Its an image comparing a woman’s body to property. Pointing out how much it sucks to post something like that isnt “friendly fire”, its the only appropriate way to respond.
I pretty regularly see people comment or post sexist shit here, which isnt surprising given a huge amount of the users came from reddit. We all have stuff to unpack, including me. But when you see stuff like that you call it out.
It’s a little unreal to me that with half of lemmy I have to argue there isn’t a secret fascist psyop any time someone doesn’t agree with them, and then I apparently also have to explain that no, people on lemmy ARE in fact very capable of sexism (that is largely a vent in general, and my frustration about the former half is not directed at you. Its just disorienting the range of conceptions about who this platform is made out of)
Even if everyone on this platform is a leftist (which is not the case, there are plenty of liberals), peoples political ideology does not make them immune to carrying the social conditioning of growing up in a society that sees some folks are more or less legitimate, autonomous humans than others. Leftists are 1000% capable of sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and all manner of other harmful internalized ideas.
Why the hell would people on lemmy not be capable of sexism? I saw someone post some sexist shit like literally yesterday. I politely pointed out that it was innapropriate and they took the post down.
Deciding maybe Bernie has a point that billionaires have too much money doesnt equate to having unpacked all the harmful cultral bullshit you pick up as normal in society. Don’t compare women to property. And calling it out when someone does that isn’t “friendly fire”. If they didn’t have any shit to unpack they wouldn’t post something like that.
Sorry for the wall of text, I’m tired of people hiding from unpacking their garbage while saying harmful things to the spaces I care about.
Women deserve to be able to come here and not feel like this spaces sees them as lesser humans whose humanity is only legitimate when they are gratifying enough to men. It’s a direct comparison to property, everyone here should be able to see thats wrong.
And then he doubled down and posted a meme that compares a tattooed black man to property.
I understand. I’m sure everyone has flown off the handle from time to time. I certainly have. I’m honestly just concerned. Your post felt like someone who is experiencing a great deal of stress probably from more than one source. You really should find a way to reflect and give yourself a little room to breathe. Give your mind some space to relax and expand. It’s abundantly clear that you mean well but when you become over invested in the massive amount of problems in the world out there it’s possible for one begin to neglect ones self. Take care ok?
I’m doing just fine lol, I’m just very long winded.
I care about this space, and I care that folks can feel respected when they come here. To me that means calling out bad behavior when you see it, and if you have to explain why it’s bad behavior then you explain.
Its an image comparing a woman’s body to property. Pointing out how much it sucks to post something like that isnt “friendly fire”, its the only appropriate way to respond.
I pretty regularly see people comment or post sexist shit here, which isnt surprising given a huge amount of the users came from reddit. We all have stuff to unpack, including me. But when you see stuff like that you call it out.
It’s a little unreal to me that with half of lemmy I have to argue there isn’t a secret fascist psyop any time someone doesn’t agree with them, and then I apparently also have to explain that no, people on lemmy ARE in fact very capable of sexism (that is largely a vent in general, and my frustration about the former half is not directed at you. Its just disorienting the range of conceptions about who this platform is made out of)
Even if everyone on this platform is a leftist (which is not the case, there are plenty of liberals), peoples political ideology does not make them immune to carrying the social conditioning of growing up in a society that sees some folks are more or less legitimate, autonomous humans than others. Leftists are 1000% capable of sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and all manner of other harmful internalized ideas.
Why the hell would people on lemmy not be capable of sexism? I saw someone post some sexist shit like literally yesterday. I politely pointed out that it was innapropriate and they took the post down.
Deciding maybe Bernie has a point that billionaires have too much money doesnt equate to having unpacked all the harmful cultral bullshit you pick up as normal in society. Don’t compare women to property. And calling it out when someone does that isn’t “friendly fire”. If they didn’t have any shit to unpack they wouldn’t post something like that.
Jesus bruh.
Sorry for the wall of text, I’m tired of people hiding from unpacking their garbage while saying harmful things to the spaces I care about.
Women deserve to be able to come here and not feel like this spaces sees them as lesser humans whose humanity is only legitimate when they are gratifying enough to men. It’s a direct comparison to property, everyone here should be able to see thats wrong.
And then he doubled down and posted a meme that compares a tattooed black man to property.
I understand. I’m sure everyone has flown off the handle from time to time. I certainly have. I’m honestly just concerned. Your post felt like someone who is experiencing a great deal of stress probably from more than one source. You really should find a way to reflect and give yourself a little room to breathe. Give your mind some space to relax and expand. It’s abundantly clear that you mean well but when you become over invested in the massive amount of problems in the world out there it’s possible for one begin to neglect ones self. Take care ok?
I’m doing just fine lol, I’m just very long winded.
I care about this space, and I care that folks can feel respected when they come here. To me that means calling out bad behavior when you see it, and if you have to explain why it’s bad behavior then you explain.
Hope you have a lovely day ☺️