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[–] axont@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago (6 children)

A lot of chuds seem to believe the phrase "toxic masculinity" is referring to the entire concept itself as toxic rather than certain manifestations of masculinity. Or maybe they disagree that it can ever be toxic. Whatever who cares

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A lot of chuds seem to believe the phrase "toxic masculinity" is referring to the entire concept itself as toxic rather than certain manifestations of masculinity.

Certainly true of the more potato-brained of the hogs. I'm going to sound like an asshole for saying this but half of the working class are really really really not think-ey people, like seriously they barely think at all during their days. A lot of western marxism has this issue of coming from suburbia and well educated groups of people and they very naively (in a good way) think everyone thinks like them. This however is not the experience I have seen for myself in the bottom of society where people are guided far more by raw emotion and gliding through their days than by any real introspection, rationalisation or logical decision making. I love and sympathise with many of these people deeply but they are raw to put it nicely. There is a reason a vanguard is needed.

Concepts like toxic masculinity are too high, they're good arguments for the college educated and suburbanites but they do not reach many of the lower levels of the working class. This isn't helped by a kneejerk resistance to criticism that they have.

[–] ProudCascadian@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A lot of the working class in Russia were not think-ey people either. This is why I really study Lenin in regards to how he got to revolution.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right we have like, 2 levels that matter. One level is the organisers and one level is the average population. The organisers need to be at the very very highest level of theory while what is given to the working population needs to appropriately guide them for their level.

The right wing is currently much better at this than the left wing.

[–] ProudCascadian@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Yes I read Lenin. I believe in the vanguard party. I just have high social anxiety which prevents me from really meeting people a lot, so I make up for that by reading theory.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't think about it to hard. They haven't.

[–] agentant@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

They only think about being hard

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

They haven't actually read any feminist theory, so it is pointless to argue feminist points with them.

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They take these concept and assume they are stupid based on the name alone, while refusing to hear any explanations. R*pe culture, wage gap, patriarchy, many such cases. There is no point trying to explain it to them

[–] axont@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You've just made me realize so many things. That makes too much sense. These people are opposed to things based on the name alone and don't care to learn what things actually mean. One time I was arguing with a chud who was convinced the company FedEx is government owned because it had federal in the name.

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

One time I was arguing with a chud who was convinced the company FedEx is government owned because it had federal in the name.

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I remember there was this old dismissive phrase that feminists online liked to use and which made everyone angry - "it is not my job to educate you". I used to think this was a wrong approach, that you do actually need to actively educate people. But now I fully understand why they were saying it. There is no point in arguing with a literal C.H.U.D - a sub-sapient goblin-like creature who just crawled out of the sewer 10 seconds ago, and is now demanding you explain basic shit to it.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

They like the toxic kinds.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i have yet to see anything that supposedly differentiates gendered behavior that isn't toxic and/or bioessentialism.