2026-03-10 04:21:00
Lordy Lou. You know, just the other day I was thinking to myself "what IS it about bear bloggers with X usernames and being right-wing dickbags?" And lo and behold, I learn from Suliman via Absurd Pirate that these dickbags are actually the same dickbag. Which explains why I was seeing her crap after I'd already hidden her, I guess.
What absolutely kills me dead about these people is how they go on and on about how leftists are sensitive snowflakes who need to toughen up, and then the hot second a leftist says something mildly critical to them they go into strong hysterics like a Regency mother-in-law and have to be revived with smelling salts. Who's fragile, again?
Anyway. Hopefully this time she will flounce for real and take all her weird ICE apologist friends with her. Go back to Truth Social where your safe space is, crybabies.
And that's all I have to say about that. I'm thinking of starting a different blog about the media I've been into -- mostly c-drama lately, but as with the weather in New England, if you don't like it wait five minutes.
2026-03-10 03:06:17
when i wrote my initial post i didn't realise how many people were going to disagree with "xenophobia is bad". some people on the right wing took it personally and made this a left-right wing issue. nowhere in my original post i mentioned that. i think it's funny that you put xenophobia in the same basket with the right wing all by yourself. at least you have insight.
2026-03-10 00:16:00
I've been on Bear for almost a year now, and have seen it grow and change. The one thing I'm glad hasn't changed is the generally anti-intolerance. And boy are the rightoids pissing and shitting and crying about it.
The post that sparked this all was a reply to Suliman's Our backyard is starting to stink, you probably know the one.
The replier made a big stink about "Waaahhh, people don't wike my dogshit opinions and they mawds awe buwwying me. So now I'm weaving!", which I just have one thing to say to that:
Good. Fucking. Riddance.
Rightoids and "center-right" (which is just rightoids without any self-awareness, or they know their political takes aren't getting them any bitches) seem to think that every space is for them, and when they get pushed back they start making it out like its a "witch hunt".
People are allowed to dislike your opinions, if you can't handle that go back to X where the rest of you fascist sympathizers belong.
The replier made the comment that Suliman might be "out of touch", which just reminds me of the simpsons meme of "Am I out of touch? No it's the children that are wrong".
Can Suliman come off as a bit extreme? Maybe, but considering the guy had to flee his home country because it was getting treated like a missile testing site for US, Britsh, French, Russian, and Iran military programs, can't say as I fucking blame him for not being sympathetic to your neoliberal, imperialist kowtowing.
I think the only thing I would "critique" Suliman of, that I think all of us in the left are guilty of, is that we do throw around things like "nazi" without adding the added context.
When Suliman said that one person's post "is straight out of the Nazi playbook", I think it would have helped for the added reasoning as to why. Not for the rightoids, I don't think you could hammer the point through their lead-thick skulls even if you wanted to. I think it's useful for the people who are on your side of things, but aren't as educated or can't see the full picture.
Suliman isn't a scary person, he's not a fucking Tasmanian devil that lashes out at anybody to the right of Marx. You can ask him why he feels the way he does he'll give you a pretty calm and measured response. I know this because I've also debated with him.
Anyway, I think giving that added education and context would be helpful for the more layman-left to actually have a greater understanding of things and not get left with their dick in their hand when a rightoid is even 1% more knowledgeable than you.
You've seen it, it's what makes pundits like Ben Shapiro get off so easy, they're not actually going against REAL debaters, they're going against 1st/2nd year undergrad students who's only experience in debate is internet arguments. That's why they get their shit kicked in when they debate someone who ACTUALLY can debate, because the debtater is a lot more well-informed and can puncture the VERY open holes in rightoid logic which tends to just fall into religious fundamentalism and ignorance.
The poster that Suliman was flaming mentioned how they've never been on 4chan or Shitter. As if that somehow exonerates them from parroting far-right propaganda. You might not THINK you're a Nazi, but when you start project personal issues onto some strawman then adding an extra sprinkle of conspiracy that paints YOU as the victim and that you're somehow special in your sense of reasoning and lover for law and order... people who can see the parallels of National Socialist talking points are gonna call you a Nazi (or at least say what you're saying comes from the Nazis). You aren't immune to spreading far-right propaganda, or any propaganda for that matter.
Mono caught strays from the poster (xenophobic is only a big word if you're illiterate) and basically starting wining about his post sparking witch hunts, a common mind killer for people too ignorant to figure out WHY their opinions are unpopular. His post wasn't even political really, people just got butthurt that people reserve the right to not expose themselves to your shit.
Just because you shared your opinion doesn't mean you can't be publicly ridiculed. People who masturbate to the 1st amendment seem to forget that it only applies to government persecution, you are not protected from people shitting on your shitty opinions.
If you can't handle the heat, stay out of the fucking kitchen.
If you want laissez-faire moderation, go on twitter, 4chan, or start a wix blog or something. The community does not have to coddle you or your sense of self importance.
Rightoids forget that their views aren't just unpopular in niche spaces online... they're unpopular in most of the world that isn't ran by blatant theocracies and dictatorships. American Center is European Right, think about that for a second as to why without hitting yourself with the instant mind-killer that the entire West is somehow delusional and you and your basement-dwelling homeboys with way too much interest in ancient Rome and WWII are the only sane one.
They'll also paint their own views as "not that extreme" in an attempt to normalize their ignorance and "both-sides bad" bullshit.
