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Flatulo

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6. I would actually go so far as to suggest that he was indeed

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #5)

Fri May 30, 2014, 09:27 PM

May 2014

a potential poster boy for misogyny.

I must say, though, that this horrible incident has opened my eyes to just how pervasive this MRA stuff is on the net. My son had mentioned it to me a few times, but I never looked at those sites myself. Well, now I have, and it's quite shocking. The bile on those venues is indistinguishable from Rodgers' screed.

If even one iota of good can come from this, perhaps it will be that some light gets shined onto these dark places. This should be treated as hate speech, pure and simple. And speech that incites others to violence shouldn't be tolerated.

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riddle me this [View all] mercuryblues May 2014 OP

i think the trouble with all this is that sexism is personal. mopinko May 2014 #1

its the only form of oppression where the victims sleep with the oppressors. seabeyond May 2014 #9

gloria saved my life. mopinko May 2014 #12

ya. but. we are that good and the youngers are that much better and smarter. fuckin a blast. seabeyond May 2014 #14

Chris Hayes pointed this out too. redqueen May 2014 #2

and you know. it is not like we can stop talking about it. cause it is killing our girls. and seabeyond May 2014 #10

I've been saying the backlash will get worse before things get better. redqueen May 2014 #16

i do too. i really do. i see it with your kids... nt seabeyond May 2014 #17

I don't know ismnotwasm May 2014 #3

again. a week or less. when??? later. even that is going nowhere anymore. you know why? seabeyond May 2014 #11

Who is actually claiming that hatred of women was not the primary cause of his rampage? Flatulo May 2014 #4

read it and weep mercuryblues May 2014 #5

I would actually go so far as to suggest that he was indeed Flatulo May 2014 #6

just to clarify mercuryblues May 2014 #7

I understand. He had quite a few broken parts that came together in a perfect storm, but hatred Flatulo May 2014 #15

this is not a du issue. people claiming this was nationwide. and nationwide attacked that seabeyond May 2014 #13

you know what mercury. a week later and it has reached my two older teen boys, seabeyond May 2014 #8

I hear ya mercuryblues Jun 2014 #18