[–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago

I know there are boomrang bigots among the trans community, and they usually do not zigzags as much as her about their opinion and generally support transphobic things as long as it doesn't affect them (or at least they think so). They have at least a bit of consistency, which i don't see in the Jenner case.

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    Hello, maybe it's out of scope of this community, but it's an haunting question i can't answer and i hope someone could do it for me: what's the logic behind the reasoning of Jenner about the trans cause? It seems that she zigzags permanently in this subject. She in turn:

    -a misaimed transactivist

    -a boomrang bigot

    -disinteresed of transactivism

    -asking seemingly deliberately to leopards to eat her face

    -whining when it happens but still loyal to the said leopards

    -advocating for the said leopards going vegan

    I don't get the logic behind her reasoning since it's not remotely consistent (outside her endorsement to the GOP), it's worse than people who are stubborn about their opinions, who are at least coherent with themselves.

    submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
     

    -When i screamed to a person because she was abusive towards a friend who has really a heart of gold. Usually, i never scream to anyone and feel guilty pretty easily, so people must have seriously crossed the line.

    -When i ask for a hug. I'm not tactile and hugging is uncomfortable for me, even with persons i like, so when i'm the one who ask, be sure i really really like you.

    [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    In the right direction? Really? Russia was already an hellhole under Eltsine, who was highly unpopular, until he decide to silence critics by seizing the medias. And it was already dangerous to criticize Putin when he took power in the beginning of the 2000's. Some people in Russia sparked doubt about what looked like a plot to put Putin in power (terrorist attacks allegedly caused by Chechen), they've been assassinated shortly after. And Putin never stopped to consolidate his power, changing the rules to make increasingly harder to overthrow him.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    à 90% approval is to be expected when opposition doesn't have virtually any platform to express themselves and criticize the government. In a country where medias are thightly controlled and censored and where criticizing the government put you or your family in danger, you can't blame people for their political opinion.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    That's pretty unfair to blame Russians for what is happening to them. Their country has never been remotely democratic, they don't have any control over what their governments is doing, and have virtually no chance to even hope to overthrow Putin since it ended very badly for the ones who tried. I'll even say that people on this videos are real heroes since what they are saying could be enough to send them in jail.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    To be fair, Russia has never been really democratic, that makes the supports for face eating leopards more comprehensible, if not excusable.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

    There are some reasons why you can have an incomplete picture of maga.

    -If you live in an information bubble where the only thing you see are from bootlickers.

    -If you have been raised by a politically charged family, if not in a -literal or not- cult.

    -If the cognitive dissonance makes you ignore some things unconsciously.

    And among the testimonies on the site, there are people who were supportive to MAGA while being aware of what they are, then did an heel-face turn.

    It's pretty courageous to change our mind about politics and admit we were wrong or blindfolded. Instead of being stubbornly mad at them, we should support them.

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