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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #920 on: October 11, 2014, 10:17:10 PM »
I applaud you for coming to the same conclusion Churchill did sixty years past.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #921 on: October 12, 2014, 01:57:36 AM »
I am appalled by the amount of false information that spreads like wildfire in Facebook. Don't people EVER fact-check before spreading information around like it's the absolute truth?

And trust me, i've corrected people many times... But it appears people don't take well to someone pointing out their stupidity.

But seriously, the way people simply take information for granted is absolutely mind blowing.

The worst part? There's people deliberately producing this false information in order to make one or the other presidential candidate look bad. Things have took such a proportion, that there's people creating fake profiles in Twitter/Facebook and being racist, in order to be able to say "Look, people who support candidate X are such racists/snobs/xenophobes/mysogynists!"

It's abhorrent. And it goes unpunished.

I HATE ELECTIONS.

I just wish i could come up with a better system than democracy, because it's shit. Still better than the alternatives, but still shit.

I've actually come up with a halfway model between dictatorship and democracy that's not that bad. The only catch is I have to be at the top for it to work.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #922 on: October 12, 2014, 07:53:06 AM »
I'm waiting for a democratic technocracy.  Give the mechanical bits, like how much is needed for roads and whatnot, to computers.  Keep social stuff up to people.

Though it's far more socialist/democratic than then republic thing we have now.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #923 on: October 12, 2014, 09:32:57 AM »
A republic just means it's not a hereditary position.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #924 on: October 12, 2014, 11:51:34 AM »
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http://witchwind.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/piv-is-always-rape-ok/

"All intercourse/PIV is rape"

What the hell is wrong with these modern radical feminists anyway? Really, it seems that in the view of some of those feminazis, women are simply unable to consent. They're also never responsible for their own actions. Today, there *is* such a thing as rape-in-hindsight. I can't believe how many times i've seen posts that go like this... "today i discovered that my boyfriend has been raping me for the past month" or something like that.

What?

It makes me want to go... "Honey, if you were really being raped, i'd think you'd have figured that out a bit sooner than that."

Then there's false rape accusations. I might be going to the US soon - New York, and frankly, i'm somewhat scared of getting into the dating scene there. I just can't believe how easy it is for a women to absolutely ruin a man's life just by saying "he got me drunk, i couldn't consent".

It's mind-boggling. How long will it take before you actually have to sign a consent form and get two witnesses to also sign it before you go to bed with someone? The phrase "Just because i said yes doesn't mean i've consented" is just about all kinds of wrong. So, that means you can say yes, actually enjoy sex, get a good night kiss and be dropped on your front door, then the next day regret it, and label that rape in hindsight?

Heeeeeeeelll no.

And i believe that kind of backwards thinking is actually detrimental to the effort of *real* feminists, because it kind of means the women is not a full-fledged adult, able to freely give consent and actually be responsible for their own actions.

Hate me if you want, but i don't see it that way. I don't think gender-equality means that women are now able to oppress men.

These modern feminists love to bash on gender roles and love putting themselves as the victim... But they forget that men, too, are victims of gender roles. For instance... If a man cheats, he is automatically labelled a womanizer and an oppressor and it's always the men's fault that he cheated. The woman is always the victim. But somehow, if a woman cheats, it's never her fault. The man didn't gave her enough attention, he didn't care enough for her needs, etc.

At the same time radical feminists want gender roles to end, they also enforce that kind of gender roles, because "it empowers women". It just seems to me like it is an incredibly selfish world view. Basically, if it doesn't benefit my gender, i want it to go away, otherwise, i'm going to enforce it. For a radical feminist, a woman hitting a man is female empowerment, and a man hitting the same women back is assault. Not to mention the extent men are bullied if they get hit by a women, and how somehow the women's aggression is always the men's fault.

"Intercourse/PIV is always rape" is basically everything that's wrong with radical feminism in one sentence.

