White knights set back equality for the genders

[lumberjack_jeff]

144. In general, I try to argue ideas.

I don't try to abstract those ideas onto groups of people that those principles would primarily benefit.

I support workplace safety. I oppose wealth concentration. I support a strong social safety net. I support freedom of choice. I support equal protection under the law.

What you write suggests that you do not. You appear to select a group of people deserving of your support and craft a set of principles that would benefit them.

So, when someone says "Blacks are 6x as likely to be imprisoned as whites", you can be outraged because it violates a set of fairness principles. When someone then says "Men are 11x as likely to be imprisoned as women", you put the fairness principles back in the lock box and pull out the men are inherently violent and suck principles.

I said upthread what I meant about Will and my perception of his "I'd walk through fire and jump off buildings for any woman" post. It is chivalry, a manifestation of protector instinct looking for a reason for martyrdom.