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redqueen

(115,186 posts)
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 01:42 PM Jan 2012

I would like to, but yeah, that was VERY badly worded.

First of all the implication that any man who got defensive 'may have raped someone at some point'.

That's the same sloppy thinking that some people use to imagine that any women who got upset by objectification are ugly, jealous, not getting any, etc. It's just lazy, and also offensive.

Even worse, defensive men were compared to Holocaust deniers. Those people intentionally twist facts and revise history to suit their agenda. A few of the 'but but but' crowd are probably indeed doing that, but I think most of them are far more likely reacting in line with the description proposed in post 11.

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