(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2020, @05:56AM
by Anonymous Coward
on Friday June 26 2020, @05:56AM (#1012796)
I think the best refutation to this frequently stated claim comes from Norway itself: Hjernevask [wikipedia.org].
Hjernevask was a series run on Norway public television about gender politics. And so you can only imagine what it's about. Except you can't. Hjernevask means to brainwash, and it was deeply critical of gender politics and the radicalized path they had taken. And the film received an exceptionally positive reputation. But not only this, it ultimately led to the termination of public funding for gender studies programs in Norway. If that was run in America he would have been labeled a Nazi or misogynist at the minimum with the video being no doubt labeled hate speech. The author would have faced never-ending digital hate mobs and calls for his head on a spike. American democratic social views and values have become deeply radicalized relative to just about anywhere in the world. The scariest thing is that people don't even realize how radicalized they're becoming. This is how you get those groups we now look back in history wondering 'how did things ever get to this point?'
As an aside, it's an absolutely awesome series. The Wiki page has links to all of the videos, and the English subtitles are excellent. Amusingly though, YouTube has chosen to declare that they have "inappropriate content" and so the videos are marked as adult only. That's also a new thing. New America, eh?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2020, @05:56AM
I think the best refutation to this frequently stated claim comes from Norway itself: Hjernevask [wikipedia.org].
Hjernevask was a series run on Norway public television about gender politics. And so you can only imagine what it's about. Except you can't. Hjernevask means to brainwash, and it was deeply critical of gender politics and the radicalized path they had taken. And the film received an exceptionally positive reputation. But not only this, it ultimately led to the termination of public funding for gender studies programs in Norway. If that was run in America he would have been labeled a Nazi or misogynist at the minimum with the video being no doubt labeled hate speech. The author would have faced never-ending digital hate mobs and calls for his head on a spike. American democratic social views and values have become deeply radicalized relative to just about anywhere in the world. The scariest thing is that people don't even realize how radicalized they're becoming. This is how you get those groups we now look back in history wondering 'how did things ever get to this point?'
As an aside, it's an absolutely awesome series. The Wiki page has links to all of the videos, and the English subtitles are excellent. Amusingly though, YouTube has chosen to declare that they have "inappropriate content" and so the videos are marked as adult only. That's also a new thing. New America, eh?