@sonny2dap said:
@KungfuKitten said:
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@texasgoldrush: Well maybe not feminist overreactions but a part of the current feminist discourse is already getting out of hand IMO. It's becoming too exclusive and even sexist which can undermine the whole movement, distract from real issues and give extreme right wing narratives a big push. Part of the current feminist discourse is disturbingly similar to conservative puritanism and tries to police morality which can turn into a witch hunt and is a precursor to fascist tendencies.
Exactly. I'm concerned about exactly that. And the polarization. Radical right and left are becoming more and more comparable and prevalent in the media as it polarizes. Maybe we're not there yet, but it's not necessarily getting better.
This is why I'm concerned about echo chambers and other ways in which discourse is denied and politically filtered. We could use more nuance, critique and self-reflection. Team-versus-team or all-or-nothing mentalities don't model the reality of the situation.
The Radical right and left are the same, in this particular instance that is Identity politics authoritarians, the only difference is the boxes each of them want to put you in.
I'm 100% in favor of inclusion of all identities in society. People can decide to be whatever the hell they want to be freely and others should respect that. And that's where I disagree with a portion of the left that demonizes more traditional roles. If you're going to be inclusive don't try to tell others their lifestyle is worse than yours, that's the opposite of being inclusive.
I have some friends in gender studies and humanities, most of them are pretty reasonable. But within this group I have found a great deal of intolerance bordering towards hate and moralistic impositions. For example I met a girl who would only use inclusive language while we talked, a thing I have 0 problems with. It's her mouth, her decision. But then she complains and corrects others constantly. If your ideology is making you police something as language on others then you're already bordering dangerous territory. It's no different from the right pretending to proclaim how others should live their lives and micromanaging their sex practices. I was discussing with this same girl about going to a nudity friendly place here in Europe because I like people being fine with their bodies and showing them, it can be a very liberating experience. She said she liked that women can be naked without guys pervertly looking at them but that she still doesn't like it because there are too many penises there. And she said that with almost a repulsive expression on her face. So she basically has linked the part of a body of a whole group of people to her distaste towards the patriarchy. It is ok to have a distaste towards the patriarchy seeing it as an abstract ideological. cultural and economic force and fighting to change it but it is another thing to link that to the sexual organ of a particular group of people. Then you're condemning people for something they have no way to control and just because of how they were born which is awfully similar to what the religious right does with gays or transgenders.
Basically my mantra is live and let live. People can call it simplistic sometimes but it is a good jumpstart to deal with issues such as this. I have no business telling others how to dress, eat, have sex, make their video games or even buy their video games. I can suggest and let them know why I don't choose to do that or why I think their decisions are not good in my view. I'm even in favor of making fun of everything in a way as long as you're brave enough to also make fun of yourself. But to see them repulsively or try to change their decisions by force is another story. And this is how fascist tendencies start, when your world view suddenly becomes a moralist code to be imposed and by which you judge and condemn everyone.
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