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Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
12	Is feminism mis-represented?	Feminism	ValhundOmega	/r/MensRights	29/05/18 08:47 PM

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1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? You don't really understand capitalism beyond your own propaganda. Labour is a commodity (of time). Workers are not forced to sell their labour Oh sure they could chose to die of starvation. You sure made a convincing point there. If they die of starvation - how does that benefit the capitalist? Who buys all the iPhones? Just look at countries that take on free markets and private ownership. Do you still think an economy is a zero-sum game? Capitalists also have to compete (for labour). Do you a…	/r/MensRights	04/06/18 05:54 PM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? It seems you would pull the level if you are saying it is considered morally acceptable? Self defence laws usually include defence of another. You can do stuff that might otherwise be considered criminal if you're saving your life or another's life. Maybe someone pulls the lever depending on whether their wife or children are on one track or another for example. I can agree with that. Although I think it muddies the issue somewhat. Self defence, or defence usually refers to a 3rd party actively …	/r/MensRights	04/06/18 04:00 PM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? You are familiar with the Big 5 personality traits? No and I'm not much liking that article so far. I mean this made me cringe: "Each personality trait is characterized by six individual facets." Good grief. Why would they all have six? That's completely an arbitrary number they are obviously manipulating what passes as data to fit into. I hate that. Immediately makes me wonder whether they came up with "the big five" before they looked at any data and squeezed the results to fit their model the…	/r/MensRights	04/06/18 08:53 AM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? Self defense is not a factor in the hypothetical You have the option to save someone (self defence / defence of other) at the expense of killing someone else. This is usually considered morally acceptable as self defence is a right. The reason there's some question is because you're pitting your right of self defence against the person who'd get killed's right to life. It's all about self-defence. OK, I think I see what you mean. Although it's a bit confusing as you are a third party in the exam…	/r/MensRights	04/06/18 07:49 AM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? Except in the limited obvious sense that if you're less afraid of stuff then you're less afraid of society being hurt by eg the leadership being criticised, and if you have less social disgust then you're not so embarassed to confront people who are perceived as important. So I agree that the emotional reactions of fear/disgust are higher in conservative voters. So what drives those emotional reactions? You are familiar with the Big 5 personality traits? Conservative voters score higher in the C…	/r/MensRights	03/06/18 06:18 PM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? So I said I thought it was just a meaningless word (as applied to governments) but you keep on insisting on using it to describe socialism per your programing so let's look at it I suppose. So the first thing I asked you to do was define it better and try to pin down what you meant (I don't think you mean anything because I think you're only using the word because of the propaganda of your education). I haven't used it to describe socialism at all. I have said (quite clearly) that all systems of…	/r/MensRights	03/06/18 05:48 PM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? Feel free to find a scientific study that concludes these traits differ in a context of people vs authority as you have asserted. 2 seconds goolging gets you there. http://research.vtc.vt.edu/news/2014/oct/29/liberal-or-conservative-brain-responses-disgusting/ No mention of people vs authority there. You have claimed the characteristic of the left is openness to people but not to authority based on studies of disgust and fear. It's the studies that point out the distinction of tolerance of peopl…	/r/MensRights	02/06/18 07:44 PM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? You say a hallmark of the left is tolerance I did not use that word. Do you mean when I said that lefties are less subject to disgust, including social disgust at weirdos? That might be called tolerance but in reality they just have less of a disgust reaction to require tolerance to overcome. Nobody is tolerating anything. That's exactly what you are referring to. Psychologists refer to the trait you mean as agreeableness, (trusting, lenient, soft-hearted). Feel free to find a scientific study t…	/r/MensRights	02/06/18 01:42 PM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? An authoritarian (right wing) person is one who supports the perceived legitimate authority and status quo simply because they are the leaders or are the status quo. A Lefty in contrast tends to question authority. An authoritarian says people need to know their place and respect their betters. Ok, so we’ll leave authoritarian governments out as it’s causing unwanted confusion. Do you see from your statement above how the tolerance stance on left and right here is reversed from your earlier poin…	/r/MensRights	01/06/18 12:17 AM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? I also reject the idea of following a status quo as this is entirely dependent of the current state of affairs. Are Bolivian miners working under socialism left because they want to support Capitalism? Did you get something wrong in that 2nd sentence? No. I'm asking you to your opinion on the example based on your definition of the right-wing adherence to an established 'status quo'. I suppose you could point out that under capitalism the product of your labour is not your own but most of it get…	/r/MensRights	31/05/18 04:55 PM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? The science here links being on the right with certain core personality traits (easily frightened and disgusted) and the same on the left. Right wing people seek security and are suspicious of new things. They support the status quo and the given authority. They don't like people who stand out as different. It's more like a binary choice than even a one dimension, but I guess I'll let you have the dimension. Personality traits aren't either or things, there is a continuum. If you like philosophy…	/r/MensRights	31/05/18 10:09 AM
3	Just a shout out to all the men out there that help women even when the women don’t appreciate it Sure, you can try that. Of course I have about a billion examples from feminism to draw on, so if you feel you want to make the claim we can go down that path... Don't think you will like how it turns out but I am game... Conflating women with feminists is the same as conflating men with MRA extreminsts.	/r/MensRights	30/05/18 09:28 AM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? I think the difference of opinion highlights the limiting nature of the 2 dimensional axis. I have approached from the economic viewpoint of collectivism on the left vs individualism on the right. That may of been a limitation on my part. What would you say is a defining trait of a left wing ideology vs a right? Is there one that is common across all aspects of society?	/r/MensRights	30/05/18 08:01 AM
1	Other Politically Left Anti-Feminists? That differs from my perspective of left/right although, admittedly I have tended to think more along the lines of economics rather than cultural. As I understand left/right (and I am open to debate) the left is categorised as more state involvement as the requirements to regulate increase to maintain equilibrium. The far left, as socialism evolves to communism, is actually stateless by virtue of all members forming equal parts of self governing ‘state’. In contrast, I would place anarchy far ri…	/r/MensRights	29/05/18 11:04 PM
1	Single Dads Excluded I know this is not the topic at hand but increasing minimum wage is not that simple. In most of the modern world it’s often a big contributing factor to unemployment and a perpetuation of low worker skills. The primary group it is most likely to hurt is the low skilled, low paid workers. An increase of minimum wage does help support the larger companies to monopolise the market further as local businesses are less able to compete. (Mom and Pops can’t afford the hike, Walmart can. Guess which one…	/r/MensRights	29/05/18 10:34 PM
8	Is feminism mis-represented? In my view, any social rights issues must be two way. Feminists and MRA must both recognise that we live in the same world and we must organise for the benefit and betterment of everyone. I have deep concerns about some of the mainstream views, about the absurdities of the education system and what they are teaching tomorrow’s politicians. And not for myself, but for the upcoming generations.	/r/MensRights	29/05/18 09:42 PM
8	Is feminism mis-represented? Females already seem to have more than their equal share of rights, and are taking rights at the expense of men (see family courts, military pt standards, divorce-rapes, who uses the welfare, etc). I had considered the possibility that any civil rights group or movement will inevitably fall to either becoming obsolete or an increase in radicalisation to maintain a group identity as the demands of the group are realised in society.	/r/MensRights	29/05/18 09:16 PM