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[–] MrPiggyman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Divide ans conquer

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This gender war identity politics shit is just key jingling to distract the masses from the fact that the new robber barons are simultaneously fleecing everyone's retirement and inserting a knife into our collective kidneys.

Glad to see a lot of comments just ain't falling for it.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 hour ago

It's not a distraction when you're persecuted or otherwise systemically blocked in ways ranging from the inconvenient to life-altering every day for something you can't control. I can take a wild guess what your demographic is.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

Honestly these comments are giving me hope that people are being sensible.

Too often in leftists spaces the conversation is dominated by the loudest voices taking the most extreme black and white position. Which just pushes makes the culture war nonsense worse.

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 37 points 5 hours ago (10 children)

Didn't we learn as children that stereotypes are bad and hurtful? Like why is this one an acceptable thing to lump all men together under the same group? The rhetoric rarely makes a distinction. It lazily doors not differentiate the different problem groups within that and stops at blanket statements that cover more people who aren't the issues than are.

When you treat an entire gender as the enemy, stop being surprised when the young men are increasingly not acting like allies.

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 hours ago

The power of rhetoric being forgotten is probably my chief criticism of the “purity test” wing of the left. Perfect being enemy of the good is very lost on people who seem not to want to acknowledge that even things they don’t like might have nuance.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip -5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The entire problem was illustrated during the "man or bear" conversation. If your first reaction wasn't "Wait, I should listen to why women are saying 'bear' in droves" and instead was "what the fuck that's bullshit" then you're part of the problem.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

It's pretty easy to tell the difference between venomous and non-venomous snakes.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

The venomous ones are female? /S

[–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Wait how? That sounds useful to know.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Square or angular heads generally mean they're venomous. Rounded heads mean non-venomous.

That doesn't mean non-venomous is safe. They can still bite and could transfer a bacteria. If you don't know for sure, just keep your distance.

[–] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I would like to point out the "generaly" here, I still would trust it more as a what is DEFINITLY venomous, not what is safe

[–] cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world -3 points 1 hour ago

and this is why women go with the bear instead of the men

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