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Aureus · 2020-07-04T21:21:34+00:00

Yo, OP finna boutta get dabbed on.

Aureus · 2020-07-10T05:42:34+00:00

To be fair... OP was posting "Libertarianism debunked" to +Libertarianism, Soviet propaganda songs to +Gardening, and "This website FUCKING SUCKS" to +General. The downvotes kind of make sense.

Aureus · 2020-06-29T21:28:35+00:00

It was inevitable the admins would ban any sub not fitting their SJW agenda. I think the backup is /s/GenderCritical

Aureus · 2020-04-15T04:43:32+00:00

This is the right move. The WHO made so many mistakes, they are almost directly responsible for the current pandemic.

Aureus · 2020-08-01T22:00:57+00:00

One massive issue is young men being neglected - never being taught how to be confident, functional, self-sufficient men. Worse, modern culture isn't just letting them fend for themselves, but feeding them the wrong advice, on top of the demonization they already see.

The comments from this thread are really illuminating. Several commenters seem aware of the root cause:

Why is anime such a mainstay among these people? Not just trans people, or non-binary people, but so many people who otherwise have anxiety, depression, poor social skills, etc.? I can't say I've ever met anyone in my daily life who has a strong fondness for anime like these people. Or really anyone who has a moderately well-paying job, confidence, and good social skills.

Before transitioning to become a cute anime girl they could oh idk lose weight or build muscle, research how to dress smart, practice good hygiene, and be physically active with hobbies outside the internet and see if that helps their crippling self esteem and depression? It’s never a functional person fantasizing about this shit it’s always someone who doesn’t take care of themselves.

Compare this sound and practical advice versus the advice you might hear from the woke crowd, or even from mainstream culture:

"Men should get a moderately well-paying job" vs "Don't feel pressured to get a well-paying job, follow your passions over your career, do what you love" "Men focusing on a high-paying career is a sign of toxic masculinity"
"Men should lose weight and build muscle" vs "Looks don't matter" "Big is beautiful" "Men having to be muscular is a sign of toxic masculinity"
"Men should be physically active with hobbies outside the internet" vs "Just be yourself" "Men being into sports is a sign of toxic masculinity"

Mainstream advice pushes acceptance when it should be pushing challenge. Hearing things like "men should build muscle, men should go for that high-paying job, men should go out even if they'd rather sit inside all day" makes a lot of people uncomfortable, but it's what young men desperately need to hear.

We can have a society that treats young men with kid gloves, never tells them to do anything specific beyond "just be yourself" and "be nice", and never builds or challenges them because we're afraid of "offending" someone. Then we can watch as they drift aimlessly, never develop any skills or source of confidence, and eventually become depressed socially anxious wrecks. The trans cult offers them a way out - a way to be valued when no one else values them, not even themselves. Who can watch this happen, and then wonder why trans ideology is booming?

This Jordan Peterson video, while a bit graphic, is a good summary of what I'm getting at. But it's the opposite of what young men are hearing nowadays.

Aureus · 2020-07-20T15:49:00+00:00

Utopia

Aureus · 2020-07-12T16:42:20+00:00

I'm perfectly fine with GC. My only concerns would be if SaidIt admins themselves start banning subs or users they don't like, or if mods of "neutral" default subs start doing that. GC is within its rights

Aureus · 2020-07-04T01:53:59+00:00

I agree that the media is hyping it up, and the lockdowns are terrible for the economy. But there is literally no cost in social distancing or wearing a mask.

Aureus · 2020-06-29T21:48:18+00:00

Wow, incredible summary.

In reality, simply holding a centrist liberal view from circa 2005 was enough to get one branded a "far-right extremist".

100% agree with this. It's insane.

Aureus · 2020-09-06T18:16:40+00:00

Aureus · 2020-08-17T20:47:47+00:00

I can't see how anyone would want to vote for Biden. Even liberals have admitted he doesn't have a real fanbase.

Aureus · 2020-08-17T06:37:42+00:00

Shit, don't mean to ruin your day but looks like the spammers are back. This time they're on a "u" name.

Their usernames are all sequential words, made around the same time. There must be a way to use that against the spammers, maybe identify and ban them pre-emptively.

