MaoTheLawn

joined 5 years ago
[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's definitely odd, but I think I have a good insight.

I fell into that pipeline, and I think it happened in part because atheism and online atheism had that initial 'facts and logic' streak - relying on 'biology', and especially evolutionary biology (that creationists deny).

When issues of gender came to the front, an appeal to evolutionary biology made a lot of sense to me, as it was a 'language' I spoke - far more than social biology.

But that's not all. It's the free-speech and liberalism angle too - lots of atheists rallied against the Christianity in schools, in law, and the political system, etc etc - to an end that being blasphemous was the rebellious thing to do. To be able to criticise god is free speech, and for a time it did seem quite transgressive. To judge these Christian systems in the West, you inevitably must eventually critique Islam too (rightfully so) - the difficulty is that Islam is so wrapped up in imperialist messaging, foreign policy, and decades of islamophobia, that it was susceptible to highjacking by those who wanted to use it as such. It's also difficult because in most islamic countries, the west has funded far right Islam to be the very worst version of itself, and provoked it to expressing itself violently. It's this history that New Atheism was missing too.

Look at the various crossovers - Milo Yiannopoulous bridged being an atheist, who was also gay, who was also was an antifeminist. Hitchens was an atheist antifeminist liberal, who switched sides in the Iraq war to be pro war. Peterson was free speech. Dawkins was a scientist, atheist, but anti feminist, and islamophobic.

It all became a real muddle, but each character in this era did have one attractive part of their calling card that sucked people in, and once you were in, the algorithm did the rest of the work and kept feeding you worse and worse.

When I was 13, I was arguing with Christians online about being pro choice, pro gay, pro blasphemy - I was a very progressive 13 year old. But with only instincts guiding me, my 'values' aligned most with libertarianism - particularly saying whatever I wanted to say, and judging other cultures for not allowing a level of 'freedom' to women and queer people - essentially believing in one part rainbow imperialism (before the trans rights debate really took off), and one part snarky British liberal intellectualism. This just sent me down the wrong path.

In hindsight, what I needed was a history lesson. Atheism will devolve into this sort of shit if it is not accompanied by anti-imperialism. As soon as I found anti imperialism, the world suddenly made sense, and I shed my manosphere exoskeleton in a matter of months (and years - I'm sure it's still an ongoing process to purge it all).

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago (12 children)

That's crazy. I wonder how much of it is in tandem with young people's religious revival.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

we need some LSW emotes

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

I said forget about it cuh

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I once went to a sit-in (UK) against a police powers bill, and police literally started beating people on the floor with their shields. Lots of people got it on video.

The order was given to disperse, most people however continued sitting. The police then advanced with their shield wall and started clobbering/raking people on the floor using bottom of their shields. Truly was one of the most barbaric things I've ever seen.

Here's the footage:

https://youtu.be/PA_3QdhyTE0

Excuse the cringe beginning, I was only a kid and I was trying out a new 'shtick'. The police violence clips you see weren't recorded by me, but I was there when it all went down - I was just too busy seeing it with my own eyes to record!

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I once went to a sit-in (UK) against a police powers bill, and police literally started beating people on the floor with their shields. Lots of people got it on video.

The order was given to disperse, most people however continued sitting. The police then advanced with their shield wall and started clobbering/raking people on the floor using bottom of their shields. Truly was one of the most barbaric things I've ever seen.

Here's the footage:

https://youtu.be/PA_3QdhyTE0

Excuse the cringe beginning, I was only a kid and I was trying out a new 'shtick'. The police violence clips you see weren't recorded by me, but I was there when it all went down - I was just too busy seeing it with my own eyes to record!

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

from his own diapies

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

As the saying goes, there's only 3 things that can keep America accountable. The senate, the courts, and the Soviet Union.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

True, but the UK is just about to vote on a new bill decriminalising it up to 24 weeks, without doctors approval needed.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

the perfect heartbeat to a dystopia

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

you made the right choice

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Wow, very interesting. Thanks, that could affect my decision. Will defo check the tags.

 

Hey all, been wanting to get into self hosting for a while. I won't be doing a whole lot - probably just a Plex server and photo/video archives.

Maybe a personal assistant if I get really bored, lol.

At work, I've got a selected of taking either:

  • HP Prodesk 400 G4 - i5 7th Gen

OR

  • Dell Optiplex 7020
  • Dell Optiplex 3010
  • Dell Optiplex 3040 All Intel i5

Let me know if they're all shit too, lol.

Many thanks

 

Idk if this is the right comm but whatever, this should be stickied

Internet archive taking a lot of fire from all over at the moment, this one's by corporate record labels.

I know petitions dont do much, but there's not a lot else that we can do for them other than donate, so come and sign the petition:

https://www.change.org/p/defend-the-internet-archive

I can't stress how valuable Internet Archive and their magical Wayback Machine are.

 

I'll allow their use of AI.

Sadly they've got a Ricky Gervais video as the ai subtitling sample, but then again it is his anti Hollywood golden globes speech... which was essentially controlled opposition.

Nevertheless.

 

pretty good animal

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