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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: LGBTQ Culture
« Reply #45 on: December 06, 2019, 06:35:15 am »
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1.  I think that's highly debatable. I think that what has really gained Flat Earth a lot of traction in recent years is the power of social media.  It gives stupid people a way to share stupid ideas with other stupid people without having to go through any sort of gatekeeper.  I think anti-vax and MAGA and the alt-right have done the same.

2. Does it concern you that you only hear about the down-side of this stuff when the Sun publishes an "angertainment" article or when the kimmo goes on a rant?  Last week the Sun published an "angertainment" article about male violent offenders declaring themselves transgender and transferring to womens prisons. While recognizing the Sun's shortcomings as a journalism outlet...  shouldn't some more reputable publication look into that story?

3.  I think the definition of radical changes over time.  At one point women voting or working outside the home was a radical idea. The idea that the earth is flat is a radical idea to most of us, but it's a foundational idea for flat earthers.  The idea that a celestial being impregnated a virgin who gave birth to a savior who got nailed to a crucifix and rose from the dead 3 days later is a radical idea, but it's a foundational idea for Christians.  Where does the idea that lesbians need to be accepting of "girldick" stand at present?  Tough to say, but seems to have a lot of traction right now.

4.  My point in giving you that survey to read was less to give you quantification, and more to illustrate the kind of experiences lesbians are having with trans women.  It's flawed because it's an opt-in voluntary survey, but the same criticism can be made of the surveys that allegedly show an "epidemic of violence" against trans people.  Those are also voluntary opt-in surveys, but woke people take them as gospel truth.  I don't dismiss those surveys entirely, though, because they do illustrate that trans people do face a lot of abusive and frightening situations.  I think you should view the lesbians survey in the same light.

5.  Some of this stuff makes me furious, and it's hard for me to present it even-keel sometimes.

 -k

1. Agreed.  I just posted a podcast that talks about how knowledge is different today: https://canadianpoliticalevents.createaforum.com/general-discussion/podcast-culture/45/ Very relevant to all this.
2. A few thoughts: your rants are personal accounts and opinions, so I value them more than the Sun's angertainment bits.  The prison issue is much more serious than Yaniv's adventures in the waxing industry.  Yes, serious media should be covering that.  TBH if peoples' sensibilities can't get around the idea that violent people can't be housed with non-violent people then maybe that's how to frame it: violent people are actually currently housed with non-violent people.

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