Deliberately confusing the right to X with the right to *seek* X is a popular tool of abuse nowadays.
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@St_Rev No different from a child’s tantrum. -
@i_contemplate_ I'm probably thinking of the opposite case: like the pop-feminist tactic of portraying sexual interest in women... -
@i_contemplate_ ...as "entitlement" to their bodies. -
@St_Rev To be fair, isn’t that usually leveled against ‘fat shaming’ and advice that enhances female beauty w.r.t. male perspective? -
@i_contemplate_ I'm trying to pin down a principle that seems ubiquitous nowadays; that's just one example. -
@St_Rev Ah, got it. -
@i_contemplate_ It's a very common technique of eg nerd-shaming, cf. Scott Alexander's and Scott Aaronson's recent essays. -
@i_contemplate_ "I'd kinda like to have a girlfriend someday" "PRIVILEGED MALE ENTITLEMENT WHOOP WHOOP DESTROY" - 1 more reply
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@St_Rev uniting feature of magical thinking - confusion of levels, confusion of symbol with thing, confusion of speech with action -
@sarahdoingthing going to blow this up to poster size and use as wallpaper -
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev this sounds like magical thinkers are aspies who haven't yet grasped that NTs play fast and loose with language.
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@St_Rev it's an easy conclusion of it being sacred that people get what they want.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@St_Rev Even worse is when the "pursuit of happiness" is invokedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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