Perils of Criticism
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2026 6:32 am
does anybody else find it frustrating to be unable to correct or criticize any comments made against maps? especially when it seems so clear a post or article is so far up its own ass that you'd find it impossible to actually have a constructive interaction with another person or criticize the article
the most angering thing in the information age is the inability to genuinely have a debate on MAP oriented articles when the most common replies are just sensationalist insults or commands to kill oneself (easiest way to shut an argument down), or fallacies and mythologies people genuinely believe aren't flawed such as 'guilt by association' or conflating the words pedophile with groomer or predator or gooner, or being so caught up in their ideology they will reject sources that don't align with them.
i came across the very latter looking at the anarchist library (and was surprised that even they wouldn't allow critical or positive articles on MAPs on their site in spite of anarchist history) and found an article by an anarcha-feminist with an utterly misguided view agenda against patriarchy and dismissing any specific scentific sources as "transphobic", even disgustingly going so far to add (fortunately) when talking about another anarchist's death, Hakim Bey, or to say prehistoric children were "oppressed".
the most angering thing in the information age is the inability to genuinely have a debate on MAP oriented articles when the most common replies are just sensationalist insults or commands to kill oneself (easiest way to shut an argument down), or fallacies and mythologies people genuinely believe aren't flawed such as 'guilt by association' or conflating the words pedophile with groomer or predator or gooner, or being so caught up in their ideology they will reject sources that don't align with them.
i came across the very latter looking at the anarchist library (and was surprised that even they wouldn't allow critical or positive articles on MAPs on their site in spite of anarchist history) and found an article by an anarcha-feminist with an utterly misguided view agenda against patriarchy and dismissing any specific scentific sources as "transphobic", even disgustingly going so far to add (fortunately) when talking about another anarchist's death, Hakim Bey, or to say prehistoric children were "oppressed".
it's utterly insane to see what different worlds people end up living in, it's like analysis and truth come second to, retribution or narcissism or social gain in the other world.We do not particularly care whether the intrinsically transphobic sexological “science” that has codified the “official” definition of the term agrees with this usage. We also do not abide by the bioessentialist false dichotomies — e.g. between “true pedophiles” and “child sexual abusers” who are not “clinically diagnosed” as “pedophiles” — of the sexological approach.