Can someone explain this to me?

I get that there are people out there who just legitimately don't care about men. For the mostpart, I can ignore those people, there's a lot of hateful shit in the world, and I don't expect everyone to care. Humanity has let me down enough.

But there's something about when people are so overwhelmingly condescending and cruel that just absolutely ruins my day. I don't think I fully understand it either. From what little I've seen, this issue doesn't seem to exist - or at least not nearly to the same level - among extremist misogynists. They aren't going around mocking women for literally caring about other women. Yet I've been constantly belittled for caring about men.

There's this utterly holier-than-thou attitude you see in a lot of misandrists and I hate to admit it because it shows weakness, but it eats at me a lot. These people are so confident and content in their beliefs that they will outright dehumanize anyone who indicates differently, and that's a powerful tool in someone's arsenal.

Every time it happens I feel a little shittier about myself. Like I'm doing something wrong, like I don't deserve to voice my opinions. I'm fucking tired of being shut down and shamed everywhere I turn. I literally want one good person in my life I can actually just be open about my beliefs to without insinuation that I have zero nuance about gender or am just a selfish bastard. I feel so unaccepted right now I just want to stop caring, and I feel like I'm slowly forcing that. To hell with gender issues, everyone can go hate as much as they want. What's the point of trying if all I'm going to get is repeatedly dehumanized and told I'm a dumb piece of shit.