2d ago

ruled men make good rules

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This whole thing never made much sense. It’s just a poorly thought out version of the passage of trauma, one that fails to account for systemization of classism, bigotry, and the like. If this were the case, things should swing wildly every 40 years, but that hasn’t been my observation.
- No, it makes perfect sense if you treat it like the metaphorical expression it is and not a literal description of reality...
  Or are you the kind of person to think, "measure twice, cut once" literally means you need to measure things twice and not that it's about being careful?
  
  I’d give it respect as a saying if it hadn’t been adopted by republicans as a means of putting down society at large. The Apple doesn’t fall across the bridge when it gets to it.
  Also, I do measure twice. But I also cut three times because I’m terrible with electric saws and I need the practice.
  
  That's stupid. Republicans will miscontrue and torture any expression if it lets them shit on others.
  Just look at "right to work", or all the BS they've spouted against universal healthcare since long before Trump et. al..
  If you let lying cheating monsters define everything, OFC most of it isn't going to be true.
  
  You’re welcome to fight the treadmill of American language and associations to attempt to reclaim a saying that I personally view as limiting. Sounds like a huge undertaking, but it seems like it really matters to you. I’m rooting for you.
  I’ll never cede ymca as a straight song, but a poorly thought out saying, I can’t care.
  
  Then keep allowing shitty people to ruin things like you seem to want to do. It's the American way, after all.
  
  Nah, metaphors can be wrong. Even things that "feel true" can be wrong.
  
  It's not wrong when viewed as a metaphor.
  Entire generations aren't comprised of weak or strong men. It's fucking stupid to think it means the world works in predictable cycles.
  What it actually means is, don't put weak men in charge.
  
  How is this a metaphor for "don't put weak men in charge"??
  
  Because they create bad times? How is this a fucking difficult concept?

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