I feel like brexit should have required a 60% majority. It’s changed things so drastically for people living there, a simple majority seems like there were a bunch if rich people just hoping enough propaganda tipped the scales in their favor.

I mean, the U.S. military explicitly has a clause in their contracts that tell you there is a risk of rape during your time in the military. They do the exact same thing, try to sweep this stuff under the rug.

It’s what governments and universities do. They don’t want any bad press, so they try to sweep stuff like this under the rug.

No, I’m saying there is nuance to phrases like this. There are multiple meanings to the word deaf. Jesus, it’s like talking to a brick wall sometimes.

I have no idea what hexbear even is. I don’t disagree with everything in the article, just think saying phrases like falling in deaf ears, or a dumb decision, is way extreme on the scale of this is problematic language.

Yeah, whatever dude. I have more important things to do than worry about phrases such as falling on deaf ears, which is one of the main phrases I take issue with in this waste of time article.

Not even sort of the same thing. The n word is a racist term people use to intimidate people. Falling on deaf ears is an expression used with a specific meaning. Now if it was intended as an intimidation tactic or something to make people fearful for their life or insult them that’d be different. This is neither of those things.

How is the phrase falling on deaf ears oppressive. Am I living in opposite world now where that’s a slur people use to try to intimidate someone?

Yeah, definitely didn’t say ‘fuck disabled people’. This is literally a made up problem.

Dude, I’m about as left leaning as it gets. The mental illness comments mentioned in the article, sure, that’s kind of problematic. But statements that are literally just expressions that have been used for probably half a century or more like “falling on deaf ears”. Gimme a break. Find something actually a problem to focus on, like the climate crisis, or the Assault on trans rights in the U.S.

If you’re offended by the phrase falling on deaf ears, which is very much just an expression, then you need to go outside more. Nobody is trying to offend deaf people with that phrase.

Didn’t someone really waste time writing an article about statements like “falling on deaf ears” being hurtful? There saved everyone a click.