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RE: So did Atheism + bite the dust?
February 10, 2015 at 11:50 pm
(February 10, 2015 at 9:17 pm)Irrational Wrote: To this day, I have yet to meet such a feminazi that you guys keep referring to, whether in person or online or in the media. Where can I spot one?
I had an encounter with one on Adam Lee's Daylight Atheism blog. She bandied terms like "gender genocide" (referring to American society!) and got very angry when I pointed out that genocide has a specific meaning, and unless we're actively plotting as a society to kill women she was wrong.
It was my only contact with such a creature, and may that please remain the case, because it was like debating a theist, when the audience feels ashamed of acknowledging atheist points.
I still dislike the term "feminazi", though. It's an obvious appeal to emotion, designed to muddy the waters.
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RE: So did Atheism + bite the dust?
February 11, 2015 at 12:11 am
(February 10, 2015 at 11:50 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I still dislike the term "feminazi", though. It's an obvious appeal to emotion, designed to muddy the waters.
It's pretty much Godwin's law.
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RE: So did Atheism + bite the dust?
February 11, 2015 at 1:10 am
(February 11, 2015 at 12:11 am)Irrational Wrote: (February 10, 2015 at 11:50 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I still dislike the term "feminazi", though. It's an obvious appeal to emotion, designed to muddy the waters.
It's pretty much Godwin's law.
Which, if I were smarter, I would have mentioned a few pages ago.
Thanks for the shortcut, bud.
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RE: So did Atheism + bite the dust?
February 11, 2015 at 3:44 am
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(February 10, 2015 at 9:17 pm)Irrational Wrote: To this day, I have yet to meet such a feminazi that you guys keep referring to, whether in person or online or in the media. Where can I spot one?
Try looking for a woman with hair dyed an unnatural colour or an extreme hairstyle, possibly overweight, most probably unnattractive, big earings and bright lipstick. That would be the stereotype.
(February 10, 2015 at 11:42 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: The problem with the term "feminazi" is that it associates feminism with nazism.
Just like how the term 'grammar nazi' associates people who correct grammar, with nazism?
I think not.
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RE: So did Atheism + bite the dust?
February 11, 2015 at 6:19 am
(February 11, 2015 at 3:44 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: (February 10, 2015 at 9:17 pm)Irrational Wrote: To this day, I have yet to meet such a feminazi that you guys keep referring to, whether in person or online or in the media. Where can I spot one?
Try looking for a woman with hair dyed an unnatural colour or an extreme hairstyle, possibly overweight, most probably unnattractive, big earings and bright lipstick. That would be the stereotype.
Doesn't sound so bad to me.
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February 11, 2015 at 9:37 am
(February 11, 2015 at 6:19 am)Irrational Wrote: Doesn't sound so bad to me.
Also forgot to mention, loud and shouty with a tendancy to throw temper tantrums and a wicked blood lust for any man that doesn't bow at their feet.
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RE: So did Atheism + bite the dust?
February 11, 2015 at 9:44 am
Because I don't know the context of the gif above me, I don't have any feelings about it. The woman is attractive and angry. So what? Attractive women can get pissed off too. Is there a back story to her anger or is the fact that she is pissed off somehow offensive?
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RE: So did Atheism + bite the dust?
February 11, 2015 at 9:46 am
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(February 11, 2015 at 9:37 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: (February 11, 2015 at 6:19 am)Irrational Wrote: Doesn't sound so bad to me.
Also forgot to mention, loud and shouty with a tendancy to throw temper tantrums and a wicked blood lust for any man that doesn't bow at their feet.
Men do that all the time, way more than any outspoken feminist. How come they don't get treated as harshly by critics as she was?
I've seen that video of her some few months back. I wouldn't consider her to be a feminazi, just someone fighting for her right (and other women) to be treated on the same level as men. She never said she hated all men or that they are all rapists (as far as I know).
And yes, patriarchy is a legit problem for feminists, like it or not.
(February 11, 2015 at 9:44 am)Nope Wrote: Because I don't know the context of the gif above me, I don't have any feelings about it. The woman is attractive and angry. So what? Attractive women can get pissed off too. Is there a back story to her anger or is the fact that she is pissed off somehow offensive?
Glad you pointed out the fact that this is out of context.
Reason for her anger: She was provoked to anger by a group of MRA guys misrepresenting her views and pretty much just trying to get on her nerves to make her look bad.
Here's a video to view for context.
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RE: So did Atheism + bite the dust?
February 11, 2015 at 9:59 am
(February 10, 2015 at 11:50 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: (February 10, 2015 at 9:17 pm)Irrational Wrote: To this day, I have yet to meet such a feminazi that you guys keep referring to, whether in person or online or in the media. Where can I spot one?
I had an encounter with one on Adam Lee's Daylight Atheism blog. She bandied terms like "gender genocide" (referring to American society!) and got very angry when I pointed out that genocide has a specific meaning, and unless we're actively plotting as a society to kill women she was wrong.
It was my only contact with such a creature, and may that please remain the case, because it was like debating a theist, when the audience feels ashamed of acknowledging atheist points.
I still dislike the term "feminazi", though. It's an obvious appeal to emotion, designed to muddy the waters.
I used to belong to a feminist forum and for the most part I enjoyed my time there; however, it irked me that there were some posters(not all) who refused to acknowledge that traditional male/female roles hurt men also. The particular woman you spoke with sounded nutty. Using extreme, emotional laden terms only makes someone's cause seem less serious. People focus on the words like, genocide or nazism and no longer hear what the speaker is actually saying.
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RE: So did Atheism + bite the dust?
February 11, 2015 at 10:11 am
(February 11, 2015 at 9:59 am)Nope Wrote: I used to belong to a feminist forum and for the most part I enjoyed my time there; however, it irked me that there were some posters(not all) who refused to acknowledge that traditional male/female roles hurt men also.
Exactly. Patriarchy hurts me as a man, too. Hence why I support feminism.
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