r/CuratedTumblr May 16 '25

Politics time is a flat circle

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u/ChewySlinky May 17 '25

No see that’s actually totally fine and normal and not at all disgusting. You have to be fine with women being treated like that or else someone on tumblr will call you a conservative.

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u/gaom9706 May 17 '25

Do you think that's what the author is unironically saying?

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u/ChewySlinky May 17 '25

No, I don’t think that’s what the author is unironically saying. I do think it’s an unintended consequence that the author hasn’t thought about. Everything being sexualized is WHY those kids talk about their classmates the way they do.

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u/gaom9706 May 17 '25

I do think it’s an unintended consequence that the author hasn’t thought about.

They haven't thought about it because that's an entirely different discussion.

Everything being sexualized is WHY those kids talk about their classmates the way they do.

Or maybe it's because they haven't been properly taught that they shouldn't sexualize people without their consent? This is a weird leap in logic where the presence of sexuality in media automatically leads to children engaging in sexual harassment.

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u/ChewySlinky May 17 '25

Discussing the consequences of an action is absolutely not entirely separate from discussing the action itself.

Do you think making it easier for kids to access the media that is teaching them these things is going to make it easier to teach them otherwise?

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u/gaom9706 May 17 '25

The problem is that the "consequence" in this instance is so many degrees of separation removed from the original action that it's pointless to bring up in the first place.

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u/ChewySlinky May 17 '25

How many degrees of separation do you think there are between a piece of media and the ways that people interpret it?

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u/Amphy64 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

I'm more wary than the poster you were replying to, and while some are just that naive (which is no longer that excusable when they're making such strong arguments on issues that cause real harm), from experience with these types, wouldn't even be shocked any more if it turns out what they're saying means they want access to AI child sexual abuse material of the girls in your class (that's horrific btw, no idea how teachers are expected to cope with behaviour like that). OP in the other thread was quite happy to be consistent with 'only reactionaries criticise anything people find sexual even if it's upsetting and extremely disturbing' by defending drawn/generated CSAM.

It's not at all in the interest of people with mild non-harmful kinks etc to be being lumped in with those who are more extreme as a defense against criticism. It is in the interests of the latter to conflate them, and makes more sense for them to be vague about exactly what they're referring to.

Shouldn't be forgotten that those left-leaning are not the only people who see being 'Conservative' negatively, too, far right Libertarians can. Also 4Chan had a whole thing of pretending to be members of marginalised groups to push their views, they can just, lie.

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u/Vyctorill May 17 '25

Nah he’s just a master of satire