this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2024
161 points (93.5% liked)
chapotraphouse
13393 readers
893 users here now
Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.
No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer
Vaush posts go in the_dunk_tank
Dunk posts in general go in the_dunk_tank, not here
Don't post low-hanging fruit here after it gets removed from the_dunk_tank
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You are projecting so fucking hard right now, monkeys exist independent of whatever use they had as a tool to dehumanize people in the past. And humans share a common ancestor with monkeys and when they don’t use their brains to think, that primate comes out.
Anti-intellectualism is quite the hill to die on, especially when veiled in some silly moral posturing
I'd argue refusing to acknowledge the historical context in which such an insult has been used is the real anti-intellectual act.