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The Old Hack
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NP Saturday November, 13, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
This could save /me a great deal of time. -
NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
Good examples, and thank you for clarifying. I don't mind AOC, but she is kinda right wing for my tastes.- 69 replies
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NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
If we have to discuss this further, it should probably be in the politics thread. I will consider reopening it. -- The Moderator -
NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
I agree, which is why I singled him out. I agree without reservation with you about the rest of your examples. They would find some other scam to ride without it, but yes. I do wonder about whether you can call the victims of a massive fraud for 'true believers', but maybe that is mere semantics. *sigh*- 69 replies
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Story: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The Old Hack replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Comic Discussion
*sigh* That puts all the weight of the confrontation on Tedd. I would prefer it that Arthur (or someone) gave Edward a kick in the butt and told him to go have a talk with Tedd. That way Tedd wouldn't have to fight the burden of all that fear and accumulated distrust before they talk. -
NP Tuesday November 09, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
This discussion has gotten really cheesy. -
I am not completely sure about this. What stands out to me is that perhaps Edward's worst mistake was to not speak to Tedd about his concerns and listen to their explanation. I agree that talking things out between them might help, I just worry whether Tedd might be too afraid to make the first move. I would not blame them in that case -- and frankly, Edward himself should have done it long ago.
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NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
Is there a difference? No matter which date the fear originates from, it was still fear and McCarthy skillfully fanned the embers into a roaring fire. He did not have a shred of evidence behind his claims but he started a witch hunt that made the New England trials pale in comparison. All he had was fearmongering and eventually that came back to bite him in the arse. Speaking of the fourteen points, I consider the opportunists worse because they know what they are doing and still forge ahead. They will happily destroy their country as long as they end up on top of the pile. -
Story: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The Old Hack replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Comic Discussion
Speaking as a trans person, there is no appreciable difference to a trans person whether the people they interact with are transphobic or merely behave so. The end result is the same. -
NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
That's a much better argument and I agree with it, save that I did it accidentally and not intentionally. -
NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
*dryly* And we're back to Reductio ad Absurdum. The McCarthy campaign was pure fearmongering. TERFs and transphobes are real and if it seems like they are everywhere it is because they try to spread their poison as far and wide as possible. This includes quite a few trans people struggling with internalized transphobia and defending it without realizing it. -
NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
Yeah, that one is on me. I got angry at what seemed to me was a case of Reductio ad Absurdum and since I have been doing a lot of wrestling with TERFs of late, that was the first example that sprang to mind. The equivalent was not supposed to be with TERFs but with the case of a similarly invalid argument. My apologies. -
NP Tuesday November 09, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
I really do not blame you. I feel a little ill. -
You never know. I hope it will be. And there might even have been what Arthur saw as good reason for such an extreme action. I merely point out that for all Arthur's obvious humanity he is a man of many parts just like Mr. Verres himself. Where Edward may be going wrong might simply be being less aware of his own flaws than he could be.
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NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
It was an answer to Ijuin, not you. *scratches head* I apologize for any confusion. -
NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
I call it as I see it. I am trans, too. And internalized transphobia is a thing. I call that out, too. -
I have my doubts. I have heard of people who changed their minds on queerness after finding that their own child was one. Edward is a well educated man otherwise; I refuse to believe that he did not know how to research the topic if it worried him that much -- unless he already had his mind made up.
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To be fair, he also tried to have Mr. Raven expelled from the United States and send him to a country he didn't even come from.
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Story: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The Old Hack replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Comic Discussion
Sure, Tedd is so terrified and so hurt by the way their father has treated them that they are all but crying brokenly in the middle of a critical job interview, but let's by all means talk about how Edward's transphobia isn't so bad and center the conversation some more on him. -
NP Tuesday November 09, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
And Danablu is still legal? Are you Americans insane? It was outlawed under the Convention of Geneva! (The Swiss Cheese Convention, not the war crimes one.) -
NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
BULL. There are demonstrably women with facial hair in our day and age. I do not think there is ANY example of any living or recorded member of homo sapiens sapiens that ever had elf-like ears, certainly not in the numbers we have women with facial hair. It is just as plausible to posit that facial hair was more common in a day and age with colder climate as it is to posit that our genus once possessed tails -- indicated by the vestiges of one on our spines. Elf ears is just you trying to render my plausible speculation farcical, much like a TERF attempting to render trans and nonbinary people farcical by asking why she can't identify as Australia. NEXT. -
NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
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It's simple. He needs to let go of his bioessentialist prejudices, get over this idea that he automatically knows everything that is right for his offspring and stop treating Tedd in a way that alienates them. Given the way he all but forced Tedd into an outfit they were obviously not comfortable with and then kept nagging at them to keep it sitting properly... I am not waiting up.
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You are missing the point. It isn't about the ifs and maybes of Edward's transphobia. It is about the actual effects on Tedd. By centering the discussion on Edward you are putting the cart squarely in front of the horse. And right now the situation Tedd is facing is that they have been hurt by their father but that Arthur understands what their father does not. It is deeply ironic that Mr. Verres talks about not trusting Arthur when the major problem from Tedd's point of view is that they don't trust their father any more. Also, forgive me for being pessimistic about transphobes and their ability to reasonably deny evidence as they are fully capable of unreasonably denying evidence if the situation comes up. There is nothing to prevent Edward from assuming that if Tedd's mindscape representation is female, 'he' is even more caught in an 'unhealthy' situation than Edward until then had assumed.
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NP Tuesday November 02, 2021
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in EGS: NP Discussion
Depends on what era you are talking about. Both sexes might well have had them back before clothing and furs became a thing. Even today there are women who grow facial hair.