"so-called 'Men's Rights Activists' (read: genuinely horrible and regressive misogynists)" [see my comment for background]

KrisK_lvin · 2015-04-01T06:11:12+00:00

[The term 'SJW'] originated and still continues to be used almost exclusively (to the best of my knowledge) as a pejorative by so-called 'Men's Rights Activists' (read: genuinely horrible and regressive misogynists) …. I think the most mainstream use of the term so far has been in the 'Gamergate' movement, which many (myself included) think was a thinly veiled attempt by the same misogynists to create an aura of legitimacy around their sending of rape and death threats to relatively benign (if sometimes mistaken) critics of video game tropes/culture.

I can't decide which part of this statement is the more incredible - but I think on balance I'm going to go with the deranged and paranoid notion was that 'Gamergate' is a conspiracy whose sole purpose was primarily to normalise the 'sending of rape and death threats' to innocent women.

I mean, really, what's next? Jews drinking the blood of Christian children at black masses? Homeless men taking your change and jumping into a gold-plated Rolls Royce after a hard day's pavement begging? What?

BlueDoorFour · 2015-04-01T22:17:43+00:00

so-called "Men's Rights Activists"

Yes, that is what we're called. We're called that because we advocate for the human rights of men.

againstAndrophobia · 2015-04-01T03:32:22+00:00

This discussion is at Brian Leiter's blog. Leiter is a historian of philosophy and a lawyer. His blog is extremely influential in the philosophical profession.

The anti-MRA passage is not from Leiter himself but from 'a reader in the UK'.

Title	"so-called 'Men's Rights Activists' (read: genuinely horrible and regressive misogynists)" [see my comment for background]
Author	againstAndrophobia
Upvotes	13
Comments	6
Date	April 1, 2015 3:30 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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