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History of Feminism

YoungDemCA

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4. They're sad, pathetic trolls

Reply to Sheldon Cooper (Original post)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 03:11 PM

Mar 2014

who project their own personal feelings of inferiority and inadequacy onto women. Seems like they make a lot of noise online though, even on supposedly "progressive" sites like this one.

I'll add another one that I've seen: "You complain about women having unrealistic standards for men. But you also hold women to impossible standards of beauty or "hotness."

K&R.

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11 signs you're a men's rights activist: [View all] Sheldon Cooper Mar 2014 OP

wow. twisted logic. they can tie theirselves in knots trying to justify and rationalize Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #1

This is an excellent JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #2

Interesting Stargazer09 Mar 2014 #3

They're sad, pathetic trolls YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #4

it's depressing to see this stuff day after day Warpy Mar 2014 #5

Spot on! nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #6

Yep, that's the MRAs.Frightened children. nt sufrommich Mar 2014 #7

I've got one! I've got one! Squinch Mar 2014 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #9

Great list. LeftOfWest Mar 2014 #10

Click the "DU Rec" button near the bottom-left of the post. jeff47 Mar 2014 #13

Thanks for reminding me to do that. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #14

Thank you jeff47! LeftOfWest Mar 2014 #16

Great list of Ironies! I just wish she'd chosen a word other than the d-bag word BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #11

I just broke the rec button. Sorry folks. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #12

Or.... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #15

Wow, so many of those seem depressingly familiar. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #17

Excellent! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #18

Heh! ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #19

Hah! Very good. Thanks! n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #20

I have to take issue with No. 2 on this list. Seeking Serenity Mar 2014 #21

And yet many more women are seriously injured and killed by male partners than the reverse. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #24

But I wasn't talking about the severity of the problem in terms of absolute numbers. Seeking Serenity Mar 2014 #26

Can't speak for others, but for me it's more an issue of relative size than of gender. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #27

k&r n/t JTFrog Mar 2014 #22

This is pretty good Shivering Jemmy Mar 2014 #23

I have to wonder if this "hypocrisy" is really deliberate and by design. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #25