I find generally that those kinds of criticisms come from people who have never thought about what it takes to make a real change in the world. They’re revving their engines while they get mad at people who are actually putting rubber on the road.

You made the most salient point but glossed over it:

People are better able to empathize with familiar or similar others. I’m not saying this good or bad, it’s just a fact about the human mind—I can point you to dozens of social psychology findings that illustrate this point. It’s why people empathize more with victims of a natural disaster in the next town over vs. one…

Okay? Congrats?

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Sweet, now I’m free to go back to being a misanthrope dad! /s

Yeah, if people are changing for the better, I am not sure I have a problem with the reason they are changing.

How else can you virtue signal without actually doing anything to help people?

Well these people profess to be Christians so we could maybe point them towards Matthew 22:36-40 and tell them that Jesus doesn’t want us to be dicks. That would be a good place to start.

uhhh no shit. Your attitude doesn’t work to make more men feminists. More male feminists is a good thing, not a bad thing. Alienating anyone who tries to be a feminist but doesn’t live up to your BS perfect standard is not going to change a thing.

it’s silly to point and jeer at everyone who is sleepier than you,

The underlying assumption is that men need to be told that rape is wrong and that they shouldn't need to be told that or have it made "personal" to them by way of a specific analogy (i.e. what is someone you care about was raped). I think it is faulty because (1) no sane person thinks rape is ever OK and (2) the use…

wtf are you talking about. That attitude doesn’t work. At all.

If you figure the world’s population is on a continuum of woke-ness, I really think it’s silly to point and jeer at everyone who is sleepier than you, especially when they’re trying to get better, as in these cases.

bingo

the more I think about it, this article is complete shit. Just bashing people who have great intentions.

The star I just gave you says yes.

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