Alia Arcangel
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Alia Arcangel
@aliaarcangel.bsky.social
fallen angel headon exile trying to stop the ongoing apocalypse 😭😭🏳️‍⚧️ he / they 🏳️‍⚧️🤍

behavioral scientist, power researcher, writer, cultural critic, music maker, concert producer, photographer, actress 📍 🇵🇪 in lima, ex Toronto / NY
cause i was songwriting and found this little riff i really like, played it a few times and suddenly became sure i’ve heard it before, but dont know where,,,, but yea i like it
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
ok jokes but also: isnt it great sometimes pick names cause they remind us of someone we admire? and apparently we admire each other?
September 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
any time someone picks a new one, we simply assimilate it into the repertoire and the hive mind grows
September 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
trans ppl choose the same names cause we all have impecable taste and a groovy style
September 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ty!! it’s apparently controversial!

if im being transparent, im unsure if im right to bring empathy up at all, i dont think its the thing being discussed here really

you don’t need to empathize with the person being killed to be shocked by the image of a murder, no? empathy may be irrelevant
September 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
im not saying we should all have that reaction, but i don’t think its fascistic to be shocked by a snuff film

imagine crying any time a fascist says something fascistic…wouldn’t that be pathetic?

on kid: i (and neuroscience) see ppl as cognitively full grown at 25, i think of ppl younger as kids
September 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
i feel you’re talking past what im saying-

im saying: doesn’t it suck we live in a world where we cant practice the reformative justice we believe in?

i agree with you on the world is a better place now a person with the power to hurt us is gone, im not contradicting that. im saying: shitty world!
September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
right, and doesn’t it suck that we genuinely feel theres people so fucked up that it would be better if they died? isnt that an undesirable reality? that we are so backed into a corner we can feel that way?
September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
you dont have to have empathy for fascists! i sure as hell didnt feel sad a fash was taken down. im not saying “we should all be mourning”

where do you feel he washed charlies history? i only saw a vid of him explaining why he specifically had that reaction, maybe i missed a longer one
September 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
if anything im genuinely saddened that there is so much violence happening at all times that we’ve been desensitized to murder.

id like to imagine that even if it ever became a necessity (think, war) the murder of “enemies” would still sadden me. its a waste, and unfortunate it comes down to that
September 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
isn’t empathy a major value within leftism? why are we bullying a kid with too much of it?

id feel differently if he had filmed himself crying and then uploaded it, the video would have another agenda, but *sees murder on a stream and cries* feels like a normal human reaction
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
am i gonna cry over it? hell nah

but am i glad theres people on the (lib, sure, but) left with enough empathy to be shocked by the violent death of enemies? ofc.

we all want to live in peace, don’t we? we all wish this wasnt the current state of reality, dont we?
September 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
anyways wild to make this post but im seeing people getting cancelled for saying the same thing and i wanna say: yea thats….thats weird!

he’s a kid! watching a murder! let him cry!!! thats human!!!
September 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
he’s not reacting with anger, he’s not using it as an excuse to push right-wing extremism, and the left is supposed to be about caring about everyones access to a self-determined life.

i’ll take a kid w too much empathy over one that doesn’t give a shit about others any day
September 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
i’d feel differently if he had taken the video privately and published it, but the fact that it happened on a live stream makes it not seem like deliberate “humanizing propaganda” to me. he’s just a kid in shock, and wouldnt it be nice if we were all still shocked by violence?
September 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
careful big joel, they’re gonna cancel u over not bullying a crying kid 🫠
September 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM