thirdform

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So if I share even one thing in common with trads, I'm a trad? Non-sense. And I support people who want to explore alternatives to starting a family. Not everyone has to start a family, but I want to.

yes you are a trad for wanting to start a family. whether you justify it with which ever mumbo jumbo you've constructed is irrelevant, consciousness of the fact is only post-hoc.
 

?!..!?

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yes you are a trad for wanting to start a family. whether you justify it with which ever mumbo jumbo you've constructed is irrelevant, consciousness of the fact only comes post-hoc.
Interesting idea, but I don't see why it matters to my argument. When I talk about trads I just mean masculine men. So it doesn't really matter if I'm a trad in your terms as long as I remain a feminine husband and father.

And Bisquo, where do you get off comparing feminists to racists?!
 

0bleak

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It seems that you don't think that all of the negative messaging about men and masculinity could have a bad affect on men and their mental health (or you add in some kind of whataboutism, or it doesn't matter because that's not what feminism really is... or doing some kind of other hand-waving it away), or that this could even be a concern worth taking seriously so there is really nothing else more to say about it.
I also kind of feel like we're getting into "No Real Scotsman" territory or something similar.
 

thirdform

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Interesting idea, but I don't see why it matters to my argument. When I talk about trads I just mean masculine men. So it doesn't really matter if I'm a trad in your terms as long as I remain a feminine husband and father.

Sure, but then you have no right to contravene the existence of the manosphere and toxic masculine men. It's part of being a democrat after all. You have to be the elitist who tolerates abusers and patriarchal men to represent your interest which has risen above it.

Whereas I can be against the manosphere because I want to abolish the family.
 

?!..!?

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It seems that you don't think that all of the negative messaging about men and masculinity could have a bad affect on men and their mental health
It could harm a man's mental health, but I just don't know what harms it would do. I don't know the facts, so I'm not speaking on that. Besides, if your claim is true, wouldn't all the negative messaging about women produced by sexists harm the mental health of women even more?

(or you add in some kind of whataboutism,
I think such arguments are acceptable in this context because women really do face worse problem than men. They certainly face worse issues than just men saying mean things about them.
or it doesn't matter because that's not what feminism really is...
Why would women acting shitty and misandristic be a part of feminism?
or that this could even be a concern worth taking seriously

No, I take it seriously. It's just I think this is largely a matter of messaging. So yes, feminists should change their messaging toward men. But men should promote feminine culture, and I argue this is a more substantive issue than just one of presentation.

I also kind of feel like we're getting into "No Real Scotsman" territory or something similar.
I don't see how that's true. I've dealt with a number of examples, and I've frequently conceded that people such as you have presented legitimate counter-examples. Can you give an example of an argument of mine that falls victim to this fallacy?
 

thirdform

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You are live and let live, but that also means you have to apply the principle of live and let live for trads. I don't, I will simply state: there is no future for them.
 

?!..!?

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Sure, but then you have no right to deny the existence of the manosphere and toxic masculine men. It's part of being a democrat after all.
I don't deny their existence, I just criticize them. And yes, I can criticize them while wanting a family because their vision of the family is oppressive, traditional, and misogynistic and totally unlike my vision of the family.
I'm pointing out your strange logic: if something isn't 100% bad then it's fine.
That wasn't the logic. The logic was that feminists and anti-racists hate oppressive systems while bigots really do hate marginalized individuals.
 

?!..!?

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You are live and let live, but that also means you have to apply the principle of live and let live for trads. I don't, I will simply state: there is bno future for them.
I've always been in favor of live and let live. You've always been in favor of mass murder.
 

?!..!?

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If this happens too much it will be deemed cultural appropriation and shadow banned.
Wrong because as I've repeatedly said, feminine culture belongs no more to men than it does to women. Everyone can access and contribute to it regardless of their gender. The same isn't true of black culture.
 

mixed_biscuits

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Wrong because as I've repeatedly said, feminine culture belongs no more to men than it does to women. Everyone can access and contribute to it regardless of their gender. The same isn't true of black culture.
You're more culturally black than you are culturally feminine.
 

thirdform

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I don't deny their existence, I just criticize them. And yes, I can criticize them while wanting a family because their vision of the family is oppressive, traditional, and misogynistic and totally unlike my vision of the family.

Oh sure you can criticise them, but the criticised doesn't need to pay any attention to their critics. You remain trapped in the weapon of criticism, without arriving at the criticism of weapons.
 

thirdform

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I've always been in favor of live and let live. You've always been in favor of mass murder.

It's not a case of being in favour,You want to keep quacking like a duck. I'm just pursuing your thinking to its logical consequence. You can only contravene the manosphere through force.

You are very childish and naive, like I said, no idea of how change in society takes place.
 
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