MRAs: be quiet, be polite - YouTube

MrWinks · 2013-08-21T01:32:30+00:00

Quite powerful.

CosmicKeys · 2013-08-21T04:57:37+00:00

I'm polite but not quiet. After seeing this argument played out many times, I think you need both good cop and bad cop to make change.

2013-08-21T06:16:51+00:00

No one started giving a crap about boys and men until boys and men started standing up for themselves, making feminists and women happily accepting what feminism has given them at the expense of boys and men uncomfortable by telling the truth with no regard for politeness nor silence.

Miracle_Fruit · 2013-08-21T02:50:37+00:00

Well-behaved [people] seldom make history.

SCOTT_MESCUDI · 2013-08-21T04:28:56+00:00

Thank you! I've been looking for this video/quote!

Raudskeggr · 2013-08-21T09:33:17+00:00

I will not be silent, and I will not be silenced.

Say it with me lol. Make it a mantra. Remember it.

Politeness I can get behind. I firmly believe all people should be treated with respect. But I refuse to be made silent.

AlbrechtVonRoon · 2013-08-21T10:48:38+00:00

So, apparently fascism also supports genital mutilation? When people mis-use fascism in such a ridiculous way, I tend to lose any respect for their credibility in putting an argument forward. Fascism has no relation to genital mutilation, and that fact that one variety tried to kill off a whole group of people who support would imply the opposite. Lets not play on their level, lets not through out random insults and hoping they stick.

2013-08-21T16:13:52+00:00

A hell of a lot of truth here. I think some anger is warranted. It shouldn't be ignored. Using passive methods doesn't seem to get feminists attention in any way. Lack of passion/anger seems to give them the green light on just about any ridiculous policy they can pull out of their asses.

pvtshoebox · 2013-08-21T13:58:05+00:00

I have been here for a long time, and more than once I have had to close a video before it was finished. The first I remember was a response to the Sharon Osborne "The Talk" scandal where the video featured a man calmly criticizing that "bunch of cunts" in the first minute. More recently, a popular vlogger ended his video by constructing a vile strawman and then tearing it apart like a raving Al Pacino at the end of Scent of a Woman.

The most successful speakers of this movement seem to be Warren Farrel and girlwriteswhat. They do not shout. They do not devote their energy and political capital by screaming at constructed fantasies. As a result, they do not make people disregard their message. The make points, and back them up with research and facts rather than just saying them louder with indignation.

I would like it if more feminists were on our side. Considering that many have probably had men yelling at them in threatening manners before, that approach will likely cause them to flee the movement and associate it with danger. It is the same reaction many of us have to rad fems screaming at us.

tl;dr: If we want more people to sit at the table, we need to stop screaming. Vent on your own time.

Title	MRAs: be quiet, be polite - YouTube
Author	ShitLordXurious
Upvotes	66
Comments	13
Date	August 21, 2013 12:16 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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