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In reply to the discussion: The chilling effect of misogynistic trolls [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Again, the symptom to see here is the anger from the people engaging in this subthread simply because I am not nodding like a chucklehead at everything someone points at as misogyny. That behavior is significant.
We have folks with extreme views everywhere. On DU, the extremes tend to go further to the left than to the right. When we have a nutjob repuke stomping around, the community alerts and boots him or her pretty darn quick. We are much more tolerant, and rightfully so, of stances from the far left. But those who hold those stances are also more likely to unfairly label persons of moderate viewpoints as having much worse characteristics. (i.e. Recent responses to my post)
There are two points I find myself defending. One, I question the criticism some people are heaping on DU for refraining from engaging in some sort of progrom to boot people. The current system is somewhat okay in my opinion, even though it is too vulnerable to hacking. If someone can find where fark.com is booting people because they tolerate porn, B&D/S&M, or someone looking with desire at another person, then I'll stand back. I'll bet money that Fark.com is actually dealing with real misogyny where a poster denigrates women, or advocates for infringement on rights based on gender.
Second, a few posters on DU are making a false comparison between the misogynistic comments on Fark.com and what they perceive as misogyny from thoughtful people who simply disagree that everything someone labels as misogyny (such as eye rape etc.) is in fact misogyny.
I absolutely support equal rights for the genders and sexual orientations. What I do not support is demonizing anything or anyone as anti-feminist simply because they find the particular non-feminist obsession unworthy of anger.