Why I am so passionate about speaking out against feminism.

[TaraJo]

Maybe because the great majority of not-crazy feminists don't ever see this shit in the first place. I get the feeling you're pissed at feminists and so actively seek out the fringe's crazy shit. Most moderates don't do that.

Actually, no. This is the crap I get from self-described moderate feminists in a facebook group that has nothing to do with feminism. Seriously, it's a skeptic group, but we had a couple of members who turned everything into rape culture and misogyny and it was really irritating for those of us who didn't want to talk about rape all-the-fucking-time! Fortunately, both of them left. One left on her own free will to start her own everything-is-rape group and the other got kicked out when she consistantly had about the worst behavior in the group (and had half of us blocked for disagreeing with her).

Also, it's getting increasingly difficult to find trans circles where I can ask trans related questions without having to be on guard for someone telling me how much misogyny I'm internalizing.

Hell, I'm a gamer and the crazy extremists are trying to take over video games; they've already pretty much taken over video game journalism, since most video game sites are half about gaming and the other half read like a typical tumblr social justice blog. Just go to twitter and look up the #GamerGate hashtag if you want to see what it's turned into there.

I'm telling you, my experience has not been to seek out these crazies; my personal experience has been that these crazies keep invading territory that I'm already in. And moderates rarely, if ever, call them on it. For now, instead of really fighting them, my primary interaction with the crazies is to just kinda laugh at them fom a distance, understanding that they have so little understanding of pragmatism that they'll never be able to make significant changes in the world or society.