Apparently, this reddit community is full of "idiot misogynist trolls spouting off under the guise of a 'men's rights' forum"

PierceHarlan · 2009-11-13T23:15:42+00:00

The anti-intellectualism of these people is breathtaking. She quotes some awful thing woman who hates all men and she says: "This kind of generalizing is staggering. It's not as bad as the men's rights forum commenters, but it's still not what I usually expect from a feminist."

HA HA HA! No wonder they ban so many people. They can't stand the exchange of free ideas.

Kuonji · 2009-11-13T23:03:08+00:00

What happened to blanket statements about a particular group of people being a bad thing?

Mesca · 2009-11-14T06:26:15+00:00

This is what I find shocking:

One commenter to the Radical profeminist blog, under the name of "V", wrote:

Since all men are guilty it is open season! You need not worry about that silly concept known as an "innocent man" because all men are guilty and deserve to be attacked for their past history... But a lot of women can't summon this level of contempt or hatred, and that's a shame."

The Hermes Journeys blog (linked by this reddit post) criticizes those remarks:

For me, feminism is about being sensitive to everyone's individuality, not about pre-judging people based on their gender. Now that V has dehumanized, demeaned, and objectified men as a class, she has opened herself up to Nmbr's criticism: "The society you want is a direct mirror of the society you don't want. How does this attitude solve any problems? What is its future?"

But Julian, the writer of the Radical profeminist blog, defend's V's radical statements:

her writings may come off as "outlandish" or absurd at first, but they will simmer in the minds of women who know they have buried their rage and put up with far too much from men, interpersonally. And if women can find validation, support, and feel less alone with their rage when coming here, that's a good thing indeed."

And then Hermes praises Julian:

OK, fair enough. That's why I like Julian's blog, it is accepting of a wide range of feminisms.

No. No No No.

That is not feminism. That is Terrorism.

Feminism and equality is not about acceptance of all viewpoints. There are still judgment calls to be made. There are still "bad" viewpoints. "V" is a female George Sodini, and her viewpoint is not acceptable, not defensible, not on any grounds, not even if it "inspires" other women. Especially if it inspires other women.

It is moral blindness to defend radical gender warmongers like V.

cig-nature · 2009-11-14T00:55:32+00:00

sigh

Title	Apparently, this reddit community is full of "idiot misogynist trolls spouting off under the guise of a 'men's rights' forum"
Author	[deleted]
Upvotes	8
Comments	5
Date	November 13, 2009 7:20 PM UTC (16 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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