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In reply to the discussion: Misogyny should not be tolerated on DU [View all]polly7
(20,582 posts)The Oligarchs and their ilk don't care whether they're screwing white, black, male or female. And NOTHING we do or don't do to one another affects them in any way. They don't even SEE us. What we do as a unified group to THEM will make a difference, and that will take a unified effort where the difficulties and needs of all are taken into account. Do you really believe ignoring and diminishing the plight of half the human population - including males of every race, is doing any good when it comes to this? Millions of male farmers committing suicide in India, millions more dying in wars started by the have's to fill their war coffers, millions all over the world suffering under brutal austerity. Absolutely, women and minorities have a long way to go before we gain true equality, and we're very lucky in the west that we have the ability to vote in people who will help us achieve this but as a world-wide effort to rid the world of inhumane conditions that affect all of us directly and indirectly, it will take working together as one angry, fed up group. We seem to have more interest though in divisiveness and shaming for the least little thing, as if these gender wars on a message board mean a damned thing in the long run.