Political Discussions for "Adults"

**Frownland** · 05-24-2022, 06:53 PM

I get the vibe that some weeb ass leftist Ignatius stole TheBig3's girlfriend and he never quite got over it.

TheBig3 · 05-24-2022, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I get the vibe that some weeb ass leftist Ignatius stole TheBig3's girlfriend and he never quite got over it.

Do anime guys have girlfriends?

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Originally Posted by Queen Boo

Some people just like cartoons dude, chill the f*ck out.

Not all anime consists of lolis in Nazi outfits, I promise. The avatars of right wing Twitter trolls aren't telling the whole story here.

I mean yeah anime has it's share of morally reprehensible trash, no goddamn doubt about that, every medium does, and it's hardly the only medium that attracts a right wing fanbase, look at Gamergate and Comicsgate, it's definitely a growing problem in nerd culture.

But I assure you not all nerds are like this, I know plenty of gamers, weebs, comic book nerds, furries and miscellaneous weirdos who are extremely left wing.

Fascists try to attach themselves to different communities like parasites, especially ones that have some kind of stigma attached to them because it's easier to prey on vulnerable young people that way, in reality most people in these communities want nothing to do with them, they are a vocal minority, it just happens that vocal minorities thrive on the internet and if people blindly accept that a community "belongs" to them they win.

The ones I dealt with while modding a subreddit were all Jordan Peterson fanatics.

The Batlord · 05-24-2022, 08:02 PM

Well I jerk off to mad anime bitches and I'd give short shrift to a fascist weeb catboy.

**Frownland** · 05-24-2022, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

modding a subreddit

This is a way bigger red flag than enjoying a bit of anime.

TheBig3 · 05-25-2022, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

This is a way bigger red flag than enjoying a bit of anime.

You must be a hit at the record shops.

jadis · 05-26-2022, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Well I jerk off to mad anime bitches and I'd give short shrift to a fascist weeb catboy.

*with as little irony as possible given the context* I like the idea of reclaiming beating off to anime characters from the left

What TheBig3 gets wrong, afaic, is the "anime is *intrinsically* fascist" bit. It's what some would call an "essentialist" way of looking at things. Its opposite, the "historicist" outlook, would instead examine how anime came to be associated with a certain set of ideas in the US, what are the economic, cultural, technological, demographic, gender etc etc factors that conditioned this particular reception. I'm sure there are thousands of Tumblr posts making the claim that beating off to anime is an act of liberation from the straightjacket of heteronormative sexuality or something to that effect. How come those voices were "marginalized" and so forth.

An example from a different area: Nietzsche, the guy of the Ubermensch, Blond Beast, slave morality etc etc fame, was claimed as an important precursor by the Nazis - but also (and no less plausibly) by quite a few of the left-wing radicals behind the 1968 student riots, les soixante huitards. There's always more than one story to be told.

adidasss · 05-26-2022, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by SGR

Spirited Away specifically - the music, the stunning visuals, the engaging story, the world-building, it's all top notch. I saw it when I was younger (I think Cartoon Network/Toonami might have aired it?) so perhaps nostalgia has biased me, but has Ghibli released any other films on the level of Spirited Away? I tried My Neighbor Totoro once, but that didn't quite hit the mark for me.

Princess Mononoke is better than Spirited away.

Howl's moving castle also.

SGR · 05-26-2022, 10:24 AM

Noted, I'll check them out

Guybrush · 05-26-2022, 01:02 PM

I've seen most things Ghibli. The first 30 minutes or so of Ponyo is Ghibli at its greatest to me, but the second half let's down a little bit.

Other than that, I may prefer the story of Mononoke, but visually and entertainually, Spirited Away is my favorite.

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So about the school shooting, isn't it the US in a nutshell? You can't get an abortion, but an AR15 is no prob.

~~jwb~~ · 05-26-2022, 01:38 PM

That's why we need to start arming the fetus to protect it from the mother.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I get the vibe that some weeb ass leftist Ignatius stole TheBig3's girlfriend and he never quite got over it. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	I've seen most things Ghibli. The first 30 minutes or so of Ponyo is Ghibli at its greatest to me, but the second half let's down a little bit. Other than that, I may prefer the story of Mononoke, but visually and entertainually, Spirited Away is my favorite. Edit: So about the school shooting, isn't it the US in a nutshell? You can't get an abortion, but an AR15 is no prob. __________________ Something Completely Different

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SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	Noted, I'll check them out

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	That's why we need to start arming the fetus to protect it from the mother.