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Old 06-29-2015, 08:59 AM   #51
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You're asking me to become passive in our culture rather than active?






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what's so active about clicking on every single story like a soccer mom?

i know exactly what stories you are referencing but i don't need to click on them to know what it's about. i heard about the flag removing chick. i just don't care. 99% of the time i can tell you exactly what the article will say without clicking on it.

you are raging out about stuff you are directly consuming. everyone runs into random links where it's clearly click bait. that's all on top of normal stuff you're actually into.

if you're that internet stupid/addicted to literally click and read through every stupid story then you are the problem man.

we all have a filter. start using yours. i've had times where i was literally online 10+hours a day including work and being that "informed" of online events isn't a good thing.

you sound like a SJW when you talk about being active vs passive in this like it's a social justice war. LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
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there really isnt a single way that LGBT people can affect you if you're straight

Uhhh... try a massive cultural shift?


LGBT people tend to be completely vain narcissists. The acceptance of this egoist behavior is rampant in our society as everyone now competes in this global popularity game that is so focused on hollow self-promotion of their own image.


Did you even see the article above stating that children raised by same-sex couples do worse in many areas of life?


This is exactly why I write about it. People are so, so, SO beyond ignorant to the incredible leftist push in our society because most dudes are distracting themselves from participating in their culture and society. We let homosexuals and women rule our social environments and then wonder why nearly everyone around us is a complete beta male or raging douchebag.


It is so hard for me to find peers because, like Jasonturbo had mentioned something along the lines of earlier:

"I play PS4, my guitar, fap, drive my cars... fuck it"

It is nearly impossible to find other men who are actually paying attention to the sweeping social changes that are going on and WILL absolutely affect us in time.

Here's a good example:

Hollaback asks Vancouver nightclubs to fight sexual harassment by joining Good Night Out campaign | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly






Sooooo... now we have "safety audits" of our nightlife locations?

Oh wait, that sounds ok... it is for the protection of women and homosexuals. No biggie, that is a good thing. Right?


Right?





Zero tolerance for "sexually aggressive, sexist, or homophobic behavior"


So... if you check out a girl's butt when she walks by and her fat friend notices, instead of just cock-blocking you, she could have you tossed out.

So... if some dude starts creeping on you on the dancefloor and you push him away or are rude to him... that could be seen as homophobia and you could be kicked out for it.

What defines "sexist" or "sexually aggressive"? It now becomes in the eye of the beholder. We, as straight men, are being systemically painted as creeps and weirdos if we do not conform to the narrow and limited social construct that leftists are aiming for.


harassment to the forefront


I thought going out was about socializing and having a good time? Glad that has to be policed by fucking women's studies students.


But there's always weirdos in the bars


This comment is pure fear-mongering.


Our straight sons will grow up in a world where everything they do, and say, will be HEAVILY POLICED.
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you sound like a SJW when you talk about being active vs passive in this like it's a social justice war. LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

Passive beta males hate on men who have drive in life.
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Yeah, what an idiot that CiC guy is. There is absolutely zero evidence that media can change how your mind and body respond sexually.

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Uhhh... try a massive cultural shift?


LGBT people tend to be completely vain narcissists. The acceptance of this egoist behavior is rampant in our society as everyone now competes in this global popularity game that is so focused on hollow self-promotion of their own image.
i fail to see how this is different from straight people?

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There are numerous scientific studies here that refutes this
here's one, for example
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0615103946.htm

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This is exactly why I write about it. People are so, so, SO beyond ignorant to the incredible leftist push in our society because most dudes are distracting themselves from participating in their culture and society. We let homosexuals and women rule our social environments and then wonder why nearly everyone around us is a complete beta male or raging douchebag.


It is so hard for me to find peers because, like Jasonturbo had mentioned something along the lines of earlier:

"I play PS4, my guitar, fap, drive my cars... fuck it"

It is nearly impossible to find other men who are actually paying attention to the sweeping social changes that are going on and WILL absolutely affect us in time.

Here's a good example:

Hollaback asks Vancouver nightclubs to fight sexual harassment by joining Good Night Out campaign | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly






Sooooo... now we have "safety audits" of our nightlife locations?

Oh wait, that sounds ok... it is for the protection of women and homosexuals. No biggie, that is a good thing. Right?


Right?





Zero tolerance for "sexually aggressive, sexist, or homophobic behavior"


So... if you check out a girl's butt when she walks by and her fat friend notices, instead of just cock-blocking you, she could have you tossed out.

So... if some dude starts creeping on you on the dancefloor and you push him away or are rude to him... that could be seen as homophobia and you could be kicked out for it.

