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4. I have zero idea who this guy is; however, I agree that social media has become
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 03:45 PM
Aug 2016

VERY passé. When I participate in it (here mostly), it's only me thinking out loud, without getting too personal. My interest in Twitter and FB is nil.

Through trial-by-fire, I've learned that people on social media would rather complain about people posting on competing message boards, "someone flirted at me and I'm offended!", i.e., trivia rather than discuss how to solve problems facing us personally and/or as a society.

I do not believe that a man who refuses to buy into every complaint made by a woman about being discriminated against by men is a misogynist. This guy - Joel Stein? - disagrees, I presume.

At any rate, moving on to the next topic.

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