RE: That Trans Thread
June 1, 2022 at 1:05 am
(This post was last modified: June 1, 2022 at 1:07 am by Irreligious Atheist.)
(June 1, 2022 at 12:48 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Of all the left-leaning YouTubers you could pick, you picked Max Fucking Karson? The guy who defended Cuties not because there was some perspective being lost in all the controversy (one that might be easier to discern if you look not only into the director’s own words, but in the works of directors like Michael Haneke, Lars von Trier, and Gaspar Noe), but because he considered the kids sexy? The unrepentant domestic abuser? The man who’s admitted that he’s aware he’s so unhinged that when he sought help, he asked for the Hannibal Lecter treatment? Seriously?
(Note: as sensationalistic as the thumbnail is, this is one of those videos where, after a brief introduction, they just let his own words speak for themselves for 50 minutes.)
Frankly, there’s a LOT to criticize about social media echo chambers (especially how they radicalise when left to their own devices, and this ain’t just a trans thing) and the glorified harassment campaigns that we call cancel culture, but could you have picked literally anyone else? For just one example, and one relevant to trans issues, Contrapoints has a great video on canceling and the harassment campaign that ensued because she made the mistake of hiring a trans man with some dodgy views to read a John Waters quote:
First of all, none of that about Max has anything to do with how well he expressed his argument there. He has admitted to abuse, which shows me that he's probably a better person than an abuser that would not admit to it, and it's not like he beat anyone and gave them a black eye or anything. I don't care what Max is attracted to, as there's nothing wrong with attraction alone, as long as he doesn't act on those attractions and keeps it legal, and I certainly don't see how this is relevant to his views on trancel culture. I will check out your videos though.