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sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 09:37 AM Feb 2014

Dear Feminists,Just Shut Up Already.

Feminists, like abolitionists, had a valid agenda at one point in time. There were rights and laws in America that didn’t let women do the same things as men. But those laws have been overturned, and women in America have every right that men do. So why are we still setting ourselves apart?

Men, on the other side of the coin, have even begun to blame the feminists and the feminist movement for taking their jobs and taking away their masculinity. There is some truth to the belief that decreased sexism toward women has turned into increased sexism toward men, but I think it’s time for the blame game to end...

It can be an awkward boat to be in when you consider yourself liberal-minded and you come across the idea of feminism.

“Yeah, wahoo! You go girl! You’re great because you’re a girl, and you’re doing something worth noting.” Isn’t that much more sexist than simply saying, “Hey, you did something great. Good job.” Why does a lack of the male sexual organs still mean so much?




Steinem did a great deal in the early stages of the feminist movement and is hailed by many as the leader of it. She was a columnist for New York magazine and co-founded Ms. Magazine, but if she wants her hard work to come to fruition, she needs to do less....


http://www.theplainsman.com/view/full_story/24603785/article-OPINION--Dear-feminists--the-time-has-come



Also, we elected a black president,so no more racism! Yay!



And did you know that Gloria Steinem is actually Part Of The Problem?? Me neither.


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Squinch

(52,524 posts)
2. The TONE Of this feels suspiciously like something that was
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 10:19 AM
Feb 2014

written to us directly very recently, doesn't it?

The panic and the backlash are really ramping up everywhere you look these days.

ismnotwasm

(42,436 posts)
3. I read crap like this all the time
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 12:03 PM
Feb 2014

Sometimes I think I should post it, but I can't stand unadulterated ignorance. Or this level of bullshit.

I understand not knowing, but not an unwillingness to learn

I understand opinion, but reject manipulation.

I'm tired of men claiming to be feminists in this case also a "masculinist" (which to me sounds suspiciously homophobic) and then tell feminists what to do.

We have great allies and awesome male feminists -- this guy ain't one of them

gaspee

(3,231 posts)
4. I kept waiting for the punchline
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 12:15 PM
Feb 2014

then I realized this guy was serious - does he live under a rock? Nope, he lives in Alabama.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
5. good freakin lord, did you see this?
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 12:38 PM
Feb 2014
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12594976

I guess it IS okay to discuss gay issues and AA issues in the SAME disrespectful and ugly tone as it is to discuss women and Their concerns.

jeezus cripes.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
7. So exactly when was the magic moment that feminism became unnecessary?
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 07:23 AM
Feb 2014

These guys seem to think "equality" is an on/off switch that, despite considerable evidence to the contrary, has already been flipped.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
9. And as I've noted myself, the accusations of "misandry" sound a lot like the "reverse racism" charge
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 07:29 AM
Feb 2014

that white conservatives like to level at, well, basically anybody who disagrees with their reactionary racial views.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
10. Have you seen the posts in the Dear White America
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 07:37 AM
Feb 2014

OP in GD? They don't even try to hide it anymore. Edited to add "some" of the posts in that OP,there's also good people there trying to fight the good fight.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
11. I just can't believe some of what passes for political commentary on here.
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 07:40 AM
Feb 2014

It's literally the equivalent of putting their fingers in their ears and going "LALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"

niyad

(119,570 posts)
13. dear adam, would like to kindly suggest that you place your cranial container in your nether
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 10:22 AM
Feb 2014

orifice. would also like to kindly suggest that, since you are writing for a student publication, you haven't been around long enough to know what the hell you are talking about.

but, thanks for your concern, mr. peopleist (awww, ain't that CUUUUUTE?)

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