Cancel culture is relevant to the discussion about free speech and censorship.
A strawman argument is when someone fabricates a persona for someone, and debates that false idea instead of addressing the argument being made.
Most of my comment was about how maximizing free speech for all participants in a community will inevitably require limiting free speech for some.
But, instead of addressing that, you're talking about the definition of nazis and an overreach on moderation. I'm only saying moderation is required, not that I agree with all censorship.
Nor did I say calling transexuality a neurological trait invalidates it, I was clarifying what it means to have a neurological condition because the way you talk about it leads me to believe you haven't done very much research on the subject.
To bring you up to speed, transexuality was previously considered a mental health disorder until a better understanding led to its reclassification as gender dysphoria or gender incongruence. Gender dysphoria is an umbrella term, and results from a number of different known causes, any combination of psychological, hormonal, neurological and genetic. Research on the subject is ongoing with recent broader acceptance, including neurological studies. PubMed has a few at least. You can look those up for yourself if the subject interests you.
Edit: It's not my paradox of free speech, it's a well known philosophical concept. Here's some links.
All community spaces will eventually have to deal with the paradox of free speech, where maximizing free and open expression will result in less diverse opinions when minority voices are drowned out by people who invalidate them.
Keeping black people out of media, women out of trades, or homosexuals out of the military, are never called cancel culture — the label seems to only apply when silencing a racist/homophobe/misogynist/transphobe.
And, the human experience is neurological. A neurological condition is still a physical condition because our brains are physical things that control our bodies.
Also, checked the modlog. To quote you:
You’re misrepresenting the situation a little I think.
If you see this comment, it could be interesting to get an idea of how many people:
a) Thought OP posted this in like a "Look at how dumb this is" way, or,
b) Thought OP agreed with the idea presented in the image.
I think this might have to do with communication climates (I am so far from an expert in anything) and how a climate of disagreement with peers and prevalent media can affect how a message is received. In other words, if surrounded by stupid people with stupid ideas it's easy to assume the next stupid idea has come from a stupid person.
But to me, the problem could be trying to find shortcuts to paint what it seems like instead of what it is. If you want a more accurate representation, try to be ridiculously intentional with every line, no cutting corners. Picasso could draw realistically before he experimented with cubism.
On the other hand, lean into this disconcerting theme and at least everything you do will be interesting.
Your 2025 version gives me anxiety... which isn't a bad thing because it's definitely got character. But it's no quaint farmhouse.
It's the harsh lines creating movement in different directions, the disjointed porportions, the lighting — like a lovely summer day— in contrast with the deadness of what should be a lush background. Meanwhile, the demon tree of pain is drawing focus like a DMT nightmare.
Did you take the goddamn fear toxin before painting this?
I love it. I would honestly hang it up because it's got a vibe.
And I did respond to your comment before it was removed. If you're interested in a more in depth discussion on sex and gender so you can avoid unscientific generalizations, I'm happy to engage.
Cancel culture is relevant to the discussion about free speech and censorship.
A strawman argument is when someone fabricates a persona for someone, and debates that false idea instead of addressing the argument being made.
Most of my comment was about how maximizing free speech for all participants in a community will inevitably require limiting free speech for some.
But, instead of addressing that, you're talking about the definition of nazis and an overreach on moderation. I'm only saying moderation is required, not that I agree with all censorship.
Nor did I say calling transexuality a neurological trait invalidates it, I was clarifying what it means to have a neurological condition because the way you talk about it leads me to believe you haven't done very much research on the subject.
To bring you up to speed, transexuality was previously considered a mental health disorder until a better understanding led to its reclassification as gender dysphoria or gender incongruence. Gender dysphoria is an umbrella term, and results from a number of different known causes, any combination of psychological, hormonal, neurological and genetic. Research on the subject is ongoing with recent broader acceptance, including neurological studies. PubMed has a few at least. You can look those up for yourself if the subject interests you.
Edit: It's not my paradox of free speech, it's a well known philosophical concept. Here's some links.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/toleration/#ConTolPar
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7415463/