Morons of the Internet: Medusa Magazine (Part 4)

This is the segment where I scour my favourite forums around the internet and find some particularly interesting articles about current affairs told in the words of my favourite human beings.

In this edition we once again have our favorite feminist blog tackling the subject of zoos. I probably say this every time with this website, but this is a new low for them. No really, this is a poorer article than the time they literally advocated for genocide.
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https://medusamagazine.com/the-zoo-teaches-children-to-hate
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Oh for fuck sake. Is there any establishment in the world that doesn't oppress people in the eyes of radical feminists? Maybe I would be more understanding if the contents of the argument were actually relevant, but this introduction is just pure unrelated shite. Just what the fuck are you going on about? Ad hoc fallacies relate to scientific literature rather than zoological institutions. I don't understand what effect peer reviewing these businesses would have considering zoos and scientific literature are in no way similar. A zoo is primarily a place of leisure, not an academic journal. You do realise that the vast majority of visitors to zoos are not scientists but just average families, so why would they care about the validity in the underlying scientific literature?

I'm honestly so confused about what the central point is in this argument. Patriarchal gender normativity. What the absolute fuck is that? I wasn't aware that zoos are operated by the patriarchy, but now you've made an unqualified sweeping statement it makes that fact plain obvious. Jesus fucking Christ, this is some flat earth level shit of tin hat conspiracy nonsense. It's just random and irrelevant words being shoehorned into an argument to try and rationalise this insane way of thinking.

'If anything can be called natural.' How about a tree? To me a tree is quite comprehensively natural. Yet another example of burying your head in the sand when factual evidence dares to interfere with your narrative.

Why do we need to be learning about the human condition from zoos? I want to see the fucking tigers, not have a long-winded discussion about the patriarchy. In shocking news it could be said that most families might also have the same attitude, hence why they take their children to the zoo to have fun, and not lecture the kids in feminist libraries. Then comes the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Truly a momentous occasion; an actual source on Medusa Magazine. Just a shame this source is on house cats, which are famous for never appearing in zoos. Remember love, the condition of captivity profoundly affects the behaviour of animals, rendering your source absolutely useless. In other words you're comparing apples to oranges, as well as making incredibly tenuous generalisations.

The act of bothering to find sources soon disappears, which is a shame because the ridiculous generalisations don't. Certainly the environment can have an effect on stress levels and anxiety, which is why welfare is such an important issue to zoos, but sexual violence is a new one on me. It's probably you just trying to fit as many buzzwords in as possible, as there is no evidence of this happening. Even if this were the case it's definitely the patriarchies fault that animals are raping each other, because of course rape never happens in the natural world. However this is nowhere near the biggest assumption. Apparently ALL zoo animals are abused. Not only is that complete bollocks, but it also comes as no surprise that most zoos don't educate their guests how their captive animals are all allegedly abused. How about you stop blaming zoos for your unfounded and malicious allegations, as well as innocent kids who just want to have the chance to see amazing living things. The zoo is a wondrous place to visit, and has inspired many to love animals, so stop shitting on everyone's fun by blindly claiming you're oppressed.

Sorry, when do zoos ever traffic a narrative about the human condition? Yes they do provide relatable examples in their educational information, because that makes the experience accessible to a wider audience, and certainly not because all these patriarchal institutions get boners over comparative psychology. Imagine the horror of being forced to sit through an educational feature on factual scientific information. I know it's not quite the solid intellectual insights written in this article, but surely even you can forgive these employees for educating visitors with factually correct information. Do you know why they focused on mother and father penguins? Because that's how sexual relationships work in penguin society. And no, there are no trans penguins because they're unaware of what gender is. I can't believe I have to spell this out to you, and yet you have the cheek to criticise zookeepers for relating their talks around human societal behaviour. Maybe these people that have studied these animals for most of their lives might actually know more than your self entitled ass, but I imagine that hasn't got into your ignorant shitstain of a brain yet.

