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14. Yeah, I kind of get people's fascination with the far-out and extreme. If only for the car crash

Tue Jan 14, 2014, 06:19 PM

Jan 2014

factor. But when they try to pretend that it's indicative of anything more than the views of "some random nutcase," that's where I get skeptical.

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Why aren't more people, men especially, shocked and outraged [View all] thucythucy Jan 2014 OP

Can't speak for others Bluzmann57 Jan 2014 #1

I bet you speak for many here. demwing Jan 2014 #111

Because nobody gives a shit what Brit Hume thinks. edbermac Jan 2014 #2

But what some random nutcase on the internet says is more relevant? athena Jan 2014 #3

That just shows that DU has more viewership than Brit Hume Xipe Totec Jan 2014 #13

That blog post wasn't on DU athena Jan 2014 #16

It's even stranger than that. thucythucy Jan 2014 #35

No one on the D.U. defends Hume or FOX... ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2014 #72

Plus that thread Dorian Gray Jan 2014 #95

The Hume threads are all older thucythucy Jan 2014 #103

Yeah, I kind of get people's fascination with the far-out and extreme. If only for the car crash nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #14

Nonsense. athena Jan 2014 #17

The only people who think that way - and their extreme MRA counterparts - are very damaged nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #26

Some people indeed are delusional. athena Jan 2014 #29

I agree. That's why I, too, question the existence of that other thread. nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #32

That rad femmer was a riot NoOneMan Jan 2014 #54

but they do care what some out there feminist says, who speaks to a small group of people. boston bean Jan 2014 #6

Oh, yeah...there's that, too...BUT I DO SPEAK FOR FEMINISTS! CTyankee Jan 2014 #36

You took mine (nt) Shampoobra Jan 2014 #19

Agreed. Who cares what Brit Hume says mdbl Jan 2014 #65

I'm outraged, but not shocked. I expect nothing else from Human Shar-Pei Brit Hume. marmar Jan 2014 #4

"Human Shar-Pei Brit Hume" thucythucy Jan 2014 #38

Because it's important to keep women from over-running the internet with their opinions. Starry Messenger Jan 2014 #5

My guess Egnever Jan 2014 #7

Well, anonymous bloggers say stupid stuff thucythucy Jan 2014 #39

well Egnever Jan 2014 #85

Right-Wingers LOVE/ARE Bullies... WillyT Jan 2014 #8

Faux produces several metric tons of such shit per day LadyHawkAZ Jan 2014 #9

Yes, men should be outraged about it. frazzled Jan 2014 #10

Who here is expected to have been watching Brit Hume??? -eom gcomeau Jan 2014 #11

Trolls, for the first. Kurovski Jan 2014 #37

I've got plenty of rage to go around. thucythucy Jan 2014 #55

Not I. On a deer hunt where only ranchero music can be picked up. Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #89

Big shoulders and partially true One_Life_To_Give Jan 2014 #12

I see your point, but thucythucy Jan 2014 #41

Brit Hume; consider the source. democratisphere Jan 2014 #15

Why precisely is it that you expect from... 99Forever Jan 2014 #18

So then why have there been 250 + posts thucythucy Jan 2014 #34

Hume is a scantly known figure on a fading niche cable outlet. Instead of the 'millions of viewers' Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #20

Okay, so my figures were wrong thucythucy Jan 2014 #47

Hume secondvariety Jan 2014 #49

You often have to walk on a sidewalk thucythucy Jan 2014 #61

'Basically, Hume is equating masculinity with being a bully and a thug' freshwest Jan 2014 #21

Well, there was this thread... progressoid Jan 2014 #22

this one: LadyHawkAZ Jan 2014 #24

Another 3: muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #25

a search b4 posting would defeat the purpose of further dividing DUers Kurovski Jan 2014 #42

I came up with three of those threads thucythucy Jan 2014 #48

The DU mins don't like the wimmins, They must really haytz the wimmins, I guess... Kurovski Jan 2014 #51

BWAA-HA-HA-HA! Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #91

I was just about to say. None had more than 50 posts kcr Jan 2014 #77

Because there's disagreement among DUers about a 'radfem' being a good thing to be muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #92

The author of that blog is not a "radfem", she's a SEPARATIST . Odd that some find it so difficult redqueen Jan 2014 #99

She calls herself a radfem muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #102

Well, and the Teaparty folks call themselves "patriots" thucythucy Jan 2014 #109

I lost the ability to be outraged by Fox News 10 years ago Shampoobra Jan 2014 #23

I can see that. thucythucy Jan 2014 #50

Here's the way I see the comparison Shampoobra Jan 2014 #83

No, you are supposed to be outraged at DU for lack of outrage at Fox! NoOneMan Jan 2014 #56

