Notices by timberwraith (timberwraith@mastodon.social), page 2

However, this reflects the very real story of patriarchy after you strip out the christian mythology:

Men present themselves as the one force that women and others can turn to when they need protection from violence created by....

[drum roll]

Other men.

I mean, honestly, by aesthetics alone, voles would have been a better option.

Finches too.

I think one of the not so great gifts of being transgender, but an eye opening situation nevertheless, is the opportunity to see much of humanity reveal itself to be regrettably unworthy of drawing breath and expending other valuable resources to exist on this planet.

It's a shame that some species of finch or perhaps a vole of some kind didn't evolve to be the dominant species of Earth.

It all might have panned out differently.

She kept on (politely but firmly) asserting that the DSA should get of Democratic politics and do it's own thing, again and again.

I made clear that I wanted to see the party dismantled and rebuilt.

She continued to not be happy about any of this.

It ran the gamut of clashes between my leftist politics and her liberal politics. I also made clear that I wouldn't be voting or supporting any Dem candidates who take anti-trans positions and was quite intent on wrecking elections over that issue. She was NOT happy with me at all.

I've been spending time with a friend in Wisconsin. I had forgotten that the intersections between our politics hide underlying fundamentally different political dispositions and gosh, we *did* lock horns yesterday. That was not fun.

It started with a discussion of the Wisconsin Dem primary, in which my friend made clear that she thought the DSA favored candidate was a bad choice and she detailed how she thought the DSA was fucked and should GTFO of the Dem party, but using nice-nice wording.

She's the friend I mentioned in past posts who, in the 2010s, looked shocked and astonished when I stated that much of what the u.s. supreme court does has little to do with logic or actual law but is guided by the justices' politics and personal biases.

I wonder if she still feels that way now. I bet not.

Some background details. My friend is a younger boomer who has spent their entire life deeply entwined in the christian church. I've watched her compromise her own life across the years to remain in her slightly liberal branch of the religion. "Don't rock the boat too hard but rock it a little, inside the system." is actually a life long habit that flows out of this part of her life, it seems.

It was educational. I got a real life in person introduction to a liberal person and their "Yes, we should rock the boat gently but stop rocking it if it makes me uncomfortable" approach of liberalism.

Thanks. I hate it.

I'm making an alternative proposal where we run a bunch of liberals over with the trolley car when they bring up the trolley car meme.

And then back the trolley car up and repeat it again.

https://bsky.app/profile/shelleybwoke.bsky.social/post/3mobvkq7u2c2r

I did it. I lost a follower.

Just one.

I was trying really hard, though. I love it when it all works out. 😃

"Your life and how you live it is a sin against god."

Everything I can do to piss off and disappoint your god presents another moment of personal joy for me.

I'm largely a nonviolent person, but if encountered your god in person, I'd make one exception to that ethic, and I'd shoot that motherfucker dead in the middle of 5th Avenue.

Your child can't change who they are, as a queer person, but YOU can change your religion.

And furthermore, your child isn't your personal property. They actually get to be who they are as a person.

If you think your mythology club matters more than any of that, again, you're a horrible parent and terrible person.

If your mythology club matters more than your child's life, YOU'RE A SELFISH ASSHOLE.

There ARE no ifs, ands or buts here.

YOU'RE AND AWFUL PARENT AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

OK, your favorite mythology makes you feel happy and you had a sense of community that came out of your shared mythology.

That's great, FOR YOU. But at this point, you're considering shunning and emotionally abusing, perhaps even physically abusing, your child because their life might make you have to compromise your membership in a mythology club.

That's what your religion IS. It's a mythology club that happens to make you happy.

Your child SHOULD matter more.

A HELL of a lot more.

"My religious grandma asked me, 'My religion is against trans people, what do you think should be done in raising a child that is not confirming to their sex assigned at birth?'"

What I think should be done is that you realize you're prioritizing a body of mythology and its prejudices over the well being of your child. You should realize that you're being a selfish piece of shit for doing that and that using this as an excuse to harm your child makes you a fucking monster.

"The power of Christ compels you!"

Yes, his power was the power that compelled me not to believe in a christian god.

Actually, it was the power of millions of asshats who believe in his power that compelled me not to believe in a christian god but eh, close enough.

I figure, if you can't manage to keep your followers from behaving like a bunch of violence-soaked haters, you and your cosmic dad probably suck a whole lot anyway and really aren't good for very much.

There's a fairly simple principle that I've seen at work in society:

Different social groups and social systems which focus upon power-over (a.k.a. dominance) as a central organizing principle, will tend to collude with and support each other.

Dominance oriented ideations and value systems mesh well with other dominance oriented ideations and value systems.

It is a clustering effect of like-minded views.

Power speaks to power.

Jean Grey is my favorite X-Men character because she's the character most likely to erase all of humanity after hitting a particularly bad mood.

I can relate to that. You're doing good work Ms. Grey.

To a centrist, fascism is acceptable if it's not overt fascism. They want deniable plausibility. They want clean, sterile state violence.

The gay neighbors with two kids who attend their church are fine. As long as they don't overtly break too many rules around white gender conformity and cause a PROBLEM in your circles.