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In reply to the discussion: MRA's (Mens Rights Activists) are extremely critical of feminism. [View all]I didn't know you got to decide that.
It does not mean you get free reign to snark, snide, ridicule, insult without being called on it.
Yes, finally. What you said.
Now we've come around full circle.
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MRA's (Mens Rights Activists) are extremely critical of feminism. [View all]
boston bean
Mar 2013
OP
We're uppity - that's our sin. We're supposed to be meek and submissive little wifeys.
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#277
funny that I haven't heard from any of the guys on this...I sure wish they'd tell me
CTyankee
Apr 2013
#287
One of the most productive discussions we've had on DU in years was "benevolent sexism"
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#288
You seem to be getting stuck on the fact that all feminists don't agree on all feminist
Squinch
Apr 2013
#302
Neither is any list from the NRA a definitive list of "what gun advocates are working on."
Squinch
Apr 2013
#319
I see you often in discussions about gun control. I haven't seen you call out Wayne LaPierre.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#342
Seeing as how it was posted, and cheered, right here at DU, the "search" was quite short.
opiate69
Apr 2013
#345
and it is shamefully irresponsible to feel gossip that women on du would advocate starving boys.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#356
i am not gonna play the chicken shit, dishonest, petty little fuckin game. you and others can
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#361
Again.. where did I specifically accuse you or anybody of cheering starving little boys?
opiate69
Apr 2013
#363
instead of actually thinking about what is being said here, you continue the game.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#369
btw opiate. i understand that was in COMMENT section. is that correct? comments? right? now i
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#362
again... dishonest presentation. 1 poster said the comments funny or something. NOT specifically
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#374
praise? saying i do not know what comment she talked about. saying i do not know if she read
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#376
i will say it once more. i went into the blog AFTER bb locked it to see where the comment was.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#379
As opiate69 points out, one need not go far to find that particular outrageousness.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#346
I see your point in saying that there are bad actors on both sides, but I have to disagree
Squinch
Mar 2013
#53
very insightful. i am impressed. i was hearing the "to do" about this but didnt get informed cause
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#124
The joke was directed at anyone who heard it. People too stupid to know that sound waves
mbperrin
Mar 2013
#144
corporate tools who fire people for juvenile offenses is *my* problem.
Phillip McCleod
Mar 2013
#145
hostile work environments are in about all employment agreements. break the law and co policy, you
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#147
yeh and nobody is more hostile than a self-important corporate tool. \n
Phillip McCleod
Mar 2013
#148
good to know, you are on record opposing the laws that do not allow sexism in a work place.
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#149
Then I was an idiot for firing the employee who used the word "faggot" repeatedly?
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#233
Do you think that "small group" that is antagonistic toward "men in general" is on DU?
redqueen
Mar 2013
#31
I agree and I think it's worth adding that that tiny handful isn't exclusively women. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#292
Okay, so you want everyone who "doesn't believe The Patriarchy exists" banned? Which "Patriarchy"?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#238
The MRA group linked in the OP supports the equal rights amendment. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#293
I am not suggesting that you have to say "I don't mean you" every single time
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#54
I think you are responding to the wrong person because I never said you should tolerate it
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#70
Do you think feminists on DU post OPs or comments simply to "start gender wars"? nt
redqueen
Mar 2013
#78
The vast majority of them don't, but there are a tiny handful that I believe do that
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#80
and i STILL want to get back to you from a couple weeks ago. i gotta figure,
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#125
Of course. Like so many men who benefit from the patriarchy every day of their lives,
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#281
I don't understand. How can we become equal unless the patriarchy is ended first?
Zorra
Mar 2013
#73
as most all of us are. you are right. we have had to look up definitions as accusation are hurled
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#126
I already said I will not name names in this thread, but it is a very small number of them
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#84
You must have responded to the wrong person then because you replied to me not Red Queen
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#97
you mean the premise like "There are MRAs on DU" in "certain groups", wink wink?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#242
It's their imaginary friend. Or imaginary disapproving mother. Can't look too deep into this
Squinch
Mar 2013
#62
cause you meant to take that two hour detour, right? that pretty park was a must see. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#203
Sad to say, the men on DU who openly show support for us get that same treatment. n/t
Little Star
Mar 2013
#21
They can have their fun in their little group, as can the feminists...
Comrade_McKenzie
Mar 2013
#18
I didn't click it, assumed you were talking about something more recent. Re-read, I've edited. nt
redqueen
Mar 2013
#103
You should ask the person who links to that site with each and every one of their posts
Major Nikon
Mar 2013
#101
No. Just the ones who claim to discuss feminist "history" while doing nothing of the sort.
Occulus
Apr 2013
#325
you ought to pay attention to all the men that perfectly understood the issue and though those
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#326
First, I did not call out a group. I pointed specifically to individuals within the group.
