You lost me there. Aesthetic? Maybe a statement of preference in a certain context like a public forum on an unrelated subject, yes, can be a political statement, but the preference itself is completely apolitical in nature, IMO. This isn’t art, it’s just a matter of whether you’re into something or not sexually, which is usually something that comes before a political viewpoint, or any conscious thought for that matter.

Aight, so you are just trolling by saying random words with no meaning or relevance. Shouldn’t you be called smoothestsapphic instead because you’re a fucking smooth brain?

Reflect on that and grow the fuck up and speak like an adult.

It’s both really, I actually do hold that viewpoint as described in the original comment, but I also wanted to say it in a way that conveyed why some folks might be made uncomfortable by rhetoric like that.

I definitely agree it’s how you say it - but also where and when and how much you say it.

I think such preferences are fine obviously, but I’d question the motives of anyone who goes around claiming that often and considers it a large part of their identity. Context is everything in the end.

No obviously not. I wouldn’t date black or Asian folks for instance, or fat people, or dumb people or overly outdoorsy folks or a right-winger or a religious person or anyone under 5’10". I’ll happily stand to defend all those folks rights and I’ll stand by them hand in hand in solidarity, we just won’t fuck.

This is ok. This is normal. When it comes to personal association, especially sexual, freedom of association - is a core tenet of any libertarian socially progressive ideology worth it’s salt. And that’s the kind of progressive I’m down for.

Huh? I didn’t dismiss either OP’s or the other commenters’s experience.

But I’m not going to jump to conclusions blindly at your say-so or he-said-she-said or your insults, because when you look at statistics: consistently, across a decade, across all age groups, women are far more supportive of LGBT folks, even the T in the UK (TERF Island).

I know this is a popular go-to thought terminating cliche for “bothsidesbad” type people, but beyond empathizing, what do you expect me to do exactly?

I am sorry to hear you had shitty experiences with progressive women. I had only good experiences with women period, even those on the older side, and I’m a trans woman in the UK. It’s your word against mine unless we have studies and data and statistics, and unless you can demonstrate me some to support an actual argument, this conversation is pointless.

If you have no such data, then at least pose a hypothetical, proposes a mechanical explanation, suggest methodological flaws in existing data, but don’t expect the world to adjust to your experiences or opinions.

That sucks, I’m sorry to hear that.

Hopefully your experience is merely anecdotal. I’d need to have some numbers or a study before I change my mind personally though

But it feels odd to single them out rather than who would really perpetuate.

You’re right, the difference is that I’m reading it in bad faith and you’re reading it in good faith.

It’s definitely a thing but i doubt it’s progressive women who are perpetuating it.

Why are there background arguments in your place?

Idk I used headphones? Still don’t understand what the noise cancelling is for, good fitting ear tips and IEMs or closed-back over-ear headphones with good form fitting pads do the trick just as well?

Don’t let either horde of morons on the internet dictate what you believe and why.

I’m still a leftist and haven’t stopped being one just because dumb motherfuckers and inflammatory rhetoric exist.

This has made me wildly unpopular on places like Lemmy etc. but idgaf because I know my reasoning is sound and can back it up, so challenges to my views that are welcome that don’t employ valid reasoning are discarded. I live my life to my principles and idc about being agreeable or agreed with anymore.

Even if true and you’re serious- it’s irrelevant anyway. You’re still a person and it’s your fundamental human right to exist.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise. Either we humans all get along together, or there shouldn’t be any humans.