https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson/status/1325917740822093825

  • regul [any]
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    Zizek is unkempt in a way that normal people are unkempt.

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      It doesn't matter. You never hear about any pundit's fashion choices unless it's some chud we're dunking on. He's not a politician, he hardly has any visual media presence.

      He hates capitalism as much as you do, if not more. There are so few of us as it is, why shit on the guy over wearing a cravat?

      • regul [any]
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        4 years ago

        Because no other pundit dresses like a plantation owner. There are no other targets.

        • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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          no other pundit dresses like a plantation owner

          Yes, yes, subtle racial accusations are the best way to build left unity!

          • regul [any]
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            Yes, yes, bad faith characterizations of obvious jokes are the best way to build left unity.

            Nobody said he was a fucking racist. Stop being a scold.

            • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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              bad faith characterizations

              "Plantation owner" has exactly one connotation in American politics. But keep on complaining about bad faith while you claim a guy is making up an accent.

                • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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                  I'm not saying that I think the left has an image of over being anti-fun and against personal expression that doesn't fit a narrow mold, but I think the left has an image of over being anti-fun and against personal expression that doesn't fit a narrow mold.

                  • VILenin [he/him]
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                    Yeah I never thought I'd see the day where a leftist rails against someone for not dressing "normally" because it makes other people uncomfortable. Sounds like puritans talking about sex. So what if he chooses things? I'm not at all equating the oppression of marginalized groups with dressing or talking differently but this sounds like the people who say being gay is a lifestyle, and trans people are invalid because they "chose" their gender. If you feel the way you express yourself doesn't line up with your identity, change it! People like this keep people from doing so with their sanctimonious haranguing. As long as what people wear is in sincerity and isn't hateful or offensive or provocative, if you're bothered by how they dress, you're the problem.