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In reply to the discussion: Why aren't more people, men especially, shocked and outraged [View all]sibelian
(7,804 posts)114. That's certainly not an unreasonable question.
Unpacking my own thoughts, I guess I would say that it's simpler, and the habit of the Internet, to respond to the "plain English" reading of a statement rather than delve more deeply into it. The subject of a statement is usually the focus of its response, and the subject of Hume's criticism is women, whereas that of Witchwind is men. One can certainly draw the inference from Hume's statement that he has stupid ideas about men, whereas Witchwind openly despises them.
From the examples you used to ask your question, I think it's pretty obvious that there is also a rather pronounced difference in the degree to which each individual has expressed their gendered bias, Hume thinks women have exerted some kind of nebulous, influence over what he considers a "normal" social process which has resulted in his feeling unable to say things, whereas the redfem blogger is far more specific and refers to well-understood biological processes as if they are articles of political oppression and depends on an understanding of men as fundamentally unwholesome.
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Yeah, I kind of get people's fascination with the far-out and extreme. If only for the car crash
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#14
The only people who think that way - and their extreme MRA counterparts - are very damaged
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#26
I agree. That's why I, too, question the existence of that other thread.
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#32
but they do care what some out there feminist says, who speaks to a small group of people.
boston bean
Jan 2014
#6
I'm outraged, but not shocked. I expect nothing else from Human Shar-Pei Brit Hume.
marmar
Jan 2014
#4
Because it's important to keep women from over-running the internet with their opinions.
Starry Messenger
Jan 2014
#5
Hume is a scantly known figure on a fading niche cable outlet. Instead of the 'millions of viewers'
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#20
The DU mins don't like the wimmins, They must really haytz the wimmins, I guess...
Kurovski
Jan 2014
#51
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
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 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 read and was outraged by the link you provided. I didn't post in that thread though.
obxhead
Jan 2014
#63
It's the numbification by Fox News of its viewers and reactions from the left.
SleeplessinSoCal
Jan 2014
#68
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
Brit Humes knuckle-dragging perception of "masculinity" was a likely factor in his son's suicide.
Tom Ripley
Jan 2014
#104
I don't take advice on masculinity from men with names like Alexander Britton Hume. /nt
Marr
Jan 2014
#115
To explain why the "radfem blogger" thread got more attention than Hume:
redgreenandblue
Jan 2014
#117