https://twitter.com/TrueAnonPod/status/1391951279455277058?s=19

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  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

    Desmond Tutu

    • OgdenTO [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Man, if it were brace writing these it would be one thing. I worry for the hate that the intern Mehmet is going to get, having an Arabic name and criticizing Israel.

    • FunnyUsername [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Liz really showed her ass on Twitter when it comes to trans stuff, nothing explicitly transphobic but she did share some piece about how capitalism is responsible for the desire to get bottom surgery or something, then when people kept telling her to stay in her lane she kept trying to be like "no no I just thought it's interesting! It's not transphobic!"

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        4 years ago

        I've seen an anti-consumerist borderline anprim argument that amounts to "people feeling the need for cosmetic surgery are simply being manipulated for profit".

        And I'm not strictly against it, any more than I'm against the theory that - say - chest implants or lapband surgery is a product of consumer culture.

        But Natalie Wynn attacks this elegantly enough in her video about beauty (also, opulence). Just trying to deny the desire for aesthetic is blinkered and confused.

        At the same time, screaming "stay in your lane" at people who are talking about media-imduced consumerism gets nowhere. It's not good to assume everyone is a contrarian. Liz, of all people, is going to come at this in good faith.

          • jabrd [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            we would have to abolish culture

            One day comrade, one day :sicko-wistful:

          • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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            4 years ago

            Bespoke: supporting bottom surgery AND aesthetic alterations because aesthetics are culturally driven, and we would have to abolish culture to get rid of the concept of aesthetics or beauty all together, BUT rebelling and creating alternatives to the unfair aspects of beauty and aesthetics that punch down and harm those unable to conform to them.

            There is an argument that you can't necessarily do both.

            You either normalize the aesthetic and establish a kind-of taboo about not following the herd, or you upend the rigid regressive standard of masculinity/femininity and relegate these surgeries to luxury rather than necessity.

            I think the conversation can go a bit off the rails in a country that doesn't treat fucking insulin or emergency room care as a necessity. In the end, it feels like debating the merits of raising the minimum wage versus abolishing money in a society that refuses to consider either.

            But there is a point at which you have to address whether the problem is "I feel like a woman who doesn't have a vagina" or "I won't be accepted as a woman until I have a vagina". And that's the distinction I think Liz was aiming for.

              • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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                4 years ago

                Just abolish gender instead of aesthetics lmao

                Isn't that the same thing?

                bottom surgery is a neccesity because dysphoria fucking sucks

                I don't think you're exiting your lane by saying "Wow, we should really do something about that dysphoria we're instilling in people."

      • Koa_lala [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Liz really showed her ass on Twitter

        Oh boy

        when it comes to trans stuff

        :deeper-sadness:

        EDIT: Like always I'm the most original person ever.

        • FunnyUsername [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          I don't have a link fortunately, this was like a year ago, I only even remember because I unfollowed her on Twitter when it was going down

  • spez_hole [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Do not submit to false claims of antisemitism! We must take up the burden and oppose Zionism.

  • Vncredleader
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    4 years ago

    Memes aside, bits aside, Mehmet aside, I really really love when Brace's moral indignation and unwavering compassion for his comrades shines through. I sometimes forget that this man has literally went to war for our ideals. We need to be strong and uncompromising on this matter.