#then you're being wilfully obtuse

[abrahamvanhelsings]

van helsing giving "not to me not if it's you" towards seward in a situation where literally anybody else would go "it is to me especially if it's you. like ill fucking do it but christ alive". can you imagine. grooming a man for over two weeks as he sits at the bedside of a dying girl with neck punctures losing her blood and then showing him her empty coffin that's suddenly mysteriously full of her beautiful lively week-old corpse as kids with neck punctures start turning up. and then he wakes up from having a good night's sleep while you were out there risking your life and thinks to himself "vampires real? lol. lmao even. obviously he must be mad and possibly did it all himself" id kill him with my bare hands

#bro the funniest thing is that according to the rules of the book everyone involved gets to fucking listen to this shit lmfaooo #imagine being this cringefail in front of your entire polycule #vh deals with seward being seward so the others don't have to. bc he loves him. ofc. #dracula daily #dracula #anyway blah blah seward is the walking embodiment of our own unwillingness to see beyond what we know and understand #wilfully misinterpreting and misunderstanding what we perceive in this case bc the alternative is terrifying #being obtuse as a defense mechanism to hide from terrible truths. etc. #laying claim on sense and rationality to defend your view when logically you're clearly not actually looking at things rationally

[rosalesbeausderholle]

Oh I'm sorry but this is just... So so so so utterly ridiculous. I don't care if you don't believe those particular images, I don't care if you think it's a fake moral panic. You're being wilfully obtuse. You're going "my side is the righteous one, so of course no rapes were committed" and that's just naive and ignorant. It's the Harry Potter-fication of a very complex international conflict, with good all pure and bad ultra mega evil guys and it's, frankly, ridiculous, for anyone to make a statement like this. Though the left has always had issues addressing sexual violence.

The reality is, men rape. Men rape in peace times and in war, men rape children and grandmothers, men rape all kinds of women regardless of circumstances. Men, all men, regardless of what side they're on, use rape as a weapon of war. Yes, the IDF has done plenty of times, but so has Hamas (they're... yihadists, they're literally yihadists guys they're not known for respecting women's rights). Normal, regular civilian men in both countries will rape as well, in war and outside of it, as will men in literally every single country of the world.

You can support the cause of the Palestinian people, who are at the brink of destruction by a genocidal settler state, who do not deserve to be destroyed, without being so obtuse about the tactics of war, especially the tactics used by extremists. All men, given the chance, will use rape as a weapon of war. So saying "well those photos don't actually show a rape victim" is only your opinion, and even if you're right, you need to come to terms with the reality that rapes will indeed happen/have happened on both sides. Yes, even the one you personally support. And yes, that's true even if the other side uses accusations of mass rape as propaganda. Don't be so obtuse, it's frankly embarrassing.

#feminism #male violence #rape tw

[gay-jewish-bucky]

Y'all i just got the most confusing addition to one of my posts

Like for one, this post was in a very common joke format so this is quite the response.

That's only a few specific runs, the majority he has long hair still. He is not cap in this timeline so you cannot use a run where he is cap to argue that he should have short hair. In the comic run of the same name that is tied to the show he has long hair.

You can choose to see it that way, but you are wilfully ignoring the mcu's long history of toxic masculinity and homophobia. If that was the reason they would have shown it the same way they showed "steve" shaving off the beard. If it was just the hair they changed, that would be one thing, but it isn't and you know it. He was stripped of everything that made him bucky and turned into a one-dimensional dudebro who was hardened and bitter, instead of the man we know and love, who's trauma and disability was used for comic relief. Even seb felt like it was ooc.

Oh there's the answer to your problem right there: hair extensions. Done. They had him in them for multiple scenes in the show, you're being obtuse.

(see point two) It's not "without context" it's being aware of a very clear pattern of behaviour and it's naïve to think it isn't a very real problem and these choice exist in a vacuum.

Good for those people? I don't understand how that's relevant. Most people do not like it. The inclusion of this argument tells me that the only reason you care is you feel personally attacked that i have vocalized my dislike for his hair

This is honestly the most baffling point? Like, idk what to even say here. No one said he couldn't be gay with short hair.

#personcole

[onewomancitadel]

I don't exactly enjoy being forced to refute other peoples' absurd statements put forth but I am willing to do so to help someone if it makes them unhappy.

