can't believe i was once a feminist and cared about the fate of "women"
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who the fuck is "women"
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"not being a feminist anymore" doesn't mean that i no longer care about the issues i cared about, nor does it mean i accepted any other group's view on the Female Question, though
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i loathe people who come to understand the shortcomings of their views and just abandon them wholesale then uncritically adopt a new one and promptly begin to mock the people who believe the same thing they just believed five minutes ago, they're pathetic
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Replying to @erin_nerung
Strong endorse. I think pretty much every view I've "given up" I still like agree with them on 80% of things other than specific tactics, I've just gone "Wait, shit, this is complicated" and taken on beliefs that they'd disagree with too.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki @erin_nerung
Not at all sure how, but it seems like we (society as abstract) should be encouraging finding synthesis in constructing new views more often.
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(Furthermore, it isn't as if we gained nothing from our time under more vitriolic belief systems, we learned a number of ways to expose the flaws in a lot of simple and semi-mantric arguments, and learnt to hold trust and skepticism in both hands when given new knowledge.)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
I think even with pretty bad views it's often worth trying to do synthesis, because you can look to the underlying pain they're rooted in and problems they're talking about without endorsing the solutions they want. Not always, mind, some views are just bad, but often.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki @erin_nerung
Yeah! Exactly this!!
Ash and Prime are a lot better at talking to certain people and understanding them thanks to those old days!0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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