Well, if you can't get folks on DU outraged at Fox thucythucy Jan 2014 #60

This is the first of heard of Hume's hub bub. NoOneMan Jan 2014 #62

I'm glad you brought up Beck... Shampoobra Jan 2014 #84

I think Muriel Dorian Gray Jan 2014 #96

I think in large part that's right. thucythucy Jan 2014 #107

My shock and outrage is being expended elsewhere. Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #27

I don't know why you seem to think you can demand people post more on one topic than liberal_at_heart Jan 2014 #28

I'm not trying to force anybody to do anything. thucythucy Jan 2014 #69

Married to a Republican for 40 years who is FORMER Faux Viewer HockeyMom Jan 2014 #30

I'm outraged at the redefinition of the expression thug. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #31

Well, indirectly keeping elderly people thucythucy Jan 2014 #52

I wasn't disagreeing with what your OP conveys. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #86

You're probably right about that. thucythucy Jan 2014 #108

Why would I be 'shocked and outraged'... AgingAmerican Jan 2014 #33

I give NO credence to ANYTHING... MarianJack Jan 2014 #40

I'm shocked and outraged by Faux News and Hume every time I'm exposed to that garbage mokawanis Jan 2014 #43

I called him a pompous, insecure little weenbag in another thread, but DUer FatBuddy quickly Zorra Jan 2014 #44

I LOVE "weenbag"! CTyankee Jan 2014 #45

Because I pay no attention to the likes of Brit Hume... Chan790 Jan 2014 #46

Brit Hume is a piece of human garbage in the employ of Fox News DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2014 #53

I think my question should have been thucythucy Jan 2014 #71

I think your original premise was off DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2014 #73

I think you're right, my OP thucythucy Jan 2014 #79

Brit Hume is a chickenhawk who supported the Viet Nam war Kingofalldems Jan 2014 #57

That was an incredibly idiotic thing for Hume to say... TreasonousBastard Jan 2014 #58

That is one hell of an excellent reply! thucythucy Jan 2014 #66

Thanks for that, and while I can't... TreasonousBastard Jan 2014 #110

Brit Hume is a jackass FrodosPet Jan 2014 #59

So did you in any way reply to his misandrist statement, thucythucy Jan 2014 #81

I read and was outraged by the link you provided. I didn't post in that thread though. obxhead Jan 2014 #63

Britt Hume does not know what it means to be a man. iemitsu Jan 2014 #64

Brit Hume is Brit Hume LittleBlue Jan 2014 #67

It's the numbification by Fox News of its viewers and reactions from the left. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2014 #68

"Numbification" is good. thucythucy Jan 2014 #80

brit, you vacuous, vapid, banal little waste of resources, this little piece of advice: niyad Jan 2014 #70

I find adolescents (of any age) strutting their "masculinity" more pathetic than outrageous. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2014 #74

Well, I've never seen Brit Hume, and missed the thread you're talking about, but my thought would be BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #75

I agree with most of the other posters here adieu Jan 2014 #76

Being shocked at something some guy says on Fox News is unrealistic. bravenak Jan 2014 #78

I think the real point of my poorly worded OP thucythucy Jan 2014 #82

Very simple. There was no controversy. Everyone here disagreed with Hume. stevenleser Jan 2014 #87

Everyone here also disagrees with the misandrist blogger. athena Jan 2014 #97

Two things. First, as someone pointed out upthread, its a shiny new toy. stevenleser Jan 2014 #98

Hey, it's a sensitive issue. bemildred Jan 2014 #88

gad. this is just embarrassingly silly. cali Jan 2014 #90

Rejoice and re-boot your schedule: Gunz is back! Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #93

This is the first I've heard of his saying Dorian Gray Jan 2014 #94

Everything Hume says is wrong. Orsino Jan 2014 #100

It's sad CrispyQ Jan 2014 #101

Thank you. thucythucy Jan 2014 #105

Brit Humes knuckle-dragging perception of "masculinity" was a likely factor in his son's suicide. Tom Ripley Jan 2014 #104

Wow! I had no idea this was part of his personal history. thucythucy Jan 2014 #106

Because I don't care what he thinks? Xyzse Jan 2014 #112

Its just more political polarization by gender. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #113

That's certainly not an unreasonable question. sibelian Jan 2014 #114

I don't take advice on masculinity from men with names like Alexander Britton Hume. /nt Marr Jan 2014 #115

Me, I wasn't outraged by either. I am comfortable with who I am. redgreenandblue Jan 2014 #116

To explain why the "radfem blogger" thread got more attention than Hume: redgreenandblue Jan 2014 #117