We have to stop pandering to this deluded minority that is destroying the concept of what a woman really is. Aggressively so!!! When I see the President of the United States buying into this performative, misogynistic crap (Dylan Mulvaney interview), it just makes my blood boil. Enough!!!!!!
We have to stop pandering to this deluded minority that is destroying the concept of what a woman really is. Aggressively so!!! When I see the President of the United States buying into this performative, misogynistic crap (Dylan Mulvaney interview), it just makes my blood boil. Enough!!!!!!
Where are the liberals aggressively defending J.K. Rowling? Why is it that seemingly only the right wing calls out the misogyny? I can't ally myself with them. Where are the liberals?
I align with this so much. I think the problem is that these prescriptions are elitist conceits and elites are nothing, if not tribal. There is a high price to pay for becoming an elite. You are not allowed to express any individuality. I know this because my husband and I have successfully climbed the ladder from poverty/blue collar to the UMC. But, we are appalled at what we have found there in terms of the posturing and prejudice required to become a member of the club. We just can't swallow it and so live between 2 worlds with a definite soft spot for blue collar directness and authenticity.
So, the liberals are all busy paying fealty to the the elites upon whom their jobs and livelihoods depend. That's where they are. There is very little moral courage in this country. That said, I will say that I've noticed a vibe shift and that more people and also, increasingly, institutions, are fighting back against the most extreme behaviors emanating from woke ideology. This is a good trend.
I have also noticed an additional social trend — an increasing backlash against individual autonomy and a return of calls (on both the left and the right) for shaming to be used to create a more ordered society. Particularly shaming applied to sexual choices and behaviors. On the left, they defend their calls as a means of protecting women from their own bad choices and the predations of men (Louise Perry). They soften this with the stipulation that men, too, should be shamed for their sexual choices. I ask you, on what planet will men ever be shamed for their sexual choices? The brunt of such shaming, should it become ascendant, will always fall on women.
Instead of shaming, why not increased education on human sexuality - I mean really go there, really dig into it and demystify the whole thing for kids on an age appropriate level - combined with increased access to birth control? What is wrong with this approach? Why does shaming (domination) have to be the solution? Why not education and uplift?
Yes there is mimetic pressure to conform. I see it in my social peers who seem nervous about heterodoxy in any respect.
Most people it seems are just trained seals. Me? I just lose “friends” with my opinions. Friends are more fungible than personal integrity. 100% worth it.
What is UMC? United Methodist Church? I know nothing about them.
Your second point kind of flew over my head. I’m not for shaming either and all for increased sexual education. But I think I’m missing something...
"Yes there is mimetic pressure to conform. I see it in my social peers who seem nervous about heterodoxy in any respect."
In an experiment, a person who didn't know he was the experimental subject entered a waiting room full of people quietly sitting. Suddenly everyone took off their jackets. The subject waited a moment, not sure what was going on, and took off his jacket too. Then they all took off shirts, again not exchanging a word. The subject didn't wait so long this time.
As you might expect, before long everyone in the room was nearly naked. At no point did the subject ask any questions, he just did what everyone else was doing.
OK it isn't Stanley Milgram, but you'd think he would have at least spoken up.
This is one thing about humanity that has irritated me all my life. Some quirky phrase comes out and within weeks everyone is talking about reaching out, sharing, ask becomes a noun, target becomes a verb, and out of nervousness about "misgendering," the singular "they" gets used all the time.
Yes it’s really amazing how our decisions are consciously or unconsciously dictated by external, social forces. Rene Girard called them “models of desire.”
You should take a peek at Luke Burgis’ Substack page on Girard’s thought. Burgis also wrote a great book recently called “Wanting.” A good portion of the trans explosion is driven by mimicry, even though I would be accused of “hate speech” for pointing this out.
Since a statement of neutrally uncontroversial scientific fact, or even the search for scientific truth, have both been labeled "transphobia" by adherents of this mephtic little cult, I really don't give a pooty about what they might call "hate speech" anymore.
