My daughters have to live in this shit hole now. I am both angry and sad that it appears we are moving backwards.
I will fucking end someone if I hear them say this or anything like it to my daughter.
I never understood since women could vote that there isn't a woman's political party or movement.
Because the first-past-the-post system makes it very unlikely for more parties to emerge.
There isn't a workers' party, either. The US is one of the few industrialized nations that doesn't have one.
Because our democracy is stale
It's as stale as our collective taste for it apparently. We'd have had pro reform politicians elected to power otherwise.
Th 4B movement isn't a political statement. At this point, it's simply self-defense.
We have reached a great filter for society. If you are a woman and care about your rights you just need to know how a man voted to determine their value. You gotta dump if they voted for Trump.
I legitimately know a woman who's divorcing her husband, finding out he was a Trump supporter was the final straw. They've been in a rough spot for the last year or so, he doesn't cook/clean at all.
She was going to leave him a year ago but tried to make it work, finding out he was a secret Trumper sealed the deal for her.
Make it self-defencier and get a concealed carry license. Your body my choice is a rape threat.
There is nothing wrong with being a gun owner so long as you do it responsibly. This means going to the range weekly and not just putting it in the safe after buying it.
Handguns are there because you lack the upper body strength to fight off an attacker. 4B stops no rapist.
This started on Wednesday, almost immediately after Trump's victory was announced. By Friday it was already being reported in grade schools because asshole parents enjoy raising asshole sons, and Trump tells people that it's ok to be the absolute worst human being they can be.
I have a friend who is a hard Republican. We generally don't talk politics, but after this started last week he was posting things online being offensive towards women and POC (and the whole "illegals took my job and healthcare") so I finally had to call him out. His response was basically that he wasn't aware of any increased discrimination happening against women, therefore he didn't believe it was happening. I've known the guy for 40 years but this may be the thing that breaks our friendship. He claims to be an advocate for people's rights yet he is painfully unaware of the world around him.
Republican
advocate for people's rights
You really can't be both at the same time.
After this election I've had to cut a bunch of people out of my life, even relatives. A lot of them saying such wonderful things as "trump's just saying things, he doesn't actually mean anything he's saying." And then they'd get defensive when I'd ask them why they votes for him then if he doesn't mean anything he says.
It's really hard to cut people out of your life but afterwards it's amazing realizing that you don't need to tip toe around things that may be vaguely political (or explicitly) anymore to not start an argument.
People that vote for the violence against the people I love have no place in my life no matter who that person is.
That's the spirit
Family is the relationship, relatives are who you're related to.
Found family is better anyways.
last week he was posting things online being offensive towards women
he wasn't aware of any increased discrimination happening against women
Umm...
Perhaps he has always posted that much misogynistic stuff so technically it isn't an increase?
Hard to say for sure. He's on Facebook so I don't have a way to see what he posts, but my wife still has an account there and said he's in some of the same groups as her. She's pretty aware of what he's posting and they've actually had conversations in person about the whole immigration thing. The rest... yeah I just don't know.
"Your dick, my knife"
That already happened to like 90% of us thanks to the same cultists.
I'd love to see a real effort to stop genital mutilation of all babies. When the most visible time men speak up about it though is when they insert themselves into a conversation about women, it does not build sympathy for the issue.
I mean this sincerely. If you are at all serious about stopping the genital mutilation of babies, I suggest you rethink your strategy.
Dude. I think circumcision is barbaric too, but there's a fucking time.
Oh, then these misogynists need to watch their words and actions lest they lose even more. Eunuchs can’t forcibly impregnate anyone.
(For clarification I am very anti infant circumcision, everyone’s body their own choices)
Your rectum, my steel toe. Your eye socket, my bat... My choices for their bodies are endless!
I’ve started getting cat called at night while walking my dog. I live in a red area and I dress crappy and I’m middle aged. Today I decided to change my walking schedule and location.
This is sad to read. I'm sorry 😔.
My brain is always struggling with upping a post,when the context is so vile. I just don't understand how could this kind of angry POS people exist and the education their parents are giving them.
