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rinx  ·  3274 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Radicalizing the Romanceless

I didn't miss the bit you quoted, it's why I said what I said about him attempting to be even handed. It's typical middle ground fallacy.

If MRA debates are new for you fine, but gamergate alone has been around for a year and a half and I've had plenty of time to hear these tired points. They haven't come up with much new in that time.

As for the blame point, who am I blaming? I disagree that lonleyness is a gendered problem and I disagree that men more then women aren't allowed to discuss singledom. The only one assigning blame is the author himself, who instead of some introspection assumes his negative feedback must be the fault of a toxic internet. The heart of the article, to me, is not against radicalization, it's perpetuating it.

Your last three points seem like they are based on assuming some motive I don't have. It's unhealthy for me to read for personal reasons unrelated to gender debates, and I'm pretty sure you have no idea what I meant by "this stuff". So I can't really answer your questions because they don't really make sense. Did you assume I meant gender rights debates? I have a whole suite of theories on why the internet is recently so radicalized, and none of them have to do with the mistreatment of nice guys or a lack of safe space for them to complain on the internet.