So I've seen this being circulated on Social Media, and it seems a bit off...

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It's a pretty old tumblr article, and I'm almost certain the OP was trolling, but a lot of people whom I know for certain take matters such as this seriously have been agreeing with these sentiments. Rather than get into an inevitable storm of shit and hate and rage when one side loses the argument on Facebook, I thought I'd do that exact thing here.

Not only do both assertions conflict with nearly every semi-respectable source for defining Sexism and Racism, but they're asserting something they seem to have made up as fact, without providing any further allowance for discourse to take place. People like this are contributing to the hindrance of modern Feminism and other Equality for Minority groups tbh.

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These kinds of intersectional feminists and social justice activists operate primarily through shutting discussion down, either through tactics like the progressive stack, no-platforming or altering the definitions of words to mean something specific and largely disagreeable to most people.

The worst part is that they act as if this is obvious. Obviously you can't be racist towards white people, because white people are a privileged group. But, predictably, if you ask them about the historically privileged position of the Ashanti people, or the current privileged position of the Akan people then you're met with accusations of shilling for colonialism.

Let's not fool ourselves as to who these people are for the most part: white, middle-class kids who have nothing better to do but fit their own narcissism into some epic narrative of hardship and eventual justice. Fuck them, and their moralisations.


 
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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
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The problem is that there are still tons of forms of sexism against women in our society, but all of that is put to the side and ignored while people focus on this intentionally inflammatory nonsense. There are idiots on tumblr, people who throw around buzzwords to try to fit in and be a part of something. But they're focusing on the wrong things, and doing it in the wrong way. They're actually negatively affecting the cause by widening the gap and turning people away from it, but that doesn't mean the cause doesn't exist.
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I really. Really. Do not enjoy that ease of distribution of which dumb ideas perpetrated by dumb people are allowed to spread in the age of the internet.  And that the younger generations only have half a functioning brain of which they gobble this fucking shit up.

Granted, the fools that trawl tumblr and facebook and whatever else are supposedly a minority. Although I doubt it to a degree since people lacking basic logic greatly outnumber those who don't.

Most insulting of all is that this garbage is spouted by first world youths and 30-something rejects who have access to the internet, and all the comfortable perks that first world status brings. And it's legitimately seeping into real world outlets.

This is the kind of shit that makes me want to beat somebody to death with a shovel.

But instead, I'm just going to point out something I always laugh about.

"White people."

The term is thrown around all the time as a terribly funny generalization that's actually ironic as fuck. Think about it. "White people." Which fucking white people?

White Canadians? White Americans? Those guys who are the colour white in Italy? Those guys who are the colour white in Japan? What the fuck even constitutes as a white person? Because I sure as fuck know if you asked that question to one of those bullshit spouting mongoloids, they'd say that a white japanese guy isn't white. He's Japanese.

I don't even know how they can manage mental gymnastics of that fucking caliber. They treat skin pigment as if it's an entire race but then when shown somebody who's white in any other country they'll more than likely deflect the statement by stating the person's ethnicity instead.

Ridiculous.




 
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No shit, if there was a paid profession with working hours and scheduled pay, and it involved going to the houses of the people who legitimately believe this shit, and creatively murdering them with whatever was in reach of your hand, I'd consider signing up.

It's one thing when this crap is on the internet, but at the rate that I've heard thinly veiled shit like this spouted on radio talk shows and the like is alarming to me.





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That's a valid point. I have been letting the stupidity take my attention away from matters that should really be more of a pressing concern on issues such as this.


 
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What has me curious though, is where exactly did this particular trend start? Or when? Or, probably the most important, why? Over the years I'd only ever heard of bits and pieces of feminism and seen just about as much, and then suddenly, over the last few years, say, five or so, this new wave/generation shit just started spilling out in pages just about wherever it could.

Not to say that the original feminist movement isn't still around or doing it's thing, but the new gen, splinter group of tumblr fuckheads are pretty god damn noisy in comparison, which really doesn't help the original movement whatsoever.


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What's more pathetic is even within the realms of their own narrative, men can still be victim to sexism. A patriarchal society tries to shape and control the roles of men just as much as it does women. Nothing about gender roles excludes the oppression men face for not filling traditional male roles.

It seems like these early 20's women all seem to speak from a general lack of perspective, and quite honestly are becoming a new brand of "womansplaining".

"Privilege is invisible to those who have it", indeed.