shadowcatphaser

Yes. No doubt the response to my last post would be the "you don't get to dictate how the oppressed react" argument.

First, you're not oppressed. (General you). You live in a rich western country where you can vote your government in and out, both local and national. You will not be killed for expressing the wrong opinion,you will not be imprisoned for political dissidence. You have freedom of speech, you can say whatever you like on the internet, you can publish books, you can stand at Hyde Park Corner or wherever and shout what you like through a megaphone. You have the right to protest.

Having to face prejudice does not equal oppression-in a free country, you have the right to fight back. The truly oppressed have no means of defence or attack. Talk to someone in North Korea about how 'oppressed' you are because someone said something stupid about you on a message board. They would not be impressed. Really. Facing prejudice sucks, it's extremely unpleasant and by all means it's right to oppose it. But it's not "oppression".

Oh but I don't get to make this argument because I'm "privileged".Then what's the point of talking in the first place? Yes, everybody has different life experiences. But that doesn't cancel out someone's honest opinion. I've had people my whole life basically telling me to 'get over' the bullying I had as a child which has left me with the mental health problems I have now. They weren't there, they didn't experience what I did. They don't know what the hell they are saying. I suppose that's the "privilege" concept. You see, those people telling me to 'get over it' are talking out of their arse. But I wouldn't dream of saying they don't have the right to say that. They do. It's just a fucking stupid opinion is all.

Everybody has an opinion about how x should have reacted to y. You can bleat about 'oppression' and 'privilege' all you like. But the fact is, that's just the way it is and you will never change that. In Ivory Tower Academia you can do this, and control people in this way (at least what they say publically, in private, with trusted people, you will find things are a bit less self censored. And the PC Fascists will be regarded with contempt, to say the least.) In the real world, however you soon get a reputation as a holier than thou humourless idiot.

I was on fire with idealism when I was a kid. All it got me was lonelier and even more of an outcast. I tried to call out prejudice. No prejudice was fought. No one changed their mind. It just got me even more ridiculed and contempt. And I already had enough to sink the bloody Titanic. Talk about futile.

PC Fascism is just a great big squealing self centred toddler having a tantrum.

People have a right to their thoughts and opinions. Even if you don't like them.

What he said. Seems to me anyone who disagrees with the majority opinion gets slapped down by shouts of 'derailing' and 'priviledge'. How can you even discuss anything when the other side of the argument holds those trump cards and can instantly shut the discussion down. You don't have the opposite view because you disagree it's because you are priviledged and are derailing.

That's not argument. It's just slapping down anyone who disagrees. Sometimes people disagree just because they happen to disagree. It's not because they are 'oppressing' anybody. Seems like no one has a right to an opinion unless it's the officially approved one. This comm is getting increasingly like Stalinist Russia. I doubt I'll post again.

That guy on the 1st page who had the termerity to disagree? Banned! Bullshit. You don't want to hear any opinions other than what you agree with. And this is coming from someone who thinks the original comment in that thread was crass and insensitive in the extreme. But for fuck's sake you can't dictate to people what they can and can't think. You think you are fighting prejudice. By doing this you are only inflaming it. People are only going to think 'fuck you I won't do what you tell me' it's human nature.

Fighting bigotry with bigotry. Real constructive. No doubt I'm full of priviledge and am 'derailing' and lots of other pretty jargon from bullshit ivory tower academia.

Meanwhile back in the real world.......*rollls eyes*

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No doubt I'll be banned now. I hardly ever post anyway. They have made it abundantly clear that dissenting opinion will not be tolerated.

Hope someone starts up a comics comm that's not like a fucking Soviet re-education camp. And this is coming from someone who has left of centre politics mark you. I'm not a freeper or anything. But Jesus, you're afraid to say anything over there because some pompous 'prejudice philosopher' deems it offensive according to some fuzzy SRS BZNSS rules only they know.

Oh. Just Fuck off already.

Bridges burnt. Dancing in the ashes.

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Oh I saw on my profile that my posting access is 'hidden' whatever that means. Nope. They don't like dissenting opinion alright. I hope that my speaking out will have inspired more people to stand up to the bullying.

I refused to be brainwashed by religious bullshit when I was five and went to school, I refused to submit to ideological brainwashing via political correctness bullshit by little hitler tyrants at university. It was bullshit then and it's bullshit now.

Common sense? What's that? Why concern yourself with that when there is JARGON and IDEOLOGY from people who have WRITTEN IT IN BOOKS. So therefore it must be true!

I don't have my thoughts and opinions dictated to me by 'thoughtleaders' and what others have written in books. I think for myself. People like the nazis at SD hate that. It frightens them. They don't like that there are some people they can't control. Their arguments are so weak they have to ban anyone who refuses to be cowed by the tyranny of the majority.

And I find racism and prejudice against transgender people repugnant fwiw. But because I can see the political correctness bullshit for the bullshit it is no doubt I am evil now. Oh good. I won't be told what to think and what to say. By anyone.

Oh go and stew in your ideology and political correctness. With parsnips and three oxo cubes.

I've got this DW journal so I can follow scans daily. Cool beans! I'll post more soon. Probably.