sorted by:
new
hottopinsightfulfun

Anti-woke leftist looking for a place with less brain-rot. by [deleted] in Introductions

[–]aryngeous 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same here.

Proof that Reddit's banwave was extremely misogynistic by [deleted] in GenderCritical

[–]aryngeous 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There should be a law that says you can take down sexual pictures of yourself hosted by any third party website. There is absolutely NO excuse for any sexual images of anyone to be legally hosted online without their consent. The only exception I can think of would be legitimate works of art such as movies. However, I'm not too familiar with the Constitutional and legal issues surrounding this. I wish I was more informed.

Welcome to the new Gender Critical! by radfemanon in GenderCritical

[–]aryngeous 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am still on the outside looking in to Gender Critical. My views are essentially that trans women are women, but that there should be more room to discuss that cis women also have their own unique needs and language as well. I think that is not too far off JK Rowling's position, based on what she has written. What draws me here is there is support for women that you don't get in liberal feminism. I agree with GC on a few things, like women in sports and having certain spaces being cis women only. I'm mostly here to support women. I hope I won't be banned here.

I'll Vote Trump in the Election: Here's Why You Should Too by Tarrock in politics

[–]aryngeous 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

She's the only one who's promising freedom of everyone, instead of engaging in right/left identity politics. She's the only one running on traditional American values. That being said, I haven't decided yet. It's early days. I could still go for Biden. No way I'm going for Trump.

This site really is sad by baron_iw in Introductions

[–]aryngeous 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not either one. I am voting for either Biden or Jorgensen, and I think trans women are women.

But I thought r/GenderCritical had something to offer. There was a woman there who competed in athletics, who posted on social media that she thought it was unfair that she had to compete with trans women. That was all she said, nothing more. Her friends bullied and gaslighted her, and when she tried to post on r/twox, it was deleted. Keep in mind this was a reasonable opinion to have not that long ago. If she had not found r/GenderCritical, she would have had absolutely no support. Similarly, another woman was raped by a trans acquaintance and all her friends didn't believe her and kicked her out of her friend circle. She was very depressed at losing the friends she'd known since being a teenager, after being raped. r/GenderCritical was the only place she could find support. Now, that space is gone.

I am also very concerned about Reddit's policy of disallowing hate but allowing it against "majority" groups, which I assume means men / white people. This isn't the liberalism I grew up with. I'm still the same liberal I was 10 years ago. Nothing has changed. And I don't think it's sustainable. You can't allow one sided hate speech without it being reciprocated.

I'm sure that Reddit is smug and confident that sites like this won't win out. Because we don't have the "network effect" and they have the first mover advantage. There were many Reddit alternatives that emerged in the years. One of the first ones, Imzy, was believe it or not from the left. So this site may well die, but I'm willing to give it a chance for the time being. I'm not at all against censorship of advocating violence or other very extreme views, but the way Reddit is going about it isn't right. They seem to be listening to a very narrow segment of activists.

Reddit and Hate Speech by ManWithABanana in MeanwhileOnReddit

[–]aryngeous 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Based on how you interpret it, virtually everyone is in the majority. Hetero people are a majority. Cis people are a majority. Non-disabled people are a majority. 99% of the population is in some majority or other, and thus liable to be attacked. What he really means is that it doesn't protect majority identities. But virtually no one is actually protected as a person from this rule.

I'll Vote Trump in the Election: Here's Why You Should Too by Tarrock in politics

[–]aryngeous 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Please don't. The guy is President already and the censorship/woke politics hasn't gotten better, it's only gotten worse and will continue to get worse. He's part of the problem because he does the same thing from the other side. Also, because he's so terrible a lot of reasonable people who recoil from woke politics (which is the vast majority) still side with the far left.

What we need is a reasonable third alternative. I'm considering voting for Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian candidate.