DessertStorms @ DessertStorms @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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I know that COVID isn’t regarded to be a serious disease

Generally by capitalists who want their workforce to keep making them money.

By the millions who actually get it and are left chronically ill (or who don't survive at all), many who aren't "reasonably healthy" yet don't deserve any less consideration - not so much.

teachers, law enforcement officials, and first responders who have dedicated their lives to strengthening their communities

One of these things is not like the others, one of these things does the exact opposite of "strengthening their communities"..

trying to do the thing you want

Except he isn't, at this point all he's doing is claiming to want to give the poor some crumbs, so that those who haven't yet, don't turn on him.

A 5% increase limit is still an increase, he's not doing you any fucking favours by continuing to allow landlords to gouge you, only a little more conservatively.

If you want to make renting profitable

Why the fuck would anyone other than the leeches that feed off of the rest of society by putting a human right behind a pay wall want that?

You need to free your mind of the worm that is capitalism, an entirely artificial construct designed to keep you down, you'd be able to see a significantly brighter future then..

I also really appreciate the article talking about the bullshit myth that trans athletes have some kind of advantage in sports. I don’t usually see that.

Sadly that really is note worthy.

This quote comes to mind:

Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.

― Naomi Shulman

!askscience@lemmy.world

Yeah, it was not intentional, just a representation of the keyboard smashing that might go with that kind of comment, but I'll take the accidental Fibonacci lol 😂

I chose to believe he is being honest about why he cancelled the tour, and it wasn’t because “I agree with my buddy, and we’re going to stay out of the limelight for a short minute to stay safe”, but because “my buddy wants a fascist dead, and I can’t be seen to agree”.

I also find it fucking hilarious that people seriously think anyone is going to target this guy (or that he doesn't already have/ can't afford security), when there are significantly bigger targets out ther.

I guess that’s my personal view coming through. I hate labels and prefer to use broader terms.

You're literally doing the opposite of broadening, you're narrowing the term men down to those who you consider "are" and those who "aren't".

Now you not wanting to be considered or referred to as a man because you don't identify as a man is perfectly valid, but absolutely not the same as not wanting to be categorised as a man because "not all men". I'm not here to break down which of those you're doing, because honestly it doesn't matter to the point at hand - you not wanting to categorise yourself as a man for whatever reason, doesn't change the fact that the people you are talking about are men. If anything, they are probably those who claim to be the manliest men of them all.

Either way, you are drawing a line in the sand:

So again - the people you are talking about, those who mansplain, and talk down to or over women, and threaten, and harass, and rape, as well as all of those who laugh along with the rape jokes, or even just sit there quietly and never protest, are not "others", they are not "pretend men", they are not "monsters" or any other category it's easier to have them in - they are men. Refusing to acknowledge this is wilfully ignoring the problem and enabling it to continue.

I can understand a minimum wage worker not risking their livelihood over expressing antifascist sentiment in the workplace, but that doesn't apply to a well known multi-millionaire with a large global platform.

He is saying loud and clear - his millions and his fame, only one of which he is at risk of losing over expressing his opinion (E: and even then, he'd get plenty of notoriety to replace it if he actually found some self respect), are more important to him than taking a stand against fascism.

There is a lot of truth in your reply, but othering them by (dis)qualifying men with quotation marks is just another way to say "not all men" which is not constructive or productive to the conversation.

They are men, not "men", just men.

Fathers and grandfathers and brothers and uncles and co workers and bosses and MMA fighters and IT nerds and cops and doctors and so on and so on, there is no class or age or walk of life where misogyny and toxic masculinity aren't absolutely rife, which is the case because even those who might not actively participate, more often than not don't actively object either.

The only way forward is to confront the discomfort.

bUt ciViLitY!!1123

How much more blatant does it need to be before you actually are a threat to democracy?

They already know, it's the one thing the blue no matter who crowd has been promising all along - that Biden will sAVe dEmoCrAcY, but now that someone actually tried to get rid of the threat to democracy (even if that wasn't his motive), the only thing they have to cling on to is their "civility" aka "the rules" (written and enforced by authoritarians looking to maintain their position), because the truth is, they never gave a shit about "democracy" (one never really existed anyway) only about their "team" winning, because to them it's still just a game, that's why they stand by Biden despite him clearly posing no threat to fascism whatsoever...

