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In reply to the discussion: I dare to write about: Men and Women Today [View all]BainsBane
(53,137 posts)"Usual suspects flinging shit" generates thanks. Calling an abuse survivor an "abuser" gets your heartfelt support, while you lecture those who object to sexism, racism, and victim blaming. That you think feminists believe "all their oppressors are men" shows you have no concept of what any of us care about, which is hardly surprising. Men are not my enemies. Ignorance, indifference, callousness, and those who align themselves with wealth and power over justice are my enemies. I know men who stand up for injustice whenever they see it and women who despise other women as much or more than the worst male misogynist. What matters is not their sex but their soul and commitment to social justice for all. Forms of injustice like patriarchy and racism are in part systemic, but they depend on the complicity of individuals.
By the way, there have been laws against rape since the dawn of the Republic and under Colonial law. That is nothing new. Nor is there anything new about the fact the very few rapists are actually prosecuted or that victims are shamed. That is why only 3% of rapes result in jail time. But you go on lecturing women about tone because really that is what matters, not sexual assault, not pedophilia, not domestic violence, and not misogyny, while tone seems not to matter in the least when it's leveled against feminists or abuse survivors. Apparently the ends justify the means in those cases.
Your support for that cruel attack on survivors of child abuse as "abusers" makes you the LAST person to have any standing to lecture people on what appropriate behavior is. When you think that worthy of applause and someone's restrained anger at being attacked in that way worse than such a callous display of cruelty tells me you are in no position to lecture others. Attacking the most vulnerable in support of the rich, powerful and entitled is not unusual, but the unusual cruelty of that particular statement you found so admirable was indeed a new low.