VILenin [he/him]@hexbear.netM to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoAre chuds aware they’re not the only ones who watch movieshexbear.netimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1imageAre chuds aware they’re not the only ones who watch movieshexbear.netVILenin [he/him]@hexbear.netM to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere’s two kinds of thing: “thing I agree with” and “political” Race? White and political. Gender? Male and political. Sexuality? Straight and political. etc etc
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI would love to sit down and tease apart how this line of thought came to be
minus-squarebarrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe pervasiveness of US propaganda is not to be underestimated.
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago main character syndrome
minus-squareOutdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s called status quo. Political is when you change status quo. I don’t believe it’s any more complicated than that.
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI think that’s accurate, but don’t think it explains the origins of the meaning. Like, were people using the word that way in the 1920s?
minus-squareSacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoNo, but the thinking itself predates that comfortably, ‘political’ is just the term used now Women only got the right to vote in the US in 1920 and the country still had ‘Colored’ and ‘White’ restrooms/seating/etc for decades after
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes, I am interested in doing a linguistic and cultural analysis/history of the term and married concepts and I keep getting responses like I want to argue
There’s two kinds of thing: “thing I agree with” and “political”
Race? White and political. Gender? Male and political. Sexuality? Straight and political. etc etc
I would love to sit down and tease apart how this line of thought came to be
The pervasiveness of US propaganda is not to be underestimated.
It’s called status quo. Political is when you change status quo. I don’t believe it’s any more complicated than that.
I think that’s accurate, but don’t think it explains the origins of the meaning. Like, were people using the word that way in the 1920s?
No, but the thinking itself predates that comfortably, ‘political’ is just the term used now
Women only got the right to vote in the US in 1920 and the country still had ‘Colored’ and ‘White’ restrooms/seating/etc for decades after
Yes, I am interested in doing a linguistic and cultural analysis/history of the term and married concepts and I keep getting responses like I want to argue