Horrifying. I only have to hope that when it comes down to it, more people than not will realize internally ‘i am not actually willing to hurt people, i just wanted to say those things, and I’m kind of embarrassed about it now’ and then go back to being quiet bigots. I need to believe this about my fellow humans to get through the day.
I really feel like this has not been reported on enough. This is really deeply scary shit, and extremist conservatives in every country are talking notes.
I guess I think it’s cute! It reminds me that the people recording it are in a room having fun. I also really like surprising, weird little moments in my music, even (especially ?) if they break the expected flow of the song. I get why it would be jarring to some, I loooove that shit though.
This is awful. Imagine being this guy, sitting down, taking the time to type this out, and then going through all the steps of making it official. So many chances to stop and think for a minute about what you’re doing and why. Clearer than ever that this is about random men believing they get to be in control of people’s bodies at any cost. The entitlement. Ffs.
Hey I just want to say i think this is a really good question and I’m glad you asked it. So many things get recycled into the language and we don’t know/ever get taught their original meanings. I think it’s good to look into, not just to avoid social slip ups, but because language and idioms have an impact on how we think about things. I’m glad to have these links on my radar
I drink tea every single day and have since I was a child. My teeth are…bone colored? I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all. I mean, I’m using my teeth. I’m not going to limit what I eat and drink, or pay money, to make my teeth look completely unused and brand new. A lot of people are really into that, though. It’s creating weird beauty pressure for the rest of us, which I hate.
Ehhh I don’t know if we should be doing this. It just doesn’t seem the most responsible time to be making a movie about this man, even if it’s critical of him. Bad taste in mouth. He gets a lot of mileage out of his personal story/persona already, as a distraction from the labor abuse, antisemitism, transphobia, regulatory crimes and a whole bunch else. Seems this is just…playing into that pattern?
Why not post a link to an article about the statement? That way, the same information and the same discussion about it could be present in the news community.
Oh ok, sorry for misinterpreting! I also feel the same way. It seems that while multiple incredibly serious things are ongoing, every possible source of information on any of it is kind of… full of gaps at best, deliberately propagandizing or misleading at worst. It’s maddening. Feels almost impossible to get a full and clear picture of anything which is, of course, the point for at least some of the governments and news orgs involved. It sucks.
Yupp.