honestly? likely the latter. lots of white people won't give the same authority to POC that they will to another white person (which is part of the problem). it's a lot like how recently, a lot of men just refused to believe sexism and misogyny existed, despite hearing stories upon stories of harassment, sexist…

cousins, but yeah, they're related.

I don't think anyone's using it an excuse, though

BRO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SHOOTING IN THE US, OF COURSE WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE US.

why are you sending me a (relatively old) UK-specific link when we're talking about the US?

it's actually under 40% — and while that's obviously still a problem, domestic abuse perpetrators are overwhelmingly male.

not you, the OP. that's why I said 'he' and not 'you.'

what does that have to do with what we're talking about?

murdering because of misogyny isn't limited to terrorists/serial killers/mass murderers, you know.

they're allowed to desire them; they not allowed to feel entitled to them.

seriously — I ranted about this on various social media outlets over the weekend, but if your allyship is conditional, and/or something you use to make women feel grateful, then it's worthless. it was never real to begin with.

and you were totally right. I'm swiftly running out of energy to deal with these assholes. you try to deal with them calmly and rationally, and suddenly it's a SELF-RIGHTEOUS / self-hating MISANDRIC MANIFESTO with capital letters SPLUTTERED THROUGHOUT. it must be sad to feel that weak.

don't be deliberately obtuse.

ha, he advocates for empathy — but apparently that's only a one-way street!

no, toward the nigh-incomprehensible screed you were referring to.

No, you look at them and declare yourself again the victim in this scenario.

you were walking in a public area and were assaulted by a man, it is very likely that the man would be attacked and arrested on the spot. If you are at a bar and someone is harassing you, the bartender and bouncers will happily toss the guy out on his head.

do you need a xanax?

yes, I quite literally saw red while reading that. take your pseudo-intellectual bullshit elsewhere, thanks.

because it was a collection of opinions with the odd, easily-disproven 'truth' sprinkled in. like audratallis said, you might as well be quoting glenn beck for all the credibility that article had.