What defines "sexist" or "sexually aggressive"? It now becomes in the eye of the beholder. We, as straight men, are being systemically painted as creeps and weirdos if we do not conform to the narrow and limited social construct that leftists are aiming for.


harassment to the forefront


I thought going out was about socializing and having a good time? Glad that has to be policed by fucking women's studies students.


But there's always weirdos in the bars


This comment is pure fear-mongering.


Our straight sons will grow up in a world where everything they do, and say, will be HEAVILY POLICED.
I get it, every forum needs at least one of you stereotypical I'M SO CONSERVATIVE AND MANLY guys to play devil's advocate and spark debate and throw around generally overused and ill defined terms like LEFTISTS and so forth.

But relax, being straight is still fucking awesome and will continue to be, at least for me.
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i fail to see how this is different from straight people?
Naturally you fail at it because you cannot see that this trend of narcissism is increasing due to the obsession with self, which the LGBT community has truly mastered. Anti-"slut shaming" is a vein of vanity and narcissism that grew out of the promotion of deviant sexuality. The trend will only increase.


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here's one, for example
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0615103946.htm
Already pimp-slapped this study in my other thread... kids of same-sex couples do worse.



Use some logic. Man-woman partnerships to raise children are naturally better than man-man or woman-woman.

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I get it, every forum needs at least one of you stereotypical I'M SO CONSERVATIVE AND MANLY guys to play devil's advocate and spark debate and throw around generally overused and ill defined terms like LEFTISTS and so forth.

But relax, being straight is still fucking awesome and will continue to be, at least for me.
Yes, an agnostic, porn dealing, former rockstar-partier is soooooooooo conservative!

Just admit, you're completely clueless about the culture around you and the direction it is heading.

I bet like the average male dullard you know a ton about the Canucks trades though!
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Naturally you fail at it because you cannot see that this trend of narcissism is increasing due to the obsession with self, which the LGBT community has truly mastered. Anti-"slut shaming" is a vein of vanity and narcissism that grew out of the promotion of deviant sexuality. The trend will only increase.




Already pimp-slapped this study in my other thread... kids of same-sex couples do worse.



Use some logic. Man-woman partnerships to raise children are naturally better than man-man or woman-woman.



Yes, an agnostic, porn dealing, former rockstar-partier is soooooooooo conservative!

Just admit, you're completely clueless about the culture around you and the direction it is heading.

I bet like the average male dullard you know a ton about the Canucks trades though!
a picture with no source, research methods no description of analysis methods etc is pimp slapping lol. if this aint peer reviewed it aint shit homiee. tons of terrible parents with kids that experience those problems.

Every forum, there's always one (or several) guy that has a true eye to the REAL THINGS that are going on in society, with the unenlightened sheeple (or dullards as you used in this example) blindly carrying on. i aint even remotely insulted lol
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a picture with no source, research methods no description of analysis methods etc is pimp slapping lol. if this aint peer reviewed it aint shit homiee. tons of terrible parents with kids that experience those problems.

Actually, it came from a peer reviewed study...

https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/sites/defau...197/cfca18.pdf

But hey... let's just all believe whatever we want?

Truth is, this is just the beginning and the infancy of a massive and unstoppable cultural shift, and I do not believe it is for the better.
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Actually, it came from a peer reviewed study...

https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/sites/defau...197/cfca18.pdf

But hey... let's just all believe whatever we want?

Truth is, this is just the beginning and the infancy of a massive and unstoppable cultural shift, and I do not believe it is for the better.
here are some quotes taking from the journal you selected...did you even read it? lol

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Where differences that could be construed as disadvantageous to children have been detected between
samples of same-sex parented families and heterosexual couple families these need to be kept in
perspective. With regard to the one large study thus far that has detected harms to children raised
in same-sex parented families, the fact that the analysis does not take into account the children’s
experience of their parents’ separation and divorce is a serious methodological flaw

Law- and policy-makers in Australia have already made use of the considerable research evidence that
demonstrates children in planned lesbian parent families do as well psychologically and sometimes
better than children in heterosexual parented families. For example, findings from earlier reviews of this
body of literature were taken into account in recommending extending the eligibility criteria for access
to clinical donor insemination to lesbian couples in the State of Victoria, in addition to amending the
Status of Children Act to make children’s parentage clearer in cases where lesbian couples use donor
insemination to conceive (see Victorian Law Reform Commission, 2007). A remaining area of state and
territory based legal inequity involves access to adoption rights for same-sex couples.
even then, the point of whether or not homosexuals make good parents vs. hetereosexual parents is irrelevant and a red herring. shitty parents are shitty parents regardless of orientation and the inverse is true as well
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here are some quotes taking from the journal you selected...did you even read it? lol

Yes, of course, I firmly believe that the overall results show that children in same-sex partnerships do not benefit from the connection children have with a biological mother and father.

