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awoke_in_2003

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45. I live in Texas, so can only share my view...

Sun Apr 13, 2014, 11:05 PM

Apr 2014

down here, being "born again" is cool. Hell, you can't watch a football game without 30 instances of people praising god for some catch they made. Sorry, drifted there. I have told this story before, but will tell it again. About 5 or 6 years ago I took a US Government course at the local community college. The class was pretty equally split male/female. Me and another dude were old timers, around 40. After we got through the Roe v Wade decision, the professor asked how many supported it. Me and the other old guy were the only ones. I was floored. Not one young woman in that class supported her right to make a medical decision with her doctor in privacy? One did start to speak up about god's word, but she got shut down pretty quick. The professor let her know this was a classroom and not church.

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MRAs in a nutshell. KNOW with whom you're dealing with... [View all] MrScorpio Apr 2014 OP

The outcome was to be expected, edgineered Apr 2014 #1

Also, Jamaal510 Apr 2014 #48

I'm happy to believe the ones edgineered Apr 2014 #53

"Stoned, young, white, male, right-wing, non-religious, paranoid, self-entitled assholes" etherealtruth Apr 2014 #2

This is in no way scientific, is it? Schema Thing Apr 2014 #3

it would be interesting if that lump number follows the increased age groups. seabeyond Apr 2014 #8

yeah, but I'm suspecting that this is just some random internet poll Schema Thing Apr 2014 #9

Probably. That is mostly what we get in studies now a days. seabeyond Apr 2014 #11

Nah, those idiots will have some real life experiences and even meet some living, breathing women FSogol Apr 2014 #42

And almost all atheist/no religion awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #16

not true, i do not believe. the atheism themselves has a pretty big issue with misogyny. seabeyond Apr 2014 #21

Yep. The Amazing Atheist is extremely popular. redqueen Apr 2014 #26

I am not saying there aren't asshole atheists... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #31

yes. that is why i did not want to make light. and porn, goes out of its way to seabeyond Apr 2014 #34

Living in Texas... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #43

You should just see Jamaal510 Apr 2014 #50

wow. thanks. i have seen some of it. there was a big old to do about a yr ago. seabeyond Apr 2014 #52

Agree maddezmom Apr 2014 #27

I believe it. distantearlywarning Apr 2014 #38

I haven't had much experience with MRAs awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #44

Plenty of atheists are misogynists. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #58

If you think religious people have a monopoly on misogyny/sexism, racism... YoungDemCA Apr 2014 #75

No, I don't think they have a monopoly on it... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #78

Thank you for posting shenmue Apr 2014 #4

surprised at the age range. Sound like young gun nutbar Libertarians. n/t Whisp Apr 2014 #5

my niece was telling me last night, how she expected the men her age, 20, to be like her, seabeyond Apr 2014 #7

I live in Texas, so can only share my view... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #45

wowser. wow. i am in texas too. we do get a lot of that. my son though, seabeyond Apr 2014 #47

No, it wasn't... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #65

religion, 94% none. evo psych, the new religion of science. my point, lol lol. omg, seabeyond Apr 2014 #6

Don't run to your niece yet JJChambers Apr 2014 #12

thanks. actually, that answer a lot. and if on reddit, she probably already saw it and why she is seabeyond Apr 2014 #13

That forum has 88,388 readers MrScorpio Apr 2014 #15

thanks... lol. sometimes the info and process comes in trickles. yes. and i am also seabeyond Apr 2014 #18

The only Reddit that I subscribe to, r/mixes, only has 5883 members MrScorpio Apr 2014 #19

oh ya? i am going to have to talk to niece. she is real familiar. seabeyond Apr 2014 #20

the median Reddit user is male (59%), 25�34 years of age progressoid Apr 2014 #56

Ah, Reddit. That explains a lot. progressoid Apr 2014 #57

I am going to look into this evo-psych awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #46

girls and women like pink because in the beginning of time they picked berries. seabeyond Apr 2014 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #66

No, I haven't... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #66

These numbers come from a reddit forum poll?? JJChambers Apr 2014 #10

It comes from the Reddit MRA forum MrScorpio Apr 2014 #14

interesting. and yes. point. this is where a lot of the dudes hang out. almost their camp. seabeyond Apr 2014 #17

It still holds absolutely zero useful information because it's not a scientifically done survey mythology Apr 2014 #32

Actually, I'd rather like to see a more scientific survey of MRAs... MrScorpio Apr 2014 #41

Then it's a Reddit MRA former user profile. /nt Marr Apr 2014 #60

As suspected, lol. Immature, ignorant selfish trolls. bettyellen Apr 2014 #22

No suprises... I think it is pretty damn close for every MRA I've ever dealt with... Ohio Joe Apr 2014 #23

That survey represents the ones who hang out on reddit. redqueen Apr 2014 #24

because i am seeing my generation, men my age, right there. that is what i had mostly seabeyond Apr 2014 #25

Wow, most think they are at a disadvantage compaired to women! Rex Apr 2014 #28

An internet poll? CFLDem Apr 2014 #29

"Stoned, young, white, male, right-wing, non-religious, paranoid, self-entitled assholes." Scootaloo Apr 2014 #30

Libertarian is the word I thought of too. Raksha Apr 2014 #63

+1000 YoungDemCA Apr 2014 #73

Yeah, the age explains a lot Warpy Apr 2014 #33

This is precisely the voter group the GOP is going after and it scares the hell out of me. Avalux Apr 2014 #35

Quit fighting legalization, for one thing. PassingFair Apr 2014 #51

97% between the ages of 13 and 25 distantearlywarning Apr 2014 #36

i would like to start hearing about estrogen poisoning. and what a bad ass mother fuckin' seabeyond Apr 2014 #39

Read this AngryAmish Apr 2014 #79

i have read plenty and that has nothing to do with my point. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #80

Given the number of DUers who have been called MRAs here, hughee99 Apr 2014 #37

how many duers have been called MRA's cause if we do not count the owns spawning themselves, seabeyond Apr 2014 #40

A number of DUers are pretty self-evidently MRAs Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #54

The majority of feminists are white so Harmony Blue Apr 2014 #55

they are? what percent would tht be? 43%? 98%? 51%? help me out. stats? nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #59

I did an internet search, but it didn't turn up much useful. WatermelonRat Apr 2014 #76

feminists are disproportionately white, though I doubt it would be to the degree we see with MRAs. seabeyond Apr 2014 #77

The problem is their ideas have influence beyond that demographic BainsBane Apr 2014 #61

LOL....yep yep.... Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #62

Nice! ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #64

mras and feminists arguing at u of t mra event video: IronLionZion Apr 2014 #70

White, nonreligious potsmokers? Despicable people. The lowest of the low. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #71

When they make up pseudo-intellectual justifications for their bigotry YoungDemCA Apr 2014 #74

I always find it fascinating when the defensiveness gets up Ohio Joe Apr 2014 #84

K&R YoungDemCA Apr 2014 #72

94% no religion makes me very, very suspicious of this. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #81

This headline brought to you by... opiate69 Apr 2014 #82

Rand Paul's base. nt DURHAM D Apr 2014 #83

true that. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #85