I mean, sure it was profoundly criminal and morally horrifying, but "a classic"? Come on, this guy's of "generally good character". Barely even a "general danger to strangers". Pathetic really.

Entering a feminist-friendly internet community with that username goes beyond insensitive into morally repugnant. Jesus Christ.

Thanks for putting yourself through all this so we could know about it. I hope you have time to take a break and look after yourself for at least a little bit.

"We can all fight sexism together no matter who we vote for"?

Well, not if the people you vote for systemically shut down women's bodily autonomy, deny us access to basic healthcare and prevent us from marrying the women we love. I mean, excuse me if I don't want those people on my sexism-fighting team.

Sorry I wasn't sufficiently "becoming" for you there, buddy. Anti-feminism is not a psychopathy, it's a political ideology - just as feminism itself is an ideology. Your "quibble" with my language is the worst kind of unnecessary and condescending pedantry: the kind that's not even technically correct.

His aims were explicitly political. He hates women and he wanted to punish them for exercising sexual freedom. Or is the only "political" aim that counts the kind that's directed primarily against men?

I meant feminists and the left, which clearly doesn't include you.

There is a legacy of anti-feminist terrorism in North America, both on a mass scale (as in Montreal in 1989) and on an intimate one (glance even briefly at the numbers of women murdered by current or former partners). Women's freedoms are always the "source" of someone's "frustration". Don't try and remove this white…

Fully agreed. Like you say, this is time for a very serious discussion of what MRA means and how it operates. Joking about neckbeards didn't save his victims. We need to do better.

"On the day of retribution I will enter the hottest sorority house of UCSB, and I will slaughter every single spoiled stuck up blonde slut I see inside there. […] I'll take great pleasure in slaughtering all of you. You will finally see that I am in truth the superior one. The true alpha male."

And Mark, is there any way this could be given the headline space that's right now being devoted to James Franco's selfie? I don't mean to hyper-critical, but there are at least seven dead human beings at the centre of this.

Much though it is really important to put this crime in the context of a dangerous and hateful men's rights movement, can we please put the "lol fedora" jokes on hold and show some respect toward the victims of this act of terrorism? He didn't just post a humorously stupid video. He murdered women because of their…

That's really kind of you. Thanks.

When a person describes their drinking as a form of escape, recounts that it has caused concern within their family, and identifies as an "alcoholic," the correct response is not: "Booze and cake. Yes. YES."

Addiction destroys people's relationships, their families, their careers, their physical health, their…

"Daily use" does not define alcoholism.

Look, as an Irish person whose family has been emotionally, financially and physically ravaged by alcoholism, that's really insensitive and horrible. We don't have "mutant genes". We have a cultural disease.

College Times has been a gross misogynistic piece of awful since it was set up. Its feature "Creep of the Week" chooses an unsuspecting subject and posts all their available public Facebook information on its site, including current and former profile pictures, encouraging readers to "creep" on them. The subjects are…

Well, no, as just wars are fought under the (fragile, I agree) logic of self-defense, and wars of aggression are already criminal under international law. Genocide describes a body or institution attempting to kill large numbers of civilian people because of the fact that they belong to a specific (usually ethnic)…

I'm 22 now. When I visit my boyfriend's family home, we sleep in separate rooms, no big deal. When he visits my family home, we both sleep in my room, no big deal. Both our families are great in their own ways.

Genocide is not restricted to attempting to destroy every member of a group. The UN Resolution you're thinking of (Resolution 260) specifically defines genocide in its second article as an attempt to destroy "in whole or in part" a particular group. It does not include gender as a category, but I see no particular…