My take is that it’s a rejection of the “high road” stance. That we have to be the better ones and don’t stoop to their level. Nothing is off limits when Trump is attacking people. The high ground hasn’t done anything positive. Besides that, people body shame Trump. His hair, his weight, his penis size. Call her a gold digging slut. There hasn’t been rules for years.
So we should reject the “high road” and start being mysogynistic? Not a fan. I’ll gladly shame them with some choice words, but in ways that won’t make me feel like I’m turning nazi myself.
Yes that’s how we beat the awful people who control the world!
Nothing causes lasting and meaningful political change like going for the low hanging and bigoted fruits! Let’s all be misogynistic for equality!
For the record, I don’t advocate that shitlib “high road” (AKA do nothing but argue procedure and deliver empty sound bites while fascists gradually stamp down every right and liberty owed to all people) either.
Be vicious towards the fascists. But be specific about it. Tell them exactly why they’re loathsome and what sort of treatment they deserve.
You don’t accomplish anything by slut shaming the awful wife of a misogynistic monster. It’s like mud wrestling with a pig.
Funny that we can reject the high-road when it comes to misogynistic or body shaming in our messaging, but not, say, when it comes to needlessly restraining actual action with norms and procedures that Republicans can and do break at every convenience.
If you successfully move people over with puritanical talking points, the party or whatever will get more puritanical. It also makes it easier for the other side to dismiss or counterattack if the other side is not puritanical. In this situation, it would be better to commend her “sex-positivity” or alternative lifestyle, relying on the other side’s dissapproval of such things, instead of framing it as “bad,” which kind of concedes that point.
Yeah so we should all give in to the lowest common denominator and allow ourselves to be dragged backwards by idiots and fools who can’t make compelling arguments.
My take is that it’s a rejection of the “high road” stance. That we have to be the better ones and don’t stoop to their level. Nothing is off limits when Trump is attacking people. The high ground hasn’t done anything positive. Besides that, people body shame Trump. His hair, his weight, his penis size. Call her a gold digging slut. There hasn’t been rules for years.
So we should reject the “high road” and start being mysogynistic? Not a fan. I’ll gladly shame them with some choice words, but in ways that won’t make me feel like I’m turning nazi myself.
Yes that’s how we beat the awful people who control the world!
Nothing causes lasting and meaningful political change like going for the low hanging and bigoted fruits! Let’s all be misogynistic for equality!
For the record, I don’t advocate that shitlib “high road” (AKA do nothing but argue procedure and deliver empty sound bites while fascists gradually stamp down every right and liberty owed to all people) either.
Be vicious towards the fascists. But be specific about it. Tell them exactly why they’re loathsome and what sort of treatment they deserve.
You don’t accomplish anything by slut shaming the awful wife of a misogynistic monster. It’s like mud wrestling with a pig.
Funny that we can reject the high-road when it comes to misogynistic or body shaming in our messaging, but not, say, when it comes to needlessly restraining actual action with norms and procedures that Republicans can and do break at every convenience.
I’m reasonable certain that OP, the lemmy shit poster, is not in fact a member of Congress.
If you successfully move people over with puritanical talking points, the party or whatever will get more puritanical. It also makes it easier for the other side to dismiss or counterattack if the other side is not puritanical. In this situation, it would be better to commend her “sex-positivity” or alternative lifestyle, relying on the other side’s dissapproval of such things, instead of framing it as “bad,” which kind of concedes that point.
Yeah so we should all give in to the lowest common denominator and allow ourselves to be dragged backwards by idiots and fools who can’t make compelling arguments.
Great advice /s