As are the very different implications due to objective power imbalance and structural inequality, and the side dish of entrenched entitlement—but otherwise you’re right, not just a dude thing.

You can read, yes? And are capable of understanding that two things being bad doesn’t automatically make them equal, or equally bad?

Did someone say they were?

I think it’s a bit different, though, to vote against your interests when there’s a major candidate who is actively aligned with them.

Trying to equate their awfulness is like wearing a sign around your neck that says “Idiot.” It doesn’t make you sound smart or rational, it makes you sound like you live in outer space.

I think she’s making fun of his obvious disdain for mothers/the idea that mothers hovering at the playground and what not is ruining kids.

Oh, shut up. You’re a bad person, and you’re not helping.

I think what’s interesting about this, though, is how many times “moms” are mentioned. This entire vision of childhood requires that there be many stay-at-home parents present in the same small community. That’s far less likely to be possible now even than it was in the 90s.

I disagree, and don’t feel entitled to tell people to shut up about important sociological issues because I don’t think it’s the right place for their “energy.”

LOL. I’m not sure why you assume anyone who takes issue with his views is by default doing nothing to participate in or improve their communities.

The author of this article didn’t say helicopter parenting is good for kids, though. And the issue she has with this guy’s philosophy isn’t that she disagrees about play.

I didn’t gaslight you, and none of what you said here was my “point.” You feel creepily entitled to continue this conversation, though, so that’s nice.

That’s nice.

And why might that be?

You’re not very sharp. I was mocking “you sound peanut butter and jealous.” You could hear the article?

Well, messed up on the article, to be sure. But you’re either missing my point about the gender issues, or we’re going to fundamentally disagree in that arena, so have a good one.

Women were already sissies, though, right?

Your thoughts on “girls” being separate from your thoughts on “kids” is the problem, though. You reinforce the concept of boys/men as default pretty blatantly, among other issues.

Bro you don’t hate “parents,” you hate women. Go away.

You sound really simple. This article isn’t criticizing the cool playground.