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Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
That's an insane post. That principal is creating an environment where sexual assault is tolerated. He should be fired. That he's considering expelling her is mind-bending.
But the fact that this shit is upsetting, that it's been tolerated for too long -- it doesn't license us to degrade the language. These shorthand words that are appearing in the culture are turning serious conversations into binary conversations. You think Occupy had a point? You're an SJW. Are you straight and unaware of LGBT issues? You're CIS Male (dropped pejoratively). You think Kavanaugh's innocent? You're part of Rape Culture.
We seem to have a massive societal hard-on for categorizing people these days. You're this. He's that. She's this. You're thinking makes you X, Y, or Z. Here's how I identify you. Here is your group.
Rape Culture is an attempt - I think a failed one - to lump a ton of things under a single descriptive. We have untold numbers of words to describe the varying types of behavior comprising this societal rape denial. Why simplify? So we can fit something on Twitter? So we can blurt it out in a 30 second live hit on cable news?
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"Weather" is an attempt -- I think a failed one -- to lump a ton of things under a single descriptive. We have untold numbers of words to describe varying types of atmospheric conditions relating to temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation, etc., and if we need more we can always borrow from the Eskimos. Why simplify? So we can fit something on Twitter? So we can go to weather.com instead of compexmultiplecategoriesofatmosphericphenonema.com? Hello? Why do you think God invented browser bookmarks?
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