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Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:33 PM May 2014

"If you are a feminist, then you are a hater; you are just as bad as those in the KKK."

I've compiled a short list of various anti-feminist websites which have presented a list of quotes from feminists and radical feminists that is now being pushed on DU...

http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t1032041/

Shows how women have become sexist, which make sense since most woman support feminism. Feminism is notoriously anti-white male establishment that has advocated in the past for white male taxes, etc, etc.

Here are some quotes from notorious feminism:


http://markymarksthoughts.blogspot.com/2013/04/feminism-is-hate.html

Here are a few quotes from leading feminazis. To anyone saying that feminism isn't a hate movement, you're full of you know what! Feminism=hatred of men; it always has, and it always will. If you are a feminist, then you are a hater; you are just as bad as those in the KKK.


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Feminism&defid=4837583

Feminism is the radical notion that men are not people.

Feminism dehumanizes men for political gain. Here are some examples from leading feminists in their own words:



http://darkproxy.hubpages.com/hub/The-true-reason-feminism-is-a-bad-word

In modern time we have women and men working together; however, this isn't because women are doing all they can to work hard and prove their equality to men. Feminists have the common attitude that women shouldn't have to fight for everything they accomplish in life, this is of course the way men get around in the work place. Most women are psychologically unfit to handle the rigors of the work place.



http://www.conservapedia.com/Quotations_about_Feminism

Conservapedia is a clean and concise resource for those seeking the truth. We do not allow liberal bias to deceive and distort here.
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"If you are a feminist, then you are a hater; you are just as bad as those in the KKK." (Original Post) Gravitycollapse May 2014 OP
This isn't dying, by the way. It won't be sinking like a brick even if some here want it to. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #1
Could we please NOT link to Stormfront on DU? stranger81 May 2014 #2
In this case it's instructive of how radical the ideas being pushed on DU are and it is appropriate. Squinch May 2014 #5
I must disagree. Particularly with all the other links here, the point can be adequately made stranger81 May 2014 #10
OR if anything, link the site thru "Do Not Link" alp227 May 2014 #16
K&R TDale313 May 2014 #3
Well, I'm a guy who happens to be from TX, and "white" and "cis", and I say no. *I Am A Feminist*. AverageJoe90 May 2014 #4
You can't condense the entirety of Dworkin's work into one or two quotes without context. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #7
+1 nomorenomore08 May 2014 #12
I have not read any of her novels. I've stuck to her essays. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #21
"They were more complex than that. We are more complex than that." nomorenomore08 May 2014 #22
What we are ultimately confronting is a way of thinking and not just an "ideology..." Gravitycollapse May 2014 #30
Very true. Individual progress tends to be just as difficult and haphazard as collective progress. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #34
There are those on DU that claim you can't be a male and a feminist Xipe Totec May 2014 #8
Unfortunately for them, I have a dictionary. AAO Jul 2014 #36
What is your point? Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #6
Pointing out the reactionary nature of anti-feminist insinuations. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #18
These wimps wouldn't have survived 5 minutes... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #9
The Urban Dictionary is an anti-feminist site? Shandris May 2014 #11
Not necessarily. But there's plenty of anti-feminist material there, if you look for it. n/t nomorenomore08 May 2014 #14
Oh I'm sure of that, make no mistake. Shandris May 2014 #15
I more or less agree with you. n/t nomorenomore08 May 2014 #19
Not letting this sink either. NuclearDem May 2014 #13
Kickety. cherokeeprogressive May 2014 #17
Ever notice that to them, equality is anti-male? treestar May 2014 #20
Why should we care what any of those assholes say about anything? nt rrneck May 2014 #23
When your debate partners are white supremacists, you should worry about your position. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #24
I'll keep that in mind. I guess. rrneck May 2014 #25
I did a Google search for the context of the Dworkin quote... Gravitycollapse May 2014 #26
It's really pretty easy to find an extremist in any politial, social, or cultural movement. rrneck May 2014 #27
Please don't link to Stormfront itsrobert May 2014 #28
agreed G_j May 2014 #29
Love the disingenuous comments on this thread-- they crack me up ismnotwasm May 2014 #31
urp struggle4progress May 2014 #32
I can agree with you on Sissyk May 2014 #33
+1 Agschmid May 2014 #35

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
5. In this case it's instructive of how radical the ideas being pushed on DU are and it is appropriate.
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:54 PM
May 2014

stranger81

(2,345 posts)
10. I must disagree. Particularly with all the other links here, the point can be adequately made
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:14 PM
May 2014

without giving Stormfront any traffic.

Boy has this place changed.

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
4. Well, I'm a guy who happens to be from TX, and "white" and "cis", and I say no. *I Am A Feminist*.
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:51 PM
May 2014

For every person like Andrea Dworkin, or Mikki Kendall(yes, I'll admit it: #solidarityforwhitewomen was NOT a good idea. Though to be fair, she hasn't done anything quite as bad, at all, as either of the other two), or Flavia Dzodan, who might do or say something screwy every so often(I'd have also mentioned Hugo Schwyzer, though I don't consider him a real feminist at all), there's a hundred others(at least!), like Laurie Penny, Amanda Marcotte, Dave Futrelle, bell hooks(yes, I can forgive her for being too hard on Beyonce), etc. who have done some good work over the years educating people about women's issues in the modern era. And they deserve credit for that.

And then we can look at historical figures such as Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the Pankhurst Sisters(for all the Britons out there), who were working for equality in past eras. Without them.....where would feminism even be?

