jordan peterson learning about david harvey existing for the first time today is so funny to me bc it makes it so transparent that he doesn't actually care about opposing marxism bc this is like one of the most well-known academics surrounding this topic out there
the cishets specifically ofc. all it takes for some of these guys to have their entire worldview shaken would be making one female friend they dont wanna fuck
we need to destroy "theres a difference between sex and gender" as a response to gender essentialism, it's a hollow argument that just shifts the essentialist thinking to a different category but in no way challenges the actual bigotry at play
the casual and immediate acceptance of the idea that the US state department just completely fabricated the uyghur genocide is so typical of this space lol. theyre all just waiting for someone to tell them what to think
it's like a guy going "Christianity is the bane of all evil, it's proponents agents of evil, and we must use all our strength to stamp it out" and coming across the pope and going "holy shit where has this guy been hiding? these people are everywhere"
we gotta get rid of this whole "the brain stops developing at 25" point lol. ppl desperately want there to be a hard, scientific line for maturity so they don't have to actually try and understand interpersonal problems
the idea that sex positivity breeds abuse is a conservative viewpoint which enables abusers by keeping people as ignorant as possible about what is normal and what crosses a line. this is social conservatism, I don't care if you dress it up with some marx quotes or whatever
the whole "bedtimes are capitalist" discourse may sound silly, but it's true that the way we structure our days and therefore our sleep schedules is meant to serve not us as individuals, but the production cycle in general.
the way many left-wing people suddenly lose all rationality when it comes to pedophiles or child molestors and suddenly become bloodthirsty, vengeful idiots really disgusts me
if this is your reaction to a piece titled 'children are not property' you probably are a horrible parent and proving the point of the article. you being a parent can give you practical insights others may overlook, but we've all experienced the power relation of parent and child
@fayemikah
i would simply insist that it is her husband that has stolen your friends phone, on their birthday of all days, and how dare they not immediately apologize
the massive honking broad shoulders are emphasized and said in the same breath as unwashed clothing because when femininity is applied to what is seen as a 'masculine body' that evokes disgust and disdain in these ppl. a lot of the rest is just assumptions they made lol
"this will make kids uncomfortable" is often just "this makes me uncomfortable but that's not enough of a reason so lemme appeal to the innocence of children real quick"
also a lot of ppl complaining about '20 dollar Amazon skirts' in those replies. what price do you think they'd be satisfied with you spending on a skirt if you decided you wanted to dress more overtly feminine? how much of that is just hating on poor people?
so according to RGR doe was poisoning the well by bringing actual experiences into a conversation consisting purely of hypotheticals. imagine that, real world examples poisoning your well filled with scenarios you made up and for which you control the conditions. must be rough!
i actually think that with this kind of 'grieving' going on, where Holocaust memorials are being defaced to mourn her, there's no level of disrespect towards the Queen that shouldn't be encouraged. im coming out in support of graverobbers
i dont think many kinkshamers realize that thinking something is hot and thinking something is good are completely different attitudes that lead to wildly different outcomes
if you're a parent you don't get to hold the fact that you clothed, fed, and housed your kid over their head. "choosing to let your child not die" is not something you get credit for, I don't know where people get off on the idea that it is
if this conversation is going to happen you're gonna have to start off by explaining how you can seperate your puritanical impulse to 'sanitize' Pride and this kind of rhetoric. seems to me like they reinforce and complement one another
puberty isn't safe for kids imo. it's basically DIY HRT. are we supposed to trust this 'body' to get the dosage right instead of relying on people who actually went to med school for this shit? no thank you, i'll rely on the experts instead of on these sketchy endocrine glands
"billionaires get put in jail" is the funniest possible defense of China supposedly being socialist bc it shows that China has both billionaires and prisons
ive had it happen where ppl assume i have had a nazi phase bc im a white trans woman lol. you can't convince me that shit isn't transphobic. 'then why does it seem so common' you may ask? it's bc when trans women do fucked up shit you remember it better bc you care more about it
sexuality is kinda dumb, ppl aren’t really attracted to genders, they’re attracted to certain aesthetics & bodies which happen to have gendered connotations, leading to them using gender as a shorthand to communicate that attraction
hot take for the cishets: men and women can't just ,'only be friends', I'll take it a step further, they can be sexually attracted to one another while remaining just friends.
wrt the DSA prayer, im also just thinking, why not send a muslim up there to lead in prayer? why is christianity the only religion that gets to drag all the rest of us into its rituals? easy answer: it's the dominant religion in the west
this is such an ironic one bc this literally describes the political project of every single person advocating for governmental power to exist. they all want to wield government to create a moral order according to their values