He's not trolling (at least not in this thread), and he does make some good points, whether you agree or disagree.
That said, @Redrain, please don't resort to name calling or otherwise make assumptions about others, and keep it civil. It IS possible to present an opinion in a non-attacking way, as well as agreeing to disagree. Thanks.
That said, @Redrain, please don't resort to name calling or otherwise make assumptions about others, and keep it civil. It IS possible to present an opinion in a non-attacking way, as well as agreeing to disagree. Thanks.
You're right that read, my words definitely sound meaner and more demeaning than I intend them to be.
I"ll definitely tone things down.
But I do want to bring up a point.
Why is it that a poster can pretty much say anything and assume anything about a group of people without coming off as overly hostile, but they can't say those same things about a specific other poster?
I've definitely said some things and made some assumptions about the people I disagree with that offended them. But are the things I've said about any poster any worse then some of the things some posters have said and assumed about women and the men who disagree with them?
Honestly, if I described any individual poster the same way they describe women as a group and feminists in particular I would understand completely if I was banned for life.
They call the women they don't like everything from delusional to secretly miserable.
They call the men who don't agree with them simps and idiots.
My mother and sisters are women. I, my father and brothers are all men who don't agree with them.
Yet there is something worse and more personally insulting about me saying they clearly don't like women and have given up without trying than their describing women as deluded fools and the men who don't agree with them, including me, as simps?
I mean I didn't say word one when these guys called me a simp, secretly a woman and decided that it was impossible that more than one person could disagree with them so I must be the same guy on multiple accounts.
But the second I said that they didn't seem like they liked women very much and were jusr coming up with excuses not to try, that was hitting below the belt?
I hate to say it, but I think the problem is that a lot of the guys who blame women and society for their hangups with women are just too damn sensitive!
Seriously, all I said was that they don't seem to like women very much, just making excuses and probably not contributing that much to society.
Were the assumptions I made about you really all that worse than you calling me a simp, gaslighter, secretly a woman, and/or just one guy with a bunch of different accounts?