So yes, I may be a guy, but I'm still a feminist. Feminism stands for equality(no matter how much MRAs may moan and groan about how bad they think it is.) I stand for equality. Therefore, I am a feminist.....

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
7. You can't condense the entirety of Dworkin's work into one or two quotes without context.
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:56 PM
May 2014

Yes, some of what she said was terribly untrue. But you'd be ignoring an immense body of work by dismissing her because of a few of the quotes MRA types latch onto.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
12. +1
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:18 PM
May 2014

Thank you for saying that. And I am hardly a Dworkin "fan" - though I do acknowledge her intelligence, and her talent as a prose stylist. Have you by any chance read either of her two novels? I haven't, but I am somewhat interested.

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
21. I have not read any of her novels. I've stuck to her essays.
Wed May 28, 2014, 11:06 PM
May 2014

It's interesting reading her and other fringe feminists in an academic haven. Before we were given her work, and the work of people like Valerie Solanas, there was a miniature lecture which discussed these individuals as controversial characters. We were told how it was okay to read and agree with much of what they wrote while, at the same time, disagreeing with the more absurd claims. We were not told they were perfect by any measure. But that's what the establishment wants to believe. That we worship at the alter of Dworkin and Solanas and we thirst for the blood of men.

They were more complex than that. We are more complex than that.

Was SCUM Manifesto meant to be satire or was it totally sincere? I am friends with a biographer of Solanas and even she isn't entirely sure. But the important point is that we can read these writings in more than one way. I can admit, for instance, that Solanas was a violent schizophrenic. But I can also say just as easily that in her lucidity, or even her madness, existed a massive genius.



nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
22. "They were more complex than that. We are more complex than that."
Wed May 28, 2014, 11:30 PM
May 2014

Well said. And I can certainly disagree with someone on certain points without dismissing them entirely. But apparently that's a little too complex for the extreme binary thinkers out there (and on DU).

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
30. What we are ultimately confronting is a way of thinking and not just an "ideology..."
Thu May 29, 2014, 01:19 AM
May 2014

They exist on different wavelengths. Our wavelength is set for the application of critical and feminist theory. We are highly analytical. We have a propensity for doubting the status quo at every turn. We understand that the entire schema of life revolving around humanity has immense complexity and digs deeply into the natural prejudices of human beings and, more importantly, dominant groups.

It's a way of life. We have ours and they have theirs. And that is why it is so difficult to affect any change in their minds. Because, for them, agreeing with us on a fundamental level means doubting and, eventually, abandoning their entire way of life.

I had to go through this process in my late teens and it was insane and fraught with uncertainty and shame and fear. In a way, I'm still going through it because it will be a lifelong battle to fight off what I "learned" from society.

People aren't prepared to go through that. They just are not.

 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
36. Unfortunately for them, I have a dictionary.
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 04:38 AM
Jul 2014

A feminist is a person that is supportive of feminism. Not just women. Persons. Changing that definition is not going to happen. Period.

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
6. What is your point?
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:55 PM
May 2014

Anybody could compile a list of what they consider crazy feminist quotations if they wanted to, just as anybody could compile a list of those lists. Most of us have better things to do.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
18. Pointing out the reactionary nature of anti-feminist insinuations.
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:48 PM
May 2014

Linking to Stormfront, of all sites, certainly helps prove his point.

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
15. Oh I'm sure of that, make no mistake.
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:27 PM
May 2014

But if we're going to classify open-use sites as anti-feminist because people have the audacity to think mainstream feminism isn't something desirable (and a HUGE portion of the population doesn't, including women and celebrities), then we might as well simply list anti-feminist sites as 'any non-liberal website that allows people to post'. I mean by that metric, cracked.com -- often a good outlet for equality in treatment -- is an anti-feminist site because of people who post in the comments.

Like many things, it's the labelling that gets me. I know we as humans are prone to it but darn it, that's how we got so many problems in the first place.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
20. Ever notice that to them, equality is anti-male?
Wed May 28, 2014, 11:03 PM
May 2014

Just proves they believe the male should be superior, period. Asking for equality changes that and is therefore anti-male.

rrneck

(17,671 posts)
25. I'll keep that in mind. I guess.
Wed May 28, 2014, 11:54 PM
May 2014

Since I don't make a habit of lurking in places like that, I guess I'll have to take your word for it. I guess.

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
26. I did a Google search for the context of the Dworkin quote...
Wed May 28, 2014, 11:56 PM
May 2014

And found amongst the top of the results that the list was circulating at various right-wing hate sites. I don't hang out at Storm Front.

rrneck

(17,671 posts)
27. It's really pretty easy to find an extremist in any politial, social, or cultural movement.
Wed May 28, 2014, 11:58 PM
May 2014

It's just what people do. If you are a member of a group that denies that extremism is possible, that's pretty good sign you are one.

ismnotwasm

(41,977 posts)
31. Love the disingenuous comments on this thread-- they crack me up
Thu May 29, 2014, 02:36 AM
May 2014

But then then, I'm easily amused.

I could add to your list easily from DU itself.

Sissyk

(12,665 posts)
33. I can agree with you on
Thu May 29, 2014, 03:22 AM
May 2014

the fact that there are a bunch of anti-feminist websites out there.

But, you do realize by posting a link to stormfront, a White Supremacist Website started in support of David Duke, that you are trading one minority group for another minority group? Is that your point?

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