We literally are at the stage where when someone says: “this is a psyop” then that is the psyop. When someone says: “these drag queens are groomers” they are the groomers. When someone says: “the establishment wants to keep you stupid and poor” they are the establishment who want to keep you stupid and poor.

Isn’t that the game?

I think I got the nuance behind ‘bigoted man I disagree with is actually a woman because women amirite?’.

Nope.

It goes like this: ‘bigoted man is bigoted because this will aggravate his orange tits. If bigoted man was not bigoted it would not be possible to rip on him like this.’

Put another way: ‘I am a bigot, said John.’

If that doesn’t clarify it then I’m out of patience to explain further.

It isn’t tolerating misogyny, it’s pointing out misogyny and ridiculing misogynists.

It’s OK if you don’t like how that’s being done, and it’s OK if you can’t understand the nuance but policing my speech unchallenged is not what is going to happen.

Frankly I think you’ve put it better than I did.

That’s exactly what the joke is about.

The punchline is: ‘they are bigots’, not: ’fuck trans people and women’.

Appreciate you.

Cool the don’t do it. Are you able to do that while not alienating people who share your views perhaps? That’d be great.

They are not just jokes. People posting these things are doing so specifically to antagonise the right.

I’m telling you that your concern trolling is alienating allies.

I have chosen to engage in this just like you chose to deal with the blowback when you posted it.

All I have done to “fight for trans rights” is to speak out when I can, challenge bigotry as I am challenging you right now, stand up and be counted at queer marches/events and raise a daughter who took the only trans kid in her high school to prom.

You don’t know my life and that isn’t the discussion. Stop deflecting and learn to focus on intent.

Because those terms will not aggravate trump. The intent is to aggravate trump not denigrate femininity. Focus ffs. This isn’t about insulting trans people or women, it’s about fighting back on someone who is trying to hurt them. We will struggle to maintain allies if we cannot focus on the speakers intent and not a willing misinterpretation of their words.

“Horseshoe theory” is a straw man attempt to defang the left.

The intent is to say something that will antagonise Trump. The intent is not to demean women.

Attacking someone who shares your moral platform because you purposefully misinterpret their words to suit a separate agenda is friendly fire.

Transphobia and misogyny are not to be tolerated, do you really think that someone attacking turnip (autocorrect, I’m leaving it) online doesn’t share your views on this?

Stip trying to police speech among your allies. Focus on intent. Stop with the nonsense infighting we are at war rn.

Ah yes. Wet roads cause rain.

Not sure if this is an age thing but at a certain point I just stopped wanting “forever fixes”. Nothing is forever. You’re just patching in the hopes that the nex hole is easier to patch now that you have all the shit you need to do patches.

No one wants to hear it - that’s often a good sign it’s right on the money.

I consult in some companies that don’t even allow copy/paste in outlook. Like, these are actually MS security policies that can be set.

How in all of the actual fucks could they allow MS to see everything on your screen.

I agree with your non starter assessment.

The rework is titled: ‘Enter sockman’.

As a South African liberal: hey bru chillax.

Laughs in warming the carbs on my pre-2000s motorcycle while holding out the choke.

The dangerous thing here is that he’s using his influence, fame and resources to normalise being a chronic fuckhead, and it’s likely going to work.

Fuck is a “woke dei”?

Very difficult to ask this question these days and be taken sincerely but I’m hoping at least one kind soul will find a way…

As someone who never bothered with flu shots (and got a mild flu at least once a year as result) but didn’t hesitate to get the Pfizer shot and a booster during the pandemic: given that the pandemic is no longer a deadly pandemic as it most certainly was in the early 2020s, why are people still getting the vaccines? Is it just to miss the seasonal day or two in bed and be able to get on with life? Is there a danger of the deadly version of C19 returning if we don’t do that?

Again: this not antivaxx concern trolling. Got the jab, all my kids have their shots, etc. I’m just wondering if we are seeing people take the typical flu vaccine a little more seriously post pandemic and wondering if it’s a good idea. I’d never be so blasé about say measles or polio but somehow flu shots always felt ‘optional’ and I’m wondering if that’s changing.