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MrModerate

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20. Interesting. Because what I see is (a lot of) . . .
Wed May 28, 2014, 01:28 AM
May 2014

Justifiably outraged people who (perhaps because of their outrage) are unable to entertain the notion that misogyny carried to the point of mass murder is, literally, insanity. And that the people pointing that out aren't (necessarily/probably) antifeminist.

I see pro-gun people (which I am not) pointing out that this madman used every means at his disposal to kill and maim, and so this can't be considered purely a gun issue.

I haven't followed any of the white privilege threads so I can't comment.

So what's interesting to me are two things: 1) The willingness of others on this site to ascribe reactionary motives to points of view opposing theirs, and 2) the willingness of others on this site to throw around the term "cultural misogyny" without defining it, putting bounds on it, or locating it with the culture as a whole.

That's what I see.

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There is a LOT of hate and people [View all] ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 OP
I don't really see a lot of people hating each other. Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #1
+1 n/t jaysunb May 2014 #2
This DURHAM D May 2014 #3
+1 n/t Gormy Cuss May 2014 #4
"reactionaries" nalils it... SidDithers May 2014 #5
Damned true ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #6
How do you know to what the OP was referring to? Puzzledtraveller May 2014 #12
I can read. eom. 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #13
exactly. perfect post. m-lekktor May 2014 #7
... nomorenomore08 May 2014 #9
Oh, there's been reactionaries, alright.....but not the kind *you're* thinking of. See post 15...... AverageJoe90 May 2014 #16
SPIDER JERUSALEM NAILS IT Skittles May 2014 #17
Not really. nt AverageJoe90 May 2014 #18
YES REALLY Skittles May 2014 #19
Interesting. Because what I see is (a lot of) . . . MrModerate May 2014 #20
All of this is denying the influence of culture, though. Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #22
At the risk of being called a "distractor," I'd point out . . . MrModerate May 2014 #23
I'm sorry... Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #24
It's been that way for awhile ... oldhippie May 2014 #8
I actually think ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author johnp3907 May 2014 #10
K&R Puzzledtraveller May 2014 #11
I've noticed some issues, too. AverageJoe90 May 2014 #15
Chaos is required for the veils to fall down. n/t DeSwiss May 2014 #21
Locking, sorry about that. ucrdem May 2014 #25
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