• doylio
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    11 months ago

    There are many progressives who are calling for the release of the hostages and calling the October 7th attack a war crime, but the problem is that it is a perfectly acceptable in progressive circles to pretend that the attack wasn’t that bad, or that it was terrible but was necessary for the liberation of Palestine

    As I said, I consider myself a progressive, and I know that a lot of progressives think like me. But there is a strand of the left that is very vocal online that I fear has lost its way

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      Whoa whoa first off I DO think your comment added to the discussion! I was saying I wouldn’t downvoted you and hoped others agreed

      I agree that there are progressives with twisted opinions about the conflict. If that’s what she was saying, maybe she shouldn’t paint with such a broad stroke. A non-inflammatory title would have been “Why are some feminists silent about rape and murder in the middle easy?” But that wouldn’t get the clicks. It significantly diminishes her whole point in my opinion

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        Oh I’m so sorry! I misread your comment! I’m going to edit mine so it doesn’t confuse others

        Yeah I agree about the title, but that’s just the internet now :(

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        11 months ago

        So what about a title like “Why are men buying motorcycles?”

        It doesn’t mean that all men are buying motorcycles, just that enough are to make it a noticeable trend.

        You don’t need the word “some”. That’s the defaul. “All” is the special case that needs to be explicitly indicated.

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          11 months ago

          I’d dislike that headline, too, but it’s not as awful as this one because it’s not painting men in a bad light