General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: The earth is melting, the GOP is destroying the economy, and DU is worried about boob jokes. [View all]knightmaar
(748 posts)Small problems should not be ignored because of bigger problems.
Even assuming that there is one almighty arbiter of "small" vs "big" problems.
Maybe the marginalization of half the human race is a "small" problem to some of those who belong to the other half of the human race.
But let's grant you, for the sake of argument, that the objectification of women is a smaller problem than global warming.
So what?
Women should just shut up until we've fixed global warming, the national debt, terrorism, voter fraud, air pollution and low mileage vehicles?
They should just wait until *men* have decided that all the *real* problems are solved so that the threshold for "shit we care about" is now below "treating women like human beings"?
How about this?
Your difficulty voting is nothing compared to starving children in Somalia, so why don't you just shut up about voting irregularities until we solve gang rape in India, starvation in Africa and protection from meteors?