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I’m curious - who is saying this? Have an example? Seems like an exaggeration. I’m sure it’s happened in some isolated cases, but I’m skeptical that this is a p

I’m curious - who is saying this? Have an example? Seems like an exaggeration. I’m sure it’s happened in some isolated cases, but I’m skeptical that this is a prevailing attitude

gjsman-1000 5y ago
Have you walked on a college campus? It's always days for Feminists, days for LGBTQ, days for the Environment, days for minorities, days for women, days for everything - but a man's day is never mentioned. And these days are advertised everywhere - on bulletin boards, in the bathrooms, on TV screens.
- endisneigh 5y ago
  Days for minorities and lgbtq include men though - are you implying men cannot be in any of the other groups you mentioned?
  - hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
    Try to organize a day for white heterosexual men and see what happens.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
      We have days for LGBTQ, women, and minorities because they are historically disenfranchised groups still dealing with societally systemic problems oriented against them. That is not true of white heterosexual men. It'd be like trying to organize a day for people from multimillionaire families. It doesn't make any sense.
      - endisneigh 5y ago
        I see where you’re coming from but I’m not sure comparing to millionaire families is apt - but I’ve seen plenty of things organized for low-income, rural, and 1st gen students which all include white heterosexual men, and if the census is to be believed, are the majority in some areas. I’ve also seen things for specific nationalities at my university like German, Italian, etc - groups traditionally considered “white.” I haven’t seen anything specifically for the broad encompassing group of white heterosexual men. Personally I think such a group would be meaningless as white heterosexual men encompass too many things. What would such a group even use as the mode of maintaining solidarity that wouldn’t be better served by a more specific group?
        AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
        I don't see how that contradicts what I'm saying. Those are groups that don't historically have much representation in collegiate student bodies.
      - jessaustin 5y ago
        Every day is Rich People's Day!
      - jimbokun 5y ago
        > We have days for LGBTQ, women, and minorities because they are historically disenfranchised groups still dealing with societally systemic problems oriented against them. That is not true of white heterosexual men. No one even tries to defend these claims any more, they just try to get anyone who disagrees fired, expelled, or removed from social media platforms. For example, the entire context for this discussion is the sever under representation of men on college campuses. So how can you say systemic issues never negatively impact men? Also, it is very rare that those days ever identify specific systemic issues, with empirical evidence demonstrating them, with specific policy proposals to address them, with opportunity for debating whether those policies will actually work or have unintended negative consequences. It's pretty much exclusively moral posturing.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
  Many men are feminists, are LGBTQ, care about the environment, or are minorities...
  - trevcanhuman 5y ago
    > Many men are feminists, are LGBTQ, […] or are minorities... How can ‘many men’ be minorities ?
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
      They can be of a non-white racial makeup? Edit: according to downvotes, men of color are apparently not minorities. TIL.
    - detaro 5y ago
      .... by being members of minority groups?
      - trevcanhuman 5y ago
        > Many men are feminists, are LGBTQ, […] or are minorities... Doesn’t he/she mean by “many” that it’s a big portion? Why would minorities keep being minorities when they are common ?
        Volundr 5y ago
        If I have 67 green M&Ms and 33 red M&Ms, red is both in the minority and common. There are a great many different minority groups. It's common for someone to be in one or more. That doesn't stop them from being a minority.
        trevcanhuman 5y ago
        ah, ok. My bad. I though by 'many' the commenter meant that most of people were minorities, which does not make much sense to me
- colinmhayes 5y ago
  I have walked around many college campus's. Having days for minorities doesn't mean white men are the root of all evil, just like black lives matter doesn't mean that white lives don't.
- deleted 5y ago
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eplanit 5y ago
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=white+males+root+of+all+evil https://duckduckgo.com/?q=white+males+root+of+all+evil
- rhcom2 5y ago
  2 out of 4 are arguing against the trope and the first link is blogspam.

I’m curious - who is saying this? Have an example? Seems like an exaggeration. I’m sure it’s happened in some isolated cases, but I’m skeptical that this is a prevailing attitude

gjsman-1000 5y ago

Have you walked on a college campus? It's always days for Feminists, days for LGBTQ, days for the Environment, days for minorities, days for women, days for everything - but a man's day is never mentioned. And these days are advertised everywhere - on bulletin boards, in the bathrooms, on TV screens.

endisneigh 5y ago
Days for minorities and lgbtq include men though - are you implying men cannot be in any of the other groups you mentioned?
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
  Try to organize a day for white heterosexual men and see what happens.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
    We have days for LGBTQ, women, and minorities because they are historically disenfranchised groups still dealing with societally systemic problems oriented against them. That is not true of white heterosexual men. It'd be like trying to organize a day for people from multimillionaire families. It doesn't make any sense.
    - endisneigh 5y ago
      I see where you’re coming from but I’m not sure comparing to millionaire families is apt - but I’ve seen plenty of things organized for low-income, rural, and 1st gen students which all include white heterosexual men, and if the census is to be believed, are the majority in some areas. I’ve also seen things for specific nationalities at my university like German, Italian, etc - groups traditionally considered “white.” I haven’t seen anything specifically for the broad encompassing group of white heterosexual men. Personally I think such a group would be meaningless as white heterosexual men encompass too many things. What would such a group even use as the mode of maintaining solidarity that wouldn’t be better served by a more specific group?
      - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
        I don't see how that contradicts what I'm saying. Those are groups that don't historically have much representation in collegiate student bodies.
    - jessaustin 5y ago
      Every day is Rich People's Day!
    - jimbokun 5y ago
      > We have days for LGBTQ, women, and minorities because they are historically disenfranchised groups still dealing with societally systemic problems oriented against them. That is not true of white heterosexual men. No one even tries to defend these claims any more, they just try to get anyone who disagrees fired, expelled, or removed from social media platforms. For example, the entire context for this discussion is the sever under representation of men on college campuses. So how can you say systemic issues never negatively impact men? Also, it is very rare that those days ever identify specific systemic issues, with empirical evidence demonstrating them, with specific policy proposals to address them, with opportunity for debating whether those policies will actually work or have unintended negative consequences. It's pretty much exclusively moral posturing.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
Many men are feminists, are LGBTQ, care about the environment, or are minorities...
- trevcanhuman 5y ago
  > Many men are feminists, are LGBTQ, […] or are minorities... How can ‘many men’ be minorities ?
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
    They can be of a non-white racial makeup? Edit: according to downvotes, men of color are apparently not minorities. TIL.
  - detaro 5y ago
    .... by being members of minority groups?
    - trevcanhuman 5y ago
      > Many men are feminists, are LGBTQ, […] or are minorities... Doesn’t he/she mean by “many” that it’s a big portion? Why would minorities keep being minorities when they are common ?
      - Volundr 5y ago
        If I have 67 green M&Ms and 33 red M&Ms, red is both in the minority and common. There are a great many different minority groups. It's common for someone to be in one or more. That doesn't stop them from being a minority.
        trevcanhuman 5y ago
        ah, ok. My bad. I though by 'many' the commenter meant that most of people were minorities, which does not make much sense to me
colinmhayes 5y ago
I have walked around many college campus's. Having days for minorities doesn't mean white men are the root of all evil, just like black lives matter doesn't mean that white lives don't.
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eplanit 5y ago

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=white+males+root+of+all+evil https://duckduckgo.com/?q=white+males+root+of+all+evil

rhcom2 5y ago
2 out of 4 are arguing against the trope and the first link is blogspam.