“b-but bears are actually dangerous!” Shut the hell up.

  • KeenFlame@feddit.nu
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    9 months ago

    Yes, feelings matter. Beautifully put.

    But nobody is purposefully “wedging a stick” between allies and enemies. No secret society is plotting to prevent you from sending any message of safety. The metaphor is not designed, or created for a specific purpose. You have to realise how crazy and for real dangerous this way of agumenting is.

    You aim for a good purpose, then use basically the debate version of biological weapons of mass destruction to make your point.

    Just for any small argument about a small thing between sexes, like always it’s fun for people to discuss, and some get mad, but

    For you to use the narrative of psy ops, learned no doubt subconsciously, to speak like there is a secret cabal that want you to be fearful, we must unite against some kind of expression just because they are coming for you… No

    If anyone takes it too far it’s talk like that, and you unironically talk about how reasonable people are hard to come by

    Gee

    Wonder why that is brother

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        9 months ago

        No it’s not and that’s a terrible way to view the world.

        Are you the same idiot who argued with me before because he thought he’d found the Word of God in this random philosophical exercise?

        Edit: nope, different moron. I wonder why this silly thing is making the idiot rounds lately? It’s like when a 19 year old has their first philosophy 101 class and thinks they’ve gained supreme knowledge of how the world works.

        https://lemmy.world/comment/9746636

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            9 months ago

            Yes, it’s a thought exercise, not a tautology. And it’s not a great thought exercise either, because people of low intellect apparently assume it’s a tautology because of how it’s worded.

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            9 months ago

            Purpose implies intent more than outcome. I agree with your overall stance but think something like “result” would be more effective. Calling it the “purpose” makes a similar accusation to anyone who wants to have this debate to what it itself is making about men in general, which will just increase the divide. I don’t think you’re deliberately trying to do that, but I think it could end up being the result.

            Your overall point does capture how this whole thing has made me feel. Even as someone who didn’t get offended, understands what women who would “prefer the bear” are actually saying and doesn’t think I’m owed any attention from anyone that doesn’t want to give it to me, the only thing this meme makes me want to do is disengage even more. And a younger version of me would have really resented being made to feel like my mere presence was offensive or scary.