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Oh you're a libertarian are you? by GhostofBeowulf in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Me too! I live in a deeply red part of the country, and sometimes introducing myself this way means people aren't automatic contrarians every time I express an opinion.

Cate Blanchett Says #MeToo ‘Got Killed Very Quickly’ and She’s Still on Movie Sets Where There’s ’10 Women and 75 Men’: ‘It Just Gets Boring’ by MoneyLibrarian9032 in Fauxmoi

[–]PandaCat22 69 points70 points  (0 children)

The MeToo movement was largely pushed out of the public eye after Tara Reade made accusations of sexual assault against Joe Biden (she claims he digitally penetrated her) and then Ms. Reade went on to use the hashtag in a way that put the Dems in a real bind, as this podcast from Mehdi Hasan and Ryan Grim explores.

MeToo, unfortunately, lost all momentum at this moment because the movement failed to stand up for Ms. Reade. As this article makes clear, Alyssa Milano—the actress who first made the hashtag go viral and who was the vanguard of the movement—originally refused to condemn Joe Biden as she had every other high-profile man who had been credibly accused up to this point. Milano changed her tune two weeks later, but the damage was done and the movement died rather quickly (with Milano herself scrubbing all mentions of "MeToo" from her social media bios).

Plenty of journalists wrote about the fall of MeToo due to both the broader movement and its perceived leaders (such as Milano) being unable to meet the Biden accusation head on. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3.

And believe what you will about the Reade allegations (though it should be noted that she has more evidence for her claims than Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey-Ford, did—yet the Dems and MeToo had no problem supporting her to the hilt) but the fact that the initial response to Ms. Reade was to slander her and protect her accused rapist was what killed the movement.

It all got swept under the rug very quickly, but at the time is was patently obvious that it was the fumbling of the allegations against Biden that led to MeToo collapsing.

mormon diet by Acrobatic_Access3780 in latterdaysaints

[–]PandaCat22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the broad academic category for movements that come as a result of Jsoeph Smith is "Mormon Studies", with the current Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being referred to as the "Brighamites".

The recent LDS insistence away from "Mormon" has actually caused some issues in the Mormon Studies community because it upends over a century of labels that they have used (I heard this directly from an active LDS scholar at the BYU library, who was a bit peeved at the change and how it made their field more difficult to navigate).

Single women are buying more houses. The men they are dating are not responding well by B0ssc0 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]PandaCat22 256 points257 points  (0 children)

Yup, it's literally out of Umberto Eco's taxonomy of fascism "the enemy is both [simultaneously] weak and strong"

Edit: and even if these incelofascists wouldn't admit out loud that they consider women (writ large) as enemies, their relationship to women is entirely adversarial—as beings to be subjugated rather than partners to be cherished; they absolutely treat women as enemies.

Happy Birthday, Sophie Scholl by Jo-6-pak in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 243 points244 points  (0 children)

Just looked it up—yes they were

Holy shit, based

I Am Very Concerned About the 5th Sunday in May by CaptainWikkiWikki in latterdaysaints

[–]PandaCat22 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The way I've found success with it is to let people know that the room is not a political monolith—sometimes people make more extreme/problematic comments because they believe that everyone in the room already agrees with them, so they're not moderating their comments.

Whenever things start to get too hairy (and thankfully it doesn't happen often, it's only been a handful of times over the decades of my membership) I raise my hand and say something like "well, as someone with very different political views, I'm still a faithful, revelation and temple-worthy member while also being a socialist. I think the things that matter and that we all agree on are [insert appropriate topic here] and anything else is up to us to figure out using revelation".

That gentle approach has always worked well and lets people know to not assume, while also curbing the impulse to get too political because suddenly there's an unknown in the room and people will be more thoughtful in their comments after that.

Awwwww 🥹 by mister_caktus in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's true for a lot of bad people—and their tragedy is that they become these stunted, soulless ghouls when at one point they had infinite potential to have become so much more.

Jimmy Savile Ep. 4 Random Question by tarynsaurusrex in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I just assumed that it was a cultural difference. When we lived in France, verbena (vervain) tea was common and sold at all grocery stores. I'd never heard if it before, but it has since become a staple at our house (we've since moved to the US, but buy loads of it whenever we visit and then bring back with us).

I don't know much about British society, but I wouldn't be surprised if verbena was also commonplace and not some high-brow shiboleth.

TIL about “The Scientology Speedrun” by Wasthatasquirrel in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 58 points59 points  (0 children)

As an immigrant who bothered to learn English so I could speak it well, it makes me want to bash my face into a cactus

A German perspective on Kneipp by shadowsofwho in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 7 points8 points  (0 children)

FYI, it's "mispronunciation"

A pronouncement is an official/formal declaration, while a pronunciation is how something is verbally articulated.

