Language is a reef of dead metaphors. He wasn’t facetious; he was oblivious.
As for abusive language… it shows more spirit than strategy.
I loved panel 5. New material, and what a look.
Metaphors (rather anaologies) are tricky: they’re never perfect, but they need to hold a certain level of accuracy to what’s relevant in a topic. I really want to know what the house is in this. Well, I have one strong suspicion. In any case, it’s kind of funny how “abusive language” (I’ll assume the title of this comic defines that term) is seen as a legitimate tactic in advancing one’s cause so long as they can claim to be sufficiently marginalized. I’ll blame that on the guy, though if he really made the leap from “selective abusive language” to “the same rules” in the way that this comic shows. Really wish someone had grabbed a screenshot to post on imgur.
The ‘house’ is that argumentitive stance that holds to the benighted belief that Feminism intends the destruction of their beloved ‘mancave culture’.
I realize I’m replying a month later, but I don’t quite follow how that’s what the house represents here. It seems to me it’s the general society, parts of it, or -if we’re gonna go full feminism- The Patriarchy.
Did he not just use a metaphor himself or am I losing my mind
Yes.
It’s even better than that: she only extends his gaming metaphor.
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Language is a reef of dead metaphors. He wasn’t facetious; he was oblivious.
As for abusive language… it shows more spirit than strategy.
I loved panel 5. New material, and what a look.
Metaphors (rather anaologies) are tricky: they’re never perfect, but they need to hold a certain level of accuracy to what’s relevant in a topic. I really want to know what the house is in this. Well, I have one strong suspicion. In any case, it’s kind of funny how “abusive language” (I’ll assume the title of this comic defines that term) is seen as a legitimate tactic in advancing one’s cause so long as they can claim to be sufficiently marginalized. I’ll blame that on the guy, though if he really made the leap from “selective abusive language” to “the same rules” in the way that this comic shows. Really wish someone had grabbed a screenshot to post on imgur.
The ‘house’ is that argumentitive stance that holds to the benighted belief that Feminism intends the destruction of their beloved ‘mancave culture’.
I realize I’m replying a month later, but I don’t quite follow how that’s what the house represents here. It seems to me it’s the general society, parts of it, or -if we’re gonna go full feminism- The Patriarchy.
Did he not just use a metaphor himself or am I losing my mind
Yes.
It’s even better than that: she only extends his gaming metaphor.