Worst of Social Justice

[MadCatTLX]

So they're pissed at people who have actual mental illnesses and don't go around constantly waving it about like some kind of trophy showing how speshul they are? Bitch fuck you.

[Askold]

So they're pissed at people who have actual mental illnesses and don't go around constantly waving it about like some kind of trophy showing how speshul they are? Bitch fuck you.

How about getting mad at deaf people who use hearing aids? Or getting mad at parents who get hearing aids to their deaf kid? Because both of those are apparently an attack against deaf people and the latter case in particular "denies them of their birthright."

[RavynousHunter]

And don't even get them started on the mere idea of cochlear implants.

(My ASL course a few semesters ago had a unit on deaf culture...even the unpleasant bits.)

[Ultimate Paragon]

I guess it's a good thing there aren't any deer your parents' basement.

[guizonde]

There's somebody on tumblr who's claiming that Chris Pratt's fake tan in Jurassic World qualifies as "brown face".  They've also apparently gone on about "invisible illness privilege" which I can only assume means "mental illnesses that aren't physically apparent".  I'm guessing they're comparing it to "white passing".

If there's any privilege in having an "invisible illness," I'm sure as fuck not seeing it. If anything, it makes it worse, because people expect you to act normally since you look normal, and are even more put out when you don't because, well, you aren't normal.

i'd like to see that person try to live with a personnality disorder. i'll gladly give them my paranoid psychosis and see how they cope with it. it's not a privilege, it's a major handicap that i'm forced to live with (most likely) until i die. i don't brag about it because it makes me sound like a serial killer in the minds of laymen. trust me, you don't want to have those.

[Ultimate Paragon]

And now for some good old-fashioned double standards:

https://archive.is/qZjoo

Congratulations, Ms. Stone, you made me side with Sarah Palin against you.

This article attempts to make a distinction between Josh Duggar molesting his sisters, and Lena Dunham molesting her sister.  It portrays Lena's interest in her sister's body as nothing more than childlike curiosity, claiming she merely looked at her younger sister's vagina when she was seven.

The problem?  That's not true.  The author fails to mention the "child-like curiosity" Lena Dunham had for her one year old baby sister lasted until Lena was 17 years old.  She would bribe her sister into her bed, and masturbate in front of her.  And the way she described it... it's even more sickening.  She was literally getting sexual pleasure from forcing her sister to beg to sleep with her.  She 'put on a big show of saying no'.  This is some disgusting shit man.  Calling it anything other than predatory is dishonest.

But then, why tell the entire truth about Dunham's 10 year history of creepy behavior with her younger sister when you can only talk about the time she was 7 and just showing her natural, innocent, and childlike curiosity?

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not defending Duggar.  What he did was despicable.  My problem is that the media refuses to give Lena the same treatment, and that they (rightly) denounce people defending Duggar, while at the same time defending Dunham.

The only thing I agree with the author on: It's not a fucking competition.  There is no gold medal for the world's most prolific kid fucker.  It doesn't matter who's "worse", they're both disgusting excuses for human beings.

[Sleepy]

Hadn't heard that about Lena Dunham in that regard. Where'd you get the info?

[Ultimate Paragon]

Hadn't heard that about Lena Dunham in that regard. Where'd you get the info?

She wrote about it in her own memoir: Not That Kind of Girl.

[Second Coming of Madman]

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What is catharsis?

[Sleepy]

Hadn't heard that about Lena Dunham in that regard. Where'd you get the info?

She wrote about it in her own memoir: Not That Kind of Girl.

Right, I heard about the stuff she did as a young kid from her memoir. I'm just wondering if the stuff stated as a 17-year-old is from the same place (and if so, where within the book) or if it was a secondary source.

[dpareja]

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What is catharsis?

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2. Catharsis:

the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.

(From Dictionary.com)

[mellenORL]

From Stone's HuffPo post

Admittedly, Dunham writes about another experience with her little sister in which she tried to bribe her with candy and tried "anything a sexual predator might do to woo a small suburban girl." While this is a joke in poor taste, and has been criticized as demonstrative of Dunham's privilege, it's a joke made precisely because she wasn't a sexual predator -- she was a little girl.

