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In reply to the discussion: Study: Everyone hates environmentalists and feminists [View all]Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)Setting aside that the vocal militant feminist rarely offers a clear picture of what they are fighting for, or who her true allies are, and devotes her time instead towards what she is fighting against -- that would be pretty much everyone and everything -- and results like this are predictable. Where Dr. King climbed to the mountaintop, showed us the promised land, and invited us to enter, the modern feminist one so often sees today has no vision, no promised land, and offers only rejection and (often misplaced and incoherent) self-righteous anger. She is Fred Phelps in a pants-suit.
It's not appealing and uninspiring. It does not invite participation or discussion. So if 80% of the public at large reject her and those like her, it's no wonder -- she rejected them first.
The environmentalist thing is somewhat different. Most people are, I suspect, concerned about the environment, and if asked would label themselves as such. They don't reject the environment, they reject the often goofy public face of the movement -- much in the way people support the overall message of the Occupy movement (wealth inequality / bankers suck) while cringing at drum circles and "mic checks".
Just my opinion.