Favorite double standards

[GodofCider]

3- Man is drunk and has sex with an ugly chick (he was consenting *when* he was drunk. Woman gets drunk and has sex she regrets even Remotely and it's "rape".

Could we please not go there?

I think it's actually a quite important issue.


A mate of mine had consensual sex with a girl he picked up in a uni bar. The next day they've both sobered up and she 'remembers' she's got a boyfriend, and suddenly my mate 'raped' her.

The police rocked up, pulled him out of a packed lecture theater and treat him like he's 100% guilty. He gets a court hearing, and after using all his savings defening himself, is aquitted.

She gets off scot free, with not even a 'don't do it again' from the judge, while my mate is down all his savings for uni and is know about the campus as a 'rapist that "got off"'.


This is a terrible travesty, and one that is happening more and more. I understand that it may be a touchy subject, but it's a issue that can't be ignored.

Indeed. It's certainly an issues that needs attention...amongst many others in modern society.

I'm sorry for your friends loss.

 

[-Drifter-]

Tomboys are okay.

Tomgirls (or whatever term you want to use) ? No, that's gay!

Pretty obvious from the context of your post but I wanted to ask anyway, is that a guy?

No, it is not.

 

[Saelune]

Tomboys are okay.

Tomgirls (or whatever term you want to use) ? No, that's gay!

Is the term you're looking for Sue Girl?

No. Technically, the word he is looking for is Sissy. (Feminine male, the opposite of masculine girl, aka Tomboy.)
(How ok the word Tomboy is compaired to Sissy is an example of his point)

 

[rapidoud]

2- Every white man can be a racist but nobody can be racist against white men.

You're joking right. Where I'm from (Australia) everything you say that can even remotely be considered racist will be if you're white but black people can say whatever they want and nobody will say anything against it.

That sounds false as I'm from Australia too and seeing as we're one of the most multicultural countries in the world we would be falling apart if this were true.

Maybe in Cooper Pedy but not in the rest of society, people do blackface and no one cares.

 

[rapidoud]

People don't give a damn if an atheist belittles a religion.

Do you laugh at someone for 'predicting' the end? Do you laugh at someone for believing something's absurd? If you do, and you're religious, then you are a massive hypocrite.

Whereas atheists or whatever the hell religious fanatics want to call the rest of us don't get that burden.

 

[Vault101]

Current "favorite" Gays have to deal with straight romance in stuff, but if a straight guy gets hit on by a gay alien in some big name game, its a bad game!

I think that's just the awkwardness of being hit on by someone you aren't attracted to, period. Nothing about "bad games" or anything (unless you mean "bad" in the sense of "I don't play games to have to deal with things I find awkward in real life").

I've had ugly chicks hit on me, and I've had gay guys hit on me, and I felt weirded out by both.

Well, I was reffering to the people freaking out about the gay thing in Mass Effect 3.

As for being hit on by the sex you dont like, its not wrong (but is rude) to maybe get a bit bothered by it, but there are people who will do terrible things sometimes if they got hit on by say,the same sex (and were straight). Or atleast say so, which is still bad.

I know you referring to ME3, that's what my point was: People don't want to play a game that reminds them of awkward things from real life (In this case, being hit on by people you aren't attracted to). Or at least, most people don't. Personally, I play video games as a form of escapism (Related, I think I just figured out why this magazine is called "The Escapist", damn I'm dumb). In video games I'm a perfect looking person who can pull off amazing feats, speak flawlessly, convince others of the validity of my point of view, and I get to fuck a hot member of the opposite sex at the end of the day. In real life, I'm a below-average looking person who doesn't do shit, trips over himself when explaining anything complex, and who only attracts the interest of gay men and ugly (sometimes on the outside, sometimes on the inside, sometimes both) women.

I can understand why someone wouldn't want a gay alien hitting on them in a video game, because I (personally) get enough of that shit in my normal day.

Honestly, I thought that the guy a while back saying he wanted a "no gay" option in ME3 wasn't that far off. He phrased it terribly, but I would like to be able to at least toggle an option ahead of time during character creation that establishes my sexuality, so that I don't have to be hit on by the same sex if I don't want to be.

EDIT: Didn't mention this originally, but: I don't think for a second (from an idealistic perspective) that only straight men should have this option. Ideally, gay men who feel similarly (but in reverse) should get the same choice. Realistically, that wouldn't happen, because straight people outnumber gay people, and companies only care about the large market share (which they should, really). But morally speaking, I don't think for a second that I'm different from a gay guy with the opposite problem as me. He should get the same "no straight" option as I get.

I doubt getting hit on by a gay alein in a game is going to irreverisbly ruin your day

and its all about story and stuff as well...I mean YOU are not comander shepard, its not YOU whos being hit on

I mean its all about the experience isnt it? not "ahhhhh gay alien hitting on ME??? kill it! kill it with fire!"

people need to grow up

 

[banksy122]

2- Every white man can be a racist but nobody can be racist against white men.

You're joking right. Where I'm from (Australia) everything you say that can even remotely be considered racist will be if you're white but black people can say whatever they want and nobody will say anything against it.

That sounds false as I'm from Australia too and seeing as we're one of the most multicultural countries in the world we would be falling apart if this were true.

Maybe in Cooper Pedy but not in the rest of society, people do blackface and no one cares.

It is true where I live, and true in a lot of the other parts of the country where my friends live. Australia is 'multicultural' but that doesn't mean that this double standard doesn't exists.

Also, USA is way more multicultural then Australia, and when I was over there and from my friends over there, it seems much better then here.

