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No, but he sounds like a complete dickwad. What sort of sane person is against the notion that women should be equal? I doubt his understanding of feminism is m
by antihero 14y ago
No, but he sounds like a complete dickwad. What sort of sane person is against the notion that women should be equal? I doubt his understanding of feminism is much deeper than some garbage he read on an MRA site once, and thus it follows that he's likely to be wrong about a lot of other things due to having an axe to grind whilst simultaneously being an ignoramus.
I mean look at the description of his YouTube channel:
"What is equality? We in the men's rights movement believe in equality of opportunity, that as long as the playing field is level then the outcomes should not matter. The feminists tend to believe that equality of outcome is what matters, that the columns under men and women must match for there to be no more sexism. So what really matters at the end of the day is what you are comparing. Rights or outcomes? This is the foundation of our debate."
So essentially his entire worldview is based on a complete strawman. Skills.
- makomk 14y agoIt's really irritating how feminists insist that anyone who disagrees with their very narrow and totally contradictory views of what it means for "women to be equal" is against equality for women.
- baxrob 14y agoIt is really irritating how people insist on using the term "feminist" to refer to a narrow, incoherent media trope.
- juridatenshi 14y agoSomeone clearly let the straw feminists out of the closet again. HSSSSS! http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=341 http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=341
- antihero 14y agoWell that's a complete strawman if ever I saw one...
- TeMPOraL 14y ago> What sort of sane person is against the notion that women should be equal? What the hell does it even mean? Today "equal" is just a semantic stopsign [0]. His YouTube channel description at least attempts to explain how he understands the term 'equality'. You can agree or disagree with "equality of outcomes" vs. "equality of opportunity", but "men/women should be equal" is just plain meaningless. > No, but he sounds like a complete dickwad. Also, it's still an ad hominem. We should evaluate his arguments on their merits, not on his beliefs. Which we can do after we actually read them. [0] - http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Semantic_stopsign http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Semantic_stopsign
- antihero 14y agoWell exactly, within feminism the issue of what equality is is a hotly debated thing, and even moreso is the way to achieve it. But I guess if he just wants to disregard that and keep hacking at the strawman it's his problem.