what's the best course of action when a woman or a white knight plays the "misogyny" card?

blinderzoff · 2011-11-10T03:11:16+00:00

Use their jargon against them. Tell them that's a "silencing tactic". Which is PC speak for "no, you shut up".

pcarvious · 2011-11-10T08:32:08+00:00

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A_Nihilist · 2011-11-10T03:18:40+00:00

Paste the definition and ask for them to justify their accusation. Good luck getting one.

AnnArchist · 2011-11-10T02:07:34+00:00

"Personal attacks just remind us that you have no counter argument."

Whisper · 2011-11-10T09:03:15+00:00

Never try to refute it. That's what they want. They want to change the subject, to stop talking about the point you made and start talking about whether or not you are a misogynist.

Just point out what they are doing.

ThePigman · 2011-11-10T04:30:03+00:00

Tell them that misogyny, real of imagined, is irrelevant to the validity of anything you have to say, then beat them about the head with a rubber chicken.

NiceGuysSTFU · 2011-11-10T02:04:57+00:00

Example, please?

Bobsutan · 2011-11-11T09:48:59+00:00

The simplest retort is to use facts and logic. Usually the whole reason people resort to ad hominems in the first place is because they have no argument. Point this out, dismiss their statement, and if you really want make their head explode, point out how them resorting to using such a loaded term freely, like creepy, is evidence of her privilege and pervasive misandry in our culture that she thinks it's okay to just insult someone to their face with a nasty word. If anything, her resorting to throwing around "misogynist" all willy nilly actually shows her own bigotry.

Bobsutan · 2011-11-11T09:53:40+00:00

You could also pull the Scicilian bit from Princess Bride. Not "you keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.". No, I'm talking about "You've made the classic blunder!" Then you can explain how they've used a word they don't even know what it means. Then you can do like I said previously and explain that them thinking they can do this as a form of silencing tactic is actually itself a form of anti-male bigotry, misandry if you will, so pervasive in our culture that people don't even recognize it.

ghebert001 · 2011-11-10T05:15:49+00:00

Tell them they're misandrists...and watch their confusion as they wonder what that word means.

2011-11-15T19:21:13+00:00

Easiest defense against being called a misogynist: Don't be a misogynist.

ignatiusloyola · 2011-11-10T04:34:44+00:00

Re-examine your statement - if it does show a bias against all women, then perhaps re-evaluate yourself and your beliefs. If not, explain to them why what you said only addressed specific women, and how that is now misogyny.

Apellosine · 2011-11-10T02:15:54+00:00

Smile at them.

Then say "aww"

+2 points if you pat them on the head after.

TheRealPariah · 2011-11-10T04:39:42+00:00

Ask them if they wanted to play any other cards before the flop.

TheRealPariah · 2011-11-10T04:40:53+00:00

Ask them if they wanted to play any other cards before the flop.

2011-11-10T13:43:48+00:00

"Hypothetically, let's say you're right and I'm arguing purely from a selfish standpoint to try and gain as much privilege for myself as possible. That doesn't actually mean anything, because you/women might still have more privilege than me, in which case I'm just doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. This is why ad hominem attacks are a fallacy."

Baadasssss · 2011-11-10T03:21:01+00:00

are we talking pokemon or yugioh here

Demonspawn · 2011-11-10T01:37:30+00:00

Tell them why you're not being misogynistic.

Title	what's the best course of action when a woman or a white knight plays the "misogyny" card?
Author	Shuttlecock
Upvotes	10
Comments	37
Date	November 10, 2011 1:33 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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