The PC and Perpetually Offended Brigade

[astfgyl]

Do the stories about kids identifying as cats in schools doing the rounds have any legs to them? If it is true I imagine it's Just kids seeing how far they can push things. Maybe they should get nurtured?

AFAIK it's true and in my mind it's exactly that, that kids are just pushing all that for the craic. As a father of 5 I know the attitude of the kids to it all and thankfully they aren't as stupid as they look about all this lark

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

From the mouths of kittens.

[astfgyl]

Here's an interesting write up on mcentee and the support for the new laws. If you want to attack the source instead of the point, Twitter awaits you because I fucking don't. What a wonderful example of manufactured consent, which is also worth a read in light of how the consent for joining NATO is currently being manufactured.

Here anyway: https://gript.ie/mcentees-hate-speech-article-is-grasping-at-straws/

[astfgyl]

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/6b22e-minister-mcentee-obtains-high-court-order-requiring-the-retention-of-data-for-state-security/#

This should offend some people. Not enough of them though.

[jobrok1]

Maybe they should get nurtured?

I take it you mean neutured...?

[Kunt 4 Life]

Maybe they should get nurtured?

I take it you mean neutured...?

Yeah ducking auto correct on my phone

[Kunt 4 Life]

Ulster rugby is banned from Belfast Pride because they won't let men play in woman's rugby https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66133519

Terf bastards!!!!!!!      

[hellfire]

Ulster rugby is banned from Belfast Pride because they won't let men play in woman's rugby https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66133519

Terf bastards!!!!!!!      

At this stage I just cheer on the lunacy. It will break eventually so the nuttier the better, just means breaking point is sooner. Just hope the pendulum doesn't swing back all the way and end up with homosexuals being chased around with pitchforks.

[Kunt 4 Life]

Think this sort of stuff does the trans community more harm than good. It's not JK Rowling, Ricky Gervais or anyone on twitter making people turn against the 'queer' community but the so called alies with this 'you're either with us or against so accept all these beliefs you nazi' attitude.

Like you said, hopefully it won't make people just get fed up with normal gay people.

[hellfire]

100% I dong hold any of it against gay people in general, just the few that perpetuate this muck. I've said it before but they need to unhitch their wagon from the trans thing.

[astfgyl]

Ulster rugby is banned from Belfast Pride because they won't let men play in woman's rugby https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66133519

Terf bastards!!!!!!!      

At this stage I just cheer on the lunacy. It will break eventually so the nuttier the better, just means breaking point is sooner. Just hope the pendulum doesn't swing back all the way and end up with homosexuals being chased around with pitchforks.

All of this. Was worth the quote. The sillier the better at this point. Even the queer lads are getting sick of this shit. Not having the shit pushed in, but all the other trappings of the lifestyle.

Absolutely nothing wrong with being gay or trans for that matter but militant fools will be militant fools in every aspect

[astfgyl]

"I don't know if a baby is directly harmed by being "breastfed" by a man; the thing I find so disturbing about it is that a helpless infant is being used to affirm an adult's fantasy - it's just such a grotesque inversion of who's supposed to be caring for whom."

Came across that on Twitter and then to my horror saw what it was referencing. I think I was getting sort of PC and offended by it tbh. So even though I thought I was above all that for the most part, I'm actually not really. Will the new hate speech laws mean that I can't express my offense at something like that?

https://www.babycenter.com/baby/breastfeeding/can-men-breastfeed_8824

Also, because I like to hear a few sides of an idea, is there anyone here who thinks it's grand if a man is letting a baby suck his nipples and fancies setting me right on this and am I one of the pc and perpetually offended brigade because it bothered me so?

Lastly is this where we've ended up by trying to do the right thing by people in general?

[Eoin McLove]

Pandering to strange fantasy seems to be exactly what this is. A few years ago a man who insisted on breast feeding a baby would be sent to see a therapist to find out where his wires have become so crossed. In the age of Twitter bravery, those who know better are playing along because they know that by standing up for reality they'll get harassed by people who's opinions should probably never have been heard in the first place. The type of weirdos and narcissists who would struggle to hold down a relationship or friendship in reality because of their endlessly pushing their agenda/neuroses on everyone they encounter have found common cause with other loopers and taken the megaphone. Other than avoiding Twitter and ignoring these people when you encounter them in reality it's difficult to know how to deal with this issue. I think everyone who isn't a self obsessed warrior of the weird, regardless of their politics, can see how absurd it is to allow people who have severed all ties with reality to have any sort of control or power, even if it is only in an online context. Odd times.

[The Heretic]

Stand firm my brothers of metal! Just like nu metal, this pc shite will pass!!   

[John Kimble]

Hardly a revelation but it's surprising how irrelevant much of this "noise" becomes if you abstain from social media. Think it was about a year ago when I decided to deactivate some of my accounts. I've no doubt my sanity has benefitted as a result. As has been already said, the majority of sensible people don't buy into most of this bullshit but social media gives you such a skewed perspective on things that this doesn't seem to be the case.