The problem isn't feminism. The problem is that some people use the label "feminist" to con people out of money, much like others use religion for the same purpose. If their con job is called out, they call prosecution and play the misogynist card as a thought-terminating cliché, hoping (often successfully) that their narrative will work.
This is the main problem feminism currently has, especially with its own supporters.
What community? "The internet community" was maybe (BIG maybe) a thing 25 years ago when it took more than half a brain cell to connect and maybe another one to get the various tools to work to actually get a two-way communication going. Back then webpages and being able to start Netscape meant that you can read someone's opinion, not that you yourself could voice yours.
Today, there is no "internet community". The internet is filled with the same shitty no-brain bastards that littered the meatspace with their idiocy, thanks to plenty of ways to spew your unfounded, uneducated and utterly ridiculous opinions onto a world wide audience. Have you been on YouTube lately? The only "private" content you'll find (opposite to corporate content like music videos) is harebrained conspiracy and answer videos debunking them. This has exactly zero to do with what the 'net community has been about back when it was mostly composed of people whose first association of Spam wasn't canned meat.
We let the masses in. Yes, that was a mistake and I'm honestly sorry for it. So in a way you can blame us for these idiots being here. I agree. But don't pretend as if these double-digit IQ imbeciles form some sort of "community".
We have built a free, decentralized and uncontrollable network. But we won't make the mistake twice to let the masses in and destroy it again. You were threatened by the free internet we gave you and you let the government in to control it. So be it. But now you get to live in it. You wanted a nanny instead of learning to fend for yourself, now live with it.
Well, maybe employers will finally notice that just because a bunch of internet trolls get worked up over someone, whether that someone "deserves" it in the eyes of some assholes, this ain't no reason to fire him or her.
If you talk on your private account exclusively about private matters, I can very well see how your views expressed there are yours and yours alone. I doubt your employer (or people caring about who you work for) is bothered by you not liking your pet's doctor because your pooch still got worms after alleged de-worming or you trash talking your kids' elementary teacher 'cause that's the only possibility your genius offspring gets Fs.
It's VERY different when your "private" account talks about work related stuff and your followers are more likely than not following you because of your twitter talking near exclusively about your work.
Making a language the "most popular" one because it out-bred everyone isn't saying much. Languages have a history and make a development, even an evolution if you so will, they have roots and they split up and form family trees. English is part of the Germanic language family, along with Swedish, Danish, German, Dutch and a few others. Originally they all had three grammatical genders, but some had rather interesting changes during time. Swedish for example merged male and female genders.
I wonder if anyone ever made a study about the grammatical genders used in a language and the social situation in societies using those languages.
This is maybe the reason why there is way less talk about a "gendered" language around these parts. Grammatical gender has way less connection to sexual gender. in those languages.
Germans are pragmatic. Instead of trying to change the language and pretend they change the condition, they'd rather just change the condition. I.e. instead of creating gendered language and making certain "hurtful" words a nono, they simply made gay marriage and third genders a legal fact.
In the end, someone will have to own something. And that's what you tax. If you try to circumvent taxes, a crafty state can always find ways. The question is only whether a government WANTS to tax something, because they invariably can.
Bad example. German is completely bonkers with its articles. The table is male, the milk is female, so "The girl puts the milk on the table" is literally "it puts her on him" in German.
Then finally we'll have the squeaky clean, wholesome news on the internet that we have had on traditional media for the longest time, which were so bland that people actually preferred being lied to by fake news than having to endure them anymore.
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Odd. What magic trick makes my apostrophes work out?
I can see why, that "â(TM)" instead of ' looks silly.
The problem isn't feminism. The problem is that some people use the label "feminist" to con people out of money, much like others use religion for the same purpose. If their con job is called out, they call prosecution and play the misogynist card as a thought-terminating cliché, hoping (often successfully) that their narrative will work.
This is the main problem feminism currently has, especially with its own supporters.
She was "a bit rude"?
Sure. And Trump is a bit inconsiderate in his speeches.
