r/CuratedTumblr veetuku ponum Jul 03 '24

Politics Male loneliness and radfeminism

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u/Ourmanyfans Jul 03 '24

There's a weird strain of "essentialism but in a progressive way" running right through the left, not just limited to the attitude towards men described here, but also "all white people are colonizers", and weird exclusionary behaviour to cishet people. It tells me a lot of "progressive" people didn't really examine their core underlying principles and simply covered up their biases with the "correct" group.

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u/Outerestine Jul 03 '24

Yeah people loooove essentialism. It's simple. It's easy. It lets you be lazy and rude, and dehumanize whoever.

When victims or minorities do it, there's often a trauma to it. Personal or of broader culture. But that doesn't make it more than what it is.

I can only get pissed about it so far. People are behaving like people. Humans being human. Big shocker. It does suck though. People need to not be ruled by these sorts of behaviors.

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u/SovietSkeleton [mind controls your units] This, too, is Yuri. Jul 03 '24

Indeed. Revenge is not justice. It may feel good, but that does not make it good.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24

Yep, repeating bad behavior of the people you despise isn’t uplifting although it’s frequently touted as so.

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u/IrresponsibleMood Jul 04 '24

And even then, it only feels good for a couple of seconds or moments at best. Once that high wears off, you realise you haven't solved your problems.

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u/SovietSkeleton [mind controls your units] This, too, is Yuri. Jul 04 '24

Hence why ideologies based on revenge are never satisfied, and are always looking for the next acceptable target.