Argumentative Penguin
2 min readJun 24, 2022

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Can confirm I'm not a bot - but that is exactly what a bot would say so don't feel you have to take it as a proof.

Unfortunately the algorithm does keep throwing up more of the same thing that you've read before - though I should also say I think the Depp-Heard trial is one worth commenting on. I comment when people are making statements I believe will come back to seriously undermine the main arguments of feminism.

I addressed that here. https://medium.com/lucid-nightmare/how-amber-heard-crashed-the-course-of-feminism-c0ec43ff7a52

I think if you're supporting a woman at all costs because she's a woman then you're well on your way to undermining progress. Women are disproportionately affected by domestic violence - that needs addressing as a matter of urgency, but you cannot address that matter by standing firmly behind someone who has been found to have lied in court and who has already gone on TV and contradicted her own testimony. There's a reason Amber Heard is the way she is and it likely comes down to a personality disorder. It means she won't let this go and her claims will get increasingly more outrageous until even the most ardent supporter will start to think WTF? Think Trump and his 'my inauguration was the biglyest one' as a similar example of the mental framing. I think this subject matter is AS IMPORTANT as the original #MeToo discussion, because it helps provide a pathway in which we can discuss some of the nuance that exited the conversation around 2018.

With regards to the age gap and power dynamics mentioned in this article - I've argued many times, you either think adult women are adult women capable of looking after themselves or you think they're delicate little creatures who must be protected at all costs. I think the latter position is disempowering women overall and I've addressed that argument a few times in conversation and in this article here.

https://medium.com/lucid-nightmare/im-calling-time-on-the-bashing-of-age-gap-relationships-22e09ae93b1a

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Argumentative Penguin
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