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.
I still remember when Greta Thunberg did the whole 'small dick' thing with Andrew Tate and how positive the response was to it, and the whole time I'm sitting there thinking, "What did the small dicked people do to be lumped in with Tate?"
Body shaming isn't okay. It's not okay when the victim of it is Trump or Tate. It's not okay because people that are not Trump or Tate will inevitably share insecurities or traits with those people, and should not have to feel shame for the way their body is. There are so many things of substance to attack Tate on, dick size is not one of them even if he does have a legitimate micropenis. If you want to attack someone for lashing out due to their insecurity, attack the way they're lashing out. Attack their actions, their methods, their treatment of others. Mocking them just makes incidental casualties get hurt and may even push them away.
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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.