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Here's an analogy you might understand:


Taking a BMW to the dealership, when it is stock, the mechanics were trained on to repair it and understand how everything fits together. For them, working on a BMW with BMW parts just comes naturally. This is how children from biological mothers and fathers relate to their parents.

Now if you took my car, a BMW with a Mustang engine and a 280Z slave cylinder, '96 Thunderbird radiator and Corvette wheels. They, the BMW mechanics, will look at it and may attempt to work on it, but it requires a lot of mental gymnastics to interact with.

I'm positive that children who grow up with a pair of gay dads or lesbian moms are lacking the influence and connection to both genders which you can ONLY get from a heterosexual marriage. This is a key element to the entire anti-gay marriage stance and I believe it is legitimate. The world's greatest strawman is how people say "oh what about abusive straight parents..." as if that has any bearing on whether or not children are negatively affected by same-sex couples raising them.

It just seems insane to think that lesbian mothers or gay dads could raise a straight son, biologically only related to one parent, if that, and have a "normal" outcome.

I think goodness every day that I had a mother and a father growing up. They divorced when I was 11, but the childhood I had was incredible.

Shit, why not a house full of 5 lesbians or 5 gays married together raising children in a commune? It is coming, just wait!
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So where does the single parent aspect come into play?
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CiC literally believes the media and government can turn kids to become gay. Still fundamentally consider unconditional love as the best and only approach.

Some straight people can be affected. Case in point. 1 of 2 recent personal experiences.

I used to go to a church(yes a church) because it appeared most people were super nice. There was a young woman that had all the potential to be a child entertainer but the first warning sign was that she kissed the little kids really loud. This I let go but when I discovered a parent was not happy at all, it was concerning and she still continued the kissing. Next, I discovered there was a high chance she was bisexual. Let that go. Next was her actual purchased work. Never got a chance to ask her in detail a major part of it but one page was possibly very disrespectful. Personally would never let her alone with children and I am willing to sacrifice for surveillance and monitoring.

Anyways, I agree it won't affect me as I'm straight but what about those parents who might have to 50-60 hours/week each? Goddamnit, they took out this version of Lilith on google, where apparently she has an affinity for little children. But get this; the parents are unsuspecting(too busy?) and Lilith ends up in control!

I absolutely have no worries with my kid becoming gay because it won't happen. However, if my kid ever ends up going to the Boy Scouts, I have no choice but to spend a few hours monitoring, as gays are allowed to be Scout Leaders now. Wouldn't be surprised if one is a little too suspicious being a monitoring agent, could end up being ostracized with how LBGT influence is on the rise.

I feel sad, because I like some gays. Off to the strippers and the horrible jungle music!



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This is the last draw as have decided it is not worth the fight. Grew up watching all versions of Batman and it is hard to imagine Bruce Wayne, a nice guy, would go beyond the basic concept of tolerance. If the next version is far "left", I give up for good.

Back to social justice. The straight camp counselors and teachers may have been on the same level as today's or tomorrow's counselors and teachers. They sold me on the value of cultural diversity. Culture? Oh, please. Diversity? O, please. So far it has been a total complete scam. Been following the local art scene and yes, a soul, but not much soul. Not much soul at all. Prove me wrong.
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Haha found this video right now and this guy says exactly everything I believe:


1. There is a push for one culture, where what you see on TV is the truth and people do not challenge it

2. People are dumber and dumber and don't think for themselves

3. The government is part of the brainwashing of society
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i just don't follow this shit and therefore im ignorant to it. and i just keep on truckin and doing what i do.

there's so much noise out there, that if you dedicate your whole life to one small slice of the pie, it could fill your entire perspective easily.

i only follow things that interest me.

anything that's to do with social justice, inequality, anything that caters to individuality and "specialness" i just ignore.

i shouldnt even say ignore, cuz that means i would have to first see it.

i don't even see it. except for places like... rs where you would post these things.

of course FB too. but when scrolling through FB i only stop to read things that interest me.

everything else to me is just a "commercial" between posts i wanna read.





the world is big enough that every special clique, every special posse, has enough data out there to overwhelm you bro.

you think this gay attention seeking faggot will even exist months down the road?

lol who the fuck cares.

im more concerned about the spaceX rocket that blew up. or the greece debt problem haha.
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my theory is just, too many people have no lives. no goals.

they don't really live for anything. they just go to work, do their 9-5, like that's the only duty they have. then everything outside the 9-5 depends on what's "HOT". and they just jump on that.

