• WhatTrees@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        165·
        6 months ago

        Debates are only cool when they aren’t meant to divide and create conflict-

        Do you know what debates are? What they are for? How they operate? A debate is always two opposing ideas, they are literally designed to divide and revolve around conflict. If you only like debates that unite and cause harmony then you don’t actually like debates, you like discussions.

        I clearly said I didn’t see this specific topic appropriate because of the sexist (and sometimes political) nature of it.

        A) Yes it’s a debate about sexism and rape culture, of course it’s going to involve sexism.

        B) Everything is politics. People who complain about things “getting too political” just don’t like the politics on display.

        We are literally in a meme community revolving around an allegory for the Vietnam war where the good guys are analogous to the Vietcong. If you think Star Wars is not a place for politics then you don’t understand Star Wars.

          • WhatTrees@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            4·
            6 months ago

            It still shows up for me, I’ll post it below for reference.

            The meme is about a controversial topic which has lead to numerous debates lately where “both sides” are extremely sexist to the other. I made an statement, it wasn’t subject of debate (unlike the meme).

            there is no rule that the memes can’t be attached to debates

            Never said that, I actually enjoy a lot of debates born from memes, so that’s not the problem. I clearly said I didn’t see this specific topic appropriate because of the sexist (and sometimes political) nature of it. Debates are only cool when they aren’t meant to divide and create conflict-

            Were you guys outspoken then?

            -which you seem to try to encourage. Nice try, but I’m not changing my mind here, this post doesn’t seem appropriate to me in the slightest. People here expect “haHa [insert funny akward quote]”, not “let’s compare ewoks to fucking rapists”.