I find it easy to shrug off the far-right loons telling me I'm fat & ugly & will die childless surrounded by cats but far-left loons saying I oppose women's rights, racial equality, LGBT equality etc are harder to ignore because those things are very important to me.
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They know this, of course. They don't bother telling actual sexists, racists, homophobes they are those things because they already know this and think its the right way to be. The accusations have power only if the accused abhors such attitudes & that's what makes it so toxic.
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The other problem is that the words then lose power. If I hear someone described as a misogynist now, I'm much more likely to assume he once disagreed with a feminist idea than that he hates women. This matters because we still need to be able to talk about misogyny.
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Calling out this bullying is necessary and long overdue.
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Excellent piece. I remember the "Requires Hate" person very well, b/c I was active in the LiveJournal community. Too bad she didn't touch on Shakesville, with Melissa McEwan
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This was a great piece by
@CathyYoung63 I wax highly impressed. I am also more likely to question the so called SoJux advocates because so few doThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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