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In reply to the discussion: Mass Shooter influenced by the "Men's Rights Movement" [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)229. the one where you imagine that this PUA shit is normal. or all "deceptions" equal. YAWN.
bullshit and BULLSHIT.
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when the Southern Poverty Law Center declared them so... along with the white supremacists,
hlthe2b
May 2014
#14
I don't put anyone on ignore either, no matter how repulsive their behavior. Not only
IrishAyes
May 2014
#267
I trust that if the SPLC had meant to say all MRA groups hate women...
ConservativeDemocrat
May 2014
#224
Just a group that engages in "threat, overt or implicit, of violence" towards women, says SPLC
hlthe2b
May 2014
#176
When he crashed a party drunk, picked fights and tried push women off a ledge he complained that
bettyellen
May 2014
#201
McCarthyists told me in my youth that I should check under my bed every night for communists.
IrishAyes
May 2014
#270
I'm glad that being a "bitter old man in your 50s," is water off a duck's back to you
villager
May 2014
#56
Actually, this thread is about your particular views on "the Men's Right Movement"
villager
May 2014
#66
So, "bitter single woman in her 30's" would be okay by you, if it was used in the "right" thread
villager
May 2014
#70
I'm not here defending MRAs. My point was about the exedient use of stereotypes
villager
May 2014
#76
"the real problem is that MRAs are being exposed for the hate groups they are. "
IrishAyes
May 2014
#271
Just pointing out that the shooter thought he had a right to date certain females
AngryAmish
May 2014
#140
Isn't it interesting that a thread about a man who murdered women for not wanting him
redqueen
May 2014
#120
Men in their fifties are not "old men" (though they might be "bitter"), as you will one day learn.
WinkyDink
May 2014
#122
I watched it too and it seemed like he was trying to act - his laugh was like an imitation laugh.
seaglass
May 2014
#29
this shooter appears to be the epitome of the entitled and angry white guy to me.
bettyellen
May 2014
#22
yes, his reminiscence of childhood is that everyone is happy and no one has advantages....
bettyellen
May 2014
#45
he self identified as "white" and complained when an "Indian man" with an old Honda had the nerve to
bettyellen
May 2014
#162
he identifies himself as white, and wrote many bigoted things about darker skinned people
bettyellen
May 2014
#276
you don't think he has a right to self identify as white? is this the % of blood rule or something
bettyellen
May 2014
#280
Obviously they are both mentally ill, and both very cruel people who acted with intent.
bettyellen
May 2014
#51
I'd be careful about using the word "defend." Trying to parse someone's motive isn't the same thing
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#92
I agree it's a shame, how this contributes to the stigma against those with "differences"
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#98
Yes, very likely someone with strong sociopathic/psychopathic traits. Nothing to do with autism. n/t
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#101
Sure. But antisocial personality disorder seems a far more likely factor than Asperger's. n/t
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#185
I'm sure that you and I both agree that......such a gentleman DOES NOT. EVER. nt
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#28
Maybe so. But it doesn't dent the validity of the article, though, regardless of her intentions.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#27
This post, I agree with 100%. The "movement" is built on resentment and fear of an entire gender.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#103
There is no correlation. OP has an agenda. MRAs aren't the nicest bunch, but this is
Katashi_itto
May 2014
#234
Yours is the interesting agenda. Especially when it's been pointed out repeatedly it's false.
Katashi_itto
May 2014
#236
Lol, telling me what my are motives now. You've been cited repeatedly that the MRA is not a hate
Katashi_itto
May 2014
#240
You just like making things up don't you? Now according to you I am censoring stuff.
Katashi_itto
May 2014
#242
It's funny that when an MRA afficianado goes out and in cold blood murders people
Tsiyu
May 2014
#263
if I am understanding correctly Yes, HE accepted them but THEY rejected him.
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2014
#213
He complained about other men being 'brutes', but he sounds like a bully himself.
Ash_F
May 2014
#216
In his demented mind that made sense. Yes. Sounds crazy to the rational person but, insane people
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2014
#37
He imagines those other guys are brutes, because of course, a woman can't be happier w/ someone else
bettyellen
May 2014
#57
Well, for one thing..the girls turning him down saw something that proved to be evil. nt
kelliekat44
May 2014
#46
Three uses of the word "emotional" as a pejorative while arguing with a feminist
YoungDemCA
May 2014
#170
there is a lot of cross over in the groups- both pretty much hate women and blame them for their own
bettyellen
May 2014
#54
yes, it goes with objecification because they long for the days when we were property
bettyellen
May 2014
#160
his manifesto says he learned this from his peers- he was desperate to be a "cool" kid and tried to
bettyellen
May 2014
#195
LOL, you seem to have me confused with your manservant. LOL. And I guess you are right- if you only
bettyellen
May 2014
#205
the one where you imagine that this PUA shit is normal. or all "deceptions" equal. YAWN.
bettyellen
May 2014
#229
So you do not believe that society should adress it's ills when confronted by them?
etherealtruth
May 2014
#72
Right, I think the problems here are mental illness, uncontrollable hatred,
IronLionZion
May 2014
#77
If women are "allowed to choose who to breed with, humanity will never advance"
BainsBane
May 2014
#115
How the fuck does a guy work himself up to this kind of wholesale destruction?
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#109
Sheltered upbringing + obvious psychological problems + "MRA" sense of victimization.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#132
This author of the article is more concerned about their own agenda than the truth
davidn3600
May 2014
#187
I'd think that also accurately applies to posters who subtly attempt to minimize, or even deny the e
LanternWaste
May 2014
#282
I read the guys manifesto, watched the videos. Wonder what went wrong with this guy.
stevenleser
May 2014
#226
what I want to know is, why are we raising young men with such a misplaced sense of entitlement?
redruddyred
May 2014
#260