As to why, sure it’s patriarchy, but they keep putting out duds and using it essentially say “audiences don’t want female-led content”…

You’ve answered you’re own question - they put it out there so they can say they tried, people didn’t like it, so we’ll continue as we were, with them (patriarchal entertainment execs and the patriarchal capitalists who fund them) maintaining their positions.

The people who complain about this shit are running governments and corporations and controlling society, wtf are you talking about?

You’re really narrowing down a much much bigger issue to try and make it digestible. But the patriarchy is systemic. Misogyny is systemic. Male privilege is systemic. Gamergate is a symptom, and honestly, a mild one at that.

Patriarchy.

Privilege and with it an overinflated sense of entitlement, which result in the most fragile of egos (E: see downvote ration lmao).

That’s at best.

At worst, and on top of the above, is conscious and deliberate misogyny and the unwillingness to give the privileges up.

This is the teeny-tiniest tip of the iceberg, but it sounds like you are willing to challenge your views and perceptions, so jump in, it (E: patriarchy, misogyny, feminism, intersectionality, and on and on…) is a terrifying, but also extremely well documented rabbit hole, just start looking…

A feature, not a bug.

They can transfer the moderation of the community in question to you.

To add to this, if OP doesn’t actually want to become moderator of the community themselves, there are still other options - the instance admins can transfer the community moderation to a third person (I seem to remember there was even a dedicated community for finding new mods to take over dead communities), or they could potentially find a similar community on another instance.

It’s the internet and we’re leftists and this is like saying copyright law is a good thing and totally misunderstands how ideas grow and propagate. It’s like telling someone they can’t alter a meme.

Jfc, I’m not misunderstanding anything. I’m not telling anyone to do or not do anything, I don’t feel like I can’t or I shouldn’t do anything, I never claimed or even mention copyright, I simply made a choice not to bother altering an existing work somebody else made because I didn’t see a good enough reason to, and because it literally makes no fucking difference to the content.

Yes, fuck Drake, but to derail the entire conversation over an outline of his image appearing on a single slide, and try to “educate” me on copyright as if that’s got anything to do with anything going on here seems significantly less productive than just ignoring it and moving on with your life, or, you know, focusing on the actual content.

It’s not my work to edit. I also assume it’s an older choice that didn’t age well, rather than a current one.

Nothing as American as the exploitation of Black bodies…

https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/plantation-logics-at-the-nfl-combine/

Don’t make confidently incorrect assertions before confirming you’re not the one who missed something…

Yeah, but we don’t post publicly about that…

Thanks, I’m glad people are finding it helpful!

That’s a really good idea, unfortunately I’m not in a position to handle the logistics of something like that myself, but I’d 100% be up for donating funds and even posting medication to the US if something like that was happening.

I’d actually considered going to one myself to see what they were all about, but the nearest UU to me is quite a way away and I’m not able to travel, so it never materialised. I don’t believe in god and don’t have a relationship to repair, but don’t have issue with individuals who do (my issue lies with organised religion, not personal belief), and I think groups that bring communities together (and without the pressure of having the same religious beliefs) like that are vital in building solidarity.

Having and maintaining a platform to safely communicate on is important, but we can’t forget that lemmy isn’t secure, so consider supporting (or promoting amongst your peers) platforms that are, too.

As for marching, if that is really where you think you could help most, train! build strength, learn how to use cold and hot weapons, learn basic first aid, learn how to disarm smoke bombs and other weapons the cops may use against you, and remember - being a marcher still doesn’t mean being at the front line, you can be at the back helping those who are injured, who have gone in to shock, or who need their energy replenished. There is plenty to do, and we need everyone!

Just to be clear, I didn’t miss anything because I didn’t make it, fablefulart did. 😊

Otherwise, I agree, those are really good points, thanks for adding them!

Fair enough.

Good guy bus driver

Thanks for the added info, it sucks to know but isn’t surprising, but nowhere do I (or anyone else I can see E: aside from the single mention in the AP post that OP is commenting on, obviously) give props or even mention greyhound.

Yes. Love it.

I personally downvoted it because it’s a terrible idea, op wants to leave the US, not sign their life and soul away to it.