Active Users:1215 Time:20/04/2026 01:43:00 PM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
Sometimes 'real' is the right word, though aerocontrols Send a noteboard - 25/08/2017 03:01:16 PM

View original post
View original post

Well, sometimes they're used to distance your group from someone harmful to the cause.

Joss Wheedon is not a real feminist

The Jonestown settlers weren't real Christians.


I think a better word instead of "real" is "good." Then you can attack how they achieved a goal without disputing that they had a specific goal in mind, which is much harder to prove and not particularly useful to discuss.


View original post
I didn't think you were accusing me of that - just someone in this thread. You might be right about the second paragraph, but my impression is that it can come up almost whenever anyone objects to anything in feminism's Bailey.

Well, far be it from me to speak on behalf of all feminists.

I wasn't accusing anybody of anything, though, except having ideas with which I disagree.


If you listen to the FBI wiretaps (reading the transcripts is better) it's clear that the Jonestown settlers didn't consider themselves Christians. They were communists who used the trappings of religion for rhetorical reasons. For instance, Jones, from the transcript:

I don't think it is what we want to do with our babies--I don't think that's what we had in mind to do with our babies. It is said by the greatest of prophets from time immemorial: "No man may take my life from me; I lay my life down." So to sit here and wait for the catastrophe that's going to happen on that airplane--it's going to be a catastrophe. It almost happened here. Almost happened when the congressman was nearly killed here. You can't steal people's children. You can't take off with people's children without expecting a violent reaction. And that's not so unfamiliar to us either--even if we were Judeo-Christian--if we weren't Communists. The world (inaudible) suffers violence, and the violent shall take it by force. If we can't live in peace, then let's die in peace. (Applause.)

The only times in the transcript that he even mentions God, he's merely swearing.

I'm not a Christian, but I can see why a Christian would want to disavow Jones - almost nothing in his goals or achievements is anything in the Motte or Bailey of Christianity.

Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion.
Reply to message
The purges will continue until morale improves aerocontrols - 22/08/2017 04:10:36 PM 1285 Views
I love how they cite Vasquez from Aliens as a strong female character. Cannoli - 22/08/2017 04:46:53 PM 682 Views
Not where I pictured that going... aerocontrols - 22/08/2017 07:19:46 PM 551 Views
Uh, yeah, I don't see the link. Just because he cheated on his wife doesn't make him not feminist. Legolas - 22/08/2017 06:44:28 PM 571 Views
You are not the gatekeeper, either aerocontrols - 22/08/2017 07:25:31 PM 554 Views
I strongly protest against the notion that there IS a gatekeeper. Legolas - 22/08/2017 07:39:41 PM 546 Views
I am the gatekeeper. Both of you are out. Aviendha - 22/08/2017 07:52:22 PM 596 Views
You can't kick me out! aerocontrols - 22/08/2017 07:54:30 PM 559 Views
None shall pass. Aviendha - 22/08/2017 07:57:43 PM 540 Views
yeah, yeah, yeah... aerocontrols - 22/08/2017 08:06:40 PM 536 Views
We're out of my field aerocontrols - 22/08/2017 07:53:01 PM 562 Views
Of course the real problem with the strong female action figure is the lack of real world models random thoughts - 22/08/2017 07:30:55 PM 552 Views
But is it? aerocontrols - 22/08/2017 07:45:30 PM 544 Views
An interesting thing about sci-fi is that it can plausibly eliminate sexual disparity in strength. Ghavrel - 22/08/2017 08:19:52 PM 575 Views
I take it by 'Africans', you mean 'black people'? Legolas - 22/08/2017 09:19:01 PM 557 Views
I meant Africans. The deficiency here is in my knowledge of sports records. Ghavrel - 23/08/2017 12:40:23 AM 530 Views
In longer distance races, yes. Not so much in sprinting. Legolas - 23/08/2017 07:03:14 AM 536 Views
When you are talking aliens then gender really isn't an issue random thoughts - 22/08/2017 09:42:07 PM 516 Views
Of the two female Avengers only one has super powers. random thoughts - 22/08/2017 09:46:49 PM 560 Views
*shrug* aerocontrols - 22/08/2017 09:56:20 PM 560 Views
And it bothers me that he can get nocked around like that and live random thoughts - 23/08/2017 12:29:26 AM 608 Views
No, not yours *NM* aerocontrols - 23/08/2017 12:34:13 AM 320 Views
I doubt anyone had their life changed because they were inspired but whatever his name is *NM* random thoughts - 25/08/2017 02:33:48 AM 298 Views
So that makes me wonder....What is the definition of a Feminist? Jeordam - 22/08/2017 11:20:49 PM 591 Views
A person who supports feminism. Aviendha - 22/08/2017 11:55:56 PM 648 Views
Motte and Bailey aerocontrols - 24/08/2017 10:22:03 PM 628 Views
? Aviendha - 24/08/2017 10:34:34 PM 677 Views
The argument is aerocontrols - 24/08/2017 11:03:19 PM 553 Views
I think people have different ideas of how to reach equality, some of which are stupid Aviendha - 24/08/2017 11:28:31 PM 620 Views
Well, ok aerocontrols - 25/08/2017 12:19:24 AM 541 Views
Men! Aviendha - 25/08/2017 09:28:21 AM 624 Views
I really like this analogy, but I think it's off base here. Ghavrel - 24/08/2017 10:36:31 PM 553 Views
Re: I really like this analogy, but I think it's off base here. aerocontrols - 24/08/2017 11:01:15 PM 618 Views
Re: I really like this analogy, but I think it's off base here. Ghavrel - 24/08/2017 11:34:24 PM 583 Views
Re: I really like this analogy, but I think it's off base here. aerocontrols - 25/08/2017 12:28:58 AM 605 Views
Re: I really like this analogy, but I think it's off base here. Ghavrel - 25/08/2017 03:33:53 AM 531 Views
Sometimes 'real' is the right word, though aerocontrols - 25/08/2017 03:01:16 PM 580 Views
Well, sure. There's no dispute over their beliefs there, though. Ghavrel - 25/08/2017 04:03:47 PM 594 Views
all the social justice people hide from one reality random thoughts - 25/08/2017 03:40:51 PM 553 Views
That's the equity/equality distinction. Ghavrel - 25/08/2017 04:01:10 PM 530 Views
See, but it's the same thing.... Jeordam - 25/08/2017 05:22:50 PM 647 Views
Are you ok giving a rich black person advantages over a poor white one? random thoughts - 25/08/2017 05:41:58 PM 580 Views
It's not just a black/white issue aerocontrols - 25/08/2017 05:45:17 PM 618 Views
Really? Jeordam - 25/08/2017 06:16:14 PM 568 Views
Affirmative action is illegal for public universities in California aerocontrols - 25/08/2017 06:44:38 PM 614 Views
That is an affect of their score not of racial bias random thoughts - 28/08/2017 02:32:02 PM 575 Views
That's really not what "modern liberal social justice" thinks. Ghavrel - 28/08/2017 06:41:32 AM 479 Views
It may not be what they intend but they ignore the real world consequences random thoughts - 28/08/2017 02:25:23 PM 634 Views
Re: That's really not what "modern liberal social justice" thinks. aerocontrols - 28/08/2017 03:02:42 PM 616 Views
Only very briefly as I head off to work. Ghavrel - 28/08/2017 04:07:42 PM 483 Views
Well, I can see you're busy aerocontrols - 28/08/2017 04:36:55 PM 578 Views
All else being equal, yes. But that's sometimes difficult to visualize. Ghavrel - 29/08/2017 03:56:56 AM 615 Views
How about a kid who's family endows one or more chairs? Or built the new gym? *NM* damookster - 29/08/2017 05:45:29 AM 296 Views
That's not "all else being equal." *NM* Ghavrel - 29/08/2017 05:35:13 PM 357 Views
I prefer Mott The Hoople *NM* damookster - 24/08/2017 10:42:00 PM 291 Views
Oh look; a bunch of dudes discussing feminism! *NM* Aviendha - 22/08/2017 11:49:25 PM 330 Views
Just let us know if you need any mansplaining. aerocontrols - 23/08/2017 12:08:55 AM 499 Views
Someone needs to bring some rationality and logic to the topic. *NM* Cannoli - 23/08/2017 01:28:16 AM 288 Views
And, I thought it was "if you believe men & women are equal, you're a feminist!" *NM* Cannoli - 23/08/2017 01:29:24 AM 285 Views
I don't know if you've noticed, but... Legolas - 23/08/2017 07:05:10 AM 533 Views
Well Aviendha - 23/08/2017 09:02:28 AM 606 Views
I tried nossy - 23/08/2017 11:41:00 AM 605 Views
It's odd Aviendha - 23/08/2017 12:08:34 PM 599 Views
Lol, I wondered how you fit in over here. nossy - 23/08/2017 12:26:05 PM 621 Views
Urban Minnesota is a bit of a haven, too. Plus we have agreeable weather with four seasons! Hieshyn - 23/08/2017 09:29:33 PM 594 Views
Pft, I've seen your mosquitos! *NM* nossy - 24/08/2017 12:57:03 AM 308 Views
This year has been very mild. I think they're going the Way of the Bee. *NM* Hieshyn - 24/08/2017 11:26:10 PM 354 Views
Uhoh nossy - 24/08/2017 11:47:16 PM 612 Views
Nope. Those bastards dont deserve your pity. They are parasites. Hieshyn - 25/08/2017 01:44:45 AM 573 Views
ANYWAY Aviendha - 25/08/2017 09:30:31 AM 536 Views
Yes the virtues of having both extremes of weather random thoughts - 25/08/2017 02:31:38 AM 566 Views
Hey! nossy - 25/08/2017 10:41:16 AM 520 Views
Special rights don't lead to equality. *NM* random thoughts - 23/08/2017 12:14:12 PM 291 Views
Is it even considered possible for cisgender men to be feminist? damookster - 23/08/2017 12:48:28 AM 522 Views
In this particular case, the feminists would appear to have a legitimate point Cannoli - 23/08/2017 02:54:46 AM 633 Views
So in the end, Joss Wheldon is nothing more than the stereotypical Hollywood producer damookster - 23/08/2017 03:48:40 AM 615 Views
So he is a lot like Bil Clinton only with no Hillary to take the women out for him? *NM* random thoughts - 25/08/2017 01:16:11 PM 300 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes