Why are poeple on this site so obessed with feminists?

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People here are interested in discussing feminism just like they are interested in discussing religion, because many feminists are just like flat earthers or YEC's. They make unbelievably asinine claims and many people on the spectrum seem to prize the process of logic, so naturally we would want to discuss how moronic these folks are. Seriously, it's like talking to a barely literate hick who thinks that the KJV is the best translation of the bible.

Not obsessed. I don't really care about feminism, but I've never really had a great encounter with anyone who claimed to be feminist.
I know that is probably mostly because those who run around calling themselves feminists are apparently not real feminists... those who are loudest about it anyway.
I normally don't like discussing such things because I think people on all sides argue extremely poorly, and once you find the few thought-jewels in the discussion the rest of the crap can be cleared away. Almost all philosophies and idealologies are plagued by having some of their most idiotic and ignorant followers doing most of the talking as the pioneers are cleared out of the discussion.
Also, most followers of most idealologies tend to ignorant groupies, so they tend to be whimsical and useless for serious conversations, so it is often difficult to find someone who supports an ideology and knows the ideology well enough for a worthwhile conversation. The same is true with feminism, but those loud and horrible feminists are more capable of drowning out all the others because they are controversial and controversy gathers followers.

However, feminism tends to annoy me more because of their arguing tactics, so I tend to try to avoid those discussions. Mainly is when I ask questions and try to probe to a deeper understanding of the feminist viewpoint, I am called a misogynist immediately and no answers my initial question. Any line of reasoning seems to just be cut off immediately by invalidating me as a person...
That isn't an uncommon tactic in general, but I have faced it more feminism than any other ideology (with possibly the sole exception of nationalism.)
I have found a few feminists only recently who weren't like that, but they seem so rare.

No movement or ideology is without it's dark side, but recently feminism has had it's dark side thrown out into the open.

Feminism means so many different things to different people that it's difficult to talk. I've always considered feminism to be mainly concerned with things like closing the wage gap, women's suffrage and reproductive rights. Things that are accepted today and that most modern people agree with! So, what'a all the hatred about?

One culprit might be that there's profit to be made by bloggers who post inflammatory nonsense because those are the kinds of articles that tent to get a lot of hits. Then they attract commentary from all who want to attack them and profit from that attention. They feed off each other. The chances are that the feminist or anti feminist blogger that annoys you is just an attention monger.

Because they don't activel work to change the fundamental differences between the sexes, and always demonize these and blame them on men, as if they were the designers of biology.

By asking for traditionally male legal privileges and not wanting to take male responsibilities...comes the nagging b!tchy wife feminists stereotype.

That being said, I can admire a woman caricaturized as Rosie the riveter or a fake construction worker or power lifter. Maybe it doesn't showcase fertility but it's certainly respectable