I am sick of the shenanigans of cishet white men. I am infuriated that I am part of that demographic simply because of the circumstances of my birth. I am livid that they (my so-called "peers") keep claiming to be hated and oppressed, "victims" of "cancel culture" when they keep blindly plodding along the same path and ignoring everyone (myself included) who points out to them how they're wrong and can change, if only they'd do the emotional labour. These men wonder why they are not popular with women (or anyone but themselves, really), but it's actually not a big fucking mystery!
The world turns, and it'll turn on you if you don't shape up and move with the times!
You know what I'd like to see (not that anybody's going to ask)? I'd like to see the majority of men working to disable and dismantle the Patriarchy, instead of enforcing it. I'd like to see people being aware of when they say or write things that are homophobic, misogynistic, patronising, racist, sexist, transphobic or otherwise bigoted (and the effect their words have on the people at whom they're directed). I'd also like to learn to walk away from people I see being wrong on the Internet. That way, I'd have more time to work on improving those areas of weakness in my own life. Instead, I get into arguments with callous and insensitive arseholes who don't give a shit who they hurt, as long as they're allowed to vomit out whatever hateful crap they like without being challenged. To them, it's just a case of some words on a screen, to someone they'll never meet, but they have real-world repercussions for people who're receiving hundreds to thousands of such messages (explicit or otherwise) on a daily basis!
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Name any horrible event or adverse/oppressive world view from history, and I'm pretty certain there's a high probability that it transpired because some cishet white man/men from the USA, United Kingdom or Europe (or a coalition thereof) went "hold my beer; I've got this". Dudebro douche armadas, you ain't got shit but ego and entitlement, the attitude that the less fortunate/privileged people of the world owe you whatever you want, just because you have a large bank balance and a penis!
If someone from an oppressed minority tells you that your attitude and/or behaviour is offensive, hurtful or just plain wrong, you should shut up and sit down until such time as you're ready to find out why and do the emotional labour necessary to change to be part of the solution. (A closed mouth gathers no foot. Sadly, a closed mind also gathers no enlightenment.) What you should not do is get defensive and hostile because you're feeling attacked, butthurt and fragile. The latter will only make things worse and make you look like a PoS (and we will have no time for you). This is particularly important if you're a moderator in a chat group that claims to be welcoming to people from all walks of life, provided they behave themselves cordially and with civility.
If your own behaviour contravenes the rules of the group that gave you power and has people calling for the other mods to give you a warning or get you to shut up, there's a problem (and it's with you, not with the "woke sheeple" you're not only hurting/offending, but putting effort into doing so). But please, keep telling us how you're "normal" and in the right because you're the default setting and among "the chosen people", how homosexual and trans* people are "freaks" and in the wrong, should be ashamed of themselves and shunned ...
FFS, shithead; ain't nobody got time for that but you! Go pop your red pills and drink your red KoolAid by yourself! I want none of it. At this point in my life, I have space for only one selfish arsehole (and I'm occupying it until such time as I've done the work necessary to be good enough make space for another).
