@clownworld This makes me feel ashamed to be an American. Stuff like this is why the rest of the world thinks we're fat, stupid, tasteless degenerates with no culture... and they're not wrong.
@davidra@Centris84425131@stevescott13@JustinBR1987 @SoYoureNetty @GadSaad Those are all characterizations. I'm not interested in that, I'm interested in the part that comes before that. That's the point I was trying to make with the doodoo head comment. How did you get there? Because that's not where I am.
@davidra@stevescott13@JustinBR1987 @SoYoureNetty @GadSaad I wish "civilization" would be a little more tolerant of my culture's traditions. It's pretty hegemonic of all of these big companies to demand that I conform.
@davidra@stevescott13@JustinBR1987 @SoYoureNetty @GadSaad I wish. Other people are actively trying to get me to change the way I think and speak all the time. It's annoying.
@davidra@stevescott13@JustinBR1987 @SoYoureNetty @GadSaad The map isn't the territory, but maps are vitally important and some maps are better than others. I think biological sex is a VERY solid map. I think "gender" is a worthless map.
@davidra@stevescott13@JustinBR1987 @SoYoureNetty @GadSaad And somehow I've never heard a good rebuttal to it. It's a good joke because it invokes a truth: you don't get to dictate your identity to others, you have to negotiate it.
@davidra@stevescott13@JustinBR1987 @SoYoureNetty @GadSaad You'll have to be a bit more specific. Do the medical institutions say that men are women? Because if so then, yes, I disagree with them. No big deal, institutions are often wrong.
@stevescott13@davidra@JustinBR1987 @SoYoureNetty @GadSaad There are lots of good reasons other than being a "typical cis male" to oppose radical gender ideology. Also, before you reply you should know that I identify as a person of utterly impeccable moral character.
@davidra@JustinBR1987 @SoYoureNetty @GadSaad He's not so bad. I found The Parasitic Mind to be a bit rambly and self-congratulatory, but he made some good points in it.
I identify as a Person of Impeccable Character. Any accusations of wrongdoing or malice on my part are affronts to my existence, tantamount to violence. This includes all accusations of -isms, phobias, mansplaining, etc. My identity is non-negotiable, bigot. Check your privilege.
@davidra@JustinBR1987 @SoYoureNetty @GadSaad The proliferation of radical gender ideology is a legitimate political issue. There are consequences to "deconstructing the binary" and we ought to have an honest public conversation about it without calling one another Nazis. Also, men are not women.
@clownworld The individual crazy cultists don't scare me much. The fact that their crazy cult controls one of the major parties and is dominant in media, tech, Hollywood, education, academia, and god knows what else, scares me a lot.
@SRCHicks The commies and Nazis should both be firmly in the red bars IMO. I don't like the implication that communism is somehow less dangerous than Nazism. Also wondering where Rousseau and Hobbs would fit.
@JebraFaushay After what's been happening for the past 3 years I have absolutely no trust left for the institutions. They're incompetent, malicious, or both. Climate is just the next excuse after sars cov2 for more authoritarianism, surveillance and censorship.