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moviefreakedmind
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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8-Jul-2017, 2:00 PM

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

EDIT: If you think that saying “Not All Men” is sexist or even problematic in any way whatsoever, then you’re absolutely crazy. You’re an absolute lunatic if you think that reminding people not to generalize and blame an entire 50% of the population for the actions of a few is something that we shouldn’t do.

https://www.bustle.com/articles/171595-6-reasons-not-all-men-misses-the-point-because-its-derailing-important-conversations

Well, number one is true in plenty of cases, but a lot of these people make absolutely no effort to refrain from blaming the entire male sex, and from what I scrolled through of that lady’s Twitter, she seems like one of the latter. As for the second point, I don’t think patriarchy exists in the United States anymore. It’s almost a meaningless term at this point. Number three is a good point. Number four is fair. I don’t like number five; it just assumes I’m sexist (and racist) in some way when I’m not. I also don’t like number six for similar reasons. I’m not shifting focus to my ego because I have no pride or confidence in myself to begin with and I don’t like being lumped in with people who do. It also says that it’s my job to listen without defending myself but sometimes it’s necessary to be defensive when people make assumptions about me that are wrong.

I’ll even throw you a bone: I really think Donald Trump is shaping up to be the worst president we’ve had in at least 140 years.