Ariana Grande Shares Pretty Blunt Question For Trump Supporters (www.huffpost.com)

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[-] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 20 points 4 months ago

Pardon me but is this a form of projection? If we as a society associate actions of women doing normal things with being a (to use your words) "vacuous airhead" we're not making progress anyways. We need to let women exist in public without calling their existence lesser.

[+] Redfox8@mander.xyz -7 points 4 months ago

No, very much not. Rather a fed-upness of seeimg woman (and other social groups) belittled in mainstream media). See my other reply re being a little ott, but that's a reflection of not being in the mood to tollerate more bs like that. Just treat people with some level respect and consistency regardless of who they are. If that was a man, there would'nt be a pic of them slurping a soft drink at the end.

[-] Steve@communick.news 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think you misunderstood "projection" in this context.

You saw "a cutsie pick of her sipping fizzy pop like a vacuous airhead!"
I saw a pick of her taking a drink through a straw, with a look of curiosity about something else.

Your interpretation of the image is a sexist one.
You've become so enraged by sexism, the pattern recognition system in your mind is saturated and over-sensitized to it. So much so that you now see mundane things in a very sexist way. You've internalized the very view which you hate. And now you're "projecting" that view onto things that aren't at all sexist.

It's not your fault. It doesn't make you bad. It's just a strange quirk of how the human brain works. It can happen to anyone; Especially with a steady diet of algorithmically curated rage bait. But understanding that it can happen, allows us to look out for it in ourselves. Which is almost enough for us to stop it from happening. The other part is to stop the algorithmically curated rage bait feed.

[-] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 10 points 4 months ago

Thank you for explaining my use of the term "projection" and the context that could lead to such behavior. I really couldn't have explained it this well.

[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz -1 points 4 months ago

Ok so yes I was projecting onto the article creator. You are correct about that. However I stand by my point that was the writing and the choice of image are jaringly at odds. I.e.

"Here's person A, look at this serious question they asked about a serious topic, oh and he's a non serious gif of them at the end" it subtly underminds the validity of what that person said. It is quite subtle, but that's also part of my point. Prejudices can be very subtle, and I was calling that out.

As a standalone image, I am with you in that description. However, my description is me accentuating my point, not a subconscious outpouring, let alone a reading of that image.

I'm not enraged, but I also wasn't in the mood to just scroll on by that time. If you read anything into that then all I can say is that you're mistaken. I get it, there's a lot of unhinged people out there (such as for the reason you described) but I am confident in my beliefs being overall soundly grounded (if not perfect).