Indoctrination / DoublethinkWell that explains that: Matt Lucas betrayed British lesbians for American money

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[–]our_team_is_winning 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Thank you for saying this. We need all gay men to step up and denounce drag. I'm not a gay man, but I'm pretty sure your attraction is to men, not women. How would a woman costume appeal to other gay men? Who was drag ever designed to appeal to? Seems the whole purpose is just to laugh at women.

As for American corporations, please don't blame Americans. Big corporations set up wherever taxes are lowest. A lot of American people like to believe Europeans are better than we are and "traditional" (?) and don't fall for this corporate crap. I sat in the home of some British friends and watched them watch more hours of TV (mostly American TV) than the average American, eat tons of junk food, wear American brands, listen to American top 40... It's a choice. It doesn't matter what American corporations (and they're globalists really) throw at you, you CAN try to resist.

If Europe is "Americanizing" (multi national corporatizing), it is because young people don't care about their own heritage and traditions.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I don’t blame Americans for corporations behaving badly. I just blame the corporations. I also blame anyone who defends the actions of these corporations, regardless of their nationality, but especially Irish corporate apologists, because they are selling out Irish culture. Meanwhile, I have a lot of respect for Americans because at least a third, probably even three fifths, of them are actively resisting multinational corporations.

And yes, I hate European neoliberals far more than I hate American neoliberals. European neoliberals are everything bad that they accuse Americans of being. They call Americans fat, lazy, loud, obnoxious, stupid and uncultured. While there are a lot of Americans who are like that, those caricatures European neoliberals have of Americans only apply to a small minority. But here in Ireland, my family sits around watching mostly American TV and movies. The only time they watch Irish television is when they watch sport, the news, talk shows or Father Ted (which was coproduced in Ireland and the UK). Admittedly, most Irish television is trash unless you are fluent in the Irish language, but most television in general is trash. Don’t forget that a lot of Irish liberals have strong anti-American sentiment that has toned down only slightly because Biden was elected, despite how these same liberals:

  • get food McDonalds, Domino's and KFC are in Ireland, which are not healthy and are based in the US.
  • have accounts on American social media firms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Nothing wrong with that, but they spend too much time on these platforms.
  • have iPhones. Well, more than half of them do. I do have an iPhone, and I’m happy with it, but Apple is an American company.
  • watch Hollywood blockbuster movies, which were made in America.
  • dream about visiting New York City, which is one of the last places in America I’d consider visiting.
  • adopt fads that started in America, like being non-binary or gothic.
  • call Americans intolerant, but stop speaking to you if you express an opinion they don’t like.

These people are so clueless. They are turning Ireland and other European countries into what they imagine America is like. Meanwhile, most of America is not like that all. Most of America is free, hardworking, self-sufficient, big into community building, neighbourly, open to debate, willing to agree to disagree, responsible and spiritually healthy. Traits that should exist in every country. Of course, because that America tends to exist outside of NYC, LA, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Philadelphia, Irish liberals are unaware that this America exist, or dismiss that kind of America as being "racist and homophobic". I will be quick to admit that I don’t know much about America, because I have been to America. But I have listened to Americans from across America, rather than base my perception of it off of films and TV shows produced in LA, Atlanta, NYC or Miami. And if I was to visit America, I’d do a guided tour across different states to get a broader perspective rather than visit just one city.