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Ariana Grande Shares Pretty Blunt Question For Trump Supporters (www.huffpost.com)
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[-] irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org 66 points 2 months ago

Saving you a click.

...it’s been 250 days.

now that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually everything and live in fear, now that free speech is on the brink of collapse for us all ― has your life gotten better?

have your groceries gotten cheaper? has your health insurance premium gone down? has your work/life balance improved? can you take a vacation yet? are you happier?

And it ends with, and is essentially the question:

has the widespread suffering of others paid off for you in the way he promised it would, or are you still waiting?

[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm sorry, is that gif at the bottom ms Grande? If so, that is misogyny at it's worse. "Look at all the serious thing she said and did, and now a cutsie pick of her sipping fizzy pop like a vacuous airhead!"

We'll never make any progress whilst mainstream media continues like this.

[-] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 19 points 2 months ago

Pardon me but is this a form of projection? If we as a society associate actions of women doing normal things with being a (to use your words) "vacuous airhead" we're not making progress anyways. We need to let women exist in public without calling their existence lesser.

[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

No, very much not. Rather a fed-upness of seeimg woman (and other social groups) belittled in mainstream media). See my other reply re being a little ott, but that's a reflection of not being in the mood to tollerate more bs like that. Just treat people with some level respect and consistency regardless of who they are. If that was a man, there would'nt be a pic of them slurping a soft drink at the end.

[-] Steve@communick.news 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think you misunderstood "projection" in this context.

You saw "a cutsie pick of her sipping fizzy pop like a vacuous airhead!"
I saw a pick of her taking a drink through a straw, with a look of curiosity about something else.

Your interpretation of the image is a sexist one.
You've become so enraged by sexism, the pattern recognition system in your mind is saturated and over-sensitized to it. So much so that you now see mundane things in a very sexist way. You've internalized the very view which you hate. And now you're "projecting" that view onto things that aren't at all sexist.

It's not your fault. It doesn't make you bad. It's just a strange quirk of how the human brain works. It can happen to anyone; Especially with a steady diet of algorithmically curated rage bait. But understanding that it can happen, allows us to look out for it in ourselves. Which is almost enough for us to stop it from happening. The other part is to stop the algorithmically curated rage bait feed.

[-] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 9 points 2 months ago

Thank you for explaining my use of the term "projection" and the context that could lead to such behavior. I really couldn't have explained it this well.

[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Ok so yes I was projecting onto the article creator. You are correct about that. However I stand by my point that was the writing and the choice of image are jaringly at odds. I.e.

"Here's person A, look at this serious question they asked about a serious topic, oh and he's a non serious gif of them at the end" it subtly underminds the validity of what that person said. It is quite subtle, but that's also part of my point. Prejudices can be very subtle, and I was calling that out.

As a standalone image, I am with you in that description. However, my description is me accentuating my point, not a subconscious outpouring, let alone a reading of that image.

I'm not enraged, but I also wasn't in the mood to just scroll on by that time. If you read anything into that then all I can say is that you're mistaken. I get it, there's a lot of unhinged people out there (such as for the reason you described) but I am confident in my beliefs being overall soundly grounded (if not perfect).

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Fellas, is it airheaded to consume liquid?

[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 2 months ago

Depends upon the liquid. If you consume lighter fluid because you think it'll help make you "hot," well... ...you might be an air-headed redneck.

[-] criticon@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

She just looks like she is waiting for a response...

[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Could be, could be! That would make some sense. Like "sooo, anything to say about that?". Good shout, didn't think of it like that!

[-] equivocal@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago

It looks to be a clip of her appearance on Hot Ones.

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