On the other hand I don't like arguing on terms set forth by people who are wilfully and obtusely reading the narrative in such a way that is so beyond the pale incompatible with mine that it's not really about whether or not Jaune killing Penny precipitates him killing Cinder; it's about whether you're even watching the same fucking show.

It's not really about asking whether an individual assertion someone has put forth is correct but whether the underlying assumptions of that assertion is.

Now, what would be more interesting is whether Jaune has dark development for a volume or two or even more but comes out of his with who he is reaffirmed. If someone had put that forth as a question I would've taken it seriously.

But that's how you know that it's, you know, wishful thinking, because it's immediately 'and then he's gonna kill Cinder' because it's not about character development, it's just-so murderous desires.

#blah blah blah

[ex-furry]

some of you are being so stupid about this movie

#you come into someone's inbox screaming about ''not all cops!!'' #and then get confused when they get a little snappy because you're just being wilfully obtuse

[cubeg1rl]

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#it's very funny when people do the whole 'i shouldn't have to explain this to you u are being wilfully obtuse' thing about like #genuinely super niche stuff #like I don't think people are trying to like pwn you by saying they don't understand a post that relies on familiarity w anticiv philosophy #that is like very esoteric even if the idea seems simple to you bcos you know the context #not that you're obligated to explain anything to people but it's fully wild to be suprised/mad that people don't get it imo?

[leftfoottrapped]

you're genuinely embarrassing and mean. just unstan chen if you dont like him or the things he does. do you not have anything to do but share your unsavoury opinions online. you don't know ANYTHING about the situation obviously. you don't know that they didn't use contraception. you don't know chen's thoughts on the situation, you don't know his wife's, so why do you assume so much shit. having a kid doesn't mean he can't sing anymore ? what the fuck are you on about ? you make no sense at all

idols with babies don’t have singing careers

#who cares how the baby happened the baby is here now its over #marsieee #misc. answers #you are all so wilfully obtuse just to pretend you're better than kfans and ppl who are disappointed in him #deliberately misunderstanding the situation so you can pat yourself on the back for being a good fan

[the-bjd-community-confess]

When someone is just being wilfully obtuse or acting stupid in the comments of random confessions, and you're sitting there reading the comments like: 🍿🙄🍵 It's both funny, but also so mindbogglingly stupid. Becky, we all know what's going on, keep playing stupid, and it'll stick.

~Anonymous

#BJD #ABJD #Community Confessions #BJD Confessions

[woodchoc-magnum]

Love you are right maybe we are a little negative, but as you said they gave a lot of screetime to taykay for absolutely no reason, so why they couldn't the same with these 2 new people?

Because she's in a relationship with one of the main characters and neither of the two new characters will be.

I mean - I hated the episodes about her too, and I hate her, don't get me wrong. She fucking sucks and I can't wait for Buck to break up with her, but... this is clearly very different? And if you can't see that, you're just being wilfully obtuse.

#asks #i'm sorry but like #the constant negativity just has to fucking stop #tv shows add new people all the time #people come and people go #it's not the end of the world #these two are literally just going to be pieces of the story and not driving it #it's like every time this show announces a guest star there's a fucking meltdown #it's like no one has ever watched a tv show before??? #imagine being in the 90s and watching ER #it's a constant revolving door of guest stars and supporting characters you never see again #with a MASSIVE main cast #if you can't handle watching an ensemble show #maybe watch something else

[mandaloriangf]

i know you're probably over talking about the rey/o therapist but non-black people who use the fact they arent white to say they cant be racist (or protect themselves from accusations of racism) are assholes and wilfully being obtuse and ignorant. we can be, have been and in most cases are anti-black. honestly her description of finn is more than proof she can't understand (or pretending not to) why people are upset with lucasfilms and rey/os.

its like how reylos say that because they’re women you can’t criticize them for misogyny 

