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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks
Yes, yes, we have a thread that has touched on these topics, but the 'What did Trump do now' thread has become unwieldy.
The article above, while not exactingly correct in it's timeline of 4chan, raises some very interesting points about the sociological motivations behind a lot of the trolling "culture" that has grown exponentially. As a former 16 year angsty troll, I absolutely thought that women would never want anything to do with me, that metal music and video games were solely the domain of men, and that casually saying 'f@g' or 'whore' as insults were funny and shouldn't be construed as sexist or homophobic. Some strong cognitive dissonance there, huh?
But I was also 16, and have grown far past such myopia. The question is, why haven't others? I know we have some MAGA/MRA types on the board, and I would appreciate some honest discussion about the points raised in the article. I legitimately have a list, but let's see if things come up organically.
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link was tl:dr atm
saying *** is perfectly acceptable as long as you say it right
the left wants to continue to pretend that it can only ever be a homophobic slur, ignoring the fact that *** has been used in other ways for a very long time now
they essentially rule out any other possible interpretation of the word, despite colloquial use, because ultimately their dictionary is derived from their ideology rather than from a genuine attempt to communicate honestly
as neo-stalinist swine, they predictably assert that reality must conform to ideology, and incessantly work to stamp out, shame and silence any signs of evidence to the contrary