Are you seriously trying to tell me that the patriarchy is oppressing these penguins into having monogamous cisgendered relationships? Feminists can't change anything dear, yet alone nature. I'm sorry if they didn't give a degree level lecture to children of five years of age, but they did at least provide key scientific facts that describe the trend, which is a skill you've yet to learn. There's many exceptions this ten minute overview would have missed out, but that's not because they're actively trying to oppress penguin minorities. I genuinely can't believe I'm now having to defend zookeepers from allegations they're oppressing penguins. Stop trying to conform penguins to your narrow minded worldview. If you proclaim something as harmful then you must provide evidence, otherwise it's just counterproductive bollocks spurted from the fucked up mind on an ignorant moron. Why is it so hard for you to accept that penguins have two sexes? And why is it even harder for you to accept that sex isn't a fucking spectrum? You're in denial. Even so, why the fuck would a zoo talk about sexuality to fucking kids? Just get your pseudo-scientific nonsense out of zoology.

Fucking hell, even the fucking ticket attendants are under the spell of the patriarchy. How dare these monstrous ticket attendants make assumptions and attempt to interact with customers. I just wish someone would tell this fucking idiot that she's not the center of the fucking universe, and actually just a minority trying to spew her hateful rhetoric on innocent people. You want to be catered for, then fuck off to a poetry reading in your echo chamber of idiocy. Stop trying to enforce your nonsense on families trying to have fun. The zoo does not have to bend down to your every whim you self entitled fuckwit.

I just don't understand. What the fuck has the behaviour of stereotypical fathers at zoos got to do with teaching children to hate? It's funny as I could have sworn you were just criticising assumptions. You remember your tirade about ad hoc fallacies? Well you should have sourced this paragraph as evidence. I just don't know how you can make this mental leap between fathers having a normal family day out, therefore meaning they must be contributing to the patriarchy. How dare this singular man tell a well known fact to a kid, which doesn't at all nullify your whole point about dads knowing fuck all. Turns out they know more than you, but then again so does my left ass cheek. I would of thought that was damn good parenting, and far more love than the majority of fathers would ever give their kids, so good on him for not being sucked into your bullshit narrative. Lions are not humans. Have a sense of perspective and stop shoehorning them into your fucked up views on human society. I repeat, what fucking world are you living in? I'm sorry if these men don't give the kids a David Attenborough style lesson with this false pretense that the world should just be this lovely utopia. Obviously women, who are not scummy men, would never partake in this disgusting behaviour.

Here's yet more of ignoring objective facts because a certain narrative just has to be correct. It's all the fault of that damn patriarchy, that's oppressing nature for millions of years with that hetero-normative bullshit. And since when the fuck did zoos ever suppress the queer and the uncommon? Those gay penguins you were so keen to bring up didn't end up in a penguin internment camp. In my funny little world I thought zoos embraced the uncommon, in fact that's one of their many appealing features. It's becoming increasingly clear that you haven't got a fucking clue on what you're talking about.

Can you imagine the state of this feminist zoo? To be honest it sounds just like a normal zoo, except you get lectured about irrelevant shite instead of having fun. It's here we find the writer wants zoos to selectively ignore the biological species model in favor of a spectrum. These feminist zoos will be the only place a penguin can't be called a penguin because it might identify itself as a toad. Now that wouldn't be misleading and plain idiotic would it? It's not as if the concept of gender is of human origin. Actually it's got to the stage where I wouldn't be at all surprised if this website started calling for human zoos.

Not only does this idiot force her narrative onto other people, but also the animal kingdom as well. What the fuck did animals ever do to warrant forced indoctrination into this radical feminist cult? There's still no serious analysis on just how zoos showcase the human condition, but I suppose it's the role of this article to showcase the mental retardation of one individual. Seriously, what a fantastic job you did at answering the question. We've got a lot of bullshit falsely equating zoos with the patriarchy, but that's it. It's almost as if this whole article is one big 'just so' argument. If you really do love the subject of biology then the best advice I can give you is to never post another article ever again. This piece of idiocy has not only made the subject of biology a laughing stock, but may put science as a whole back into the dark ages.