The Right Honourable Peter Dutton, MP endorses this message.
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Because people react to it, and share it, and that drives a lot of traffic to websites, which puts a lot of ads in the faces of people who either are - or choose to be - easily manipulated.
This whole thread is a testament to it.
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80s pop band Mr. Mister must be glad they arenât active these days.
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lol Ben Shapiro baited yet again. nice publicity for Hasbro
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And Mr Big.
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Manfred Man are in trouble but ZZ top have got the PC pronoun right.
Is it though?
This whole chestfeeding bollocks got more national attention that a nazi attacking two indigenous woman with a flamethrower.
I think itâs pretty obvious which one is the sign of a deteriorating society.
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Did you read the article, Ben?
Yeah, but practically that will never gain traction. Itâs an absurd suggestion that even feminist groups are shooting down.
On the other hand, dudes are painting swastikas on their heads and attacking indigenous people with flame throwers.
That worries me more than whatever the â â â â some random thinks we should call breast milk
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The chestfeeding crap may have more got attention but which angle seems to be the prevailing trend in society? Somewhere, someone is championing that cause under the delusion that encouraging the world to say âchestfeedingâ in lieu of âbreastfeedingâ is improving society. History has clearly shown that this type of crap sometimes, perhaps even often, gains traction in society and gradually becomes normalised despite itâs absurdity.
As for the bonehead that attacked that lady in Perth, he belongs in the clink and that is something that all and sundry will agree on. And what he did is a far greater crime than somebodyâs ridiculous idea about nursing.
But donât get sucked in by the sensationalism.
Exactly, even if by the minuscule chance that chest feeding got traction, believe it or not, you can go on living.
Call me crazy, but I reckon Indigneous people in got a little more scared by the Nazi bloke than the ANU academic.
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I agree but I donât know what your point is.
Also, keep in mind that both sides get sucked in by sensationalism.
My point is there is â â â â to get worried about that has real societal implications, like the rise of right wing extremism, and then there is â â â â that you think is worth worrying about like chest feeding 
that isnât anything more than click bait designed to make you worry about ⌠the Teh LeFt
Ones actually a problem.
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I mentioned earlier the phrase, âdeath by a thousand cuts.â The âchestfeedingâ thing is not really an isolated incident.
As for right ring extremists, hopefully they expose themselves as the dogs that they are (as this guy did) and they get their day court. Almost every Aussie right winger is on board with that.
But sometimes left wing extremism is not just tolerated, itâs encouraged. You need to see both sides of this issues, Ben. Often from both sides, thereâs little consistancy.
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I do, but if the extreme version if leftism is me having to use a woke word, and the other are actions that are going to cause grievous bodily harm. I think we need a new word for what we consider extremism
Ahhh, I see.
Yes, you make a very good point. It comes down to our definition of extremism. Obviously some tool trying to convince me to say âchestfeedingâ is far, far less a crime that what that scumbag did to the lady in Perth.
Have you ever listened to the concerns of those that throw a childish tanty over the changing of word? The carry on is cringe but they often make fair points and have legitimate concerns that extend far beyond a silly take on a regular word.
Ok, Iâll explain further somo old mate.
I am less worried about the minor threat of changing vernacular than I am about the minor threat of extremism. This isnât because I adhere to any âsideâ Iâm politically ambidextrous, itâs because I exercise probability when assessing issues of the day.
And chest feeding is barley an issue. Because itâs stupid. A Nazi trying to set fire to an indigenous lady and her child is an issue, because it happened.
It goes beyond simple changing of vernacular. Again, youâre downplaying the concerns of others.
And perhaps you shouldnât be as certain about your assessments of the probabilities until youâve heard both sides.
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why does it worry you more ?
do you think more random white people are going to start professing hitler love and burn more aboriginals cos this nutjob did ?
do you think that sort of action is going to gain more traction than a woke terminology will ?
Yeah, to me itâs all noise, both sides of that debate need to shut the â â â â up. Common sense and more importantly common decency says if your âinsert what ever foodâ is named something that was once ok, and is clearly now not ok, then you should probably change it.
Mitsubishi called the Pajero a Shogun in countries that had a larger proportion of Spanish speaking people because it translated into wanker. You didnât see Mitsubishi getting all pissy about it, they did what was good for business.
If changing the name of a lolly is good for business then change it. I used to go to the milk bar as a kid to by a pack of â â â â and some red skins.
But guess what, Iâm an adult now, and a) I donât even know where my nearest milk bar is and b) I realise why those companies decided those names werenât good for business.
And those sun rose the next day. I also didnât see it as an erosion of society.
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