So, do I need to buy Dunham's book to read the part where she did this continuously until she was 17 and masturbated in bed after coercing her little sister into it with her? I just went to the Amazon page about it and found out from reader reviews that I maybe can save spending 13 bucks for a kindle version (fucking seriously, a dollar less than hardcover - market ebooks better someday, please world?).

(amazon review)

This is the first review I've ever felt the need to write. I first heard of this book due to it's recent controversy. I wasn't entirely interested in it at that point, though it did sound as though the author did some terrible things. My husband and I recently became obsessed with Lena's show Girls. I decided to give her a chance and read the book for myself. Anyone who thinks that this book is evidence of child molestation needs to SERIOUSLY WORK ON YOUR COMPREHENSION SKILLS. After reading this, I could not believe that this was the same book that caused so much outrage. I even read the parts involving Lena's sister multiple times, making sure I did not miss something. I loved this book, and I love Lena Dunham.

But hey, UP if you can find a free accurate excerpt from Dunham's book where she's going on about fucking and fucking up her little sister, that would be a great service to us all reading the thread here.

[ironbite]

There's somebody on tumblr who's claiming that Chris Pratt's fake tan in Jurassic World qualifies as "brown face".  They've also apparently gone on about "invisible illness privilege" which I can only assume means "mental illnesses that aren't physically apparent".  I'm guessing they're comparing it to "white passing".

If there's any privilege in having an "invisible illness," I'm sure as fuck not seeing it. If anything, it makes it worse, because people expect you to act normally since you look normal, and are even more put out when you don't because, well, you aren't normal.

Tumblr in general takes this super romantic version of illness that just irritates me.  They take something that's devastating and pass it off like it's the best thing possible to happen to a person.

[Sigmaleph]

There's somebody on tumblr who's claiming that Chris Pratt's fake tan in Jurassic World qualifies as "brown face".  They've also apparently gone on about "invisible illness privilege" which I can only assume means "mental illnesses that aren't physically apparent".  I'm guessing they're comparing it to "white passing".

If there's any privilege in having an "invisible illness," I'm sure as fuck not seeing it. If anything, it makes it worse, because people expect you to act normally since you look normal, and are even more put out when you don't because, well, you aren't normal.

i'd like to see that person try to live with a personnality disorder. i'll gladly give them my paranoid psychosis and see how they cope with it. it's not a privilege, it's a major handicap that i'm forced to live with (most likely) until i die. i don't brag about it because it makes me sound like a serial killer in the minds of laymen. trust me, you don't want to have those.

The person involved does have a personality disorder. Their comment about invisible disability was about their own bipolar disorder.

[guizonde]

There's somebody on tumblr who's claiming that Chris Pratt's fake tan in Jurassic World qualifies as "brown face".  They've also apparently gone on about "invisible illness privilege" which I can only assume means "mental illnesses that aren't physically apparent".  I'm guessing they're comparing it to "white passing".

If there's any privilege in having an "invisible illness," I'm sure as fuck not seeing it. If anything, it makes it worse, because people expect you to act normally since you look normal, and are even more put out when you don't because, well, you aren't normal.

i'd like to see that person try to live with a personnality disorder. i'll gladly give them my paranoid psychosis and see how they cope with it. it's not a privilege, it's a major handicap that i'm forced to live with (most likely) until i die. i don't brag about it because it makes me sound like a serial killer in the minds of laymen. trust me, you don't want to have those.

The person involved does have a personality disorder. Their comment about invisible disability was about their own bipolar disorder.

are you kidding me? she's complaining that she's "privileged" to have bipo? instead of what? a leg blown off? what kind of twisted world does this loony live in? it's tough enough to hide it and live with it, no need to wear a friggin' t-shirt saying "i'm mentally disabled, loathe me".


... this may be a sore spot for me.