Why is that a thing? Is it too much to expect people to know that if they're not part of the problem then they're not talking about you and that maybe you can do something to help.
In this culture where we're calling out the bullshit of dominate groups in power, I don't see the point in getting that defensive.
There's going to be more threads about cops shooting unarmed people.
There's going to be more threads about the male toxicity in the Star Wars fandom.
There's going to be more threads about white people being really racist, referred to as "anti-white threads" by people later banned.
There's going to be more discussions about the bullshit things men pull with women that we're finally getting called out on. My advice to my little cousin starting college soon was "All men are creeps, especially the nice ones because they don't realize it yet". A statement stemmed from my bullshit, my friends' bullshit, stories my female friends told me about guy bullshit and bullshit I've seen across the media for over two decades.
This was an exchange in a thread about liberal men overcompensating as feminist
"And before any more hyper defensive men arrive"
"Great way to poison your own thread with that kind of passive aggressive bullshit."
"It's not passive aggressive at all. Too many men react poorly to discussions surrounding patriarchal societal bullshit because they feel they're being attacked simply discussing it. It's a sensible suggestion and it seems you should probably think about it a little more."
"I'd like to thank the OP for condescendingly explaining to me that rapists can't be feminists."
I guess my point is, it's not about you.
In this culture where we're calling out the bullshit of dominate groups in power, I don't see the point in getting that defensive.
There's going to be more threads about cops shooting unarmed people.
There's going to be more threads about the male toxicity in the Star Wars fandom.
There's going to be more threads about white people being really racist, referred to as "anti-white threads" by people later banned.
There's going to be more discussions about the bullshit things men pull with women that we're finally getting called out on. My advice to my little cousin starting college soon was "All men are creeps, especially the nice ones because they don't realize it yet". A statement stemmed from my bullshit, my friends' bullshit, stories my female friends told me about guy bullshit and bullshit I've seen across the media for over two decades.
This was an exchange in a thread about liberal men overcompensating as feminist
"And before any more hyper defensive men arrive"
"Great way to poison your own thread with that kind of passive aggressive bullshit."
"It's not passive aggressive at all. Too many men react poorly to discussions surrounding patriarchal societal bullshit because they feel they're being attacked simply discussing it. It's a sensible suggestion and it seems you should probably think about it a little more."
"I'd like to thank the OP for condescendingly explaining to me that rapists can't be feminists."
I guess my point is, it's not about you.
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