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Cherry picking incidents involving the actions of disturbed individuals to attempt to smear a multifaceted movement is intellectually dishonest. That's like cla
by nthrow 13y ago
Cherry picking incidents involving the actions of disturbed individuals to attempt to smear a multifaceted movement is intellectually dishonest. That's like claiming all Muslims are terrorists because some Muslims are.
- DanBC 13y agoMRA at this time is strongly linked to wingnuts. That is not to say there there is no benefit to considering the rights of men or the problems that men face with issues like violent attack or custody disputes.
- detcader 13y ago"Disturbed individuals"? Did you read the articles? The people being describes are the leaders of the "movement", like Elam. The "movement" obviously encourages the behavior being described -- meanwhile, groups like CAIR work hard to address the popular image of the terrorist Muslim. Where is the CAIR of "men's rights" I wonder
- nthrow 13y agoThere are some Muslim leaders that express disturbing things as well. Once again, this does not make them the voice of mainstream Islam. If you actually visit a large men's rights community, like http://reddit.com/r/mensrights http://reddit.com/r/mensrights, you'll find that some women participate in discussion as well and the men are not the rape-happy bugaboos that many paint MRAs in general to be.
- detcader 13y agoOh hey look the top story is someone "cherry-picking" a paragraph from an article one person wrote, about rape. Glad I took the time to visit
- nthrow 13y agoIt's almost as if movements in general - feminism and the men's rights movement included - are prone to partisan sensationalism.
- detcader 13y agoI'm confused; "feminism" isn't a singular movement at all
- nthrow 13y agoMainstream segments of the movement, if you will. The mainstream of any movement is where a sense of tribal identity emerges that's likely to engage in partisan disparagement of other movements seen as opposition.
- theorique 13y agoFYI, CAIR is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. It's a dangerous organization.