We need to talk about misogyny

[Squinch]

50. There are two things I am amazed about in the coverage and discussion of this event:

First, the insistence of MANY posters that this murderer's motivations are really kind of understandable and that he is just sad and misguided because of the evils in his world (which equals women) and the fact that "no one would listen to him!"

And second, the dismissive anger of many posters to the idea that this event highlights the need to discuss misogyny and how it is spread, or the idea that this even has anything to do with misogyny.

My other favorite approach to this issue is: "So what's YOUR solution! Talking about his hatred for women doesn't prevent him from killing people, so therefore you are stupid to talk about it. Unless you have the magical cure for this problem (you know, the one we see all around us), you are stupid to talk about it." This is usually accompanied by some smarmy self-righteous superiority trip on the part of the speaker.

There's a lot of sick out there. And right here at DU home for that matter.