Another thing i don't get. Feminists always complain that male hypergamy is seen as a sign of a man being alpha, while female hypergamy is subject to slut-shaming... And yet, i've never seen a woman actually think something on the lines of... "That guy is virgin at 30?! Wow, this must mean that he's a real catch! He's saving himself for a proper girl, what an example..." - The actual thought process is something like "Whaaaat?! Heeell no! That guy must be creepy as hell! No wonder he can't get laid LOL."

Ummm... Excuse me? Feminists... Please... If you don't want male hypergamy to be seen in such a positive light, then stop enforcing it. Because it's not just men that enforce that stereotype. But... no... It's just so much easier to victimize oneself and cry "muh womyn's rights" than it is to actually try and stop being as judgemental as those you criticize.

I had several of these kinds of feminists on my timeline... I proceeded to block them all. I have absolutely zero need to see this kind of hypocrisy in action. It gets me riled up, it makes me absolutely mad.

And the WORST part of it is? If you actually voice your true opinion, you're automatically labelled a mysoginist and aren't taken seriously. These feminazis are not interested in intellectual discussion, they're interested in a women's rights dictatorship where they go and tell what is acceptable and what isn't. And there are actually MEN who CONDONE this kind of behavior, and even enforce it! Oh yes i'm mad. I could write a political treaty on how mad i am.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #925 on: October 12, 2014, 01:13:03 PM »
Condensed version: 'you can't have your cake and eat it'. Which is also the sword of thing that nationalist politicians need to learn.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #926 on: October 12, 2014, 03:46:49 PM »
Where you going in New York? I'm assuming the city?

I agree with much of that, though you'll find that most of the people in the dating scene over here probably aren't crazy. Probably.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #927 on: October 12, 2014, 05:21:56 PM »
Where you going in New York? I'm assuming the city?

I agree with much of that, though you'll find that most of the people in the dating scene over here probably aren't crazy. Probably.

Theatre, shopping, restaurants, mostly. Mayba a couple bars & dance clubs while we're at it? I'm going with my parents and know absolutely nobody there so the last two might be unlikely.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #928 on: October 12, 2014, 05:41:24 PM »
I live a couple of hours away; I don't think I can help you with the bar/club scene.

 :lmao

I do suggest checking out bookstores while you're there; there's one or two that have a couple miles of bookshelves.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #929 on: October 12, 2014, 06:46:55 PM »
I live a couple of hours away; I don't think I can help you with the bar/club scene.

 :lmao

I do suggest checking out bookstores while you're there; there's one or two that have a couple miles of bookshelves.

If you think you can't help, then i say you are the most able to. Worst case scenario? We become drinking buddies. Best case scenario? Double date.

I do appreciate bookstores, i'll definitely check them out. I just don't know what to buy, but i'm sure i'll figure something out. Worst case scenario, i'll just smell books. I love the smell of books, they smell amazing. One reason why i can't get accustomed to e-readers. Though, i've read they've been selling candles that have book scent just for that purpose, isn't that crazy?

I'd love to have someone show me around the city, it'd be incredible.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #930 on: October 12, 2014, 07:06:53 PM »
I don't live in the city or know my way around; I've only been a few times.

Also, I don't drink.  :P
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #931 on: October 12, 2014, 07:13:31 PM »
That reminds me that I wish the supermarket on campus would stop stacking to-be-shelved boxes in front of the cider. D<

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #932 on: October 12, 2014, 07:19:58 PM »
I don't live in the city or know my way around; I've only been a few times.

Also, I don't drink.  :P

Suddenly it seems like everyone i meet doesn't drink. What the hell... Until a few years back everyone i knew was drinking. Why did people stop drinking all of a sudden?
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« Reply #933 on: October 12, 2014, 07:35:25 PM »
We've all moved on cannibalism. So much healthier.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #934 on: October 12, 2014, 08:25:27 PM »
they became Mormons?  :P

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« Reply #935 on: October 12, 2014, 09:10:29 PM »
@_@ yes, brujon, I'm pretty sure that article's conclusion and methodology is ... either utter nonsense or ... should be using different words to avoid appearing as utter nonsense. I am also fairly sure most women do consider themselves capable of agency in their decisions.

