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Automan Empire says

Onvacation says

How so? Who's being canceled?

Slow and stupid is no way to go through life, son. Nothing is being taken from conservatives, yet right here in this thread

Assholes often go personal when they have no cogent answers. Thanks for playing.

Onvacation says

go personal when they have no cogent answers

That was me citing an example of what you're pretending not to see right here in this discussion thread. No need to flounce from the discussion when you're not a relevant participant in the first place.

richwicks says

You are arguing about semantics, all I care about is biology

You're incorrect, though I believe your claim here was made in good faith. I'm arguing against the real world discrimination against lgbt people that bullshit arguments like this Mr. Potato Head label change help stoke and perpetuate, citing "biology" only to the extent that it suits and supports their argument against people. I'm not saying you personally would actually harm a gay person in real life for being bothered by this Mr. Potato Head thing, but there are way too many people in the world who actually do, whose behavior thrives on stories like this.

I know actual gay people who are given real life abuse over stupid controversies like this. That's why I'm not letting up on the topic, and pushing back on people trying to walk away as if they don't actually care about the controversy they started/participated but can't actually defend, as if it were a matter of no consequence.

richwicks says

We'll see if Playskool does. I don't care if a business makes an incorrect decision

It's Hasbro. I'm not being pedantic here, people are talking about boycotting and incorrect decisions and the stupidity of liberal cancel culture and here you'd punish the wrong company for someone else's abstract sin.

richwicks says

In the last "covid" stimulus bill $1,200 was the maximum an individual could receive in "stimulus". Well, there's 330 million Americans

Aight, you're going into the weeds again, with a gunny sack of new topics that have nothing to do with the thread.

If we agree that cancel culture is stupid and bad for society, can we also agree that it's just as retarded when the right wing uses it on hot button controversies like this Potato Head drama, and end the thread in harmony?

Automan Empire says

richwicks says

We'll see if Playskool does. I don't care if a business makes an incorrect decision

It's Hasbro. I'm not being pedantic here, people are talking about boycotting and incorrect decisions and the stupidity of liberal cancel culture and here you'd punish the wrong company for someone else's abstract sin.

Playskool is a subsidiary of Hasbro:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playskool

Automan Empire says

richwicks says

In the last "covid" stimulus bill $1,200 was the maximum an individual could receive in "stimulus". Well, there's 330 million Americans

Aight, you're going into the weeds again

No, this is coming from government not business.

A bill has just been introduced in California to force retailers to have a "gender neutral" section.

Mrs. Potatohead, I need to ask you some questions about your husband’s disappearance, the police officer said, as she slipped the last French Fry in her mouth.

Mrs. Potatohead, I need to ask you some questions about your husband’s disappearance, the police officer said, as she slipped the last French Fry in her mouth.

Automan Empire says

I know actual gay people who are given real life abuse over stupid controversies like this. That's why I'm not letting up on the topic, and pushing back on people trying to walk away as if they don't actually care about the controversy they started/participated but can't actually defend, as if it were a matter of no consequence

So fucking what?! Cry them a river. This "abuse" argument is easily dismantled. Every day there have been and will be kids, teens and adults who get far more "abuse" than your avg homo/trannie who is mostly celebrated these days. They may have horse teeth, big braces, acne, a lisp or other speech impediment, autism, social awkwardness or they may just be ugly as fuck. The amount of "abuse" they take is staggering (esp. from kids) but that won't change as being an asshole at times is part of human nature, gay/transgender etc. or not. You can educate people against bullying, make them go to church and become better versions of themselves, but you can't change a single person by going against science and nature. In fact this gender neutral bullshit will harm more humans than any pedantic insistence on gender appropriate behavior- which is wrong too - ever has. Even worse are laws to force people into group think, that's just one step away from stalisism or any other leffoid power trip fantasy. I've worked with people of all genders and sexual orientations before it was cool and always treated people by their merit and stood up for the teased underdogs, but this nonsense will cause much more harm. At the end of the day you have to say 'fuck em I'm going to do it my way' to the haters, it has always been like that, it will make you a stronger and more successful person, a better friend and parent, businesses or power-tripping politicians pandering to you won't, they will morally corrupt you and make you a worse person.

Next stage of this nonsense is everybody is part of a protected group for some reason and going at each other's throats in perpetual victims Olympics, business will only sell one line item that constantly has to be updated to not offend anyone and any creativity or variety in life will have been stifled by the unholy Orwellian alliance between power tripping governments and the businesses at their teets. Then collapse, leftoidism has failed once again. Luckily there are plenty of not infected, unwoke counties to take over the reigns. It's not too late for the US yet ;)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9302995/Piers-Morgan-launches-furious-rant-Mr-Potato-Head-gender-neutral.html