I lol’d. Well done.

This is almost comically self-destructive. They are just determined to cut their noses off to spite their faces— and screw everyone back to the 19th century while they’re at it. If it isn’t immediately furthering their bible-thumping, isolationist, self-serving agenda they simply can’t see the advantage in it. And…

Jesus. They’re not even pretending any more. I have a feeling we’ll be complaining much less about dog-whistle racism in the next four years :/

Isn’t it though? Some of the comments on here are staggeringly heartless.

Holy shit. That is so messed up. I mean, talk about going out of your way to absolve participants. Seriously, you either believe in the death penalty or you don’t. I get that the individuals might not be in favour but...it seems like the state should at least have the courage of their convictions.

True. I imagine a lot of it comes down to the network and what they are each allowed to do/get away with. It seems like if you come on Graham’s show you better be up for a laugh.

It would be too honest. In the Foucauldian nightmare that is state-sanctioned killing, it needs to appear as clinical as possible. You hide the brutality behind bureaucracy so that the veneer of order and control isn’t disrupted. Guns would shatter the illusion that this is anything other than vengeance and undermine…

Graham is actually Irish. Maybe that’s something to do with the difference in their styles?

True. They need to do something because feminism isn’t going away. We won’t go backward to make them feel better. But I feel comfortable guessing that those men who do step up will encounter massive resistance from those totally content in the patriarchal bubble.

In no way did I intend to imply that men were equally harmed by patriarchy. They suffer blowback in the ways described above; we are dehumanised entirely. I’m with the 3rd-wavers in that I think the patriarchy fucks us all in the end. However, the pain is not felt equally along the way and I did not mean to suggest…

It’s just all so exhausting. There’s an ongoing discussion in my country at the moment about men’s suicide rates and what we should do about them. Those looking to blame someone have been pointing the finger at the feminist movement for not celebrating young men, “claiming that all men are rapists” and creating a…