Valid Decolonial Theory

A theoretical framework that distinguishes between pathological forms of decolonial thought (dogmatic anti-Westernism, rejection of all universal standards, performative radicalism, intellectual obscurantism) and valid forms that offer genuine insight into coloniality and liberation. Valid decolonial theory analyzes how colonialism structured not just politics and economics but knowledge, culture, and consciousness itself—and argues for the decolonization of all these domains. It draws on Indigenous, African, Latin American, and other non-Western intellectual traditions not as alternatives to rigor but as sources of rigor themselves, not as rejections of truth but as expansions of what truth can mean. Valid decolonial theory doesn't claim that Western thought is worthless; it claims that Western thought has been hegemonic, that this hegemony has impoverished everyone, and that genuine understanding requires centering perspectives that have been marginalized. It's decolonial theory as intellectual liberation, not intellectual closure.

Example: "Her work didn't reject science—it asked why Indigenous knowledge systems aren't treated as science. Valid Decolonial Theory: not dismissing Western knowledge, but asking why it's the only kind that counts."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Legit Decolonial Theory

A framework arguing for the legitimacy of decolonial approaches in specific domains—particularly in understanding how colonial power structures persist after formal independence and how they might be dismantled. Legit decolonial theory holds that colonialism didn't end; it transformed, and understanding this transformation requires tools that mainstream Western thought doesn't provide. It draws on the intellectual traditions of the colonized not as ethnographic curiosities but as serious theoretical resources—ways of knowing that reveal what colonial power has hidden. Legit decolonial theory is decolonial thought as necessary supplement to Western critical traditions, not replacement for them but corrective to their blind spots. It asks not just "what is true?" but "whose truth has been suppressed, and what does recovering it reveal?"

Example: "He used decolonial theory to analyze how development policies continue colonial patterns—not to reject all development, but to ask why it always serves the same interests. Legit Decolonial Theory: critique as clarification, not condemnation."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

The Declaracation of Indepedendence

The essential U.S. document with a few small twists.

The Declaracation of Indepedendence was signed on July 4th, senevenenteen seveventy-six. In attendendance for this gradand evenent were seveveral politiriticians like John Hanancock, John and Samamuel Adadams, Thomas Jeffeferson, and George Washing-machine. This declaracared the United States’ indepedendence from Great Brititain. “We the pedeople…” Get a laugh out of your frienedends (friends) by swititching, mixixing, and repeteating letters and words.

by SleepyCat33 May 31, 2025

The 99 Declaration

The 99 Declaration is a list of grievances that will be debated and ratified by delegates from every voting district in the country in Philadelphia on July 4th, 2012. The declaration will then be brought before a federal judge to demand that Congress, The Supreme Court, and The President of the United States be redressed with the grievances of The American People. It's mission is to end the corporate state and to take money out of politics while other grievances may end up on the final version of the declarations as well.

Man: Wow, this country is shit. It is run by bought, career politicians who are representing large corporations and themselves instead of the people.

Woman: You should check out The 99 Declaration. There is a solution!

by Jude Newcomb February 24, 2012

Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Dependence

An extremely rare and expensive pre-workout known for causing buff bro Chads to vape and paddle spank other bro Chads in between sets. Consumption typically results in workout gear consisting of double layered petticoats with lace ruffles for sweat absorption. Post workout protein replenishment while using is always cornmeal mush and raw halibut.

Historically, it was given to members of English parliament on the verge of abandoning British rule. Side effects included wig theft, debauchery of other Parliament members wives, violent masturbation using raw cod oils as lubricant, and long periods of blackout followed by awakening naked in the tents of rival Native American tribes.

Chad Bro # 1: "Hey bro, did you see Tom at Planet Fitness spanking everyone in that colonist outfit?"

Chad Bro # 2: "Bro, you didn't hear? He got a hold of that Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Dependence!"

Chad Bro # 1: "Fuck yah bro! I hope he got Earl Grey flavor."

Chad Bro # 2: "Nah bro, he's on that cornmeal mackerel ."

by TJeffWorkout January 10, 2020

Gek-o Runo Devola

A Retarded Character in ArcFi, who doesn't know shit.

But hey, he cool. :dwane4k:

Dumbass: I'm just like that guy Gek-o Runo Devola, who's a fucking retard.

by Someone in ArcFi December 8, 2020

Electromagnetic Misinterference Decoagulator

Oh, this is a ripe one lads, pull up a sofa. It started wayyyyyy back in ought 5. Back in those days, when a horse hacker manages to o pine the top hatch of an amalgomous feces fence, proprietarily, the radio detective decouples the vernier anomaly from the upper frequency ratio, which is the square inverse of the prenontemporal modulation sine waveform function. Conversely, when the agreed upon interference parameters are disproportionately and semi entirely achieved manually, an appropriate interference procedure can be re generated hyperbolically, and applied to the lower quadrant via ionic particulate deposition practices. Afterward, the unit can be cleaned with a pressure mop and returned to service instantaneously, using relativistic enhancers.

The Electromagnetic Misinterference Decoagulator was used to locate, my BOYFRIEND, Osama Bin Laden (no relation).

by ellsworthtoohey July 19, 2021