Vortaxonus
@Jas
To quote:
“insanityallegra asked:
My biggest issue with family guy is Meg and how her treatment has steadily gotten worse over the years. Every single Meg abuse joke makes me really uncomfortable and reminds me a lot of a friend who’s unfortunately not with us anymore’s childhood, except a hell of a lot more over the top.
Lily Peet:
I suppose. I always got a certain degree of catharsis from it because I was the Meg in my family.”
“anonymous asked:
What do you think about the claim that “SJWs” are always getting offended on behalf of minorities who don’t want their input?
Lily Peet:
I’ve never actually seen that happen. What I HAVE seen (and frankly have absolutely no issue with) is conservative Friend Arguments like CHS, Milo and Carson being rightfully told to fuck right off.
This attitude started (as they always do) with Gamergate. Those cretins had a whole host of women, people of color, and LGBT people to try and shield them from accusations of being a bigoted harassment mob with “Not Your Shield.” The idea being that if you can find a few women to say you’re not misogynists, that somehow invalidates the opinions of the ten thousand other women who say you are.
It’s the Friend Argument of “Well I have a black/female/gay friend and they said they didn’t think it was bad!”
I’ve said this particular phrase before in regards to FeMRAs like CHS and Shoeonhead: A woman saying that she doesn’t like feminism doesn’t make feminism bad. It makes that woman an idiot. The right is very good at weaponizing their token Yes People, accusing anyone who dares criticize them of being the real bigot (”You called a woman a misogynist? According to feminism, doesn’t that make YOU the misogynist?!”).
While it’s a bad idea to presume you speak for an entire demographic of people, it’s also a bad idea to let a few deranged wingnuts try and speak for that entire demographic of people as well. And this Friend Argument bullshit is exactly what the right is trying to do, create a narrative where the left are the “real racists” trying to “speak for all minorities.”
As characterized by that one South-Park esque webcomic that I see people throwing around whenever this conversation comes up.
This is the problem with these SJew memes, like that “Ramp vs Stairs” talking point. Find me 10 instances of someone actually doing that, and I might be willing to entertain the idea. Until then, as far as I’m concerned, you’re are clearly bullshitting.”
To quote:
“insanityallegra asked:
My biggest issue with family guy is Meg and how her treatment has steadily gotten worse over the years. Every single Meg abuse joke makes me really uncomfortable and reminds me a lot of a friend who’s unfortunately not with us anymore’s childhood, except a hell of a lot more over the top.
Lily Peet:
I suppose. I always got a certain degree of catharsis from it because I was the Meg in my family.”
“anonymous asked:
What do you think about the claim that “SJWs” are always getting offended on behalf of minorities who don’t want their input?
Lily Peet:
I’ve never actually seen that happen. What I HAVE seen (and frankly have absolutely no issue with) is conservative Friend Arguments like CHS, Milo and Carson being rightfully told to fuck right off.
This attitude started (as they always do) with Gamergate. Those cretins had a whole host of women, people of color, and LGBT people to try and shield them from accusations of being a bigoted harassment mob with “Not Your Shield.” The idea being that if you can find a few women to say you’re not misogynists, that somehow invalidates the opinions of the ten thousand other women who say you are.
It’s the Friend Argument of “Well I have a black/female/gay friend and they said they didn’t think it was bad!”
I’ve said this particular phrase before in regards to FeMRAs like CHS and Shoeonhead: A woman saying that she doesn’t like feminism doesn’t make feminism bad. It makes that woman an idiot. The right is very good at weaponizing their token Yes People, accusing anyone who dares criticize them of being the real bigot (”You called a woman a misogynist? According to feminism, doesn’t that make YOU the misogynist?!”).
While it’s a bad idea to presume you speak for an entire demographic of people, it’s also a bad idea to let a few deranged wingnuts try and speak for that entire demographic of people as well. And this Friend Argument bullshit is exactly what the right is trying to do, create a narrative where the left are the “real racists” trying to “speak for all minorities.”
As characterized by that one South-Park esque webcomic that I see people throwing around whenever this conversation comes up.
This is the problem with these SJew memes, like that “Ramp vs Stairs” talking point. Find me 10 instances of someone actually doing that, and I might be willing to entertain the idea. Until then, as far as I’m concerned, you’re are clearly bullshitting.”