A lot of replies here ignoring the obvious - patriarchy, religion, and capitalism.

I'll be honest, if you don't have an understanding of how deeply these (along with white supremacy, cis heteronormativity, ablesim, classism) impact not only society at large, but our individual choices (or lack thereof), and it sounds like you don't (E: among other reasons - the existence of feminism doesn't negate the impacts of the aforementioned systems, if anything, it exists because those systems are still completely pervasive and need fighting against), I can't really help at this point, there's just too much to unpack and it's not work I'm interested in doing for you.

As for your ulterior motives - the first is easy to resolve by opening a search engine and looking it up, the second absolutely makes you sound like a creep, and also provides a perfect demonstration of the kind of external pressure we face that more often than not compels us to cover up - we feel you "appreciating" our "pups" (aka your "male gaze" or simply you objectifying us. And no, trying to pull an "all genders sexualise" doesn't change the fact that cis men are who predominantly harm women and others afab). And it's fucking gross.

Maybe you should read my first reply again, this time try and actually listen to the experience of a person explaining to you the pressures they and others like them face from society that you never have, instead of dismissing it because it makes you uncomfortable to confront, and then invest some of your own time actually researching the topic, not of why people wear bras, but of how fundamentally social constructs impact society and all the individuals in it, and maybe you'll start to get an idea of what the actual answer to your question is.

But I have a feeling you're not interested in doing any of that, so I'll just leave you with this - boobs don't exist for you.

A lot of replies here ignoring the obvious - patriarchy, religion, and capitalism.

There are plenty of examples of societies past and present, for the vast majority of the time humans existed probably, where breasts are free to exist as they are. The people those breasts are attached to do all manner of work and activities without hinderance, or chafed nipples. Just like those with flat chests do.

The reason that in (especially our western) modern world we are expected to wear bras has to do with puritanism, shame, control, and profiteering from all of the above.

Comfort is categorically not a priority of the billion dollar bra industry, the trillion dollar advertising industry, nor those who demand we wear them to be "respectable", lest we "excite" their, or their son's, urges or "distract" them from their important manly duties (and if we don't, and they attack us, it'd be our fault for not being "modest" enough and "asking for it").

When we have all been socialised with these demands and expectations for centuries, they become so deeply ingrained, it's really hard to separate from our own free will, and yet ask any group of people who wear bras what the best part of the day is, and they'll tell you it's taking it off.

And to be clear - this isn't a judgment of anyone who wears a bra, I wear an underwire once in a blue moon which I hate, but am usually in a sports bra because I feel more comfortable with everything held in place (and also have nosy neighbours I'm not that friendly with), it's about questioning why I feel more comfortable that way, and how much of that is natural vs manufactured by a society that demands I keep everything held in place, hidden (unless they're "required" to sell something or entertain the mens), and forever impossibly youthful and perky.

Anyway, I'm stoned too and I tend to ramble, so I think I 'll leave it at that for now lol

our trans brothers and sisters.

Just a tip, while we're at it - "siblings" is more inclusive, since not everyone fits in a binary! Same goes for using "folks" (or one of several other alternatives) instead of "ladies ad gentlemen".

Also, I've definitely seen that joke made before in that context, so you can feel relief that the idea is out there lol

Yes. It is literally licking the boot stomping on their necks, the man has spent years actively acting against the community and contributing to a hostile environment that costs lives.

Pretending like being civil to a literal nazi is reasonable is bootlicking too.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/romeo-kokriatski-respectability-politics-or-you-gotta-be-nice-to-monsters

the right starts to assume it’s okay that you’re next

But they already do, so I second queermunist - why lick the boot already stomping on your neck?

On the one hand, Satan has clearly been burnt in the past

But then, they do have good solutions for dictators in hell, as long as they don't get too attached..

I say - we'd appreciate him giving it another try lol