#ask amanda #anti reylo #sw discourse #Anonymous

[monica-geller]

you're being wilfully obtuse about that capitalist anon. c'mon you know what they mean. taylor sues her own fans, copyrights everything, wouldn't even be on spotify or apple music because of money. you can like her and admit she's more capitalist than most

i actually laughed out loud at this message because i’ve never seen so many false statements so condensed into one sentence holy shit well done

she doesn’t sue her own fans, she copyrights as much as literally any other celebrity, she explained very fucking clearly that her apple music letter was about helping out lesser known artists who are trying to make a living off of their art and many many of those said artists (as well as songwriters and producers) went out of their way to publicly thank her for it so it’s not my fault if u don’t have reading comprehension

i don’t have to admit that she’s more capitalist than most when she’s factually NOT. she’s ever once in her decade-long career charged a fan to meet her, that doesn’t sound more capitalist than most. she’s consistently named among most charitable celebrities each year, that doesn’t sound more capitalist than most. she doesn’t have a paid fanclub but goes out of her way to search for superfans to give them perks for free, that doesn’t sound more capitalist than most. like i’m not gonna sit here and say that she doesn’t participate in capitalism because she clearly fucking does but YOU are being wilfully obtuse and are grossly misinformed if you think that she participates it in a way that other celebrities somehow manage to escape lmao

[thelonesomequeen]

Miss Potts, I think you're being far too nice to the anon who thinks rape victims should just stop being irrational. I mean, you're being VERY nice, which is usually a great thing, but I suspect that anon is being intentionally dense, and isn't misunderstanding as much as they are deliberately getting it wrong, in irder to pick a fight, or to hurt people. Being wilfully obtuse to mess with other people's heads can be fun, but there are some things you just don't crack jokes about.

Oh believe me, as a survivor of sexual assault and domestic violence I wanted to rip into this person, but then, it is also my hope that I can maybe reach them or get them to understand what they're saying is grossly inaccurate if I can practice some sort of kindness. Responding in anger sometimes runs the risk of your message being lost in the rage. Maybe they are purposely being obtuse, but part of my healing is to still approach as if they aren't. And if I don't reach them, maybe I've reached another reader. I can say that I am plenty angry about this subject. I haven't thought about the violence inflicted upon my body so intensely as I have now, more than 15 years later. I've been reliving it and retraumatized over and over in the last year, and I can pinpoint the moment it started for me. It was a really awful exchange I'd had with an aunt who basically said that feminist women were to blame for women getting raped, and giving men the fuel to want to rape us. Now, I had suffered in silence about my rape for many many years, only confiding in close friends and my partners. But suddenly, there I was on the phone with my mom, crying, and telling her how much my aunt hurt my feelings because I was raped, too. Was she saying that it was my fault and I deserved it? That was something I didn't want to tell my mom. I didn't want everyone knowing this about me, but especially my mother. It wasn't because I wouldn't be supported. It's just that I'm her baby, and it would break her heart knowing someone hurt one of her babies like this. It's been a process for me opening up about it, and I've even talked about it with more people over this year than I have in the 15+ years since all of these things happened to me. It's a hard process for me to go through. I'm not a very emotional person. I'm not very open. I'm more of a "be a big girl and handle your own shit" kind of person. A lot of these stories that are being told online, in the media, in our inbox...they're so important. They're also hard to read for me. It wasn't until what happened with my aunt that reading these things started to affect me, because up until then, it was something I tried not to think about. Now, there isn't a day that goes by when I don't. And while I have spent my life surrounded by very wonderful men like my best friends, my roommates, and my brothers, that doesn't take away from the pain that other men have caused myself and others. The other day, one of my best friends and I had a heart to heart about this, and I had to reveal to him what happened to me which I never told him though one of the incidents happened when we were roomies. He said that with everything coming out in the media about abusers, it's so shocking and hard to understand. I told him that as a woman, it's not really shocking because a lot of this behavior is something that most of us encounter at some point. Not all of us have been assaulted, but possibly all of us have been sexually harassed in some way. This is how some men talk to women when no one's around. This is our reality, and it's not about reading characters or avoiding going out at night. There is no way to avoid it when it's a boss or co-worker or relative or whatever. When someone gets it in their head to treat you that way, they can do so in a way that you'll never see them coming, and suddenly you're left wondering what the hell just happened. When something like this happens, you may learn to read people a little better and see red flags, but you also know that not everyone has red flags. You can't know, and sometimes you feel like you can't trust your judgment anymore. That's why some survivors then close themselves off from people to avoid getting hurt again. It's not irrational at all. It's completely understandable. We aren't thinking that all men are horrible. We are thinking "Fuck! How can we tell which ones are and which ones aren't?" because it's not always clear. So hopefully, people who are quick to "NOT ALL MEN" survivors, and tell people they're being irrational can learn to understand that point. It's about listening and trying to come to an understanding, and my hope is that with a more calm response, that can happen. ☕️