Do you know what a strawman is?
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Agreed on the first point. But even in progressive circles I hardly ever actually see this kind of behavior. Rather we want it to be a thing because it’s so satisfying to dunk on those ignorant and self-righteous morons.
So it’s been memed hard to the point that the term has become a favorite tool of right-wing pundits pushing culture war narratives.
Just something to consider as we accept and reinforce the trope.
Great, let’s mindlessly retread the right-wing’s favorite progressive strawmen for the lulz. Any other culture war bullshit I can feel smugly self-righteous over?
The actual complaints I see about cultural appropriation online are mostly directed at corporations trying to sell ethnic stuff. But that’s not as controversial.
The silly personal attacks are common in memes just like this one, serving as centrist strawmen to vilify progressives. People love to talk about and ridicule it so much that it seems a lot more common than it actually is.
Sharing culture isn’t cultural appropriation.
2·16 hours agoAnd the parties are never gonna give it up voluntarily.
Gotta be honest, i hardly ever use them on the Deck.
1·4 days agolmao why would the “representatives” care
Dems prefer it for the exact same reasons. It makes things so much easier for them.
2·6 days agogets attacked by a huge eagle and drops to low health
Heals himself by removing a bullet from of his arm
I want to say the same thing…
But then you have like every other corporation on earth doing the same, and most of them see their stock price soar.
17·8 days agoThey’re not sarcastic about these circumstances, but about how we as a society treat the people affected by them.
Though it’s fair if you don’t want to focus on that in this context.
4·8 days agoWhat good does that do as long as the internet is run by private corporations?
It’s Ramstein. And people are really fucking scared to upset the de facto rulers of NATO since the Russian invasion, as ironic as that might be considering Trump’s connections and resulting stance on NATO allies.
It is currently under legal review, though unfortunately caught up in Realpolitik and unlikely to go anywhere due to the government disbanding.
Fact is the center-right always has a bullshit reason to sit on their hands. They stopped the NPD review years ago saying they aren’t popular enough to be a threat. Now with AfD they say they’re too popular to be banned.
Institutions and laws are meaningless if they aren’t used as intended.
We’re talking about twitter as a company and platform, not twitter users.
Honey’s base business model probably falls apart without some linkjacking. You go to a website to buy something and it says no no go buy it from these people instead.
That’s not what Honey does.
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You think you can shoot your way out of this?
The first paragraph implies they’re the same thing.