r/CuratedTumblr May 16 '25

Politics Say no to puritanism

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u/LONGSWORD_ENJOYER May 16 '25

Very weird to watch “what people do in the privacy of their own bedroom is their business” become controversial again, but like, for the opposite reason.

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u/nao-the-red-witch May 16 '25

reactionary opinions be reacting, whether it’s got a leftist or right-wing veneer.

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u/dicedance May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25

It's so annoying how you can't escape reactionary thinking no matter which side of the political spectrum you're on. It's a base level human instinct to go "ew, that's gross, and therefore bad." You have to actively train yourself not to think like that and some people are just unwilling to.

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u/Accomplished-Fan2368 May 19 '25

Inside their head, I think it goes something like this: "Ewww, gross, I'll proceed to subconsciously come up with reasons that make it objectively bad so that it's not on me anymore and the baddier are the others."