"We love the Marx Brothers in my German family. Trump clan are narcissitic sociopaths, and instead of seeing inherited mental illnesses for what they are, you are looking at folks' ethnicities."
I *am* mentally ill, and so I take immense offence any time someone attributes evil to mental illness.
I was bullied, or at least ostracised and marginalised, as a kid, predominantly by the blond(e) Aryan kids, at least to begin with, and so I found strength and validation by viewing them as the enemy. As a white straight man, I wasn't going to demonise ALL white people, ALL straight people and ALL men, and I certainly WASN'T going to punch down at any oppressed minority, especially marginalised groups that *I* belong to (i.e. a double negative whammy), such as the mentally ill and the working-class, but Aryans, yeah, they make handy hate figures for me (just as men make handy hate figures for extreme feminists, and ALL white people make handy hate figures for Black militants etc).
I'm sorry if that includes you. In all objectivity, I don't think all blonde, blue-eyed gentiles are 'evil', but if I'm going to envision a Hate Sink character, they're likely to be WEALTHY, WHITE, CIS-HET, ABLE-BODIED, MENTALLY WELL, GOOD-LOOKING and GENTILE, and possess all the systemic privileges, including social popularity. Anything else would be *punching down*, which, apart from being morally and politically incorrect, leaves a mentally-ill progressive like me suffering severe and unwelcome feelings of cognitive dissonance, which is hard for me to deal with (and, YES, I have seen thearpists, but I don't have the money to go private, or to be constantly seen by one, so, in the meantime, I have to navigate by illnesses as best I can; and ideally with some accommodation from people who have better mental health than me, and thus not as obsessive about these issues as I am).
Bear in mind however that I said NOTHING about German-Americans, or Germans. 'Aryan' in the Nazi sense...
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HarveyManFredSin (4877)
2 years ago
...(and remember, it was a pseudo-science and erroneous use of the term, in any case), applied not simply to Germans, but Austrians, Nordics/Swedes, the Dutch, Northern French and Anglos (i.e. Brits and Anglo-Americans, or WASPs). It was not *exclusive* to Germans (besides which, Hitler was Austrian), and many Brits and other people of non-German Northern European ancestry have identified as 'Aryans'/acted on behalf of the white supremacist 'cause'.
Also, I don't believe I said anything about Jews on this thread, so I'm not sure why you brought up anti-Semitism, but bear in mind that although 6 millions Jews were the largest group to be oppressed/murdered by the Nazis, the Nazis regarded many various people, including Black people, Romanies, and various others, even Poles (a sad irony in view of the anti-Semitic collusion between some Poles and the Nazis), as 'non-Aryans'. The mentally ill, like myself, and members of the gay, lesbian, bi, trans and queer community would also be regarded as anathema to the 'Aryan ideal'.
Anyway, I know I am obsessive about these things, but, like I say, if we're going to talk about white privilege and male privilege, and CRT, and so on, I think it's also fair to talk about 'Aryan' and Northern European, and blonde/blue-eyed privilege, since these were the people who I feel discriminated against people like me as a kid, so, I feel pop culture should bring them down a peg or two, instead of simping for them. After all, if white men are going to be the villains, then so should well-to-do Aryans, specifically.
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AnagramYYZ (610)
2 years ago
Sorry for your past bullying or whatever.
Many people who have conflicts with each other are actually very similar, but may look different and so they don’t realize.
I like stuff from Japan like those video games, and Japanese sure know how to market to the West. Obviously, I understand and appreciate German culture. Jewish folk share a similar sense of humor, are very proud and often brainy, and this makes sense to me as well.
It’s still important to evaluate individuals as they come.
I don’t look down on mental illnesses, but I’ve heard Trump being attacked for his German heritage before instead of the obvious… he needs attention and lacks scruples. He’s not Hitler, he’s Millard Fillmore. Everybody needs to stop focusing on style so they can actually see the substance.
Sorry to bring up TFG, 45, again, but he’s had a disastrous effect on interpersonal relations particularly with youth, and most of the high profile social issues that we’re dealing with now are a result of it.
Also, don’t let women tell you to avoid chivalry, because they don’t really hate it… they are just lashing out and being neurotic as usual. Patronize the fuck out of them. Feminists are lesbians. If women want me to slap their ass, they better be ready to let me hold the door for them first and save their kingdom from muthafvckin’ Bowser.
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HarveyManFredSin (4877)
2 years ago
I can't recall anyone insulting Trump for his German heritage. I've noticed him being mocked for hiding his German roots, and I've also seen people attack his grandfather for being an immigrant. If that's to make a point about Trump's xenophobia, fine, but it was lumped along with negative traits, like draft-dodging and pimping.
And I agree about the corrosive impact Trump's rise as a political figure has had on society. I call his election, the day the comedy died. After his election, nothing was funny anymore, because how can we satirise a world that would elect such a man. It's beyond parody, and the effects of him coming to power were far from comical.
But I'm not going to patronise any woman. I'll hold the door for any person, but I'm NOT going to make special efforts for someone because they're a woman, UNLESS they're elderly, disabled or pregnant, especially since some women will no doubt lash out and take offence at a strange man being nice to them.
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