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Dedalus Donating Member (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-10-05 01:03 PM
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87. Come on...
Edited on Thu Feb-10-05 01:04 PM by Dedalus
...there's really no need to be going off about "MEN" in all-caps.

This is clearly a Crazy Right vs. Sane Left issue, not a gender conflict. There are people of both genders on both sides.

Yes, the "MEN" on the Crazy Right are sexist, but the "MEN" on the Sane Left aren't (at least, not in this specific way, or we try harder not to be, or something...), and we're just as much "MEN" as they are.

When you say or imply that men who support women's rights aren't as "manly" as those that don't, it hurts women's rights, because it makes men unnecessarily afraid to support them, even if you meant the original distinction as some kind of backwards compliment.
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