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[โ€“] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)
[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

What's the actual joke here? It sounds like it's almost mocking trans literature by how complex it is to understand for the average american. Is that it?

[โ€“] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The Onion does something really clever: they simply show what the world would be like if feminists actually succeeded in convincing people with their arguments. The end result is comically bizarre and obviously extremely unlikely. The joke/criticism is how disconnected feminists are from the real world with their overly complicated, academic and abstract language, despite the fact that they ostensibly have a goal of influencing ordinary people into being better.

I've had this beef for a long time with feminists: they lack empathy and insight into the actual lived experience of the people they want to convince. They're caught up in an authoritarian, entitled worldview where they imagine they can just coerce others into becoming better through force and shaming, using language that is so far above most people's heads that it all just seems imaginary. Whenever I try to raise these concerns I am met with hate and am called a misogynist even though my intentions are to help. They have virtually no ability to listen. There are exceptions, but they are drowned out among all the (in my opinion) misguided people.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for clarifying. It does feel like they're punching down a little, but its a good commentary nonetheless.

[โ€“] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Punching down" is in the eye of the beholder, and kind of supports my point about having empathy in the way you speak. I guarantee that steel workers feel like they got the short end of the stick in life, and that feminist academia is the elite.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't generalise it so black and white, but I do hear what you are saying.

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