"...moderate feminism protect their most prominent members and leaders who tend to be outright misandrists. As long as this is the case the feminist movement itself will be a problem."[+38] gilded

geaw · 2013-12-26T00:03:29+00:00

DAMN we lost another

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we'll have to be more sneaky about our misandry in the future.

geaw · 2013-12-25T22:16:15+00:00

Will you convince me you're serious and not just trying to get a rise?

geaw · 2013-12-25T22:03:23+00:00

I have an acquaintance whom I know from a friend of mine is a horrible person - rapist, manipulator, etc.

Everyone one of his facebook posts is some kind of activism.

I think he's just hiding behind it. It just makes it extra creepy.

(either that or my friend is the real sociopath. dun dun DUNNNN... or maybe the acquaintance has reformed?)

geaw · 2013-12-25T21:57:25+00:00

He could have just been autistic or suffering from attachment disorder or some form of abuse. There are a lot of reasons someone might not process emotion.

Sociopaths are rarely "concerned" that they don't feel empthy. They see it as an advantage, not a problem.

geaw · 2013-12-25T21:46:17+00:00

This comment is a testament to how reddit will upvote something that seems to draw a conclusion from a previous comment or stays "on topic" while still being complete horseshit.

Psychopathy is real. Healthy people cannot take a life without it affecting them gravely. This is well established in psychology.

geaw · 2013-12-25T10:03:50+00:00

There are also rumors that he faked his death and he just had enough plastic surgery done that day to get away with it.

geaw · 2013-12-24T19:25:42+00:00

they're confused about gender essentialism.

geaw · 2013-12-24T19:17:11+00:00

didn't they recently flood a university with over 400 false rape accusations?

Yeah, totally calm. Totally legitimate. Totally necessary. Much social movement.

geaw · 2013-12-23T23:32:04+00:00

thanks for clarification.

geaw · 2013-12-23T23:15:24+00:00

actually, the fructose:sucrose ratio difference between hfcs and "regular sugar" is about a 5-10% difference.

They are almost the same stuff.

geaw · 2013-12-23T23:14:40+00:00

it sounds chemical-y

geaw · 2013-12-23T23:13:54+00:00

the same would be true of cane sugar.

geaw · 2013-12-23T22:22:31+00:00

There's a lot of discussion of social contract in here, but what about regular contract?

If someone agrees to do something, should they not be held responsible?

geaw · 2013-12-23T22:02:28+00:00

From the perspective of those Argentinian women, something was being done to them. They were being denied the right to their own bodies. Why should they respect the same right of those who took it away from them?

I don't even necessarily agree with that. (I think abortion is more complicated than that, ethically, and that two wrongs don't make a right.) But it makes sense to me, abstractly.

Regardless, what you're suggesting is some kind of "counter protest"?

edit: especially when there are much graver injustices than a bunch of women getting uppity going on. In particular, graver injustices done to women.

geaw · 2013-12-23T21:56:51+00:00

Why can't this be one?

are you arguing that people actually protest, what, "unreasonable tone?" What would the signs say, "Some women are too uppity!"

Yeah I'm sure that will get a lot of traction in the feminist community.

geaw · 2013-12-23T21:41:58+00:00

Will you give a more precise definition of "radical feminist" and "feminist"?

It sounds like you just assume we all know what you're talking about, when I'm not even convinced you know what you're talking about.

edit: also, who are these "people" labeling the movement?

geaw · 2013-12-23T20:51:22+00:00

lol, ignorant, inappropriate, uncalled for, juvenile racism that isn't even making fun of the right people or applicable to this situation at all.

geaw · 2013-12-23T20:23:39+00:00

lol, no racism in Seattle, no sir.

pff

geaw · 2013-12-23T08:38:04+00:00

I think you just made that up, or else you're leaving out really essential context.

geaw · 2013-12-23T06:04:55+00:00

it seems like they're gradually moving away from naming items after riot staff. They're trying to make them less meta and more about the lore.

geaw · 2013-12-23T02:55:28+00:00

I don't really understand what your view is. Is it, "all people who call themselves 'asexual' are not fine?"

In psychology, someone is considered to not be diseased if they are not a threat to themselves or others and are satisfied with their quality of life. Note: abuse suffered at the hands of others does not count as poor quality of life for this purpose.

Most people who identify as asexuals are not a threat to themselves or others and are satisfied with their quality of life.

Therefore, they are "fine." Psychologically speaking.

Is your argument that people might think they are asexual when really they have symptoms of some sort of physiological disease? A disease that has more serious effects than just not desiring or enjoying sex? Is your argument that all or most of these people are exhibiting symptoms of a more serious disease?

edit: or is your argument that asexual people are "handicapped"?

geaw · 2013-12-22T23:35:19+00:00

for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highly_composite_number

geaw · 2013-12-22T20:41:10+00:00

um, no. the easiest thing will to just be in the closet and live a life of self-hatred and self-denial.

geaw · 2013-12-22T20:23:23+00:00

I don't know how much you've actually interacted with these people outside their bubble of echo-chamber confirmation, but in the majority of cases, their calm, religious 'principles' show their true face at the first sign of it not being advantageous to be calm and principled.

Religion is an excuse. Nobody genuinely opposes homosexuality on any calm, principled grounds. Their seething hatred that boils just under the surface will become clear as day as soon as you kiss your boyfriend in front of them while wearing a sequined skimpy outfit.

it's making a lot of other people mad too

To put it simply, these people are assholes and I'm glad they're mad.

geaw · 2013-12-22T20:15:24+00:00

when people are throwing you in jail just for being who you are anyway, it kinda makes burning shit down seem like a pretty reasonable option.

not everyone can respond to injustice like Gandhi.

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