What community? "The internet community" was maybe (BIG maybe) a thing 25 years ago when it took more than half a brain cell to connect and maybe another one to get the various tools to work to actually get a two-way communication going. Back then webpages and being able to start Netscape meant that you can read someone's opinion, not that you yourself could voice yours.
Today, there is no "internet community". The internet is filled with the same shitty no-brain bastards that littered the meatspace with their idiocy, thanks to plenty of ways to spew your unfounded, uneducated and utterly ridiculous opinions onto a world wide audience. Have you been on YouTube lately? The only "private" content you'll find (opposite to corporate content like music videos) is harebrained conspiracy and answer videos debunking them. This has exactly zero to do with what the 'net community has been about back when it was mostly composed of people whose first association of Spam wasn't canned meat.
We let the masses in. Yes, that was a mistake and I'm honestly sorry for it. So in a way you can blame us for these idiots being here. I agree. But don't pretend as if these double-digit IQ imbeciles form some sort of "community".
No, you still have to become president first.
We have built a free, decentralized and uncontrollable network. But we won't make the mistake twice to let the masses in and destroy it again. You were threatened by the free internet we gave you and you let the government in to control it. So be it. But now you get to live in it. You wanted a nanny instead of learning to fend for yourself, now live with it.
Well, maybe employers will finally notice that just because a bunch of internet trolls get worked up over someone, whether that someone "deserves" it in the eyes of some assholes, this ain't no reason to fire him or her.
That's ok. Pants are "die Hose" (singular female noun).
If you talk on your private account exclusively about private matters, I can very well see how your views expressed there are yours and yours alone. I doubt your employer (or people caring about who you work for) is bothered by you not liking your pet's doctor because your pooch still got worms after alleged de-worming or you trash talking your kids' elementary teacher 'cause that's the only possibility your genius offspring gets Fs.
It's VERY different when your "private" account talks about work related stuff and your followers are more likely than not following you because of your twitter talking near exclusively about your work.
What makes you think that the 4chan trolls are gamers? Maybe the groups overlap, but they're by no means the same.
Here's a more graphic example to illustrate the problem: Should the victims of a suicide bomber be reimbursed from the assets said bomber had?
I'm supposed to install some bloated IDE just for syntax highlighting? Sorry, no sale.
Making a language the "most popular" one because it out-bred everyone isn't saying much. Languages have a history and make a development, even an evolution if you so will, they have roots and they split up and form family trees. English is part of the Germanic language family, along with Swedish, Danish, German, Dutch and a few others. Originally they all had three grammatical genders, but some had rather interesting changes during time. Swedish for example merged male and female genders.
I wonder if anyone ever made a study about the grammatical genders used in a language and the social situation in societies using those languages.
This is maybe the reason why there is way less talk about a "gendered" language around these parts. Grammatical gender has way less connection to sexual gender. in those languages.
Germans are pragmatic. Instead of trying to change the language and pretend they change the condition, they'd rather just change the condition. I.e. instead of creating gendered language and making certain "hurtful" words a nono, they simply made gay marriage and third genders a legal fact.
Being a SJW in Finland must suck, you can't try to invent a new gender neutral language because it's already there...
In the end, someone will have to own something. And that's what you tax. If you try to circumvent taxes, a crafty state can always find ways. The question is only whether a government WANTS to tax something, because they invariably can.
Working with people ain't that much better. You know the old joke:
Person at 20: Oh, I want to work with people!
Person at 30: Ya know, rocks are pretty cool as well...
No more inequality, all genders and races will be sacked equally.
Bad example. German is completely bonkers with its articles. The table is male, the milk is female, so "The girl puts the milk on the table" is literally "it puts her on him" in German.
Then finally we'll have the squeaky clean, wholesome news on the internet that we have had on traditional media for the longest time, which were so bland that people actually preferred being lied to by fake news than having to endure them anymore.
Ego waking. I have followers, ergo sum.
I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked! Now who would have thought that?
Maybe they could install a speaker and hire someone able to translate the gibberish?