Why I am so passionate about speaking out against feminism.

[John V]

Alpha, look. Regardless of what we agree or disagree on, you can't claim to know what someone else believes when they claim to believe something different. You can look at what Bad Wolf said and respond "this is how it sounded to me" or "this is what I think you mean", but when he explicitly says "No, I didn't mean that", you can't just stick your fingers in your ears and claim to know what's really going on in Bad Wolf's mind. It kind of kills the discussion when you claim to have knowledge of Bad Wolf's own thoughts. Let him explain himself and stop asserting what he believes.

When someone says things unprompted, then realizes that those statements may have made them look bad and they say they really meant something different, it's reasonable to put more credence in the unprompted statements.