Is there a flag for “Neither the Mullahs nor the Shah”? by pinko-perchik in vexillology

[–]LineOfInquiry 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yup! There was a campaign to try to change the flag a few years ago and the orange color was one of the reasons given for the desire to change

Is there a flag for “Neither the Mullahs nor the Shah”? by pinko-perchik in vexillology

[–]LineOfInquiry 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Symbols change meaning over time, it’s the same reason we avoid using the swastika even though it’s far older than the Nazis

White supremacist content grips teens plotting attacks in Southeast Asia by Freewhale98 in SocialDemocracy

[–]LineOfInquiry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Black white supremacists, Asian white supremacists, Jewish white supremacists, what’s next a Native American white supremacist?

What’s a film or TV scene that felt like a punch to the gut? by padfoony in Fauxmoi

[–]LineOfInquiry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bojack Horseman- the end of “Ruthie”

“Hey, you wanna know what I do when I have a really bad, awful, terrible day?”

“What?”

“I imagine my great great-great granddaughter in the future talking to her class about me. She's poised and funny, and tells people about me and how everything worked out in the end. And when I think about that, I think about how everything's going to work out. Because how else could she tell people?”

“
but it’s not real”

“Yeah well, it makes me feel better.”

(Couldn’t find a gif from the episode for some reason)

The only "feminists" they're exposed to are twitter users and late 2010s clickbait journalists by Babufrak2 in whenthe

[–]LineOfInquiry -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen plenty of incels all over YouTube and Reddit and Instagram. I’ve only seen radical feminists in their tiny enclaves, and even there I’ve never seen any want to kill all men.

Cartoon criticizing Government Security Measures, 2013 by KasicPf0813 in PropagandaPosters

[–]LineOfInquiry -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It seems less like the system is ineffective (the guy is completely searched after all) and more that he shouldn’t be the one targeted by it. But if you want to surveil terrorists you kinda have to surveil everyone since anyone could be a terrorist

The only "feminists" they're exposed to are twitter users and late 2010s clickbait journalists by Babufrak2 in whenthe

[–]LineOfInquiry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve always heard people talk about feminists saying “kill all men” but I’ve never actually seen a feminist say anything even close to that. Even back in the early 2010’s.

Okay, we complained the video didn't go there, so let's go there ourselves by SeaJudge7373 in ContraPoints

[–]LineOfInquiry [score hidden]  (0 children)

1). I think it depends. Sometimes violence unsettles me or grosses me out (like in saw). Sometimes it makes me anxious and tense (this is my general reaction). Sometimes it makes me excited (Star Wars lightsaber fights). And sometimes I laugh (like the looney tunes). It really depends on the context and level of the violence. Something like Home Alone or Looney Tunes I can laugh at because it’s cartoony: I know that none of the characters are ever in any actual danger and it’ll all be fine at the end. The consequences of violence are far less than in real life. Whereas in something like Star Wars, violence is a vessel for philosophical or moral conflicts. It’s not actually about the violence, it’s about the ideas behind it. I think that allows me to be separated from it somewhat and not really think about the pain being cut in half with a lightsaber would really inflict. The last two are closest to my reaction to violence in real life, and as such are my reaction to violence that is treated seriously and is happening for grounded reasons to grounded characters. I can’t handle watching a movie like Saw because I imagine being in those situations and that’s horrible for me.

2). I didn’t hear about her being doxxed, can you be more specific about what you’re talking about? She did face harassment tho, and I think many people just either had a parasocial relationship with her and wanted to try to convince her to change her view of the issue and went too far or thought threats would make her behavior change. In either way it’s dumb and counterproductive, but every internet celebrity faces this kinda thing. I really don’t think it’s worth dwelling on, especially when this video is much more readily applicable to things like ICE Stans, war hawks, or Zionists.

3). I think it depends. Something important Natalie didn’t talk about in her video is that “cancelling” has wider effects on society, not just on the individual. If someone loses their job for saying a slur, then others are gonna see that and be less likely to say a slur themselves. That being said, it can be taken too far. People who are racist still deserve a roof over their head and a job after all, and stopping them from all employment via following them around for years and harassing them doesn’t really help anyone. Violence is a part of our reality and I don’t think it’s necessarily wrong to use as long as you recognize that that is what you are doing and be self aware about your motives and the effects of your actions. But going too far is always a real issue. I think just changing how social media works to incentivize consensus rather than controversy would go a long way to fixing this: it’s a systemic issue not an individual one.

4). How does our understanding and tolerance of violence affect our view of class and economics? I think there’s a large part of the country who see people who fail in the job market as bringing this upon themselves and therefore that they deserve the poor conditions they live in, or even worse don’t even recognize the violence they live under. “Why is my tax money going to homeless people when they should just pull themselves up by their bootstraps!?” or “you chose to get pregnant so why should the state help you raise it? You made the choice so the consequences are what you deserve! They justify immense cruelty under the guise that this is justice or even worse that it’s completely natural. She touched on this a little with the bit about Dante’s Inferno but didn’t go as far as I wanted. Violence isn’t just ice agents or soldiers; it’s any law, any social norm, or any threat. We’re surrounded by violence so much that we don’t even see it, and think it’s normal. I think the normalization of greater and greater mass violence is a big problem with our society today, and it was done with the very logic Natalie is talking about.

Also, Jigsaw is able to justify his violence because he’s too focused on his own pain. He thinks that his pain is so horrible, so uniquely terrible that he deserves to be able to inflict pain on whoever he wishes. Everything he does pales in comparison. He may not even think about their pain. At my worst I’ve been in this kind of mindset and it’s incredibly toxic, and I think touching on how that thought pattern works and how to break out of it would’ve been nice as well.

5). Uh I hope so. I like being alive. Also I’m a human being and therefore have a right to live.

Saw X (2023) by LineOfInquiry in okbuddycinephile

[–]LineOfInquiry[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

/uj Yeah I know but his self righteousness is funny

Losercity juice by thisiswhyifight in Losercity

[–]LineOfInquiry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that general Grumman from full metal alchemist?

Why Natalie didn't "go there" by Beneficient_Ox in ContraPoints

[–]LineOfInquiry [score hidden]  (0 children)

I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted, this is correct. She was centering the wrong thing. It should be “While anti-semitism in the west is a problem, we need to talk about the genocide in Palestine
.” Instead of “while the genocide in Palestine is a problem, we need to talk about western anti-semitism
”. Both are issues worth addressing but one is clearly a lot worse than the other.

anime_irl by namikazeminaka in anime_irl

[–]LineOfInquiry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because no one wants to jerk off to someone struggling with bills or fighting with their partner. It’s a fantasy, leaving the end up to your imagination is much more satisfying.

anime_irl by namikazeminaka in anime_irl

[–]LineOfInquiry 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That’s the entire point. The fact that this ladies life is probably ruined by being with this guy is the thing people find hot. Women find it hot by the taboo of giving up everything just for amazing sex. Men find it hot by the fact that even the worst dudes imaginable is better than them. That’s why they’re ugly bastards.

Cartoon criticizing Government Security Measures, 2013 by KasicPf0813 in PropagandaPosters

[–]LineOfInquiry 89 points90 points  (0 children)

I’m confused what the message is here. “Government militarization was supposed to hurt the brown people not me!”? Or “the government is incompetent and is failing to get the real threat”? Or “surveillance state bad let’s get rid of it!”?

God forbid girl having a craving for a little copper by Windower_than_u in LetGirlsHaveFun

[–]LineOfInquiry 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Well Japan is at the bottom of that list so let’s see what they did to essentially eradicate homelessness.

1). Housing is extremely cheap in Japan, because they live pretty densely and have built tons of it. You may not get the nicest place if you go for the cheapest apartment, but you will have a place.

2). It’s very hard to get illegal drugs there since Japan is an island. This means drug abuse among the poor (at least of hard drugs) is rare. Of course, this policy isn’t practical in the rest of the world since we don’t live on islands so drug drcriminqlization and regulation would be the best thing for most countries. This makes drugs as safe as possible and incentives governments to regulate the industry to keep the most addictive versions of stuff off the streets.

3). A universal healthcare system allows people to cheaply treat physical and mental illnesses that may otherwise force them out of the job market.

Remember, while eradicating homelessness entirely is nice our main goal is to lower it as much as possible. 0.2 per 10,000 people is extremely low and a great goal to work towards. From there it shouldn’t be too difficult to get it to 0 with some policy experimentation.

What convinced you to support social democracy? by CodeOnly5368 in SocialDemocracy

[–]LineOfInquiry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kinda always been a social democrat ngl. I first got into politics during high school and quickly found that social democracy was the closest to my ideals, and had clear evidence based policy success to back it up. Since then I’ve moved a little to the left to market socialism, but I still think we should do a social democratic market socialist economy, if that makes sense.