What's weirdest thing about American culture?
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That's obviously you working backwards from your opinions on America. Nobody advertises it here nor have they in a generation or two. It's an assumed default to the point that anti circumcision activists often have to argue with partners and sometimes circumcision is done without parental consent.
Here's Wikipedia on the history of the practice
But fundamentally, this comes from the late 19th and early 20th century where it was seen as an attempt to reduce masturbation and disease. There's no reason to believe that the doctors recommending it at the time didn't sincerely believe it to be for the best, it was just a time in which medical science was a bit bonkers.
So you believe that they are more influenced by some 18th century bonkers doctors than present day perceived beauty standards, peer pressure and commercialised medicine?
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A piece of fabric is not worthy of respect, the values it's meant to represent are. Disrespecting the flag against it's own code is one of the greatest statements of that freedom
Yes, but the people that wear the flag are generally the same ones that want to make burning it in protest illegal. The hypocrisy of wanting to force respect for the flag yet not respecting it yourself is what I am against.
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Yes, but the people that wear the flag are generally the same ones that want to make burning it in protest illegal. The hypocrisy of wanting to force respect for the flag yet not respecting it yourself is what I am against.
I'm firmly in the camp of both burning and wearing it, so
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Most Republicans fell for the con. They didn't explicitly vote for cages and bombs.
Also, the USA is not a full democracy.
The ones building and filling those pages are American people. As are the ones manufacturing and selling the bombs.
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So you believe that they are more influenced by some 18th century bonkers doctors than present day perceived beauty standards, peer pressure and commercialised medicine?
And Wikipedia is not a reference BTWWhere do you think the peer pressure and beauty standards came from? It was those wacko doctors. To the point where it became "what you do". Modern commercialization of medicine is unrelated. It became what Americans do when their infant has a dick. Most Americans just did it. Speaking as an American who had a foreskin and who has dated multiple anti circumcision activists, I seriously can't emphasize enough how much it's just autopilot for everyone. There's no marketing cabal of the medical establishment to push circumcision to make money, its just that very few of the doctors that have dicks have foreskins, very few of the patients' fathers have them either, and if given a flat question, very few of the patients are going to leave with one. And that culture of circumcision came from an era where the main goal was to stop masturbation because it was seen as leading to mental illness.
And Wikipedia isn't an academic source, it's one of the absolute best "here's what seems to be known" sources for casual understanding because it's curated and shows it's sources. No encyclopedia is an acceptable source in academics. And I'm also aware that my personal experiences don't count as a rigorous source.
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Where do you think the peer pressure and beauty standards came from? It was those wacko doctors. To the point where it became "what you do". Modern commercialization of medicine is unrelated. It became what Americans do when their infant has a dick. Most Americans just did it. Speaking as an American who had a foreskin and who has dated multiple anti circumcision activists, I seriously can't emphasize enough how much it's just autopilot for everyone. There's no marketing cabal of the medical establishment to push circumcision to make money, its just that very few of the doctors that have dicks have foreskins, very few of the patients' fathers have them either, and if given a flat question, very few of the patients are going to leave with one. And that culture of circumcision came from an era where the main goal was to stop masturbation because it was seen as leading to mental illness.
And Wikipedia isn't an academic source, it's one of the absolute best "here's what seems to be known" sources for casual understanding because it's curated and shows it's sources. No encyclopedia is an acceptable source in academics. And I'm also aware that my personal experiences don't count as a rigorous source.
very few of the doctors that have dicks have foreskins, very few of the patients’ fathers have them either,
35.5% to 41.7% from 1979 through 2010 can in no reasonable way be called 'very few'.
That is from the CDC (a real source)And the concept of Wikipedia sounded good at the time but reality is different.
It is highly manipulable, as often happened and even their own 'curation' is on the highest level not transparent.
And what is stated in articles is not necessarily true since they indeed show sources but they can also be shit depending on who edits the article.
But most people won't even look at them, "wiki says it's so" and that's that.
You can use it if you need to look something up about a flower but any controversial topic and certainly political stuff most certainly not.Anyway, enough about this.
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The ones building and filling those pages are American people. As are the ones manufacturing and selling the bombs.
The statement "Everyone working for the Military industrial complex is at least slightly evil" is hard to argue against.
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I'm firmly in the camp of both burning and wearing it, so
You probably shouldn't do those at the same time.
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From my outside perspective, it's the pledge of allegiance.
Do you really have your kids stand up every morning and swear an oath to your flag? That's some real cult shit.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Don't forget public meetings, as grown-ass adults.
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I had a teacher in elementary school that taught us that when a flag falls on the floor, you’re supposed to kiss it.
Yes, seriously.
It was just part of the normal flag-worship we were
taughtbrainwashed with.b/c they can't go burning the flag every time a kid fucks up but they can't bring themselves to totally abandon a ritual that has become a superstition
