Kulturkampf

[benji]

The birth rate collapse is simple. We are guarded from death in nearly every meaningful way. The less of an effect death produces on those still living, the less we seek its antidote, which is new life. Death is shielded from us both in fact and appearance. Very few young people die. And when they do we are told to “go to therapy” rather than to “go forth and multiply.” Or when death is real the physical suffering is often eliminated with sedatives.

Public executions would fix the birth rate problem overnight. The more we experience shocking death the more we crave new life. This zombie-like way of life we have convinced ourselves is superior is ironically the one thing that is killing us.

[benji]

[Alpacx]

[Uncle]

Emma literally a few days ago:

just takes me back to graduating from harry potter is evil because casting magic is satanic, to because the creator is transphobic

D&D is evil because it's satanic witchcraft, to because orcs are black people and it portrays entire races of monsters as irredeemably evil instead of just a culture

marilyn manson is evil because he's a devil worshipper, to because he's got SA allegations

[HaughtyFrank]

That's just sad to watch.

You can see Lin being downright shocked that she went down after the first punch

[benji]

just takes me back to graduating from harry potter is evil because casting magic is satanic, to because the creator is transphobic

D&D is evil because it's satanic witchcraft, to because orcs are black people and it portrays entire races of monsters as irredeemably evil instead of just a culture

marilyn manson is evil because he's a devil worshipper, to because he's got SA allegations

I know I constantly make fun of them for this but they really do believe "that's different because this complaint is legit and this one is not" and stop thinking there. The fact that other people think the complaint is legit or vice versa is just dismissed for being wrong. I'm somewhat baffled there's no psychological or German or better yet German psychological term for this mentality.

"Lacking theory of mind" doesn't really capture it because that's not really dismissive in the same way.

[Uncle]

just takes me back to graduating from harry potter is evil because casting magic is satanic, to because the creator is transphobic

D&D is evil because it's satanic witchcraft, to because orcs are black people and it portrays entire races of monsters as irredeemably evil instead of just a culture

marilyn manson is evil because he's a devil worshipper, to because he's got SA allegations

I know I constantly make fun of them for this but they really do believe "that's different because this complaint is legit and this one is not" and stop thinking there. The fact that other people think the complaint is legit or vice versa is just dismissed for being wrong. I'm somewhat baffled there's no psychological or German or better yet German psychological term for this mentality.

"Lacking theory of mind" doesn't really capture it because that's not really dismissive in the same way.

there's a difference in terms of whether there's evidence that the claim is true or not, but it's in whether the claim deserves the response it's getting that people lose the plot

or the relish with which people look for reasons to adopt these responses, "omg here's a tweet from 12 years ago"

[benji]

In some respects, they're just very results or ends oriented and the means or process or method is entirely irrelevant. I think this is why they can't grasp that the means is often what really matters. So you get, for example, Nepenthe talking about ACAB and abolishing prisons and telling people they need to never trust and do violence to cops. Then she turns around and praises imprisoning a comedian for nearly a decade and says the lack of that thing is why America/Europe is so terrible. To her, the entire complaint about police or the criminal justice system is that they're doing their things to the wrong people not that they're doing those things. The wrong isn't the things we're saying are wrong.

They don't want to ever place some means off the table for use against their enemies. It's a very different "progressive" mentality from "we don't do this because we're better than them." You could see it in some of replies about this candidate, that the problem is Democrats aren't as bad as Trump and it's not fair that Trump is allowed to be.

It's a complaint that somewhat says that the only immoral things are those you can't get away with. They point to how some people can get away with things as a justification for throwing out standards completely. You can see this elsewhere in things like the trans stuff. The "systemic analysis" is never actually about the system it's about how the person doesn't perceive "the system" to be fair and by fair they mean to their advantage at all times. Until things are fair, anything goes.

I don't actually think most of these people entirely dismiss the means, it's just there's a culture in their circles that allows for it. If challenge was actually allowed I think it would be a minority that are like Nepenthe and truly willing to defend the position that means are irrelevant. She's so dishonest I'm skeptical she wouldn't, she clearly feels that being told to eat their whole ass is beyond the pale even if someone is telling you that you should let yourself die rather than vote for a Black woman.

[benji]

In case you believe the gaslighting from Era that all progressives have left Twitter you can just look at Emma's replies:

[TylenolJones]

[benji]

edit:  

[benji]

[Besticus Maximus]

Hear me out: working class candidates WITHOUT nazi tattoos 

[HaughtyFrank]

edit:  

I like how they come up with more excuses than the guy himself (water is scarce? That's not a meal you can make with no water at hand). Dude just wanted a Soda.

[benji]

There's a bunch of hilarious excuses in the replies like that you can't trust the water and there's no utilities at all anyway, but you can trust this nice spread of food? And the Zionist Coke?

[Potato]

The fucker isn't even a good boxer...

[filler]

misogyny is back on the menu, boys 

[benji]

The fucker isn't even a good boxer...

Oh, because she's a woman?

[HaughtyFrank]

the terrifying centrist opinion

[nachobro]

doesnt look like a famine to me

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

https://bsky.app/profile/tyleraking.com/post/3m3ryc7q65k2b
Oh no, a (trans age) high school quarterback in a TV show is problematic.

I'm starting to think this Tyler King person might be an R-word...

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Poor Coca-Cola, no one is buying their product so they are forced to instead give it to the very people they are trying to wipe out. 

[DavidCroquet]

Between "we have no choice" Coca-Cola enjoyers and the Vogue-quality "This is a Genocide Survivor 💅" posts, I am starting to question the veracity of prior genocide claims.

[Alpacx]

[Potato]

[filler]

damn, she's hot

[D3RANG3D]

[DavidCroquet]

damn, she's hot

bro check your livestock

[Alpacx]

[BIONIC]

https://bsky.app/profile/tyleraking.com/post/3m3ryc7q65k2b
Oh no, a (trans age) high school quarterback in a TV show is problematic.

I'm starting to think this Tyler King person might be an R-word...

Regal?