Occulus
Apr 2013
#328
here is the obvious. someone asked what benevolent sexism is. i gave exampleS and definition. YOU
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#329
Except that the whole "door" controversy was manufactured by people trying to discredit
Squinch
Apr 2013
#331
That's pretty childish, don't you think? You forgot to put "nyah!" at the end of it.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#381
Go into the feminist groups you in your manly wisdom deem worthy and ask about benevolent sexism.
redqueen
Apr 2013
#330
You mean they don't already enjoy yarn-themed activities? Our culture IS in trouble!
Squinch
Apr 2013
#303
If MRA types were serious, they would be allied with feminists in working against the patriarchy...
YoungDemCA
Mar 2013
#38
Personally, I think the actual issue is more about who holds the most power not..
Little Star
Mar 2013
#55
When you reduce it to its most basic component, MRAs have mommy issues. All of them.
Sheldon Cooper
Mar 2013
#52
you say... we lost your support. i ask what that means. you do not answer. all the rest is filler.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#228
you say no support toward women. i ask what that means. no support for equal pay?
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#239
lol. so, you wont tell me how our loss of support from you will effect us, or what that means. hmm
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#245
not really. i have been consistent. hey, just do not vote against wife and daughters interests
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#248
you calling names using scorn and ridicule is not abuse. me challenging you on putting out you dont
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#241
but i do not have the answers. obviously. hence my repeated questions to you. YOU seem to not
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#247
wtf? i am suppose to know your history? you snark, snide, ridicule, insult and that makes ME
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#261
you mean, i do not even get to decide if i can callout you snark, snide, ridicule, insult
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#263
Ok, I'll bite - where is this supposed hateful rhetoric and ideology happening?
Dash87
Apr 2013
#197
If money is being taken from the government, then people have a right to complain
Major Nikon
Mar 2013
#151
MRAs won't do that work. They'd rather cry about why feminists aren't doing it *for* them.
redqueen
Mar 2013
#153
we have been called out continually, to go fight mans battle. if we are not equally fighting mans
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#155
i know you do not claim it to be your battle. you claim it to be our battle ... for men. you do
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#161
that is right. cant dig for the post. in meta. people will just have to go off memory. nt
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#163
i clearly said, and will repeat. yes. i know. it was never your battle. it was derailing to
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#173
I agree with this. And the only say the doctor has is what time the appointment should be.
Squinch
Mar 2013
#169
Yes. At least that legislation brings the prevailing opinion of the Kansas and Arizona legislators
Squinch
Apr 2013
#196
So would it also be equally true that women have no say on men's rights issues?
Major Nikon
Mar 2013
#121
I meant that AVoiceforMen and similar sites hate all women, not just feminists.
Dash87
Mar 2013
#154
That hardly matters, as you can find any type of person anywhere to support dumb ideas.
Dash87
Mar 2013
#180
National Organization for Women thought men should be the sole breadwinners? That IS news.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#300
You've found an exception is all: Anyone that buys into their wacky ideology is fine to them.
Dash87
Apr 2013
#237
A lot of men think that the earth is 4000 years old and Jesus rode a dinosaur around town.
Squinch
Mar 2013
#178
hey... i was thinking this was a good idea to put this in GD. and here it is. ya.
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#122
Of course not, and anyone that says otherwise is full of 100% grade-A cow manure.
Dash87
Mar 2013
#167
We are all equal but some are more equal than others, is the amendment NOW seems to want
davidn3600
Apr 2013
#252
to be clear... you know, really clear. it was the feminist on du that demanded prison rape jokes
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#211
Yes. Credit where credit is due. Many people who identify as feminist have been in front of that.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#212
if you were to ask a feminist why men are 10x more likely to be in prison, it certainly would NOT be
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#213
and i have listened to many feminist and not heard one feminist say .... men are inherently bad.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#220
the point is you want to recognize men are not inherently violent, yet will promote
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#265
this is getting good. down to the nitty gritty. but, alas, i have had too much wine. you know,
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#290
"I as a woman have seen the damage that feminism has done to men and boys."
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#284
Have you a link for that story? Over the years, I've seen you tell it here and on DKos but I've
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#295
There is nothing about this case anywhere on the net. The only Women's Studies story that I
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#298
hmmm. well, as you see from my reply. just not buying it. any of it. none of it makes sense
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#299
"I as a woman have seen the damage that feminism has done to men and boys. "
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#341
Satan Worshippers are extremely critical of Christianity. Fred Phelps considers himself a Christian.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#232
i found texas to be very equitable. not so much louisanna. that is why i have a tough time with
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#269
because they are gaining momentum. and hurting women. they are growing, louder, stronger. where
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#291
Just to be clear, I wasn't dismissing it.. I was just trying to warn you about some of our more..
opiate69
Apr 2013
#393