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Replying to @logicrafting
That’s not my view. There’s a spectrum of non-state/corp backed public disapproval that ranges from thoughtful suggestion to outright struggle session with implicit or explicit threats of harmful consequences. The pushback to Rowling includes character assassination here in addition to statements that are measured and intelligent so it’s a mixed bag. In another post I made yesterday, I acknowledged that any criticism I make is subject to countercriticism which I can then counter with expectation of further counter and so forth. I didn’t delve into that in this specific post but constructive criticism is not compulsion.
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Hi Duncan, I didn't see your reply to Ms. Rowling and am not sure which is being referenced. Of course your criticism of her situational use of a preferred pronoun qualifies as free expression as does my criticism of your criticism then any follow-up countercriticism that receives in return, ad infinitum. But nothing I wrote was an oblique reference to something you posted. There is some disagreement over the precise bounds of the term "Ultra" so I'll emphasize that I used it as colloquial shorthand. I'll leave it to others wrangle over its true perimiter. The discussion focuses on non-state backed pressure to conform to an absolute protocol. While you individually maintain a high standard of proportionality, much of the criticism of Rowling does not. I've read that she is now "problematic," a "closet TRA" and worse. I don't think there's too much distance between your position and mine except that I view an ideal world as one where people are free to address each other how they choose (which in effect would abolish the current pressures to adopt genderism's customs) while yours may be one where they are never used by anyone. I appreciate the responses and wish you a good day. -Brian
Replying to @AmericasCousin
My reply to it is also consistent with freedom of expression. I’m not telling anyone to do anything. The “ultra” position is not mandatory adherence or something that can be enforced anyway. It’s a coherent belief set on *why* doing one thing is better than doing another thing. Freedom of expression is not lost by the criticism of that expression. In fact the criticism IS freedom of expression. People can and do choose to call some men “she”. I choose not to. And the reasons I choose not to and why I think people should *should* - not must - also not make exceptions I am happy to describe and account for. People demanding adherence to any speech - are as a rule - wrong. People criticising choices in good faith are not wrong, and not anti freedom of expression.
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My favorite countercriticism of social security is “what about having empathy for old people!”. Man, I sure wish they had empathy for impoverished children, or new grads, or poor foreigners! Womp womp!
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Yeah we can't reduce the entirety of the conflict down to antisemitism, the notion of mass immigration of a far off population for the purpose of an ethnostate was always bound to cause conflict My main countercriticism on this point is that even under pretty uncharitable terms/
13 Jul 2025
Do people really think the Arabs of Palestine didn't understand what Zionism and the Balfour declaration meant for them? What is amusing with that propaganda is that if you read Jabotinsky, the ancestor of Likud, he understood perfectly well that Arab violence against Jews was not gratuitous but motivated by a desire to resist their dispossession: Jabotinsky wrote that in 1923 and you can find many other statements by early Zionist leaders making it clear that, unlike today's hasbarists and the clueless morons who listen to them, they understood perfectly well the causes of Arab hostility toward them. The same is true for people like Benny Morris, who can't be suspected of anti-Zionism, but is also intellectually honest. Once again, I don't give a shit about Palestine (at least no more than I care about Congo, Sudan or any other place where people are murdering each other), I'm just asking that you don't constantly gaslight me with that low-IQ propaganda.
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I hate this form of countercriticism where you list a bunch of plot points & pretend execution is negligible. Movies aren't just a static sequence of events They need to flow well, have convincing dialogue & properly pace their character arcs & the prequels fumble that HARD
28 Apr 2025
so anakin being a child slave, qui-gon dying, the jedi council’s contempt towards him, obi wan’s emotional negligence, palpatine grooming him, witnessing his mother’s murder and his obsession with saving padmé because he couldn’t save his mom wasn’t enough of a clue for you?
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Rahul Gandhi is focusing on key issues like employment, inflation, farmer concerns, and NYAY. #CoreIssues Mallikarjun Kharge is championing social justice, reservation policies, and the sanctity of the constitution. #SocialJustice Priyanka Gandhi is taking on the BJP, rebutting their criticisms of the Congress party. #CounterCriticism
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That's literally being shouted from the rooftops by every part of the apparatus of state and has been for decades. to the point where any criticism is met with a storm of countercriticism.
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don't really understand the countercriticism that people who grew up in that kind of environment would be offended by the portrayal of the Myers family in RZ's Halloween; why would anyone abused by their family be offended at them being portrayed as total scumbags lol
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not a fair countercriticism. i don't think a majority of the criticism being presented is transphobic or particularly rightwing. from what i've seen, people are more upset at the fact that a beloved character is being pretty much destroyed and replaced with some new
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17 Jul 2022
Biden Fails to Secure Major #Iran-Focused Security Commitments at Arab Summit During a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince #MohammedbinSalman, Biden raised the highly sensitive issue of human rights, drawing countercriticism from the crown prince kayhanlife.com/news/middle-e…

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I call it #Contrositicism, a countercriticism I employ on naysayers and cohorts. When they say one can't, thereupon, s/he applauds them for saying one can; then doubles efforts to capability. Whilst they don't see it coming, their sophism is put to doubt at its very support base.
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4 Apr 2022
Replying to @tokiitime
People should criticize a show and should be given countercriticism it's fine ig. I do agree no one will give you 2nd chance irl if you do something which he does
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9 Jan 2022
Replying to @staringispolite
to the former i’ve mostly seen people responding to other people who read it as an irrefutable takedown of the industry as a whole and i think that’s the main countercriticism to those people, that no proponents think the current state is the ideal final form
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Replying to @JINNIESLIFE
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Replying to @kicksomehamasss
Bet you if a Jewish MP held up photos of all Israeli children murdered (not an act of war) By the P A Pay for Slay and asked why we still send aid to Palestine, there would be a hell of a lot more pics & Slutana would by screaming that is disproportionate countercriticism
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23 Mar 2021
The common countercriticism for LRG I always see is like this where they say “oh it’s a niche market” which is incredibly fucking stupid because A. No it isn’t. Most game sales are still like 70/30 physical to digital B. They literally have a deal to make prints for Best Buy
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anything else than politely but definitely show how the people who want him dead are full of shit, and people are supporting him, mostly with humour (see the stuff about him fucking up tv shows) and rational countercriticism of their critics. Deal with it.
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Counterculturalism. Congregationalism Constitutionalism. Countercriticism Communitarianism Conventionalism Cosmopolitanism Constructivism Chondrocranium Credentialism Colloquialism Collectivism Counterclaim Clostridium Computerdom yes
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It's a bullshit countercriticism.
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