• deaf_fish
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    09 days ago

    This took me a long time to figure out so I’m very sympathetic.

    One way political people bring attention to bad politics is to body shame. The intent is to bring energy to the shaming. This is to wake up all the non-political people by being funny or hateful. These emotions travel farther than just facts.

    The side effect is that some people walk away thinking the body shaming is the point. It isn’t.

    It sucks that the facts aren’t enough, but that is the world we live in.

    So it’s not that micropenises are bad. It’s that Trump is bad and it is the common thought that micro penises are bad or funny or inadequate. Just because it’s common thought though doesn’t mean it’s true.

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        9 days ago

        If I read this reply as an honest question I would say, unfortunately yes, as long as they’re doing fascist things.

        If I read this reply as a gotcha attempt, I would say I am a fat man and I would say yes. Fascism is a disease of the state. People are going to die, and some people will catch strays.

        The sooner we wake up to the fact that there are political problems that need to be solved the sooner we can stop doing this horrible stuff.

      • Chloé 🥕
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        09 days ago

        except people absolutely do that to women as well

        anytime anyone talks about abigail shapiro they mention her “mommy milkers”, and one of the biggest criticisms of terfs you’ll see is “lol they all look like old hags”

        like, these women are heinous, yet people still primarily use misogyny to attack them…

    • @[email protected]
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      08 days ago

      No, it invalidates the respectful mindset.

      If body shaming is used it activates group think and hate. It brings hateful and mindless people to your side but they switch immediately if somebody on your side is insulted in the same way.

      It also justifies hate as the final tool to resolve a problem. The offer of the left is a pluralistic society. The moment Trump changes and is respectful to others he should be invited. If he is rejected for his penis then there is no option for him to switch sides.

      Shaming people for body parts is the same mindset as racism. It turns the left into poor conservatives.