Agreed, if it must be (actual) liberty or death, there’s only one option (though the entire world other than the west is constantly seeking peace, and whatever conflict happens is entirely and infinitely the west’s fault). Some things are worse than death, and the west has proven time and time again to offer exactly that, a slow death with no dignity, no humanity, no decency given.

I hope if the world does head down this path- hell, even if it doesn’t- that a hell of some sort exists, and if not that future humans or other sentients will create it. “Eternal torment” is more mercy than the ghouls of empire deserve.

I get it sucks that they are walling us off from there users, however we cannot do much

Does it suck? Personally it sucks more to breathe the same air or exist in the same spaces as these libs. Let them wall themselves off, eventually they will be walled off from the vast majority of humanity that is looking on in disgust at them- and then hopefully in time that wall will close in, and those who cannot develop the human decency to leave their wretched spaces will go straight to the dustbin of history.

Agreed, liberals always are a direct enemy of the left- and not merely a “lesser evil” to fascists, but equal and with no meaningful difference from fascists (which just happen to be their mask-off honest selves).

Happy bday! :D

Kindred Spirits on the Roof is an absolutely cozy yuri VN! And for a more- interesting one I have to infinitely reccomend Seabed, which is a kinetic (linear) novel dealing with- mystery and grief to best explain it without spoilers (I think). Seabed is so absolutely lovely, I played it on the Switch and had to get it on Steam as well and- IDK, it just sticks with me even years later.

We Know the Devil is another wonderful, if short, queer VN.

Faerie’s Bargain: The Price of Business is also peak goblin merchant energy and queer AF.

And Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is awesome as well, with working-class and (accurate history to what I recall? anyways touching on the ugly subjects so CW maybe) Americana IMO.

Other than that have to agree with 999… played it literally over a decade back as a kid but it was fun. I have a few of the other games mentioned here on my to-do list or wishlist.

Others on my to-do list (good enough I already own no less) among many others would include: Amelie, Heaven Will Be Mine, Scarlet Hollow, Mamiya, I was a Teenage Exocolonist, Lay a Beauty to Rest: the Darkness Peach Blossom Spring, and Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. And AI: the Somnium Files, which my partner really enjoyed from my library, though I’ve not played yet 😅

And while you probably also know them already, I gotta recommend the Ace Attorney and Monster Prom series. And while it’s not quite a VN, I have to infinitely recommend Disco Elysium (but you’ve also probs heard of it)

Goals tbh

Mood ^^ well we both know where we were presumably raised at, so- yeah. Like recognizes like

Honestly seems like the world’s best weather to me, but then I am a creature of the cold

Lolicon isn’t just porn, but attraction towards children in general, is it not?

Yes and no, “loli” is the… genre if you will. The terminally online/creepy/anime way of calling it. Calling people or kids it in general is just plain wrong honestly IMO. The “attraction towards children” is pedophilia

There’s no gunning for undertones. If you replace the cartoon image with an actual photograph of a child it should be obvious.

Once again, cartoon. Not to say that makes “everything ok” but at some point you need to touch grass

The age of the commenters is irrelevant.

As for this… seriously? They were cringe but this is equally cringe. Basically at some point… you get my gist

c) The OC was likely created by an adult

I don’t see how this has anything to do with the subject matter?

Even calling it “loli” is problematic and if anything the creepier thing, but IMO

(A) in the genchat we talked about the age of those two posters (my comment on the other hand was “sure kill me” but less explicit as it’s the grad)

(B) the line drawn is iffy with age (not an Evangelion fan so didn’t know she’s 14) but even then at some point, considering the artstyle and that we’re literally gunning for “undertones” at this point I think we need to touch grass.

© I agree the grad is really not the place for this sorts of things though

I know that… it might have been bilibili or something that did a literal “Marx” anime. I downloaded it but gonna look it up… here it is (The Leader)

Fingers crossed though, if and when they do launch- the rest of the world must return in kind and 1000x over. The rest of humanity is not defenseless, and if they wish to use such WMDs the US best prepare for MAD and to be eradicated off the face of the planet, this is the deterrence game the US has forced the rest of the world to play and if they want to push their luck they will die by it.

“Genocide” is only an overstatement IMO because the Donbass had the means to defend themselves on some level. It was still a campaign of terror and bombardment, with what could be described as pogroms, massacres, and a whole lot of hate crimes as well as government-instituted discrimination against the ethnic Russians and other minorities in Ukraine.

If what constantly occurs against indigenous peoples in the Anglosphere is considered a genocide, which it should be, then the attacks on ethnic Russian, Roma, Caucasian (from the Caucasus), etc. peoples in Ukraine certainly should fit the bill.

Any white, west-European descended people getting even a tenth of the Donbass and ethnic Russian treatment would be crying “genocide” about it forever. Hell, just look at the Rhodesians or the constant fearmongering (and settlers claiming decolonization is “genocide”) etc.

Not even “useful idiots.” If it repeats fascist talking points over and over again, and consistently sides with the fascists, they are fascists.

And if they “somehow” aren’t (which isn’t ever the case), by their actions they are indistinguishable and deserve the same punishment as the fascists. We don’t hate fascists just because they identify as fascists, just like Hitler would not deserve the death penalty simply for being born “Hitler”- their crimes are a matter of their actions.

Ah, big oof

While they certainly exist, the Communist Party of Britain thankfully is not among them: https://archive.ph/F1Ow4

The Communist Party of Britain affirmed that it supports transgender people’s right to “live equal, full and meaningful lives” after J.K. Rowling, almost as well known at this point for her hatred of trans women as for penning the mega-popular Harry Potter series, expressed tacit support for its candidates. On Saturday, Rowling encouraged her social media followers to vote Communist, a move made in response to the anti-trans feminist group For Women Scotland tweeting that a party spokesperson had told them it stood “in support of [recognizing] the nature of biological sex.” A day later, a statement was released on the party’s official X account clarifying the matter. “For avoidance of doubt, the Communist Party supports the right of trans people to medically transition, to have access to healthcare and live equal, full and meaningful lives, socially, economically and politically,” it said. “We believe that such liberation will only be possible under socialism.” Rowling’s blessing, likely now to be rescinded, came after she published an op-ed in The Times of London on Friday disavowing the Labour Party over its support for trans rights.

True. Though (while this doesn’t contradict) I’d argue that they had to have the- inclination, or interest inherent from the start (which is entirely natural and nothing wrong nor extreme- it is their perception of it that is extreme).

*Edit: if you think about it, it would be more absurd and unlikely for someone to, say, only be interested in one extreme or the other of the stereotypical gender spectrum, presentation, or identity. Being a p-do, or liking violent or non-consensual sex- those are all genuine abnormalities and extremities, to which those people with such issues need to control and work against internally- ie. nothing alike.

Some of the most bigoted people are internalizing their own insecurities or self-hatred, for instance. Back as a kid (thankfully when confronted with it I learnt better and rapidly and was decent by 16-17 onwards) I used to be vocally homophobic for instance myself, beyond what even I was raised to be (literally talked about “killing gays and racists…”)

This, 100000%… and this is as a trans POC who has been exactly that, even did a small talking bit once for (insert certain corpo here)…

Even if some, or many people might have sympathies with all the minorities (LGBT minorities, religious and ethnic and racial minorities, etc) or for the developing world, womens’ rights, or the working classes, etc. they ultimately are part of the system that’s the problem, that churns up our lives (and particularly and with discriminatory preference, our lives) for profit. We’re menu items, and nowadays we’re also items which they use to absolve themselves of guilt and convince themselves they’re not monsters, though they won’t end the broader system of exploitation (they’ll just create plausible deniability/distance to the direct exploitation at best, and when pushed they’ll mostly go fascist as they always do).

Capitalism has always commodified those it oppresses, but now it also sells indulgences, just like the Catholic church of old.

Fwiw I’d argue that “same sex” and ““futa”” (trans/intersex) porn and sexuality shouldn’t be considered extreme or “alternative” in the first place, though I know that wasn’t what you were trying to say.

You’re right about the mechanism of the addiction though, but I’d also add another thing- these gooners hate cis women as well (though hating on trans and queer people is even easier/more societally promoted yet). And this behavior and hatred long predates modern pornography in any of its forms, sadly.

They’re not just “victims of an addiction” - the resentment and dehumanization predates the addiction (which doesn’t help). They’re simply shitty, bigoted, entitled people, sadly a tale as old as time.

(edit) basically- liking trans/intersex/etc bodies is natural. Liking bodies of the same sex is natural. I don’t think it’s an “extremity” that drives people to liking such porn (the other things mentioned on the other hand, yes), it simply means they’re attracted to other human bodies, it’s not an abnormality

If only something could come out of all the west’s various fascist tendencies’ infighting and internal accusations… c’mon, kill each other already, ideally as viciously and extensively as possible. Night of the long knives 2.0 (and 3.0, etc. ad infinitum), please.