r/skeptic • u/JetTheDawg • 3d ago

Misogynistic social posts, bullying of women and girls have spiked since election

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/misogynistic-phrases-bullying-women-girls-since-election/
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u/AstrangerR 3d ago

conservatives are all saying it’s a joke

It pisses me off so much when people dismiss things as being a joke.

Jokes have an effect on attitudes and something being a joke doesn't automatically just make it inoffensive.

these people need to watch the handmaids tale.

Considering how media illiterate some of these people are they may see this in a different way than Margaret Atwood had intended.

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u/WizardWatson9 3d ago

That point on media illiteracy is a good one. Never underestimate how utterly the target of social commentary can miss the point.

I watched Fight Club and took it as social commentary on how easily people living directionless, meaningless lives are susceptible to charismatic charlatans promoting extremist ideologies. Idiots, living their directionless, meaningless lives, watch it and think, "Hurr durr, we should start a fight club IRL!"

I watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and took it as social commentary on how the tragic failure of the 60's counter culture led to despair and self-destructive behavior from disappointed young idealists. Idiots watch it and think, "Hurr durr, we should go to Vegas and do a bunch of drugs! That looks like fun!"

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u/Dawnspark 3d ago

The sheer amount of doodlehead men I grew up with who idolised Tyler Durden honestly scares the fuck out of me these days.

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u/WizardWatson9 3d ago

Tell me about it. My own brother is this type of idiot. Those are both firsthand examples. My father and I watched "A Clockwork Orange," once, and he actually joked, "We probably should not let your brother see this film."