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17 Feb 2021, 4:43 am

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Again, you can’t just lie and expect other people to believe you. It casts serious doubt on the other claims you have made in this thread when you repeatedly make claims that are blatantly and obviously false.


Oh, so now I'm lying about the years of abuse I've endured?!

I can't say I'm surprised. After all, this is far from the first time I've heard this from a feminist. You think this kind of behavior is perfectly acceptable when it's directed at men.

It never takes long for your kind to reveal their true nature. Thank you for proving my point to everyone!

Have you ever heard the story of “the boy who cried wolf”?

I’ve expressed sympathy for you for any abuse you have suffered. Unfortunately you have told so many lies in this discussion and proffered so much vitriol that it is difficult for me to assume that anything you have said is true, or that your representations of relationships are entirely as you have portrayed them. There is never any excuse or justification for abuse, but I strongly suspect that the isolated incidents of people “dismissing you because you’re a man” may actually be because you said something rude or misogynistic.

You have to understand that the vast majority of feminists are not remotely misandrists, and the vast majority of misandrists are not feminists, and there is nothing in modern feminist theory that is misandrist. When you say “I am against feminism”, you are saying that you are against women’s rights.

If you want to redefine feminism to mean misandry then good luck, but that isn’t how most people use the term. If you go around saying “I am against feminism” or telling every good man in the world to read a satirical work by a long-dead irrelevance, then the only reasonable conclusion people will draw is that you are a misogynist. If in fact you are not a misogynist then I would suggest it would be more effective for you to say “I am against misandry” than for you to say “I am against feminism”.

Frankly, based on your behaviour so far, it seems much more likely that you are actually a misogynist, opposed to women’s rights, who thinks that misrepresenting feminism will convert more people to his bigoted cause. I’d love to be proven wrong. But as long as you walk around lying about feminism, and conflating feminism with misandry, it is difficult to believe that you are making these claims in good faith.

If you’re really concerned about misandry then call it misandry, don’t call it feminism. Or if you have objections to women’s rights then root then in actual feminism in theory and practice. Don’t go looking for irrelevant oddballs or obscure hashtags and try to paint them as representative of feminism. That’s both intellectually and morally bankrupt.



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17 Feb 2021, 7:25 am

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Feminism is not about misandry, that’s quite a ridiculous thing to say. The only thing you have offered to support that claim is the writing of a single woman who died decades ago, was irrelevant at the time and has only become more obscure over time. I have never seen a mainstream feminist say anything positive about Solanas, but people like you use her as evidence that women don’t deserve rights.



There is no never ending bashing of men on social media. Again, you can’t just lie and expect other people to believe you. It casts serious doubt on the other claims you have made in this thread when you repeatedly make claims that are blatantly and obviously false.


Forgive me for not saving documentation of every man-hating post I’ve ever come across on social media and for not recording video evidence of every time I’ve personally encountered feminists shouting “Men are pigs! Men are trash! Men are scum!” or all the times they attacked me personally. It would impossible for me to go find them all now. But I did give the examples like Clementine Ford’s “Coronavirus isn’t killing men fast enough” tweet and the aforementioned #killallmen that you just a bunch of excuses to rationalize away.

I never said that women don’t deserve rights. If I did say that, you could easily quote the post. You are a blatant liar.

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If you think women do deserve equal rights with men then you’re a feminist. If you don’t then you’re a misogynist. Those are the only two options I am afraid. Of course, the two are not mutually exclusive. From what you’ve said I think you are a feminist, because you support equal rights for women, but you’re also a misogynist, because you judge millions of women negatively based on bad experiences with a small number of women.



First of all, you do not get to label me! You do not get to create some false binary bullsh!t in which I must adopt whatever label you demand or otherwise be characterized according to your whim. Furthermore, I don’t need to justify myself to the likes of you! I’m most certainly neither a feminist nor a misogynist, and it’s not for the likes of you to decide that I’m either!

As I’ve said already, I don’t have an issue with women. What I object to is feminism. And since I have already thoroughly explained this more than once, it's clear that you are being deliberately disingenuous.

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Eh? The original version is anti-girl.



I doublechecked the quote and I misread it the first time. I apologize for making that mistake.

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I see no evidence of any sincere “killallmen” Tweets. Again, as far as I could tell, the vast majority of the Tweets were people saying how bad the hashtag is, and the rest were very obvious jokes along the lines of flipping the Dictator joke. You’re the one making the extraordinary claim, so the burden is on you to evidence it. How many sincere and non-meta Tweets containing the hashtag can you find from the last week? The last month? The last three months? You’re claiming there’s a deluge. Prove it.


There is nothing extraordinary about my claims. In fact, feminists engaging in man-bashing is rather mundane.

I deleted all my social media accounts years ago, so I haven’t kept up with all it. But here are some examples I found online:

This is a video from Australian TV about the aforementioned tweet from Clementine Ford:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxyJq9Hl-jo

Clementine then doxed a child who reacted angrily to the tweet.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... o-boy.html

Feminists organized an online campaign to bully a mentally disabled man in Melbourne because he asked a woman for a high five on the tram. Feminists' call for equality, it seems, does not extend to the mentally handicapped. You can read about it here:
https://antifeminismaustralia.com/cleme ... abled-man/

After a feminist got suspended from Facebook for posting “men are scum”, she organized a 500-person campaign to spread the phrase “men are scum” all over Facebook. In the following article, the author laments the “problem” of hate speech against men not being allowed on Facebook. And by the way, Facebook’s management doesn’t object to hate speech against men; they just couldn't find a suitable loophole that would allow for it while still protecting other groups.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02 ... ate-speech

Here are some other feminist articles I found online:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... story.html

https://medium.com/@tannergiles/opinion ... 1aca5fc5cb

https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/18544 ... -hate-men/

French feminists blogger wrote a book titled "I Hate Men: More than a banned book, the must-read on feminism, sexism and the patriarchy for every woman

You can order it here:
https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Men-must-re ... 200&sr=8-1

Is that enough proof?

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I wasn’t going to mention it, but as it happens, it’s pretty well known that the SCUM manifesto is satirical of society’s attitudes towards women and particularly the works of Sigmund Freud.



Have I told you how pathetically predictable you are?

If Solanas was simply being satirical, then why did she attempt to murder a man?

I notice that you didn’t only ignore that question, but you edited out when you quoted me. Almost as if you’re deliberately attempting to erase anything that exposes your lies.

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Re-read this and have another go.



It is brazenly misogynistic to say that #killallmen is not acceptable even if satirical while also saying that #killallwomen is fine because it was once used satirically.





It was never my intention to defend #killallwomen. I was simply pointing out that it exists only as a reaction to #killallmen.

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I have never met a feminist who treated me with contempt because I am male, and I have met plenty. I would also wager you have met plenty of feminists who don’t hate you, but you just don’t know that they are feminists. And in any case, your bad experiences do not justify opposition to feminism.



How would you explain that people seem to hate you but not me? Do you ever get treated with contempt by people who don’t “identify as feminists”?


Well, assuming you’re not just lying again, I’d say them not expressing contempt to your face might have something to do with the fact that you’re constantly shilling for them.

And sure, I’ve been treated with contempt by non-feminists. But that's a non-sequitur. It's like saying that if Jews are ever treated badly by anyone who isn't a Nazi, that would somehow disprove that Nazis hate Jews.


Social media does create echo chambers that enhance hate and prejudice. It also can give a misleading view of what people are like.


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17 Feb 2021, 9:17 am

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Again, you can’t just lie and expect other people to believe you.  It casts serious doubt on the other claims you have made in this thread when you repeatedly make claims that are blatantly and obviously false.
Oh, so now I'm lying about the years of abuse I've endured?! 
I can't say I'm surprised. After all, this is far from the first time I've heard this from a feminist. You think this kind of behavior is perfectly acceptable when it's directed at men.  It never takes long for your kind to reveal their true nature. Thank you for proving my point to everyone!
Have you ever heard the story of "the boy who cried wolf"?  I’ve expressed sympathy for you for any abuse you have suffered. Unfortunately you have told so many lies in this discussion and proffered so much vitriol that it is difficult for me to assume that anything you have said is true, or that your representations of relationships are entirely as you have portrayed them.  There is never any excuse or justification for abuse, but I strongly suspect that the isolated incidents of people "dismissing you because you're a man" may actually be because you said something rude or misogynistic...
I am glad that I am not the only one who thinks this way.

Some people would call this "Blaming the Victim".  I call it "Speaking Truth to False Pride".



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17 Feb 2021, 9:19 am

The_Walrus wrote:
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Again, you can’t just lie and expect other people to believe you. It casts serious doubt on the other claims you have made in this thread when you repeatedly make claims that are blatantly and obviously false.


Oh, so now I'm lying about the years of abuse I've endured?!

I can't say I'm surprised. After all, this is far from the first time I've heard this from a feminist. You think this kind of behavior is perfectly acceptable when it's directed at men.

It never takes long for your kind to reveal their true nature. Thank you for proving my point to everyone!

Have you ever heard the story of “the boy who cried wolf”?

I’ve expressed sympathy for you for any abuse you have suffered. Unfortunately you have told so many lies in this discussion and proffered so much vitriol that it is difficult for me to assume that anything you have said is true, or that your representations of relationships are entirely as you have portrayed them. There is never any excuse or justification for abuse, but I strongly suspect that the isolated incidents of people “dismissing you because you’re a man” may actually be because you said something rude or misogynistic.

You have to understand that the vast majority of feminists are not remotely misandrists, and the vast majority of misandrists are not feminists, and there is nothing in modern feminist theory that is misandrist. When you say “I am against feminism”, you are saying that you are against women’s rights.

If you want to redefine feminism to mean misandry then good luck, but that isn’t how most people use the term. If you go around saying “I am against feminism” or telling every good man in the world to read a satirical work by a long-dead irrelevance, then the only reasonable conclusion people will draw is that you are a misogynist. If in fact you are not a misogynist then I would suggest it would be more effective for you to say “I am against misandry” than for you to say “I am against feminism”.

Frankly, based on your behaviour so far, it seems much more likely that you are actually a misogynist, opposed to women’s rights, who thinks that misrepresenting feminism will convert more people to his bigoted cause. I’d love to be proven wrong. But as long as you walk around lying about feminism, and conflating feminism with misandry, it is difficult to believe that you are making these claims in good faith.

If you’re really concerned about misandry then call it misandry, don’t call it feminism. Or if you have objections to women’s rights then root then in actual feminism in theory and practice. Don’t go looking for irrelevant oddballs or obscure hashtags and try to paint them as representative of feminism. That’s both intellectually and morally bankrupt.


Nothing I said is a lie. The only liar here is you.

You yourself just demonstrated the feminist trope of accusing male victims of lying about their abuse in this very thread.

I cited much more than just the SCUM Manifesto. You asked for proof, but when then you ignored it all when I provided. You constantly put words in my mouth and twist what I'm saying to suit your ends. You claim that Solanas was being satirical, yet you've failed twice to explain why she attempted to murder a man.

Since it's obvious that you are being willfully disingenuous, I'm going to ignore any further posts from you.



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17 Feb 2021, 9:38 am

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Please, everyone step back from personal accusations!
There are real problems of denying abuse on men - especially sexual abuse - because somehow many people imagine a man can't be abused or if he was, it would be his fault or something. That's sick.


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17 Feb 2021, 9:43 am

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... I'm going to ignore any further posts from you.
Remember, sir, that turnabout is always fair play!

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17 Feb 2021, 10:30 am

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There are real problems of denying abuse on men - especially sexual abuse - because somehow many people imagine a man can't be abused or if he was, it would be his fault or something. That's sick.


So what do you do when one of the people engaging in this behavior is a mod?



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17 Feb 2021, 10:34 am

Here is the definition of feminism from dictionary.com:

feminism [ fem-uh-niz-uhm ]
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1. the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) an organized movement for the attainment of such rights for women.
3. Older Use. feminine character.

Note that it does not mean "misandry." Even if misandry is as prevalent among feminists as you believe it is, misandry is still not the same thing as feminism.

Moreover, it would be very much in your own best interests to stop conflating "feminism" with misandry. Your attitude toward "feminism" may be one of the factors making it difficult for you to find a relationship with a woman -- especially with the kind of woman you want, and with the kind of woman who would otherwise be most likely to be attracted to you.

