the point isn’t to “win.” the point is to be at war

are you gonna tell me that in a crowd of 1000 people, your eye isn’t drawn to some people over others?

everyone has “shallow preferences,” and yes, some people definitely limit themselves to those alone, but not everyone is that dumb

i can’t say i have a definite answer to why dudes behave that way. if i had to guess i’d say these people have adopted the hive mentality of “it’s women’s fault i can never get a date” and can’t figure out why they get ghosted after acting like an asshole all the time. they don’t idolize asian women, they idolize cartoon depictions of asian women (girls).

one thing i can tell you for sure is that those people aren’t worth a molecule of your time and attention, and giving them either of those things is pretty much giving them what they want.

maybe you’re finding yourself among sweaty incels who own more than one anime waifu body pillow

if it makes you feel any better, i’m an asian man and prefer white women over asian women. nothing “wrong” with either, just my preference

If you are many generations in and have, for all intents and purposes, lost your connection with the hyphenated part of your culture, and don’t have any intent to learn with or contect with that culture other than by name, it does feel a bit preformative

i.e., an american saying “i’m italian” even though they don’t speak a word of it and have never been there, but grandma has an italian name

“conservative” as a valid train of thought died with john mccain

you will find juvenile trolls on whatever platform you use, especially as more and more people join. fediverse is no exception. “go back to reddit” is the new “touch grass.” whatever rational explanation there may be for people lashing out probably isn’t worth the effort to understand. best advice is to ignore and/or block people who are making you read this much into their ranting.

“conservative/right wing” views are basically nazi views. calling this mindset “different views” is like calling child rape “different tastes”–it starts and finishes as complete bullshit. it’s not a different view, it’s a fucking wrong view.

people with these “different views” are in support of a corrupt pedo rapist fascist fucking con man, and we just bombed a school full of children. there is no echo chamber in support of any of that here yet, and honestly, if/when that becomes the case, i’ll be going somewhere else.

also, are you a right winger, on .ml?