they have no direction. in fact, they have so little direction, their leisure has to be dictated to them as well. that's how sad it is.

they have no real life goals. like real ones, that take up enough time that they become that goal.

they're more concerned about being out of the social loop, insecurities. probably nothing to talk about in the coffee room at their jobs LOL.
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Haha found this video right now and this guy says exactly everything I believe:


1. There is a push for one culture, where what you see on TV is the truth and people do not challenge it

2. People are dumber and dumber and don't think for themselves

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my theory is just, too many people have no lives. no goals.

they don't really live for anything. they just go to work, do their 9-5, like that's the only duty they have. then everything outside the 9-5 depends on what's "HOT". and they just jump on that.

they have no direction. in fact, they have so little direction, their leisure has to be dictated to them as well. that's how sad it is.

they have no real life goals. like real ones, that take up enough time that they become that goal.

they're more concerned about being out of the social loop, insecurities. probably nothing to talk about in the coffee room at their jobs LOL.
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it's quite easy to separate the originals from the sheep.

you just look at their leisure activity. and the shit they post on their fbs.

and last, but not the least... the shit they post on rs (LOL).
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it's quite easy to separate the originals from the sheep.

What's today's "alternative" style?


Basically the only rebels today are homeless people. They are the only ones who do not participate in our linear social ladder progression.


That, and porn-funded authors!
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yeah but they have no choice. didn't choose to not participate. they cannot participate even if they wanted to LOL.
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Agree on all of Ulic's points.

Shit doesn't effect me when I don't see it/don't give a shit/the people around me don't give a shit.

I don't have a large circle of good friends, I've got maybe 10 "good" friends I see all the time and all of us have similar interests and views. We don't discuss shit like Bruce Jenner or LGBT, we talk about hunting, fishing, traveling, where were going to plan our next trip etc. or on the lower scale we just get baked and discuss science and technology type shit.

This "shift" you're talking about does not come within our circle whatsoever. The only people who would even have a glimpse at this shit are the outlying friends of my GF's we see once in a while, and all of them are too scared/timid to bring up any sort of social aspects as a discussion because A) even though they probably have a 'strong' opinion regarding the matter, they aren't confident enough to debate it, and B) they are too scared to bring up a subject which may put them in a negative light to others so they keep quite and only discuss neutral or common subjects.

No one I know within the 60 or so people I see a month on a regular basis is giving two shits about some geek on YouTube posting flaming videos.
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yeah but they have no choice. didn't choose to not participate. they cannot participate even if they wanted to LOL.

Homeless people COULD get their shit together, I mean, it actually is not very hard to get into a halfway house and get job placement.

Then you're looking at a minimum wage job and time to re-adjust to society. Imagine being homeless for a decade or being on drugs since like 2005 and then coming back into society and having to work with crazy trannies, super-out gay people or easily-offended feminists. A lot of people unable to bite their tongues would be out of work incredibly fast.

The poorer you are, the less of a voice you have, until you hit rock bottom... then you can finally say and think whatever you want!

Due to financial necessity, now more than ever, speech and thoughts must be carefully navigated. How many RS'ers hold back their own beliefs due to the knowledge of our hyper-PC climate?


Another huge factor at work here is the lack of any real community. I've lived in Gastown for nearly 6 years now, and I can say without a doubt that there is little sense of community and other men have mentioned how few genuine friends they have downtown. Things like housing are no longer for shelter, for putting a root down and engaging with other like-minded people. Dating no longer requires you to know anyone and to network to meet the lady or partner of your dreams. Instead, housing is a speculative investment where many people are buying up as many properties as possible and looking to become the next neo-feudal lord, dating has turned into an electronic game of writing the best profile and having great photos, an advertisement for yourself rather than requiring social participation it formerly required.

Women especially are used as validation for men more than ever, guys who post photos of themselves with their hot girlfriends to increase a man's social value to others. The vice-versa happens as well, but women get more value out of a man with money than a man with looks.

Instead of being a great person in their community, people become great people on the internet with likes and comments. We all now participate in this global popularity contest that just seems so hollow and juvenile, and if you disagree with it there is NO alternative to our new digital image-based culture. If it doesn't happen online, it didn't happen.

However, if it did happen and someone was offended, look out for the Twitter shitstorm. It doesn't matter if you have done immense great deeds in life, one tiny slice of your life taken out of context could cost you your entire career and reputation for the rest of your life.

Dalhousie anyone?


Sid posted a comment showing people on a subway commute all thinking the same thing but not saying a word. That's a good example of how people are too afraid to speak their minds out of the financial necessity to blend in and keep to themselves. Speak your mind, get fired, and you could find yourself on the street faster than you could say "freedom".
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