 

[Megahedron]

Any religion can talk bad about, condemn, and mock atheism.
But god forbid (No pun) any atheist make a joke degrading religion, or everyones up in arms. :/

You kidding? I always see the exact opposite. People everywhere are constantly mocking various religions (this very website, most tv (Family Guy, South Park "You're such a Jew", Simpsons, many more), most professors, most students, ect ect), but people from different religions are just supposed to take it, or suddenly they're "religious extremists" for not wanting people to talk shit about what they believe.

People don't give a damn if an atheist belittles a religion.

I am simply speaking from experience, I tend to be more tolerant of other's beliefs and cultures, while i am shunned for being an atheist.


I don't wanna start any fights or ruffle any feathers, but a very good example of this is Stephen Hawking saying "There is no heaven". Such a stink about that.

Think about this, if a good christian man wants to share the "Word of god", it doesn't seem to bother anyone. But if someone starts passing out fliers saying "Religion is Foolishness", people are pissed.

I would say that one's very region specific. I've heard some... well technically they're horror stories but when combined with the people who tell them they just sound like sob stories. In one community, being religious gets you openly mocked as an idiot, and in others being atheist gets you openly mocked for being a heathen (not to bring up the places where it's a lot worse, we'll worry about the civilized world for now). In both it's just the majority putting down on the minority simply because they can. Kinda sucks.

Also, (self-pity soliloquy) damn it, I'm not a moron, if you people would actually look up Pascal's Wager. You may not agree with it, and I don't give two shits about changing your beliefs, but it's not like I'm flying blind here. Sometimes I hate my friends.

 

[OneStepAhead]

Any religion can talk bad about, condemn, and mock atheism.
But god forbid (No pun) any atheist make a joke degrading religion, or everyones up in arms. :/

You kidding? I always see the exact opposite. People everywhere are constantly mocking various religions (this very website, most tv (Family Guy, South Park "You're such a Jew", Simpsons, many more), most professors, most students, ect ect), but people from different religions are just supposed to take it, or suddenly they're "religious extremists" for not wanting people to talk shit about what they believe.

People don't give a damn if an atheist belittles a religion.

I am simply speaking from experience, I tend to be more tolerant of other's beliefs and cultures, while i am shunned for being an atheist.


I don't wanna start any fights or ruffle any feathers, but a very good example of this is Stephen Hawking saying "There is no heaven". Such a stink about that.

Think about this, if a good christian man wants to share the "Word of god", it doesn't seem to bother anyone. But if someone starts passing out fliers saying "Religion is Foolishness", people are pissed.

I would say that one's very region specific. I've heard some... well technically they're horror stories but when combined with the people who tell them they just sound like sob stories. In one community, being religious gets you openly mocked as an idiot, and in others being atheist gets you openly mocked for being a heathen (not to bring up the places where it's a lot worse, we'll worry about the civilized world for now). In both it's just the majority putting down on the minority simply because they can. Kinda sucks.

Also, (self-pity soliloquy) damn it, I'm not a moron, if you people would actually look up Pascal's Wager. You may not agree with it, and I don't give two shits about changing your beliefs, but it's not like I'm flying blind here. Sometimes I hate my friends.

Hmm, i guess it is experienced both ways. Bottom line, people don't like other people to disagree with them, it makes them feel insecure and thus they ridicule anyone who is different. Humanity is cruel and ignorant, doesn't matter what you believe or practice, someone out there is going to hate you for it.

 

[MisterDyslexo]

You can see the assassination of JFK and the execution of Nguyen Van Lem (which was a war crime, he did not stand trial) on Youtube, but god forbid anybody see a titty. Same for videogames. You can pillage and steal and all that in GTA, kill unarmed civilians, commit genocide, but Mass Effect and a romantic sub-plot: "OMFG SEX SIMULATOR!!!"

Hate the sexuality vs violence double-standard. Yes, what is morally degrading the country are boobies, definitely not the fact you're not giving people any moral compass about the value of life and the virtues of peace, cooperation, etc over violence.

And I'd say sexuality vs violence thing involves itself in that Mass Effect 3 thing with gay content. Nobody is up in arms about earth being decimated? About the ability to kill unarmed civilians, like in the first two games? The ability to commit genocide, MULTIPLE times? But oh no, being hit on by somebody whom you jump into their pants because of their gender is far more egregious than any of that. God knows they don't exist in the real world. *sigh*

 

[cgentero]

Women get welfare, Men go homeless.

I'll admit not always the case but in America, especially where I live, its quite common.

 

[Togs]

Girls: Spend ages in the mirror getting groomed, primped and polished.
Guys: wake up, shower, get dressed, apply aftershave, done.

 

[Friendshipandmagic]

No, it is not.

Oh, then you probably aren't saying what I thought you were.

 

[Fwee]

Christian religions that state you have to accept Jesus to get into Heaven, when Jesus is the (supposed) son of God, who last time I checked had a big rule about Who's Number 1.

 

[Elijah Ball]

Twilight.

40something year old women salivating over buff teen vampires, ok.

40something year old guys doing the same for teen girls... less ok.

 

[Jonluw]

Well, it really annoys me when religious people make fun of other religions.
"Haha, silly people. Can you imagine, believing in a god who has the head of an elephant? Pffft."
Your religion is not any more reasonable than others! Jeez!

 

[Saint of M]

Public Education of California for the last four or five Governors, nuf said.

 

[EeveeElectro]

Gay men are disgusting and immoral, ewwww, I don't wanna see that!
But lesbians are soooo sexy and make men horny.

Same with women, I know a fair few that say, "Gay men are cool, I love shopping with my GBF! Lesbians make me feel really uncomfortable though, they probably fancy me."