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[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 385 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

SOMETIMES A CHECKMATE IS JUST SO FUCKING POETIC.

Butters: weiners out!

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 151 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

For real, this is such a great move. Oh sure, the government could just ban nipples in general, but good luck enforcing that when it gets mildly warm and every scottish man rips their shirt off

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago

is that the "red wave" they've been warning us about?

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 198 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

Another example of the Scots fighting for freedom .... they've been doing it successfully for thousands of years and they're still doing it!

I will never in my life ever understand the fight against gay, lesbian, bi, queer, LGBTQ+

They are a fraction of the population yet the majority causes them immeasurable harm simply because they exist. The louder they persecute, the more prominent LGBTQ+ movement becomes .... it's contradictory. If conservatives had just left them alone, there would almost be no issue about any of this at all.

There are far more important debates and fights to be had in our society .... namely the fight to preserve the survivability of our species in the coming centuries ... yet here we are fighting about who gets to show or not show their tits!!!!

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 99 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Conservatives need a demographic to hate. This one is perfect because they will never be Conservatives, and most hardcore Conservatives can't stand to see homosexual PDA.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 55 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

they will never be Conservatives

I wish that were true, but I have family that is deeply conservative and so is her wife.

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's nothing to understand. It's about hate and fear. Conservatives, specifically the alt-right, uses pre-existing prejudices to whip fear into their followers so that they get distracted.

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

You can change this to whatever out-group they have chosen:

  • Trans-people
  • autistic people specifically
  • LGBT people
  • neurodivergent people
  • gay people specifically
  • muslims
  • non-white people
  • black people specifically
  • Catholics (if you're protestant)
  • Protestant (if your Catholic)
  • left handed people

The list literally goes on. All so that their followers get distracted from the people who are picking their pockets.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As far as I'm concerned, the only minority group of people we should all actively persecute is the ultra wealthy class of people who represent a small fraction of the global population yet control overwhelmingly all the wealth in our civilization. They would rather watch the world burn than in allowing anyone to create any kind of equitable society to share even a fraction of the wealth in our world.

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[–] wolfrasin@lemm.ee 174 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Legendary behavior. Bigots can choke on it

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 155 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It would have been icing on the cake if trans men would have been in the same protest, also topless, but they weren't censored lol

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

To many in alt right groups, trans men don't exist.

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[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 142 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

Tits censored, guess they are women then. Fuck the transphobes

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 116 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call a brilliant catch-22 situation.

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 103 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Biological women can do it too if they print and cut out pics of men nipples and stick them on top.

[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 97 points 2 weeks ago

Malicious compliance at its best.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 94 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll always remember this one time in the 1990s when my family and I were watching some medical documentary on cable TV. There was footage of a trans woman getting top surgery, and they showed the medical details and cutting of her uncovered chest with no problem, but the instant the breast implant was slipped beneath the patient's skin they blurred out the nipple because it became unsuitable for unedited broadcast at that moment.

i think about that moment a lot.

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 83 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Trust me when I say this: none of the right-wing media/politicians, will understand that they've made any points on behalf of the protestors by blurring the "men's" nipples.

Also, saying men can go around topless but not women, is sexist. Any such law should be removed. We should all be equal in the eyes of the law. With that said: that shouldn't imply that women should go around topless. It should just be legally allowed. I'm a guy, but I don't think I need to explain to anyone the potential complications from going around topless as a woman... Whether trans or not.

The whole situation is dumb. Society needs to do better. We're all people. Let's keep that in mind and treat everyone the same, based on the fact that they are a human person in society. No legal separation of sex, gender, race, religion, or anything else. If you are a human person, you should have the same rights and freedoms as every other human person.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 74 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I'm a guy, but I don't think I need to explain to anyone the potential complications from going around topless as a woman... Whether trans or not.

It's normal and fairly mundane for men to go topless in virtually all societies, however, there are a good number of cultures where it is also normal for women to be topless. If it is normal and mundane for women to be topless, then it becomes a non-issue eventually. It's only racy because we're trained in our culture to find it racy.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In the late 90s or early aughts here in Canada women challenged and won the right to go topless as well as men. I can't recall seeing in person any women exercising that right myself, and it won't surprise me if the religions conservatives here have managed to overturn that directly or indirectly, but as a teenager/young adult i thought it was cool at the time that Canada fixed that inequality

Didn't really have a point here just felt like sharing

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[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 72 points 2 weeks ago

Damn, these people are bold as fuck. Get it!

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

In America most men are overweight or obese and have pendulous lumps on their chests with nipples attached. Personally I don't love seeing them, but when the weather is right, they are all over the goddamn place. It's absolutely ludicrous that women can't do the same. If there were any logical rule it would be don't show your chesticles unless you are a woman who uses them for feeding a child OR everybody gets to have their tits out regardless of any gender types. Pick one and go with it, but the current laws are base AF.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

When I was in pre-K, on a really hot day, I remember asking why the boys got to take off their shirts but I couldn’t.

Now that I’ve had top surgery, I can be the fat hairy bearded guy that mows lawns shirtless. It’s nice.

[–] PagPag@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I mow with a long sleeve that’s rated for 15spf, skin cancer is a real concern. Stay safe out there fam

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[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Austin actually has a city ordinance with more or less this exact logic. Once you’ve seen a dozen or so average women with their chests uncovered at the pool, it loses any excitement it may have initially held.

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[–] EySkibidiBabBab 61 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A living edge case. I love it.

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[–] Maximumbird@lemm.ee 60 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking Genius

[–] grue@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago

Hmm...

spoiler


Pretty sure it's just a bug in the federation of images between blahaj.zone and lemmy.world, but it was a funny coincidence.

[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 45 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Love the message, but the blurb isn't correct. Police couldn't not arrest them because it would define them as a woman, outraging public decency and similar laws don't require specific genders.

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[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

actually proud of Scotland for once, not the government but the people

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

It's the UK supreme court, not a Scottish court, that decided to stomp over all the progress we had made with trans rights.

The Scottish Parliament tends to be considerably more left wing than the UK Parliament. Left to their own devices they would probably be much more like a Scandinavian country.

But actually, yes, the Scottish people are indeed awesome.

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Isn't public nudity legal in all UK? Policing aid:

Behaviour described by caller

Passive behaviours in public

Sunbathing, walking, cycling, swimming, gardening, home maintenance, etc.

Provide advice
If they are just being naked in public, it will be lawful activity
Explain to caller that no offences are being committed
No police action necessary

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 22 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I cannot imagine being a cop in this country the laws are just totally arbitrary and you'd have to enforce them even though they make zero sense.

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[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is it illegal for women to be topless?

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 weeks ago (54 children)

Yeah. That seems sexist.

Free the nipple.

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