Don't sweat it though, if this is keeping you up you should get some sleep. SaidIt can survive a little spam for a few hours.

Aureus · 2020-08-17T06:10:04+00:00

Thank you for removing it! It looks like the spammer got tired anyways. I appreciate everything you do for the site.

If the spam resumes or gets really bad, maybe have a short-term moratorium on creating new accounts? Not a perfect fix, but it would get the job done.

Aureus · 2020-07-28T00:42:05+00:00

Don't bother debating with SJWs unless undecided bystanders are watching, who might be persuaded by what you have to say.

SJWs will never change their mind, no matter how many facts you provide. Debating them is a waste of your precious time.

Aureus · 2020-07-20T16:12:58+00:00

Would you say that this counts?

Meet Marvel's First Transgender Hero: 12-Year-Old 'Mighty' Rebekah

Rebekah was only 10 years old when the Trump administration rolled back its protections for transgender students — but she, as a transgender student, felt compelled to act on behalf of herself and her community.

“I can change the world," Rebekah asserted in a new episode of Marvel's Hero Project, a Disney Plus series that profiles youth who are making a difference.

A native of New Jersey, she and her family partnered with organizations like Garden State Equality to give speeches and demonstrate that trans people are not the villains that the federal government and right-wing media make them out to be.

To enact change on a local level and change hearts and minds, Rebekah even appeared before the New Jersey legislature to lobby for Assembly Bill 1335, legislation that would mandate LGBTQ history curriculum in public schools.

“I’ve never seen myself in the history they’re teaching," Rebekah told legislators, pointing to LGBTQ figures like Harvey Milk, Marsha P. Johnson — and possibly, one day, herself — as figures that young people need to learn about.

Her voice made a difference. N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed the bill into law in February, and LGBTQ-inclusive lessons will begin next year.

The episode of Marvel's Hero Project also shows her coming-out journey. She articulated that she was trans by age 8, when her mother outlined the LGBTQ acronym after a search for gender-nonconforming bathing suits.

Aureus · 2020-07-20T06:45:08+00:00

This is really interesting. Thanks for posting.

Aureus · 2020-07-15T07:56:38+00:00

Thanks for making this thread OP.

Aureus · 2020-07-11T04:25:58+00:00

That is a terrible idea.

Nothing will fundamentally change if Biden is elected. Most of America sees him as Obama 2.0 - i.e. their response to him will be the same as what happened with Obama. Which is to say, nothing.

Aureus · 2020-07-09T05:28:19+00:00

This is an excellent resource, thanks!

Do you have any other tips on alternatives you'd be willing to share?

Aureus · 2020-07-09T00:06:30+00:00

"Reddit has crossed the line. They have succumbed to a culture of censorship. We will never forget the day they took down /r/BigChungus."

More seriously, you might just make a generic statement about censorship. You could also say how the new reddit rules openly allow hate against "the majority". You could link to /r/WatchRedditDie or /r/Reclassified.

But someone who would dismiss the censorship as "oh, well it's just right-wingers and transphobe feminists getting banned" probably can't be swayed anyways.

Aureus · 2020-07-08T17:20:12+00:00

If you're interested in boycotting these terrible companies, check out my thread here!

You can also join the Matrix chatroom here to keep the discussion going: https://riot.im/app/#/room/!KnzRAdGMqbdEjFwSXx:matrix.org?via=matrix.org

Aureus · 2020-07-08T01:01:29+00:00

Is there an archive of this?

Aureus · 2020-07-08T00:59:34+00:00

People with don't want to live in a Maoist dystopia need to leave California. I don't understand why more people aren't doing it.

Aureus · 2020-07-01T14:34:32+00:00

I disagree. Keep using reddit, twitter, and youtube, and spread the messages you were before, for these reasons:

1) If you stop using them, you're censoring yourself worse than they can censor you. You're preventing your message from reaching the mainstream.

2) If these platforms didn't see us as a problem for them, they wouldn't be trying to ban us.

3) Using a free platform isn't the same as buying a product or service. By using these websites and blocking their ads, you are actually draining their resources rather than helping them.

Aureus · 2020-06-29T20:55:50+00:00

Thanks so much! This is really important and a good guide.

