[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And your internal gender is something that you automatically just know? Have you always known? How?

It seems like at some point, some external reasons may have been involved.

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The Myth of the Central Park Five (www.thedailybeast.com)

I first read this excellent article many years ago. With the Central Park Five recently making speeches at the DNC, it seems timely. I find that it exposes the superficiality of contemporary public and political discourse, especially when contrasted with the systematic, detail-oriented nature of the legal process.

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

You are correct. I was only joking, lemmy.ml is officially a general purpose server and this community is meant for everybody. But nonetheless, lemmy.ml users tend to be very leftist.

I'm confused by the second part, are you referring to lemmy.ml or lemmy.world when you say this instance? If people are claiming that the Lemmy devs are right wing... wow.

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Nope. That's over at !asklemmy@lemmy.world. This is the Lemmy version of askMarxists

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

None of them are super active but here's what I found.

!budgetaudiophile@lemmy.world

!hifi@lemmy.world

!audiophile@lemmy.world

I just noticed that OP is from hexbear so they can't use lemmy.world communities.

Here's some more

!audioengineering@lemm.ee

!musicproduction@lemmy.ml

!audiophile@lemmy.ml

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm sorry that happened to you.

However, your anecdotal experience is just that. I have been subject to exponentially more racist abuse from black individuals than from individuals of any other race. Does that indicate to you that we should be "pushing back" against black racists? Obviously not, because my personal experience is not enough to draw any conclusions about society as a whole.

In fact, you're condescending me right now. You're implying that your personal judgment supercedes my rational argument. I provide sources and construct an argument, and you respond "this is news to me" (condescending and dismissing my argument) and proceed to explain that what I'm saying can't possibly be true, because it contradicts your personal viewpoint.

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's not my main argument, it's merely a supporting clause.

OP asserted that

white men will treat anyone of any other demographic as less than equals.

I countered that by pointing out that it's obvious that any human being tends to prefer people who they consider similar to themselves. That's my main argument.

And if that is true, then attempting to frame such behavior as particular to white men is just silly and unproductive.

I obviously can't definitively measure the amount of social stigma around white male prejudice, but I don't need to. I'm not saying that white men are definitely less biased than other demographics, I'm merely pointing out that it's a distinct possibility, even as you all indicate that they are the demographic most deserving of condemnation for such behavior.

Now, one could make the argument that even though white men may not be especially biased, the effects of their bias may have greater impacts on other demographics due to the disproportionate amount of power they collectively wield. I think that's a fair point, but it doesn't really hold any ethical implications, it's simply a description of a material reality.

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is a consistent and very unpleasant fact of the world that white men will treat anyone of any other demographic as less than equals.

Citation needed.

In all seriousness, I understand your point and respect you for trying to deconstruct the mechanics of privilege.

But I just factually disagree with your assertion. I would argue that every human being has an inherent preference for people that they perceive as similar to themselves in some way, and this can result in bias along racial or gender lines. However, this arguably applies less to white men than any other demographic, because such behavior is so consistently condemned and shamed when exhibited by white men.

In contrast, people of other demographics are less frequently made aware of their own biases, because calling it out has not been construed as some kind of ethical imperative, as it has with white men.

It's also well documented that women have a much stronger in-group bias compared to men.

In essence, women can be characterized as “If I am good and I am female, females are good,” whereas men can be characterized as “Even if I am good and I am male, men are not necessarily good.” This sex difference in cognitive balance suggests that a mechanism that promotes female preference in women does not similarly contribute to male preference for men.

https://rutgerssocialcognitionlab.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/9/7/13979590/rudmangoodwin2004jpsp.pdf

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 31 points 8 months ago

It was Dessalines. He has strong personal feelings about anime and especially lolicon, which is why hosting the anime community on lemmy.ml is an unwise choice, imho

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 26 points 11 months ago

declare on India

get bodied by UN coalition

max out at Saddam Hussein notoriety levels

not a World War, more of a Regional Shellacking

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Very strange argument. It seems like you're bad at those games and created some elaborate theory to rationalize it. Class based games require just as much, if not more, skill than non-class based games. As the number of classes increases, the total amount of knowledge required and variety of techniques available also tends to increase.

Professional players do optimize the fun out of a game, but that's totally unrelated to the point you were trying to make.

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Two millennia bruh. Jesus really do be based like that tho

[-] ashenblood@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Learning 3+ languages sounds like a lot of work. Colonizing the entire world so that you never have to learn a second language seems like the smarter move if you ask me 🧐

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