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Remember when you could just go study a subject and not have to deal with the inane bullshit outside said field (most fields have enough internal BS going on). Not anymore. Now you can get dial your oppression into serious subjects and feel good correcting others when they mistake your clownshow (academic work) as satire.
The bitter partisan environment that dominates US politics is coming here. Three examples are have been captured and posted to Twitter – here the ‘freedom rallies’ exhibit hostility toward media crews on the ground who are there covering the event.
These two incidents may not be typical of the all the protests but I think are indicative of the misplaced skepticism and vilification of established news media sources that is becoming normalized in Canadian society.
I am not endorsing less media awareness or less critical thinking, on the contrary, triangulating news events and stories is vital for a more comprehensive grasp of the issues at hand. But this isn’t what is happening. It is outright hatred and physical violence against media outlets perceived not to be the home team.
These sorts of actions are not acceptable in Canadian society.
“Name Redacted (they/them) is the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy. They are a dual Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from MIT and the Technology and Policy Center.
#amplify #genderfluid #nonbinary”
Let’s not amplify toxic gender norm in society. This male individual has decided to wear high heels. Good for him if that’s what he’s about. The choice to wear damaging uncomfortable footwear should be available to both men and women.
The stereotypical outerwear does exactly zero to change one’s sex or position in societies hierarchy. Declarations of being ‘gender-fluid’ or ‘non-binary’ are simply declarations of slavish devotion to sex stereotypes (aka gender).
Let’s end with a picture from another post –
Yes, so celebrating being the last regressive category is actually quite cringe worthy. But apparently using the correct pronouns for the dude pictured above is a ban worthy offense – the gender religious are soooooo sensitive. :)
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