Comment on Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch.

• Letstakealook@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That argument doesn’t hold water. One is an immutable characteristic, and the other is a career choice. A career that filters for certain personalities.

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  • slowwooderrunsdeep@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well first off, being a man is not an immutable characteristic, because transgender people exist.

    Second, the difference between the two groups you bring up isn’t relevant in this comparison, because pointing out the differences between them doesn’t negate the similarities. Both are groups with an inordinate amount of power (physical or legal) over any outgroup and are supported by cultural norms that allow them to exercise that power largely without repercussions. Both groups are also protected from consequences by others within the group, regardless if the others agree with their questionable decisions. And most importantly, both groups are human, meaning the individuals vary widely within the group along the moral spectrum. Even if most within the group are good, bad actors will always exist and there’s no way to know which one you’re dealing with at face value.

    Even if it’s not a perfect comparison, it’s apt enough to support my point.

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    • Letstakealook@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Being a man is immutable, unless you are saying being transgender is a choice.

      I brought up the largest difference between the groups, not the only significant difference between the groups. One is a choice, the other isn’t. This difference alone is more important than any similarities your comparison can draw.

      It is a highly flawed argument that only serves to get back pats from those that agree with you.

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      • Mango@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You have no idea how much they like the back pats.

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    • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Well I know a couple of black guys that have committed crimes, I better paint them all with the same brush.

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    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Well first off, being a man is not an immutable characteristic, because transgender people exist.

      The aspect of being a man that makes people consider you a threat by default is an immutable characteristic though, if you are a trans woman people will treat you that way even more than otherwise.

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    • Mango@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Man is not a gender. Man isn’t an aesthetic choice. Man isn’t a social role. Man doesn’t need an injection to stay man.

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• Drusas@kbin.run ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The idea is that ACAB because one bad apple spoils the bunch. So yeah. You're missing the point of the idiom you are using.

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• Mango@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The bad apples are organized and lead by other bad apples and actively weed out any potential good apples who wouldn’t have a snowflakes’s chance in hell at accomplishing change anyhow. How do you think corruption works?

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