I may not be free of fiat governments but I will not suffer one ounce of language policing on #Nostr nor the moral imperialism of "Progressive Bitcoiners".
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It doesn't sound very masculine to purposely say things that are offensive to large groups of people. In fact, to me, it sounds like the opposite of that hashtag that you like to use. How is that masculinity? Being masculine means protecting those that you're able to protect. Hard disagree on your stance of weakness here. If you truly feel that you're masculine, you'll look into the underlying meaning of the word and realize it's just not a tough guy attitude. It's actually a mixture.
One aspect of masculinity is having the balls to speak your mind and stand for what you believe is right, whether or not someone agrees with you. That someone could be in the majority or the minority, it doesn't matter.
No one here is using words to intentionally offend others, but inevitably when one voices an opinion, someone will be offended no matter what. I don't see why anyone should be censoring themselves to spares someone else's feelings if the intent is not to offend. That, to me, is why places like Nostr now exist, because language and thought policing has gone to the extremes on all mainstream social media. I'm sick of it, too.
Not caring about offending people you don't know has nothing to do with masculinity. At worst it could be called slightly autistic. But let's face it, if everyone had to take everyone else's feelings into account on the internet, no-one would use it.
Not caring is an act of self defense while using a communication medium not entirely suited for inter-personal communication.
Homosexuality is bad for families and the common ethic, so calling queer and backwards things gay reinforces that reality.
Similarly, by not being overly sensitive about things that are truly retarded, we can work to remedy them.
Being offended is not masculine, nor is erecting a progrresive safe space so pervasive that the truth itself dies.
I will not be apart of it.
Sounds snowflakey to me.
So in your minds being offended on behalf of gay people when others use the word 'gay' as suitably fits their value system is, what, masculine?
Sus.
When I was 16 I said things were gay, meaning they were bad. Years later I have close friends that are gay. Why would I say things meaning my friends are bad? They're good people that would help me out if I asked them to in a heartbeat. I grew as a human. I celebrate growth.
Do what you want man/woman/thing, but being purposefully disagreeable is weak. Language does indeed matter, but not exclusively to you.
Because you want your friends to be good and peer pressure/societal shaming is a powerful force for maintaining a common ethic.
If your friend was using heroine, would you have a moral responsibility to tell him you thought he was doing the wrong thing, endangering body and soul?
Sure, I would, but I don't view being a drug addict in the same light as being gay.
In this particular example I have found that taking it upon myself to be the judge of other people's behavior alienates them and makes them less likely to hear what I am saying.
Most of the time they are just trying to cope with childhood trauma of one sort or another.
Similarly in the case of 'progressives' they are coping with propaganda. Attacking their ego will cause them to dig in more.
They are not entirely wrong in wanting to reduce suffering for others. The means by which they propose to do that are often ridiculous, but the desire for empathy (feminine as it may be) is a healthy human drive.
That being said, I fully understand being fed up with the overton window police.
Just don't let it wear down on you 🤙
No. You don't.
#MasculineFrame means standing up for what you believe in and also admitting when those beliefs were incorrect. I think you're losing sight here because of your religious beliefs.
For example, your religious beliefs don't offend me even though I don't agree with them. I don't need to get offended to realize that something is wrong. It's just human nature to be social. We can recognize unsocial behaviors.
How would you respond to the fact that some homosexual parents raise better families than broken heterosexual homes?
Stable homes are better than broken homes, that doesn't make exposure to homosexuality good for children.
Social accomadation has not been good to Christians in the last 100 years.