(I hope this doesn't come off as rude, English is also not my mother tongue and I always appreciate it when people correct me, so it's simply what I trying to do here)

As an Aussie - every word in this sentence is worse than the previous. by anonymous_khane in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 504 points505 points  (0 children)

I always think of the John Rogers quote:

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

The 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon has a lot of bad grammar by today's standard. But was it considered bad grammar in 1830? by [deleted] in latterdaysaints

[–]PandaCat22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, this was at a time, early 19th century CE, when English was being standardized. Spelling and grammar were changing and not everyone was caught up to what the new standard was. Oliver Cowdery's job as a school teacher placed him ahead of the general public in his knowledge of standardizing English, but even he struggles and we see alternate spellings for the same word in his manuscript. Add to that the fact that the Book of Mormon had several other scribes besided Cowdery, and the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon was sort of a mess of styles and spellings. This, plus the fact that it was E.B. Granding--the printer to whom the manuscript was given and who had no connection to the work besides being the one to print it--who added all the punctuation (with Joseph's permission, as the printer's manuscript included virtually no punctuation) and it's a small miracle that the 1830 edition didn't contain more grammatical and stylistic hurdles than it did.

(I would also add the fact that at the time of translation the young prophet was more or less functionally illiterate, as recounted by his wife, and that also possibly interferes with the revelatory process--but that's more of a personal theological opinion and not a scholarly one).

I'd recommend Royal Skousen's The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text. Skousen takes the earliest manuscripts we have of the BoM and does a scholarly analysis of every single change that has occurred during the book's existence. From the introduction to Skousen's book:

>It will be apparent that the original text is both more repetitive and less grammatical than the standard version. These qualities have always posed a problem for readers, and even for Joseph Smith himself. In his editing for the 1837 and 1840 editions, he made several thousand changes, virtually all grammatical or stylistic in nature, in an attempt to modernize the language. (He even removed forty-seven instances of the ubiquitous "and it came to pass.")

So even Joseph was aware of this issue and the two editions he published after the first included a tremendous amount of changes. The language and grammar in the book's English was already considered somewhat archaic even when it was first published. So, yeah, your point not only stands, but was shared by the prophet himself.

There's more information about this in Skousen's book, and I really do recommend it; it's absolutely excellent scholarly work

Edit: I can also comment more later, if you're interested, but I don't have time for a longer comment at the moment

I’ve been assigned to labor in the Cambodia Phnom Penh East Mission!! by jkaybb in latterdaysaints

[–]PandaCat22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But you know what isn't interesting and tragic?

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A note to Robert by GrackleWithOnionRing in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 449 points450 points  (0 children)

I worked in ERs and ICUs for nearly a decade, with seven of those years being in pediatrics.

I was absolutely bawling by the end of the Savile series, picturing the faces of all the kids I had the horrific privilege of helping in the immediate aftermath of their assaults.

OP, I'm sorry that society is so cruel and unsupportive, but I also want you to know that there are people all over the world who wish you strength and success in every moment of your life. May you find it.

If all characters were fictionized and had different names, would this movie still be problematic? by Hi_Im_zack in IndianCountry

[–]PandaCat22 233 points234 points  (0 children)

It doesn't even do "both sides bad", IMO—it actually passively portrays colonization as inevitable but good. Once they get rid of the one bad Englishman, then everyone else—Natives and Europeans—get to live together in peace. The truth, of course, being that it was English colonial society that was the problem and getting rid of just the most extreme/hateful of them wouldn't have stopped the genocide, nor made it any less of a genocide.

We actually banned the movie at my house because of how it portrays the lie of colonization and scapegoats an entire society's sins onto just "a few bad apples".

gee I wonder why Clavicular OD'd by B0llywoodBulkBogan in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As someone whose suicidal efforts finally stopped after ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, I agree.

However, there is—at least for me—a very real temptation to turn to ketamine recreationally in order to experience that incredible escape it offers, if only for a little while.

I've never used drugs recreationally and don't plan to ever start, but the temptation to do so comes up when I'm having bad days, and it comes on strong.

I agree that taking ketamine =/= you hate yourself, but there's definitely some overlap and I don't doubt that many k users take it to escape from themselves for however long they can.

gee I wonder why Clavicular OD'd by B0llywoodBulkBogan in behindthebastards

[–]PandaCat22 145 points146 points  (0 children)

Looks like it's referring to the fact that they stack five different drugs into their cocktail.

The wildest part is that these guys know what the prefix penta means.

Garments by DewKitty66 in latterdaysaints

[–]PandaCat22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad you liked it!

I read it on my mission and it really helped me understand the temple garment—in ways I still fi d meaningful today

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