You have described yourself as an atheist with a "girly" voice. You want a nonreligious woman, and nonreligious women are highly likely to support feminism. Moreover, as I've remarked elsewhere, the kind of woman most likely to be attracted to a man with a "girly" voice would be a bisexual woman who likes androgynous people. Such a woman is also highly likely to reject rigid gender roles and thus, also, to support feminism.

So, by clinging to a belief that "feminism" = misandry, you are shooting yourself in the foot.

Moreover, the endgame of anti-feminism would be a return to old-fashioned patriarchy, under which men with "girly" voices would be far more despised, and by more people, than they are now.


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17 Feb 2021, 10:36 am

I already posted the legal definition, Mona.  The OP has his own definition, which he does not seem eager to quit.



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17 Feb 2021, 11:06 am

As I posted before, female bullies often self-identify as feminists.
Maybe the OP encountered mainly them.
OP: please, realize feminism is a very broad movement. Don't equate it with the craziest branch alone.
The rest: Please, don't add insult to injury.


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17 Feb 2021, 11:08 am

I've already explained that a dictionary definition has no bearing on what is practiced.

I want equal rights for men and women. I don't like traditional gender roles at all. As a child I constantly struggled with what was expected of me as a boy, and I still struggle with what society expects of me as a man. So I certainly don't want a return to traditional society. But just because things are changing doesn't mean that we're on the right track. What I want is to dissolve power structures and do away with the paradigm of hierarchy altogether; creating a world in which everyone is on equal footing and no person or group holds any form of power over another. But this is not what feminists want; the goal of feminism is to create a new power structure in which women hold power over men. This is evident in their rhetoric. Has anyone read the articles I linked last night? One of them demands that all men to step down from any position of authority and vote only for women. Does that sound like equality to you?

And what of the women feminists disapprove of, like erotic dancers and escorts? Why does "my body, my choice" suddenly go out the window when it comes to sex work? Why don't feminists care about the rights of those women?

Can anyone explain to me why Donna Hylton, a convicted murderer, is embraced by the Women's March movement?



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17 Feb 2021, 11:09 am

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I've already explained that a dictionary definition has no bearing on what is practiced...
In your opinion.



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I've already explained that a dictionary definition has no bearing on what is practiced...
In your opinion.


I was responding to Mona. I wasn't talking to you.



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17 Feb 2021, 11:17 am

dorkseid wrote:
I've already explained that a dictionary definition has no bearing on what is practiced.

I want equal rights for men and women. I don't like traditional gender roles at all. As a child I constantly struggled with what was expected of me as a boy, and I still struggle with what society expects of me as a man. So I certainly don't want a return to traditional society. But just because things are changing doesn't mean that we're on the right track. What I want is to dissolve power structures and do away with the paradigm of hierarchy altogether; creating a world in which everyone is on equal footing and no person or group holds any form of power over another.
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But this is not what feminists want; the goal of feminism is to create a new power structure in which women hold power over men. This is evident in their rhetoric. Has anyone read the articles I linked last night? One of them demands that all men to step down from any position of authority and vote only for women. Does that sound like equality to you?
That's what I mean by "the crazy branch of feminism".

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And what of the women feminists disapprove of, like erotic dancers and escorts? Why does "my body, my choice" suddenly go out the window when it comes to sex work? Why don't feminists care about the rights of those women?

Can anyone explain to me why Donna Hylton, a convicted murderer, is embraced by the Women's March movement?
I'm not an expert on the topic but AFAIK different branches of feminsm have very different views on the above.

Really, just don't equate the entire "feminism" with the crazy branches of RadFem. That's all we're asking you for.
For the simple sake of avoiding painful misunderstandings.


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17 Feb 2021, 12:13 pm

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That's what I mean by "the crazy branch of feminism".


Well, it certainly looks like "the crazy branch of feminism" is who's running the show.



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17 Feb 2021, 12:28 pm

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That's what I mean by "the crazy branch of feminism".
Well, it certainly looks like "the crazy branch of feminism" is who's running the show.
That is like saying only one corrupt narcissist is running the entire governmental bureaucracy.