We have to stop pandering to this deluded minority that is destroying the concept of what a woman really is. Aggressively so!!! When I see the President of the United States buying into this performative, misogynistic crap (Dylan Mulvaney interview), it just makes my blood boil. Enough!!!!!!
Where are the liberals aggressively defending J.K. Rowling? Why is it that seemingly only the right wing calls out the misogyny? I can't ally myself with them. Where are the liberals?
I align with this so much. I think the problem is that these prescriptions are elitist conceits and elites are nothing, if not tribal. There is a high price to pay for becoming an elite. You are not allowed to express any individuality. I know this because my husband and I have successfully climbed the ladder from poverty/blue collar to the UMC. But, we are appalled at what we have found there in terms of the posturing and prejudice required to become a member of the club. We just can't swallow it and so live between 2 worlds with a definite soft spot for blue collar directness and authenticity.
So, the liberals are all busy paying fealty to the the elites upon whom their jobs and livelihoods depend. That's where they are. There is very little moral courage in this country. That said, I will say that I've noticed a vibe shift and that more people and also, increasingly, institutions, are fighting back against the most extreme behaviors emanating from woke ideology. This is a good trend.
I have also noticed an additional social trend — an increasing backlash against individual autonomy and a return of calls (on both the left and the right) for shaming to be used to create a more ordered society. Particularly shaming applied to sexual choices and behaviors. On the left, they defend their calls as a means of protecting women from their own bad choices and the predations of men (Louise Perry). They soften this with the stipulation that men, too, should be shamed for their sexual choices. I ask you, on what planet will men ever be shamed for their sexual choices? The brunt of such shaming, should it become ascendant, will always fall on women.
Instead of shaming, why not increased education on human sexuality - I mean really go there, really dig into it and demystify the whole thing for kids on an age appropriate level - combined with increased access to birth control? What is wrong with this approach? Why does shaming (domination) have to be the solution? Why not education and uplift?
Yes there is mimetic pressure to conform. I see it in my social peers who seem nervous about heterodoxy in any respect.
Most people it seems are just trained seals. Me? I just lose “friends” with my opinions. Friends are more fungible than personal integrity. 100% worth it.
What is UMC? United Methodist Church? I know nothing about them.
Your second point kind of flew over my head. I’m not for shaming either and all for increased sexual education. But I think I’m missing something...
"Yes there is mimetic pressure to conform. I see it in my social peers who seem nervous about heterodoxy in any respect."
In an experiment, a person who didn't know he was the experimental subject entered a waiting room full of people quietly sitting. Suddenly everyone took off their jackets. The subject waited a moment, not sure what was going on, and took off his jacket too. Then they all took off shirts, again not exchanging a word. The subject didn't wait so long this time.
As you might expect, before long everyone in the room was nearly naked. At no point did the subject ask any questions, he just did what everyone else was doing.
OK it isn't Stanley Milgram, but you'd think he would have at least spoken up.
This is one thing about humanity that has irritated me all my life. Some quirky phrase comes out and within weeks everyone is talking about reaching out, sharing, ask becomes a noun, target becomes a verb, and out of nervousness about "misgendering," the singular "they" gets used all the time.
People piss me off.
Yes it’s really amazing how our decisions are consciously or unconsciously dictated by external, social forces. Rene Girard called them “models of desire.”
You should take a peek at Luke Burgis’ Substack page on Girard’s thought. Burgis also wrote a great book recently called “Wanting.” A good portion of the trans explosion is driven by mimicry, even though I would be accused of “hate speech” for pointing this out.
Since a statement of neutrally uncontroversial scientific fact, or even the search for scientific truth, have both been labeled "transphobia" by adherents of this mephtic little cult, I really don't give a pooty about what they might call "hate speech" anymore.
LOL! You crack me up! They piss me off, too! ;-)
UMC: Upper Middle Class
I was just riffing on anti-liberal social trends. It was a nonsequitur. Sorry for the confusion. Just on my mind lately.