Worst of Social Justice

[Witchyjoshy]

Wow, so he put on a tiny bit of weight and his hair is a little grayer.  So what?

Those people are shallow.

[Ultimate Paragon]

Those people are shallow.

And I bet they claim to be so above it all...

[Witchyjoshy]

Those people are shallow.

And I bet they claim to be so above it all...

Probably so.

I mean, you think I'm an SJW?  These people are definitely along the lines of Social Justice Crusaders.  And I mean that in the worst sense of the word "Crusader".

[gyeonghwa]

So these folks (and I'm familiar with them, and I think I put that wanobi character on block) are body positive when it comes to their own bodies but not body positive when it comes to other people's body?

That's completely ignoring that people "age" at different rates depending on their social conditions. These people are completely unaware of their social privileges if they (I've haven't seen their faces so I'm just assuming) haven't "aged" (and since most of them are twenty something or younger of course they haven't they're in their prime).

[chitoryu12]

Jared Leto might not even be human with how little he's aged. The guy is a few years from being halfway to 100 and he looks slightly older than me.

[Cerim Treascair]

heck, look at Stallone.  Nearly 70 and still looks like he could kick the shit out of folks.

[SpaceProg]

Really?  Near 70?  He's held up well. 

As far as all the ageism goes, I think it sucks majorly, but I remember a saying from my past that I've come to find very true (at least for me):  The older I get, the older 'old' is."

[chitoryu12]

This is one of my status updates about the Grammys tonight:

Ringo Starr: 73 years old, looks 55, sings like he's 67.

Paul McCartney: 71 years old, looks like a melting wax statue, sings like he's slightly confused.

[Captain Jack Harkness]

I have a few things to say about the Tumblr post thingy:

1.  Who the heck is the fella pictured?  Am I the only one who doesn't recognize him, or is anybody else who doesn't just afraid to ask?
2.  Is it just me, or is Tumblr just a wee bit too obsessed with pointing out that he's a white guy?

[niam2023]

I saw a picture on Tumblr of a woman carrying an Abercrombie and Fitch bag portraying a shirtless, muscular young man (like most / all of their bags).

Tags included fatshaming and fatphobia.

All that was in the photo was just a woman carrying a bag.

[Sigmaleph]

I have a few things to say about the Tumblr post thingy:

1.  Who the heck is the fella pictured?  Am I the only one who doesn't recognize him, or is anybody else who doesn't just afraid to ask?
2.  Is it just me, or is Tumblr just a wee bit too obsessed with pointing out that he's a white guy?

1. Brendan Fraser.

2. It's not just you.

[SpaceProg]

I have a few things to say about the Tumblr post thingy:

1.  Who the heck is the fella pictured?  Am I the only one who doesn't recognize him, or is anybody else who doesn't just afraid to ask?
2.  Is it just me, or is Tumblr just a wee bit too obsessed with pointing out that he's a white guy?

Umm... I could be wrong as I pay very little attention to the whole celeb scene and sometimes confuse names and faces.  Brendon Frasier, I think.

And I was ninja'd by the Sigma. :p  Boy did I butcher Fraser's name.

[The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist]

Let's play "Guess the age".

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39.

 

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40.

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51.

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37.

(The ultimate "Hey, it's that guy!")

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57.

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51.

[gyeonghwa]

I'm really really close to posting hawt photos of half naked older men. . .

Screw it, here's a model, middle age and "old" looking.



I've seen young people who looks "old" too. They were of all racial background, and they live in harsh conditions such as being migrant workers or homelessness. Perhaps they should think about that.

Then there is subjectivity. I'm in my middle twenties. I may look "young" but compare me to my high school photos and you'll readily see that I ain't no ageless young'un. We age differently. Even the supposedly ageless men of color age too. Usher is still a hot man but he isn't 100% the same Usher from the 90s.

People have all sorts of preferences. Some people like the bear look and some like twinks. Some people like it all. I sometime think these tumblr personalities thinks they're gods or something; they're always above being criticize but they'll criticize ever nitpicking things about other people. That's not social justice, that's egotism. For as much as I loath the anti-SJ crowd who bitch that people are "obsessed" with race, or the anti-SJ crowd who tone troll people, I also loath taking something as trivial as how a person age and making it social justice.

Sum: I'm still that "race obsessed SJW" who see racism in many things. How one looks while aging is not one of those thing (unless we're talking about health discrepancies among older people of difference races which could alter a person appearance as they age, which the OP was definitely not doing.)

[Cerim Treascair]

Really?  Near 70?  He's held up well. 

As far as all the ageism goes, I think it sucks majorly, but I remember a saying from my past that I've come to find very true (at least for me):  The older I get, the older 'old' is."

He was 68 when Expendables 2 was filming, and that was a while back...