They are raised in an atmosphere of negativity and hate that’s so pervasive they don’t even realize it’s a thing and that there are other options.
I come from a white catholic family and I lived in a properly rural area up through first grade. Like I lived in a trailer and my yard bordered a farmer’s corn field. And we knew the farmer because his land was nice for my dad to hunt deer.
The cynicism, persecution complex, and of course the casual racism & xenophobia aren’t something you are taught. They are just how the world works. It’s an assumed part of the culture and the social dynamic just like religion is.
That shit takes root deep in your neurons, and it takes conscious effort, compassion, and self-reflection to work your way out of it. And even then, some of the subconscious programming and visceral reactions persist and require a level of ongoing mindfulness about one’s right processes and behavior.
They don't give any education. That's it. That's the problem. Parents don't talk with kids and/or assume that kid will raise itself if it gets enough freedom, exact opposite happens in 90% of cases. You will understand the problem even more when you remember how many kids are bullied in school and growing frustration is a consequence.
I remember reading some headline that reads:
"alt-right women frustrated at alt-right men about their misogyny. seeks change within the movement"
or something like that.
Leopard. Face. Etc...
woah, what the fuck americans?
The really gross part is this is firmly not just Americans being stupid this time, and has somehow become The Thing To Say Online for the whole damn planet full of incel types.
It's the 'boiling over' part. Seems to be ramping up, and we're sure to see a lot more of this coming.
There are, indeed, a lot of foreign Trumpites, this is not just on America.
Yeah it's fucking disgusting. Do they not have a mother?!
Not one they love or, I imagine, that loves them.
The lizard brains always existed. Inbred, maladjusted, loud angry hateful fucks. We used to be able to suppress them. We ceded the helm of this nation to a bunch of corporations and their puppets in congress. We've been trying like hell to fight this multi front battle and are just taking Ls across the board.
We are burning books. Banning knowledge.
We are entering an environment where many do not have the luxury of having an opinion.
Speaking for all of those who were still trying: We're sorry. We're still here. We still care. But we're fighting a losing battle.
Speaking for myself... I'm fucking tired man. I'm not the only one. People I've spoken to all are effectively the same: resigned to what comes next. There isn't enough unity in this mess to right the ship. That unity will come with desperation... and we're not there yet. 4-6 years. Maybe then. It's got to get a lot worse before we unify over the collective mess we're all stuck in.
Who did you think we were? This is who we've always been. They're just getting comfortable taking the mask off again. Trust me, my grandmother and other family were put through the racist indian boarding schools. Common throughout the US and Canada. You know, the ones they keep finding mass graves on. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Just more subtle, less in your face.
Most people thought are too distracted with bread and circuses to care however.
execuse me for a sec, for I gotta puke.
I think some of this is being amplified by America’s enemies to drive division.
You are 100% correct. The problem is most of the public has lost the ability to discern the difference between truth and fiction. Not their fault specifically: most of even the most technically literate would struggle to fact check what our ~~news~~ media and feeds dump on us.
I really, REALLY hope i hear someone say this around me. I'm still trying to decide what choices i will unleash on their body....
I really hope to see more women buying weapons to defend themselves. Don't be defenseless ladies.
2024
The last year voicechat was enabled on my copy of Team Fortress 2.
you don't wanna know
Yeah, due to the nonexistant moderation TF2 voice chat tends to be the most intolerant thing I've ever heard in my life.
They include the phrase being directed at them within schools or chanted by young boys in classes.
Young boys are following the misogynist Pied Piper and all the parents are just letting it happen. FFS
theocracy here we come....Jebus h Cristo.
.... platforms like X, TikTok, Facebook, and Reddit.
What are four platforms I will never use again Alex?
And while you'd be right to do so- make no mistake that there are posts on every social media platform with the same exact goal in mind. This one is no different.
We are entering into an era informational noise. The signal is still there but it is fucking faint in the storm of misinformation and ai/seo bullshit it is being transmitted into.
Now let's all make sure it won't escalate to the point of current South Korea
Edit: I have no idea how did my autocorrect change of to I'd
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