Look, I don't really want to respond to you here. This thread isn't about this issue, and I didn't want to make it one. I sought merely to offer a minor guardrail against a claim that I found incorrect.

I will only respond to one point: Nobody in this thread said men cannot be raped, that's true. I wouldn't say anyone in this thread has been sexist against men; I don't agree with the other dude who was in here complaining about it.

But the idea that "literally nobody ever said" that men cannot be raped is false. It is, unfortunately, a commonly-held belief. Here's a study which mentions it as a "male rape myth" (section 1.2): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258646/

I will not be responding to any further comments on this issue. I hope you have a good day, and I'm sorry that you found my point disappointing, but I don't think I was wrong.

Edit: I will be touching grass for a while.

He did offer the example of Cuba's pivot on LGBTQ rights in response to me, which I think is a reasonable one.

Look, I wasn't making the argument; you'll see elsewhere in this thread that I agree with you. I was just trying to get your conversation back on track. That...doesn't seem to have worked very well, unfortunately.

Rio is asking for a specific accomplishment; you're pointing out systems of government. As such, it looks like the two of you are talking past one another at the moment.

You can't be sexist against men.

Um no, that's false. I don't disagree with really anything else that's being said in this thread on this side of the issue (I mean yeah it sucks that many women are more afraid of men than bears, but like, there's altogether too many valid reasons for it), but the idea that you can't be sexist against men is not true. This isn't like racism, where the definition of the word has to do with relative demographic power. It's simply about bigotry based on sex.

You may not be willing to accept this argument as yet, but let me give you some examples:

1. Calling a man a "pussy" or a "wimp" for refusing to engage in toxically-masculine behavior

2. "Real men don't cry"

3. And above all else, given the discussion that we're having: the idea that men cannot be raped

(This last one is rather close to my heart, as a man who has been raped by a woman.)

Edit: Just to be clear, I'm not taking the side of the guy you're replying to, who is being ridiculous about this whole thing. Women have plenty of reasons to be afraid of men, and I'm not arguing about that at all. Just saying it's possible to be sexist against a man, which it definitely is.

Lmao

Edit: On reflection I have to agree with comrade @nohaybanda@hexbear.net. That said, this is really not the place to take a stand on behalf of electoralism, and honestly I question whether the current US version of same is worth even as much as the pile of shit my dog crapped out this morning.

This piece of shit is fucking anti-choice and the party establishment has backed him to the hilt against every progressive challenger, as I recall. More evidence (like anyone here needed it) that the party is fucking irredeemable.

Violence against oppression is justified, full stop.

Bump!

It looks so bad! Like how did they manage to build a physical truck squarely in the uncanny valley?

Seriously, like are we gonna put a CW on the "I Have a Dream" speech?

I heard he didn't even include the pig in the Chicago Seven movie he made, so it'll probably just be about FBI guys and congresscritters investigating it or something, while striding importantly around the capital of course, and with many impassioned speeches about rights and democracy and shit.

I think the CW was supposed to be for the homphobia, racism, and transphobia. Nobody here gives half a shit about cisphobia lol

This is definitely gonna work out real well, I'm sure

Lmao I saw this too and had the idea for this exact post, but was too lazy to do it. Props to OP for making it happen!

Nowhere near Humboldt country right now but I did live there once upon a time. :07: to the brave students there at HSU and at other schools around the country. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!

You left out the other half, which I think is perhaps more relevant here:

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

there's literally a c/main post on the front page of all/active right now; this struggle session is super obsolete

Cool, thanks for getting back to me on this! And not a problem at all, glad you like it.