Reply #68: "Don't You DARE Tell Me I Am Trying To Dominate!!!!!1!"

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The OP insights you missed:

== "...a different angle on the subject of gender violence-- a male author comments on how overlooked the fact of gender based hate crime is.

== "This invisibility has been brought up often on DU. It disappears in flamewars between those willing to see it and those insisting if they can't see it, it doesn't exist."

--Like the insights you didn't see and insisted were not there And Damn Well Should Have Been!!

== "The logjam of flames may have run its course. DU can handle the concept: "Men from every level of society need to recognize that violence against women is a men's issue." Violence against women is also inextricably entwined in the violence of war and violence against the planet."

== "Violence against women because they are women -- the definition of a hate crime -- is a fact of life, of ALL our lives."

== "There is no shame in looking honestly at that lethal mix. To do so is not an indictment of one gender in favor of the other. It is a necessary step to heal ourselves, our communities and our Mother Earth."


Pretty Damn Clear Cut I Say.

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"I think it's ridiculous when someone posts a heavily debatable topic that is sure to cause some heated argument, but refuses to provide anything from their own viewpoint."

So far only you are "sure to cause some heated argument." The main insight of the OP was that DU can handle the concept and is ready to have the discussion. We're doing it.