This poster/meme might work better if it aimed for equality and that it doesn’t exclude anyone.
Who does it exclude?
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dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 days agoI agree. It’s kind of a tightrope these days. As a white, cis, hereto, middle-aged, male, I pretty much clock as the poster-child for privilege. I am palpably aware that crying loudly for any support might just come off as tasteless, or even insensitive in the wrong group.
Yet, a lot of our social ills these days look an awful lot like mental illness, which is poorly compensated for through evil, perpetrated by people that resemble this description. Zero social support means you just listen to Joe Rogan instead, while projecting trauma as hate.
This poster/meme might work better if it aimed for equality and that it doesn’t exclude anyone. Or maybe if it had a quote from research or some person of note about the silent epidemic that is men’s mental/social health issues.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 days ago
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Technically, everyone that doesn’t identify as “men”. But it’s done in the abstract, negative space of the message by not saying it. Subtle, but without clarifying things, it’s left open to this interpretation.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Do you also complain that gay pride and black history month aren’t inclusive of everyone?
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Hardly. I added some clarification to my argument.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
It isn’t inclusive of everyone because it is about a specific group. I’m getting ‘all lives matter’ vibes from your comment.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Thanks for clarifying. I’m actually trying to argue the exact opposite of something like “all lives matter”.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 days ago
So can the meto movement include male victims now?