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MrModerate

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23. At the risk of being called a "distractor," I'd point out . . .
Wed May 28, 2014, 03:44 AM
May 2014

That the phrase "a misogynist culture" is meaningless without some sort of definition, one that doesn't damn the entire culture for the actions of a segment thereof; that MRA/"pickup artist" forums are a tiny, tiny fraction of the discussions ongoing in social media; and that while gun availability is a cancer on American society, this is not primarily a gun crime.

And notwithstanding all the scary, beautiful, angry, truthful, wondering, clueless, defiant, vituperative, supportive and every other type of comment either at #YesAllWomen or inspired by it, asking questions seeking perspective, balance, and proportionality is not reactionary.

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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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