Aureus · 2020-03-22T02:44:31+00:00

This article is excellent. Thank you for sharing it

Aureus · 2021-08-12T08:41:59+00:00

These "feminist" shills were the strongest supporters of the T in the first place. The fact that they realize they were wrong but refuse to let go of the hateful dogma that got them here in the first place is enfuriating and I will not ally with them.

This is basically my opinion as well. I have a great write-up about it here. I was tepid about it then but now I'm absolutely sure of it.

Feminism built the institutions, voted for the politicians, developed the ideology, and pioneered the strategies that the trans movement now uses in their gambit for cultural dominance. Tactics like deplatforming, cancel culture, and safe spaces did not come out of the ether. They were developed and widely used by feminism, and feminism is now being hoisted by its own petard.

Aureus · 2021-01-02T08:32:47+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, but many of the accounts I want to follow aren't on Gab. Gab is a much smaller platform and doesn't benefit from the huge network effect that Twitter has.

Aureus · 2020-12-13T07:37:54+00:00

Thanks for posting this here!

I'm watching it now, but could you give a quick summary on what this video is about and what you like about it?

Aureus · 2020-10-26T07:17:47+00:00

Hey, thanks for mentioning me. I totally agree with your post btw. It's a shame it's not getting the appreciation it deserves.

I haven't been active on this site for some time for exactly the reasons you describe. The only advantage a site like this could have over others is quality discussion and content, but very few seem interested in posting that. The majority of content is recycled political news. The number of users interested in quality discussion is so small that it would almost be more efficient to make a private IRC channel or Element channel or something.

I'm not sure how to fix the issues you bring up. I totally agree with limiting link posts though. I'm open to discuss any of this if you're interested.

Aureus · 2020-10-26T07:03:51+00:00

Very well said.

Aureus · 2020-10-02T01:52:48+00:00

What is the best way to boycott Mozilla over this? Does Firefox make any money from its users, or is it purely donation-based?

Aureus · 2020-09-28T16:10:53+00:00

Looks interesting, thanks for making this sub.

Aureus · 2020-09-28T14:20:12+00:00

Send the ISP a letter asking about this (and the other websites that were blocked) and saying that you might cancel if the issue isn't fixed.

Aureus · 2020-09-21T23:25:21+00:00

Cool post!

Aureus · 2020-08-25T16:00:33+00:00

What do you predict will happen if Biden gets elected?

Aureus · 2020-08-20T04:26:11+00:00

Just had a random thought.

I think a lot of these corporations and governments are working overtime to turn this into a racial issue, rather than a police brutality issue. Making it a racial issue skirts around defunding the police, and allows corporations to donate big bucks to racial charities rather than anti-police ones (as most have).

Aureus · 2020-08-17T22:06:07+00:00

A little bit, but not as much as I should - do you think we should get several people together to help promote this?

Aureus · 2020-08-17T21:57:43+00:00

That would be awesome, thanks!

Aureus · 2020-08-17T21:55:23+00:00

Great resource! More people should be using open-source phones

Aureus · 2020-08-17T18:26:59+00:00

Thanks, hopefully it will get a lot of traction here!

Aureus · 2020-08-17T05:38:00+00:00

Thanks!

Aureus · 2020-08-17T05:36:21+00:00

What?

That already happens. The media spins bullshit about conservatives 24/7. Alarmingly, often the state does too.

Meanwhile, both the media and the state bend over backwards to cover for those on the left. I remember the CNN anchor who called the riots "mostly peaceful" while standing in front of a burning building. Or the mayor of Seattle, who called CHOP "the summer of love" not long before the protesters shot a 14-year-old.

Conservatives know what it feels like to be targeted by the media and authoritarians in government. Liberals and leftists don't.

You remember when conservatives were protesting the lockdowns, abiding by all laws and often maintaining social distancing by staying in their cars, and Democratic governors condemned them as dangerous maniacs? Then a few months later, when mobs started setting fires to cities and assaulting people, the same governors praised them as "peaceful protesters" and let them get off scot-free?

If you can't see this now, you're just willfully ignorant.

Aureus · 2020-08-17T00:58:36+00:00

This is an excellent article! You should repost this to /s/Activism, I'm trying to compile resources for people leaving tyrannical major cities.

Aureus · 2020-08-17T00:54:29+00:00

It's hard to tell but I'm not 100% sure he's a liberal. Mainstream liberals wouldn't reference the riots at all, or if they did, they would try to justify them or even portray them as "necessary".

This is his position in the article:

And then in June, during rioting and looting a second wave of NYC-ers (this time me) left. I have kids. Nothing was wrong with the protests but I was a little nervous when I saw videos of rioters after curfew trying to break into my building.

The rioting and looting caused him to leave the city. That sounds like a condemnation to me - he stops short of criticizing the protests, but he exposes and criticizes the real problem of rioters. He could be a centrist or someone trying to cover his ass since any criticism of the protests gets you cancelled.

he just cuts and runs like a coward.

At the very least, he is no longer paying taxes to and thus passively supporting New York City. I would never shame someone who left NYC as "cutting and running".

Aureus · 2020-08-15T21:08:41+00:00

You should also post this to /s/Activism!

Aureus · 2020-08-15T20:07:16+00:00

I don't know about that. Consider heroes like Shavarsh Karapetyan, a champion swimmer who happened to be jogging by a lake when he saw a bus fall in and start to sink. He immediately dove into the water and managed to save 20 people.

Would the world really be "the same" if he hadn't been there, and those 20 people had drowned in the bus? I don't think so.

Aureus · 2020-08-15T19:51:47+00:00

I don't 100% agree with your later sentences, but I totally agree that this poem is wrong. The poem basically says human life has no value.

Aureus · 2020-08-09T21:42:26+00:00

Decent post. It's not men telling themselves "women are men" though... it's woke culture that says "women are men" and pushes this on young people. Especially on reddit

Aureus · 2020-08-09T21:39:55+00:00

Based.

Aureus · 2020-08-02T19:41:45+00:00

Do it and post it here!

Aureus · 2020-08-02T18:57:21+00:00

This is a big reason why I made the /s/PredictTheFuture sub. I think there are some predictions that have been made over and over without coming true. It would be good for people to see which ones pan out vs which don't.

Aureus · 2020-08-02T04:03:14+00:00

There are young (and old) men out there who think their feelings = reality.

That's not "self-worth", just delusion. Woke progressivism is what's giving them that delusion.

A perfect comparison would be to religious zealots. Religious zealots have been known to whip themselves, starve themselves, even kill themselves for their belief. Zealots remove all trace of their individual personality and subjugate themselves to an ideology. How can such an individual have "self-worth"? Who are they assigning worth to? Not their self - their body is harmed and their personality is subjugated to the religion they follow. Their ideology gets the worth, not their self.

Telling a zealot he has "too much ego" will not shake his belief in God. He may even agree with you, go home to whip himself some more, with his faith only strengthened because of it. His delusion is not due to too much ego, but too little. He has turned himself into an empty vessel, a blank slate, a zombie to be controlled by another. He has no personality of his own, just an ideology where one is supposed to be.

Doesn't this behavior remind you of TiMs? TiMs are complete zealots about trans ideology. TiMs destroy their bodies and brainwash themselves for this ideology. Can you really look at such a person and say, "This is a person with a lot of self-respect"?

What kind of person joins a cult? Is it usually a headstrong person who refuses to be bossed around by anyone? Or is it usually a lonely desperate person, with no self-esteem, looking for some sense of meaning in their lives and for someone to tell them what to do?

TL;DR: A male who hates himself and wants to chop off his dick does not have "too much masculine self-worth". Going after his self-worth even more will just reinforce his delusion that much harder.

Aureus · 2020-08-01T20:44:57+00:00

What do you expect the local collapse to look like? What will happen?

Aureus · 2020-08-01T20:41:48+00:00

I don't think storing dry goods and canned food is wrong. It can even be smart if you're saving money and preparing for a rainy day.

My issue is with preppers who expect a cataclysmic event to happen "any day now" and make no effort to create a life for themselves outside of that. At the very least, you should be starting a family and involving yourself in a community.

I agree that we are looking more at a slow decline rather than a sudden fall. Because of that, people should be improving themselves and their communities, and strengthening the next generation, rather than expecting everything to collapse overnight.

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