1) I don't understand why you're agreeing that you're using scary anecdotes to refute scary anecdotes and acting as if that is a defensible or valuable positio

1) I don't understand why you're agreeing that you're using scary anecdotes to refute scary anecdotes and acting as if that is a defensible or valuable position. Decisions based upon fiction are not wise. See: Patriot Act, Iraq war, etc. 2) Being susceptible to or targeted by fear-based anecdotes does not make one more able to objectively evaluate them. Quite the opposite, in fact. 3) I don't know what you're talking about here. I was pointing out that your position is, in my opinion, fundamentally sexist, and that you likely wouldn't have batted an eye had I taken the more popular, sexist view.