Quote (Handcuffs @ Mar 6 2019 11:35pm)
Helloween7, how happy I am that you're posting once again. I see you lurking occasionally though. ;)
Your post bring a few things to mind. One of the first things is that I think the situation with the left and criticisms of Islam is very analogous to the situation of those critical of Israel. Unfortunately, some people take criticism of Islam and specific practices as being synonymous with being Islamophobic in terms of being anti-Mulism, similar to how some people view criticisms of Israel as being antisemitic.
Specifically with feminism, I think the nuance is that I agree with some of the people critical of white, Western, radfems in so far as the brand of feminism that they adhere to is inherently influenced by Western ideology, and subsequently there is something to be said about the "holier than thou" approach many Western feminists take. One major example I can think of is the divide over whether hair/head scarves are "feminist" or not, and many Western feminists concluded that they were not, and instead a sign of oppression. Those who opposed this viewpoint argue that there's nothing more feminist than women deciding what they want to wear, including hair/headscarves, and those who wear them reject the idea that they wear them simply because of female subjugation.
I agree that it is very analogous which prompted me to post in the first place. I'm not talking about the headscarf or other such thing. I understand this divide when it comes to wether it is oppression or not. Although the only true answer is that it's oppression
I'm talking about liberal feminism literally unable to say it outloud that child marriages is wrong and that it is rape.
I'm talking about my very comments on reddit being deleted or myself being banned from left leaning and LGBT subreddits for criticizing obvious unnaceptable things. Can't condemn stonings and the death penalty for "crimes" that obviously should not warrant it. I should stop mentioning girls and women dying in isolation in period huts because it is not inclusive feminism and could trigger transwomen.
If I am holier than thou and direspectful of brown people means glossing over said issues and letting brown people(and women specifically) die and in misery then I'll stay a western imperialist.
Perhaps you haven't encountered that severe of mindfuckery but I have and I wouldn't say it's that rare amongst the woke brigade. How can left leaning individuals that talks about micro aggression take hot takes stances antithesis to their own supposed core values?