an athlete it needs good food and exercise, and the sport has a very impressive adoption rate finding homes for the animals post season, some figures over 90%, and those animals are well adjusted pets in the private sector.
Even without bans, greyhound racing has been declining for a long time now, but the issue with the legislation is it in no way accounts for the care of the 8,000 or so dogs that don’t have a job any more. Many of those animals are now going to end up in shelters or in emergency homes that aren’t equipped for their care. Some unscrupulous or very desperate former dog runners might also simply have the dogs destroyed. It also smacks of a larger and seedier trend of seeing any kind of exercise or training as abusive to the animal. There’s nothing wrong with training and conditioning a dog, whether it’s a working dog or a personal pet, but the way some AR groups operate you wouldn’t think so.
So while I’m not particularly hard hit by the ban, and I ddon’thave strong feelings about the sport, it was very short sighted to kill all the tracks without accounting for the dogs. Now rescue orgs have to scramble to fix it while organizations that don’t even run shelters like PETA and Grey2k pat themselves on the back for saving the dogs.
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