eg “not all men” weirdos
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Edit: to further clarify the example above since it set off some brainworms, this can be seen when people respond to discussions about patriarchy and the way it shapes toxic masculinity with defensive “not all men” statements.
When we discuss systems, we are aware that not everyone who has privilege within them internalizes it the same way.
Men are not somehow evil. Masculinity is not somehow evil. Feminism is about liberation of everyone from patriarchy. The issue is that you can wind up needing to “protect” or cater to very fragile expectations of individuals and that can sometimes wind up recentering discussion on purely men and their feelings about patriarchy.
That is an important aspect of the discussion, but it cannot be the only one. Given that one of the patriarchal behaviors that many men are taught is to talk over anyone who is not a man, space must be intentionally created for others.
Anyway, this would be better covered in a dedicated effort post on feminism and positive masculinity.
This is however a meme featuring Josie and the pussy cats with a comments section that proves the meme is accurate lol
"everyone is telling me i'm being a piece of shit by airing my terrible opinions!
...they all must be wrong about everything because only I can be right about things :blob-no-thoughts: "
No one had done anything but call me names and misconstrue my arguments.
It's not being horrible to say conservatives are people too, and that they can have revolutionary potential. Sometimes even moreso than someone who considers themselves progressive.
Do you think everyone in the Russian Revolution was "progressive" even by the days standards?
That's my main point of annoyance.