When you are privileged equality looks like a downgrade. - eviltoast
  • H4rdStyl3z@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Unless you think the point of feminism (for example) is to make men second class citizens. That’s just not a thing. It’s a rhetoric created by assholes to get ignorant people on board with their continued grossness.

    I think there may be some radicals who genuinely wish for that, but those don’t represent the entire movement and usually only pay lip service to the cause where it aligns with their personal beliefs. They should be ignored.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I think there may be some radicals who genuinely wish for that

      Those aren’t radicals; those are reactionary trolls who falsely claim allegiance to the movement in order to discredit it.

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      9 months ago

      For a while it seemed like that minority owned the term “feminism”

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      9 months ago

      I’m not even sure the radicals want that. Anger is an appropriate response to oppression. Vengeance is an extreme form of that but I doubt anyone that isn’t truly damaged would be okay with it.