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Grendel  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Canadian man arrested for disagreeing with feminists on Twitter

Unfortunately you're wrong (I wish you were right). I've been reading about feminism for years, and the majority of feminists don't want equality; they just want more rights for women. When feminists start helping men and boys, instead of making their lives worse, I'll believe that feminism is about equality.





rinx  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You dodged my question again! So sneaky. So you no one who has had to quit their job over gender discrimination. Crazy. If radical feminists are as pervasive an issue as you think, that seems odd.

I believe most feminists are like us, interested in a healthy society for everyone. I'm a pretty die hard feminist. I also sub MRA and recently campaigned for help for male rape victims. Instead of attacking women why not spend your time helping men? There's a way to progress gender equality that doesn't require being so angry and negative.

Grendel  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't attack women, I attack feminism because feminism attacks men. The fact that you can't tell the difference suggests that maybe you're not as interested in equality as you think you are.

rinx  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nope! You attack feminism because you want to. Even if feminists do attack men (the vast majority don't) your stance of aggressive attacks on them is totally your choice. You don't have a single post trying to do something positive for men, only posts negative against women. Just think about that for a bit. Why not spend some time doing something good? What kind of person does it make you when so much of what you put out into the world is horrible and negative?

This guy could really use the help of the MRA crowd. Maybe do something good for once? https://twitter.com/mattlauzon

SadPandaIsSad  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not everyone is out there trying to take away the rights of others. Some of us are content to observe and report like Grendal here. Much like the feminist movement, it starts with getting the information out there. You want him to do something about it? So.... You don't think that if he started a group that meets to talk about men being treated fairly that the "feminists" wouldn't jump all over it and label it a "hate rally" or some other such nonsense? Ib personally guarantee that if such a group was started, they would instantly be labeled as women haters, bigots, and racists because that's what seems to happen now when a white man stands up for himself against this kind of zealotry.

rinx  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So you don't do anything positive out of fear you'll be called names and insulted. Instead you attack and insult women who are standing up for their beliefs. Got it. Makes total sense.

SadPandaIsSad  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm sorry, when did I attack anyone? I never did so. But since we are on the subject. Who came in here attacking the people who express their feelings about a situation not so dissimilar to the one feminists fight for? Yeah... About that.... Seems to me you are the one giving hate speech a go. Trying to silence anyone who disagrees with you isn't very becoming of one speaking of freedom.

On A side note: you never answered any of my questions. You sneaky devil you. Somone's is a bit hypocritical

rinx  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

| You want him to do something and it?

That doesn't count as a question...

SadPandaIsSad  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Apparently someone doesn't understand that sentences that end in a question mark are questions. Me thinks you are the troll. Also, good job avoiding every argument I made

Grendel  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    is totally your choice

Well, obviously, since nobody's forcing me to do it. The point is that I have a good reason for attacking feminism.

    You don't have a single post trying to do something positive for men, only posts negative against women.

I don't think I have a single negative post against women. Not all women are feminists and many feminists are not women.

    What kind of person does it make you when so much of what you put out into the world is horrible and negative?

What's so horrible about what I do exactly?

Okay, I'm watching one of his videos where he explains the whole situation. It's a child sexual abuse case, and he thinks the police are trying to cover it up... now that's horrible but I don't see how I can help since I don't live in his city, state or country and I have no information that could be useful to him; I also don't think this is a men's rights issue since he's not being discriminated against on the basis of his sex.

But if you have a reddit account (I don't) you could try posting about it on /r/mensrights, maybe some of them will be able to help.

SadPandaIsSad  ·  3209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is what I love about Grendel. He actually lists what he is responding to and he doesn't just say "you are wrong and racist\sexist."

+1 for you Grendel