mock-possum

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by mock-possum 4y ago
> for example a book that contains a fictional evil person is assumed to be the same thing as an evil book, almost by definition which book specifically are you thinking of here? was this a thing I missed?
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by mock-possum 4y ago
that's exactly the kind of divide-and-conquer approach that queer solidarity is a bulwark against though - whether you're gay, straight, bisexual, or trans, we all face a very particular kind of oppression having to do with sex an
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by mock-possum 4y ago
I could be wrong, but I think there's a specific violent threat embedded in calling trans people nazis - nazis are still the simplest shorthand terminology for "unambiguously evil oppressors whom it is acceptable to violently oppo
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by mock-possum 4y ago
the video they link is misleading too, it misquotes / mishears the lyrics, despite the fact that the actual lyrics are easily googleable... there's a lot about this article that needlessly misses the mark, it's annoying.
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by mock-possum 4y ago
AKA The Cobra Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive#The_origina...
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by mock-possum 4y ago
'deviant' is practically a dog whistle - crucially, it lets the legitimacy of what is being deviated from go unquestioned.
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by mock-possum 4y ago
yeah it really feels like sex-negative sentiment, slutshaming, kinkshaming, etc. not being able to distinguish sex acts between consulting adults from child abuse is... I mean it basically means I lose all respect for the person. Unlike the
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by mock-possum 4y ago
yeah, the repeated references to furry porn - including a censored shot of what looks like absolutely bog standard bland furry porn - kind of caught me off guard too. like photographic child porn is record of child abuse and actual rape