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Grendel  ·  3269 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 'Mad Max: Fury Road' draws the ire of men's rights activists

Being a MRA basically means recognising that men are human beings and their rights are systematically being violated in Western countries. I don't see how that makes one a misogynist. As a matter of fact, the biggest MRA community in the world, /r/mensrights, doesn't tolerate misogyny or other forms of discrimination. The same can't be said for any feminist forums or blogs that I can think of.

Anyway. I haven't seen the remake, but I'm not in the least bit surprised to hear that it's being criticised for being a piece of feminist propaganda. I remember reading that the director, George Miller, had invited the author of The vagina monologues on the set to indoctrinate the actors on the issue of violence against women - and I remember thinking "what the fuck?"

I haven't even watched this film, and I'm a little mad about it. Mad Max is the film that inspired Buronson to create Fist of the North Star! The manliness is off the charts. To remake it into something that makes feminists happy shows a fundamental lack of respect for the source material and the fanbase. There's nothing hilarious about any of this.