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« Reply #936 on: October 12, 2014, 10:51:23 PM »
@_@ yes, brujon, I'm pretty sure that article's conclusion and methodology is ... either utter nonsense or ... should be using different words to avoid appearing as utter nonsense. I am also fairly sure most women do consider themselves capable of agency in their decisions.

Fortunately, most women do not seem to subscribe to this radical view of feminism... yet.

They're a very vocal minority, and through social media & blogging, they're starting to become more and more prominent.

And... No, they're using exactly the words they mean to use. Their thought process is just fucked up. They ACTUALLY believe that all heterosexual sex is rape. Everytime. Because even if a women consents, she's only doing so because she has been brainwashed by the EEVUL PATRIARCHY.

Apparently, they don't believe in nature, because that is what our bodies were made to do in order to procreate...

That's a rather extreme example of it, yes, but the other claims are just as fucked up. How can i explain as concisely as i can...

Basically, they think that regular feminism has achieved all it could achieve, and that it's time for a much more radical approach to it. They propose that gender equality is simply *not enough*, and that women have been oppressed by the Patriarchy for too long, so it's time for a shift in power. For them, just the fact that you are a white, heterosexual male, means your opinion is invalid. You're just too privileged. And everything that enforces that privilege, e.g - puts it into any sort of positive light - has to go away. They are extremely intolerant. No one has the RIGHT to not like a women that sleeps around, or to feel uncomfortable about homosexuality, or to harbor any sort of negative feelings towards any minority whatsoever. There's a reason they're often called feminazis - they have this extremely skewed worldview, and they want to basically impose that view into everyone else regardless of what they think or not. Because if they don't agree, then it means they've been brainwashed by the patriarchy and are thinking WRONG.

It's the expression of a basic rule about humanity. For every good intention, there's a very bad idea that's a perversion of it. Radical Feminism is to Feminism what Stalin's Socialism is to Marxism. Basically, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".

If you ever meet one, online or otherwise, you will know. They are very forceful with their opinions.

And the worst part of it is? There ARE many women falling prey to this line of thinking. Because they defend female empowerment, they resonate with many young women who might just have had a disappointment in a relationship. They defend things like the end of a relationship is always the men's fault, that if a women cheats it's not her fault but the men's/it's just an expression of their sexuality, that men are all pigs driven by their need to rape women, etc... They provide endless excuses for the irresponsibilities of young woman, and that makes them feel good about themselves. Then they go on and regurgitate that same garbage to their female friends, and the cycle goes on. Every human being wants to feel special and powerful, and they say that every woman should feel and is powerful.

Thankfully, not many men are able to put up with this kind of bullshit, so these radfems are all either lesbian, lonely, end up with a beta that actually submits to their will and they can push around however they want - or actually go and moderate their views a little.

Of course, the male version of that exists as well, and you don't have to look far and wide to see it - men who want women not to work, don't think they should be equally paid, and basically want things to go back to where they were 300 years ago. (And yet, somehow wants to find tons of girls to sleep around with, and gets mad when they have to pay dinner - Logic has no place here).
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #937 on: October 12, 2014, 11:18:53 PM »
"or to harbor any sort of negative feelings towards any minority whatsoever."

... trans folk excepted, apparently ... I am regretting following links of agreement ...  :banghead

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #938 on: October 12, 2014, 11:37:23 PM »
"or to harbor any sort of negative feelings towards any minority whatsoever."

... trans folk excepted, apparently ... I am regretting following links of agreement ...  :banghead

One of the many reasons I am liable to become an axe-murderer, really.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #939 on: October 13, 2014, 12:00:11 AM »
Oh, Raineh...

...I've seen your arms. Use daggers, you'll be more successful.
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