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- Gnash3
The patriarchal race to colonize Mars is just another example of male entitlement
The presumed right to use and abuse something and then walk away to conquer something new is a hallmark of colonialism.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/op…
"These men, particularly Musk, are not only heavily invested in who can get their rocket into space first, but in colonizing Mars. The desire to colonize — to have unquestioned, unchallenged and automatic access to something, to any type of body, and to use it at will — is a patriarchal one. Indeed, there is no ethical consideration among these billionaires about whether this should be done; rather, the conversation is when it will be done. Because, in the eyes of these intrepid explorers, this is the only way to save humanity."
- Now The Onion needs to step up their game.soundofreason
- i was sure this was a gag.Gnash
- i learned a new verb, "Columbusing"Gnash
- i wonder how lesbian intellectuals would have dealt with a hungry sabre tooth tiger at the mouth of the cave.detritus
- What's next on the Idiot Carnival showlist? Sports that use balls? Because men have balls, right? Sex balls caused the Roman Empire and Cornflakes.face_melter
- But wait! Balls also made the keyboard she wrote that article with and balls tamed the electricity used to power the keyboard. Sex balls! Sex Balls! Sex balls!face_melter
- Oh FFS here we go again, even space exploration is sexist now.M01XXX
- Musk gets an erection when he launches rockets.Beeswax
- And his name is Musk ffs, can't be more patriarchal. He'll never win unless he gets a sex change.Beeswax
- Maybe men just want to get even further away from women because they write ridiculous articles like this. Suppose I should go read it now!Ianbolton
- "Rather, the impulse to colonize — to colonize lands, to colonize peoples, and, now that we may soon be technologically capable of doing so, colonizing space —yuekit
- has its origins in gendered power structures." This is where she needed maybe a citation or something for such a sweeping claim.yuekit
- It's amazing how you can simply claim things in certain fields of academia, and people will say that you "proved" or "demonstrated" that they are true.yuekit
- ^ the power lies in the fallout from challenging those ideas. being branded a racist or misogynist is those circles is the nuke option for a future careerGnash
- It's on average -55c on Mars. Plus super high UV etc. It's never going to be a natural habitat for humans. You can't do anything but stay inside! boring....shapesalad
- Musk etc, are going to spend so much time and money getting to Mars - with high UV and -55c temp. Why not use the time and cash to improve things here on Earth?shapesalad
- ^ Because we're men and we can do what the fuck we want!Ianbolton
- So Mars is really going to be for men. I'll stay here on earth with all the venues.shapesalad
- Has she got a decent rack? Boobs of the day, perhaps?PeterPancake
- I would go to Mars toot-sweet just to escape this barrage of sub Medium-quality rancid brain gas masquerading as critical writing.face_melter
- she says it like it's a bad thing. fuck yeah i wanna knock up marsscarabin
- Why don't women colonise Venus? Then we can finally have some peace. It would be great if Mars had become men's weekend destination.Beeswax
- ^ is that like a 'go back to where you came from' joke. Men are Mars women are from Venus!Ianbolton
- Shut the fuck up, you pseudointellectual cow.jagara
- utopian1
- What a fucking cunt.face_melter
- Like feeding ducks. What a prick.Longcopylover
- I guess he picked up those sweet ball skills while dodging the draft at university.face_melter
- lol, that little wrist flourish. what a complete moronGnash
- Gnash0
lolz - students at the University of California, Berkeley recently attempted to shut down their own mid-term exam, demanding a take-home exam in its place.
apparently taking tests is making it unsafe for their wellbeing, compounding the stress of having to deal with white privilege all day.
students demanded a “take-home essay with significant time to prepare” instead of the scheduled in-class exam, though Professor Harley Shaiken adamantly refused their request.
on the way out, the the poor little oppressed ones, accused those students choosing to take the exam of supporting white supremacists.
- “I don’t know why you’re still, like, sitting down, y’all. I don’t understand. I really don’t understand. Y’all can take your f**king test, but people are dyingGnash
- ... out there" says on of the oppressed to the remaining studentsGnash
- remind me never to hire a college student. they'll surely be useless.Gnash
- Lol. they added Puerto Rico? These chicanos have no clue about Puerto Rico.hotroddy
- Oh for the love of Dios... you GET TO GO TO BERKELEY YOU SPOILED RACIST LITTLE SHITS!! Kick them out of the class if they skip the test.PonyBoy
- Gnash-1
Edinburgh law student Robbie Travers who ridiculed Isis is accused of hate crime
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/artic…
Edinburgh University is investigating a law student over claims that he mocked Islamic State on social media and put “minority students at risk and in a state of panic and fear”.
An official at the university who conducted a preliminary investigation allegedly accused the third-year law student of having committed a “hate crime” even though there has been no criminal investigation by the police.
- https://www.thesun.c…Gnash
- lulz @ "a state of panic and fear"Gnash
- what a waste of time and resourcesGnash
- The law student says that the complaint against him came in retaliation after he highlighted that a former leader of an ethnic minority student group at the uniBeeswax
- university had referred to black men as “trash”.Beeswax
- ^ ya, it does seem a bit retaliatoryGnash
- utopian1
These 4 Beliefs Prevalent Among Trump Voters
Will Leave You Speechless!
- Gnash1
- "Triggered" MillenialsBH26
- so gentlePonyBoy
- I'm glad i'll be dead or living in isolation before this generation of basketcases are in any kind of position of influence.face_melter
- Yet the bow and arrow is OK.i_monk
- Gnash0
Law Professors Condemned as Racist After Praising America’s 1950s ‘Bourgeois Culture’
http://freebeacon.com/culture/la…
The UPenn coalition printed a letter on Monday in the school paper, the Daily Pennsylvanian, claiming the professors were "complicit in" and guilty of "normalizing" white supremacy through this op-ed.
- these profs marched for civil rights and have multi-racial families and yet they're treated like this... :/
... you stay classy, angry lefty guizePonyBoy - http://i.imgur.com/Z…Gnash
- these profs marched for civil rights and have multi-racial families and yet they're treated like this... :/
- Gnash0
Why these professors are warning against promoting the work of straight, white menhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/n…
... perpetuates what they call “white heteromasculinism,” which they defined as a “system of oppression” that benefits only those who are “white, male, able-bodied, economically privileged, heterosexual, and cisgendered.”
- sarahfailin0
- welcome to america 2017. everyone's lost their mind._niko
- don't see any problem in this. trump ordered the death of civilians. now that's something.oey
- bring me his head doesn't have to be literally interpreted. or does it?oey
- she was once so brave
https://pbs.twimg.co…Gnash - Its a fake head of the president. Who the fuck cares. People getting their panties in a wad over it because it was Trumps head. So are you firing her over tastecannonball1978
- She was all spit & vinegar when they were were cheering her on. crumbled pretty quick when the clapping died.Gnash
- I try to imagine if someone like Rush Limbaugh held a severed Obama head in his first year. It wouldn't have been taken well.CyBrainX