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It's both funny and possibly scary to me how much this type of backlash will only grow further obstinant and deranged the more secular, and I guess nihilist, culture becomes. I like how you frame it at the end: "naturalize the objectively bizarre parts of the status quo." Naturalization is at the heart of conservative arguments, but the …
It's both funny and possibly scary to me how much this type of backlash will only grow further obstinant and deranged the more secular, and I guess nihilist, culture becomes. I like how you frame it at the end: "naturalize the objectively bizarre parts of the status quo." Naturalization is at the heart of conservative arguments, but the more culture progresses, the more they will have to force these arbitrary truisms on us, all under the guise of "it's just the way things are." In order for things to stay the same, things will have to change.
this, EXACTLY this. beautifully put.
So well put. Thank you. Would you mind if I use this as a perspective for the “outrage” expressed by conservatives every time an alternative is reported or presented? It’s always called bias but it’s not.
Of course! Go right ahead. If you also want to understand the "In order for things to stay the same, things will have to change" angle of conservatism, I highly recommend Corey Robin's "The Reactionary Mind." IMO, it's the best analysis I've read on Trumpism; from his perspective, conservatism can be best understood as anti-left or anti-progress, and they defend and rationalize existing hierarchies, from aristocracy to oligarchy.
Also, to shamelessly self-plug, I've written about how their worst fears of socialism are already a reality under capitalism:
https://thatguyfromtheinternet.substack.com/p/our-biggest-fears-of-a-soviet-dystopia
Thanks, Guy From the Internet. I’ll put in the order for the book tonight. Unfortunately, as an academic in Idaho I’ll go to prison if I follow any link with the word ‘Socialism’ in it. I’ll check it out next time I get to Washington. So, tomorrow.
Ugh, so much for academia being left-wing lol. Appreciate it Rick, and hope you enjoy the read.
Brooklyn and Bailey are both awoved Liberals and Feminists, they even released a "female empowerment" song a couple of years ago for fucks sake.
Similarly to Elizabeth Taylor, Jesica Jimpson and the wacho leader of Scientology Tom Cruise, all of them part of your ilk.
You Reactionary Liberals, hellbent on whipping up moral panics and witch hunts, over the so called "hypersexualisation" of popular media, should not even have nerve to push judgment on others in regards to the aforementioned issues.
The following video represents your ideology and movement swimmingly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blY5SGWEVY4
Utterly ridiculous.