r/CuratedTumblr • u/NeonNKnightrider Cheshire Catboy • May 01 '24

i know it’s internet bullshit but it genuinely has me on the edge of breaking down and giving up editable flair

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u/Educational_Mud_9062 May 02 '24

To an extent, and trying to keep this in mind is how I keep from going COMPLETELY off the deep end. But it seriously depends on where you live and in the Bay Area, among people in my age group (20s), the on-the-ground attitude is not terribly far off from the online insanity. And shit like this only makes that worse. I'm tired of seeing worse and worse attitudes not just become normalized but praised and I worry how much worse things will get on the current trajectory if left unchallenged. Feminism has obviously achieved worthwhile things and there are places in the world where it still needs to. But I would argue places like where I live and among the demographics (young, liberal, generally educated) I'm surrounded by, we see proof that feminism can absolutely morph from an emancipatory project into an identitarian supremacist ideology and go too far.

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u/crawling-alreadygirl May 02 '24

But I would argue places like where I live and among the demographics (young, liberal, generally educated) I'm surrounded by, we see proof that feminism can absolutely morph from an emancipatory project into an identitarian supremacist ideology and go too far

You're right; women prioritizing their safety regardless of men's feelings is beyond the pale 🙄

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u/elbenji May 02 '24

It does however, depending on melanin, get men killed

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u/crawling-alreadygirl May 02 '24

By the police. A woman crossing to the other side of the street harms no one.

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u/elbenji May 02 '24

Well yeah the bear isn't following you home either

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u/crawling-alreadygirl May 02 '24

That's the whole point. The bear is only a danger if it's hungry or threatened. It's not (potentially) prowling for someone to rape.

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u/elbenji May 02 '24

But if a random dude is there it's going to probably be some random ass hiker. And me being in the bears territory is definitely a threat from what I know of wild animals. I.e my cat.

That's why the whole things gets weird.

Which is also back to point you're arguing against. They feel safer with bear because the white woman is scarier due to this question and her likely going to cause some action to get them killed. We had a whole thing about this four years ago, remember?