Words have meaning

It’s incredibly sad that this has been turned into a meaningless phrase.

That’s stupid bullshit and you know it. The Civil War was a war between one group of guys and another group of guys. We cannot use the same term to describe both groups of guys. The historical accounts would make no sense.

And history has ALWAYS referred to rebels and insurrectionists by the name they give themselves, it’s nothing unique to the Confederacy. Pretending it somehow “legitimizes” the Confederacy is pure bullshit dreamed up by someone who wants to puff up his “I am so very very woke” cred. It’s a solution in search of a problem.

What do we call George Washington’s army? The same name they gave themselves, the Continental Army. What do we call Irish nationalists during the Troubles? The same name they gave themselves, the IRA. What do we call the militant Islamic fundamentalists who took over Afghanistan as the US pulled out? The same name they gave themselves, the Taliban.

The fact that you think referring to a rebel group by the name they gave themselves has ANYTHING to do with ANY kind of narrative means you are being either disingenuous or ignorant.

There are many, many ways to fight against bigots and racists nowadays. This is not one of them.

Historical revisionism is a goddamn plague and should be met with a firm slap to the face any time it’s suggested, even if it’s in favor of the side we agree with.

I don’t know what kind of fucking obsession gen Z has with labels, but you need to chill the fuck out about it. Calling the North “the United States” instead of “the Union” does absolutely fuckall to make anything better whatsoever, and it chips away at the foundations of historical accuracy.

Lemmings don’t really like when people argue against the majority opinion, on any topic. The Fediverse is incredibly tribal.

The numbers are pretty much a consensus among researchers. If you disagree, then the burden is on YOU to do a deep, critical analysis. I’m just reporting the conclusions of others, not doing any critical analysis. If those conclusions make you feel uncomfortable, maybe you should explore that feeling more. Although if you want to do a critical analysis, I’d welcome it.

Well, you’re really just throwing out what-ifs. But you happened to chance on one theory that some researchers think could partially explain the discrepancy:

Being bi or lesbian still comes together with a special type of discrimination that a straight woman most likely will never experience;

Being oppressed causes stress, stress causes lack of control. The idea is it’s a similar driver to why poorer couples have higher rates of abuse.

That’s probably not the SOLE cause, but it’s likely a factor.

Just because someone was victimized doesn’t mean every thing they do afterwards is a smart idea. It’s a fundamentally flawed approach and her being a victim doesn’t change that.

There’s 4 billion men on the planet. If you want to find men with 3 arms, you’ll find a lot of them.

Woman who goes looking for shitty men found shitty men! More at 11

Post the screenshot

You’d be banned faster than trying to say “Tiananmen” on grad

If you happened to go in there and speak against them, you’d just be banned and have your post removed.

Statistically, lesbian relationships are far more likely to be abusive than hetero ones.

https://www.standffov.org/tdvam/abuse-in-lesbian-relationships/

Not so fun fact: lesbian relationships are statistically far more likely to be abusive than hetero relationships

Ah, Linux community.

“So, you’ve got a problem where you spend a lot of effort squeezing basic functionality out of an OS? I’ve got the solution - even MORE effort!”

I think “literally” should be an exception because it’s the only word to clarify when we’re not speaking figuratively. It’s like making your safe word “fuck me harder”.

My dude, I spent my first six hours on Linux Mint trying to get my touchpad to actually work.

I only fire up my Linux dual-boot when I’m feeling bored and think “you know what my day needs? A lot more frustration.”

I read, reviewed, and linked TEN STUDIES that you refused to

Ah fuck it you’re not even listening. I don’t often use the block button, I ideologically disagree with blocking anyone who disagrees with you. So consider this an honor.

Ok, so you are just trolling. Got it. Fuck off.

Also if you plan on doing that thing where you keep narrowing and narrowing the focus of the conversation until you can do a gotcha like “aha! You said they ‘are studying’ but in fact they completed this study in the past therefore they ‘have studied’ it which makes you a liar and everything you say wrong” then that’s just trolling and there’s no point to this conversation at all.