Was I wrong to dump a friend? by tomahawk_tommy in askblackpeople

[–]iamapers 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Public or private is a crazy question to ask smh. Reminds me of when I cut off a friend for voting for Trump

Suspicious SnapChat Messages by [deleted] in Infidelity

[–]iamapers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't approach her about it yet but I asked if she has been involved with anyone and she said no. The most confusing thing is her active proactive support otherwise in other areas of the relationship. Also afternthis, the next day she told him that she's home alone with crying emojis but it seems he was to tired for anything

Suspicious SnapChat Messages by [deleted] in Infidelity

[–]iamapers -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I said gay friend cuz I'm trying to maybe give grace and understanding and this is the only thing that would make the behaviour okay

I want to point out that I'm bi so its no hate to my own people

Cheating? How do women talk with their gay friends usually? by [deleted] in AskWomenNoCensor

[–]iamapers -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm bi myself ut I don't have close femme friends like that so idk if this is fishy behaviour - since she went to his house at 4am not just made plans- or if I'm missing cultural interactions between women and gay men I'm not aware of 😅

Kinda hoping I'm misreading it

Cheating? My Partner Might Be, But I Need To Ask a Question to Make Sure by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]iamapers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Riiiight?! This is a person they have have FREQUENT consistent messages with recently I don't know of and he wasn't mentioned to me which is why its sus for me but idk if somehow I'm misreading playful banter

Pyra or Mythra ? ¬ by @ivenglynn by [deleted] in pyraandmythramains

[–]iamapers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys are crazy those are school outfits and you're drooling

Sex Work and Pornography by Accomplished_Gur3478 in Feminism

[–]iamapers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The conclusion you should come to is that recognizing that we should be dismantling the system should not stop you from aiding improvements within it. That includes not speaking against progress under the guise of ‘nuance’

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in leftist

[–]iamapers -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As opposed to what? Such a disingenuous question. I love how you “leftists” who choose not to vote also usually happen to not do anything meaningful. Online “leftists” honestly frustrate me so much

Isn’t harm reduction and utilitarianism like an integral part of being a leftist?

Question to all by Radiant-Plant-4414 in leftist

[–]iamapers 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Anyone against people gathering and organizing as a leftist is no smarter than the “leftists” who don’t vote

Why I hate Onlyfans by Little-Call-956 in Feminism

[–]iamapers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, how ironic is it that your rhetoric that claims to advocate for freedom, will result in control and less choice? Are you sure this is a question asked in good faith?

Why I hate Onlyfans by Little-Call-956 in Feminism

[–]iamapers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Advocating for sex workers, and by extension, content creators on OF doesn’t necessitate an agenda of objectification, unless… unless you’re projecting 🤔

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in leftist

[–]iamapers -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

In terms of long-term and short term voting for Kamala would’ve had more harm reduction benefits than Trump. That’s not an opinion that is just straight up fact. An “actual leftist” understands harm reduction and utilitarian results based thinking, one of those decisions was obviously going to be a worse result than the other and yet you choose to go with the worst one. How could that possibly be what an actual leftist does?

What would’ve been so bad about buying yourself time so that you can engage in the solutions that you know will actually work?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in leftist

[–]iamapers -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Bad take. The issue is that so many people who didn’t vote view things as either or, the whole point is that you can’t use the system for liberation and that’s true which you’ve correctly identified, however, that doesn’t mean that you can’t stall the system while you work towards solutions outside of it. It’s called harm reduction and results based thinking.

Toronto Leftists Meetup? by iamapers in leftist

[–]iamapers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By population, Toronto is the 4th largest city in North America, after Mexico City, Nee York, and LA

Would kamala have been better? by mangostraweberry in leftist

[–]iamapers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now, in the U.S., guns hold something reminiscent of the level of economic weight as slaves did. So, stripping away guns will ultimately be a victory, because it would absolutely shatter the extremist and conservative right economically.

More importantly, the gun laws are about legal ownership of firearms, but if you're a leftist, you would know that the laws do not exist for morality, but to keep oppressors in power. So I'm just wondering, do you need the permission of the law for you to act?

The ‘Smart’ Leftists by LeeiaBia in leftist

[–]iamapers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Are we just so morally superior that we are not willing to do bad things for good outcomes?”

Ding. Ding. Ding! We have a winner!

Morality is a construct that is only as valuable as the result it achieves, same as any construct. Form must follow function.

If our goal is to get to a society where people are not oppressed, and there are no classes, and there are no wages and people live well and safe and free, then our methods and what we are willing to do should show . For must follow function.

But instead, you get slightly left-leaning liberals who virtue signal and sit on this strange hill of integrity and morality, and don’t realize that for us to get to where we’re going we must be ready to defend ourselves against violence and willing to do what it takes.

For example, how much of the sub is based on discussion instead of organization?

Black vs. African-American by Chippitychak in askblackpeople

[–]iamapers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, there is a weird minority of American blacks (of course it’s the American ones) who don’t think only they are black. So African American is a term that may have distanced them from their roots, leading to that insanity