Jimquisition makes a interesting point and a reminder why MRM's need to ALWAYS take the high road.. If we resort to base attacks on feminists it validates their victimhood and gives them ammo.

2012-09-20T16:00:03+00:00

While I completely agree, the trolling of Sarkeesian (which is what has been most focused on) was just that. Trolling. It wasn't the MRM or MRAs. It was trolls being trolls. Unfortunately, the legitimate criticisms of her "reserach" got lost in that sea of douchebaggery.

Hach8 · 2012-09-20T16:13:28+00:00

The problems is that any nonsense directed at her, e.g. rape threats, isn't coming from MRAs in general, and it probably is only tangentially related to "gamers".

So much of what Jim says is good but man I hate it when he gets preachy abut feminism and women and Anita.

The real problem with things like Anita's project is that anyone who disagrees with it, from the format of the subject to the subject matter, gets labeled as a privileged misogynist. Which is one of the reasons there's very little purpose in engaging them actively on things like this - high road or low road. One makes us look bad, the other makes us look REALLY bad.

Riesea · 2012-09-20T17:16:33+00:00

Logic validates their victimhood. Waking up in the morning validates their victimhood. Breathing validates their victimhood. Whatever you say will only be filtered through how it makes them feel so why base your actions on them? You'll just waste a lot of time walking on eggshells.

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