So let this be a little PSA. If you find yourself being "shadowbanned" by moderators (hell, even I had a post de-ranked some time back, and am fully prepared for this one to as well. You're not the only one, but guess what the post that got deranked was my most hostile post I've made to date... maybe take THAT into consideration?) and being critiqued by other members here, and start making a big stink on your blog about leaving rather than questioning your own ideas, remember this one thing...
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
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2026-03-09 17:14:00
What I am discussing today is something I have noticed when doom-scrolling vinted to get a kick of dopamine, because while I do not necessarily buy a lot of clothing, I do still like looking at pretty things. But instead of looking at pretty shirts, dresses and shoes, what I am confronted with instead and avidly looking at, is women's bodies. And despite being a woman myself, I am no better than a man.
Recently I saw a picture of a woman wearing a crochet shirt without anything underneath. In the first picture I could discern where here nipples were, but at least in her second picture she graciously put two fingers over each, because actually showing it would be ludicrous of course. Just a few minutes ago there was a girl showing a dress that sat so low on her chest it barely covered it... everything was showing. Girls are posting ass pictures with thong bikini's leaving nothing to the imagination.
Do not get me wrong, I am all for self expression (though I have many opinions about this as well), but why is what is supposed to be a clothing app being used to appeal to the sexual desire of a woman to be seen. Sex sells. And it is sad that women are using their bodies instead of the clothes to sell it. The female sexual desire is no thing to be ashamed of. Women are using the coveted male gaze to their advantage in business, but with it they are perpetuating it all the same. Sexualising yourself will only make the situation worse. Of course the argument could be made that I am sexualising them when they are just trying to sell clothing. But in an age where almost every woman in the society I live in is aware of how badly women are sexualised, where uploading pictures like that to sell clothes are rooted in feelings of validation, and needing to be seen, it seems unlikely that I am wrong. I am not trying to criticise them, in fact I am like them as well. And you know what? I get why it happens, attention feels addicting. As much as I hate to admit it, I love knowing that when I am wearing a gorgeous ensemble, a short skirt that highlights my legs, or pants that show my curves, men will look at me, because that is all I have been taught. I am to be desired, and I want to be seen.
I've been trying to slowly rid myself of this mindset, focusing less on appearance, but everyday my mind is aware of what my face looks like, what I am wearing and the fact that my shirts will never feel a stretch on their top half. What saddens me the most however is the realisation that my mind is not the only one that is tainted. Even something as simple and harmless as a clothing app cannot compete with our generational trauma.
Perhaps one day we will be healed, but that will never happen if we keep posting our self-sexualised bodies for validation. I hope one day we will be able to genuinely value ourselves outside of our appearance.
2026-03-09 11:04:00
This is not a political blog. I have no plans or intentions of turning it into a political blog. That said, raising kids in the USA comes with a lot of anxieties and oh man are a chunk of those anxieties political. So here we are.
I think this post by Absurd Pirate gets a lot right. The centrist wing of the Democratic party absolutely believes it is sufficient to just not be Trump. The same way it was sufficient for Clinton to not be Bush 1, and to a lesser degree it was sufficient for Obama to not be Bush 2. They will absolutely try that play again, and the real killer is it may work... for a term. None of the underlying problems will be solved by Gavin Newsom, and we will be right back here in 4 or 8 years facing another tide of rising fascism.
This sentence got me, though:
Let me make it perfectly clear, the Democratic party HATES you just as much as the Republicans, they'll just add a #blm and a pride flag emoji at the end of the "fuck you".
Here's the thing: there is no Democratic party. Certainly not as an entity that can hate. There are people that have more money than anyone can ethically have, and they probably hate you, or at least hold you in absent contempt. The problem is that these people have a far stronger voice than anyone else in the Democratic party.
The kicker is that those same people, literally the very same humans, have too-strong a voice in the Republican party. It's all one big club, a wise man said, and you and I ain't in it.
So what do we do?
The antidote to fascism is ... the people rallying against the machine that has done so much to distract them from the problem with their culture war bullshit.
Facts. Plain and simple facts. But what does that look like? What sledgehammer can we swing into that machine's gears? Protests are great, I've been to many over the last 10 years. They feel good. They feel like rallying, like fighting, but nothing changes.
I propose that we, the people not in of the rich boys' club, have to take over one of the two parties. The way we run elections in this country make a third party impossible. Given that, which of the two parties can we take over? The answer seems obvious.
So show up to primaries and vote. If there's nobody good to vote for in your district then try to talk somebody you like into running (or run yourself!) Show up to committee meetings and make your voice heard. Join the Young Democrats and start talking to people. Organize!
If you're reading this from a deep red state, you've voted Republican your whole life, but you still find what's going on as disgusting as I do, by all means try to take over your local Republican party and drag it back to sanity. I don't envy you the task.
Above all, resist the nihilism that's rampant in our discourse. I'm not saying that Absurd Pirate or his post is nihilist. Like I said, I think his post gets a lot right. I just see an easy path from the "Republicans are fascist" to "the Democrats aren't going to save us" to "everything is fucked and it's not worth trying."
Try. We have to. Our kids are counting on us.
2026-03-09 10:00:50
I'm going down the Recent Posts and reading some things I vibe with. I see people wanting to connect over their work, but no contact method is given.