You are the making example I'm talking about. Allow me to rephrase. to your satisfaction. Most problems are caused by men. Will that be acceptable? It is not possible to have a conversation without the problems are laid at the foot of men.
I am saying that, at most levels, the world is still mostly run by men and has been for many centuries. So, most of the people that any problems originating from our existing power structures can be laid at the feet of are men. It's just a simple fact of the world.
Would women do better? I hear that since men cause the problems, women will rule better than men. Don't you agree?
You probably want to cast me as the evil old white male, the very aspect of the patriarchy, the cause of problems, the person representing the group that demands oppression of women - you pretty much wrote that.
As it happens, we're only just hitting the 105th anniversary of women getting the right to vote in the US tomorrow.
And how do we deal with the never ending grievance. If you are spun up about something that happened in 1920, it brings up two things in my mind. My ancestors came from Europe, in the mid 1920s. Am I as a white male, responsible for something that happened before my family was even here?
And are you as concerned that at one time, you had to be a landowner to vote? While decrying the oppression of women, most men couldn't vote at one time either.
Some of my female relatives are posting angry posts about how women were horribly mistreated in Roman times. If you never give up your anger, and need to go back earlier and earlier in time to stir up the hatred, you only ensure a never ending sex wars. Miss me with 100 year old outrage bait.
Complain about problems being laid at the feet of members of [group] when members of [group] are not the ones with the official responsibility for the problems.
Kinda like my ancestors fleeing European problems, some years after women could vote, it is still my responsibility because I have a penis.
Which of course begs the question - do we want to actually fix the problem? Ot do we just want to yell at men, and tell them they are evil?
I object on principle to group punishment or group guit.
What you have written so far seems to contradict that statement.
However, there are some pretty disturbing trends in what appear to be the majority opinions of men in this country on various subjects. There is a rapist (in laymen's terms, not in official legal definition in the state of New York by a preponderance of evidence in court, and the exact same actions found to have been committed under that standard would have been considered rape in many other states) in the position of President of the United States right now.
While you apparently have come to believe that Trump being elected is somehow an expression of men's desire to enter into non consensual sex with women, that shows a remarkable lack of understanding the reason he was elected. Despite voters giving the reasons they didn't vote for Harris/Walz.
And don't blame me - I voted Harris Walz. After the election curb stomping where the Democrats continued to be a minority in the house, lost the Senate, and continued to be on the losing end of the Supreme Court, a little introspection might be in order. But the transition to understanding why they are losing has been a bit rough. They understand that they have a real man problem, but aren't actually listening to those who are trying to tell them. You can not mandate your agenda if you aren't in office.
Andrew Tate has nearly 11 million listeners on Twitter, for crying out loud.
Andrew Tate is a creepy asshat. So why are young men listening to him at all? He fills a vacuum. Not in a good way, but wen a vacuum is created, you never know where it is going to go
Males have been told from a very early age they are inferior to women, and in many cases have been drugged into submission. Like my son's class in middle school where the teachers diagnosed every male child with ADHD. Fortunately I went to the Parent-Teacher conference where I was told he was ADHD. He was definitely not ADHD. But when I asked if they had examples, they said they didn't have any, but he was a big boy, and wanted to allay any problems. I said no. If my wife was there, he would have been damaged like so many other males - Yes, Ritalin damaged boy's brains. You can look that up.
My work on Campus was constantly dealing with threats of retribution. Our gender studies major sexual harassment counselor told us very specifically that anything a woman decides is sexual harassment and if the offended woman reports you to HR, you will be fired. She added that in either case, complimenting a woman was by definition, sexual harassment - even saying you liked the woman's earrings. I have no idea how that was sexual harassment, but it was the rules we men had to obey without exception. Ever wonder why young men are disappearing from college campuses - it's around 30 percent male now, 70 percent women.
But back to young men listening to Andrew Tate. People don't like to be continually browbeaten and told they are evil rapists by their very existence. It forms a vacuum.
So if you are in the hated group, and someone comes along to tell you that you are not evil and horrible, and that you have worth, you just might listen to them.
I'm not about to speak up for Andrew Tate, no way. He's toxic AF. But there are others who are just as hated by the far left like Jordan Peterson. He is hated because he brings a positive outlook to masculinity, and will interact with those who hate him. He's not always right, but he doesn't preach hate.
And then there is Joe Rogan. I hear Democrats complaining about Joe. They say they need a left leaning Joe Rogan podcast. They did have a Joe Rogan type at one time. His name? Joe Rogan - Joe even endorsed Bernie Sanders before being driven out of the Democrat's camp.
Perhaps you can still complain and defend yourself against claims that you are a misogynist but, quite frankly, you do come off as a misogynist.
And there we have it - the need to insult. You take any criticism, and turn it into hatred of women. You illustrate the problem of the present moment. No possibility of an intelligent conversation, pull out your big weapon, and declare any disagreement as hatred of women.
Have an excellent day my friend, Never allow a different viewpoint to sully your firm conviction. Peace out.
