I’ve decided to become intensely unpopular, down voting and hating me is all a part of my plan
That’s quite a lot of vitriol yourself! I genuinely don’t understand the negative reaction, maybe it was a bad joke but people are legit mad at me. I’m not filled with judgement and vitriol, by no account is that true. So I wonder where the line is that I crossed
Explain to me why what I said here is so upsetting? I have a comically bad track record with therapy but thanks for the suggestion. Is it because I had to explain my joke? Some people don’t like that apparently
Denial, indeed!
The cartoonist who coined “eat my shorts” and “don’t have a cow” and “doh!” 7 years earlier is supposedly more complicit for the rise of fascist media than the democrat president who just months before the founding of Fox news passed the Telecommunications act of 1996 that made Fox news possible/inevitable.
I read it was mostly Tracy Ullman money (I didn’t)
So am I and I don’t enjoy it.
Also I think its fair to say that “straight” and “cis” are somewhat social categories not totally essential ones, so “straightness” and “cisness” are a crystalization of social attitudes within the individual, and much of that social conditioning is chauvinist. I am not a chauvinism enjoyer, and I don’t think anyone else should enjoy chauvinism. But you do you.
God a guy can’t even joke around anymore without getting crucified by the anti-woke mob.
In all seriousness I like being a guy, but the best parts of being a guy (other than privilege which isnt good but sort of appears that way to the individual) are shared by queer and trans guys, so I think I am being consistent with my principles even if I’m joking
Although I should have checked which instance I was on first. Haven’t been on Lemmy in a min and forgot that sh.itjust.works is a silly place
Imagine “enjoying” straight, cis men
Sorry I was doing a bit. I’m not challenging your views because that seems boring, but I am making fun a little.
My point is that stating it is private property, as if that disproves anything, is very funny because it is ironic. It demonstrates the ideological preference for private property over some kind of state-run incorporation, an ideological preference expressed by many people who own no land, nor political influence. Its your happy place where you go while being fucked by the system.
If I’m going to challenge your views, I would ask if you thought about how towns are begun? Can a group of racists just walk up to a piece of land and be like “this is the rock upon which we will build a Chik fil a”? Things take time, organization, risk and political effort. What starts out as some temporary housing on a chunk of farmland ends up incorporated, and looking for investors. Unfortunately for many people, doing actual political analysis requires a concept of time and change.
I would think that someone taking a chunk of private property and turning it into Racismville would be an argument against private property, but instead you made it into dismissal of the risks. Which is about as wrong headed as someone could be since racism is a function of private property relations.
“Don’t make a big deal about it” is what racist apologists say to justify racism. I don’t think you’re racist, you just have some wires crossed most likely, but the lack of understanding of the deeper problems imo disqualifies your views because it shows you haven’t really thought about any of this in a meaningful way that connects abstractly defined social forces to peoples lived experience of racism.
Oh well as long as we are being racist on private property, its fine. Theres a global housing shortage created by the failure of private property to be a stable basis of a free, rational, and equitable society, but the fomo is too great on a local millionaire car dealership owner giving me a nod of approval for not expressing racist enough views
Right, but at this point pedophilia does exist as an actual phenomenon, which the right uses to build a culture of fear and suspicion in which they can frame all their arguments credibly.
Like people are actually worried about child abuse, for many good and bad reasons. So without addressing the fear and the underlying desire for just governance then no amount of political humanism will get through. People are, irrationally, more afraid of pedophiles than they are willing to criticize the cultural implications of the meanings of words.
That’s not your fault, you aren’t creating or reproducing this phenomenon and I largely agree with you. I just think its time to start coming up with better criticisms than trying to poke logical holes. The right is fighting a war and we are having an intellectual debate. I’m a firm advocate for scientific intellectualism, while exploring even philosophical implications of your plans and actions. I think this is logically strong, but practically weak argument.
I literally am incapable of forming opinions about something without consulting manosphere chuds opinion about whether or not it is gay. is that gay?
Alright well I disagree that I said anything that would be vitriolic, but I will reassess how I think about and joke about certain topics. These are tough, tense times and maybe shit that was funny a couple years ago ain’t funny anymore. I just started new meds so that’s got me going as well. Sorry if I caused any distress, I’m really not like that