Over on AskReddit, someone called 478nist has asked a question that has been puzzling a lot of us for some time: “Why is Reddit so anti-women? (outside of r/gonewild anyway).”
I used to think it was just because the large majority of users are men, but it’s not pro-men it’s becoming more and more anti-women.
Outside of the friendzoned crap, any comment that leans towards any kind of talk of womens issues, equal rights etc gets downvoted to hell so it’s not even capable of being discussed. It seems like it’s an US vs THEM mentality more and more. Was it always like this?
The thread that followed is nearly 2000 comments long, so far, and has gotten written up on TheAtlanticWire. The discussion is surprisingly … good? Not perfect — after all, this is Reddit we’re talking about here — but not terrible.
So naturally our friends in the Men’s Rights subreddit are complaining about it.
The legendary AnthonyZarat offers this thought:
MauraLoona, meanwhile, challenges the premise of 478nist’s question, and thereby challenges reality itself:
Legitimateusername also has a problem with Reddit’s alleged surplus of manginas.
Fuckrpolitics_again just goes with some plain old-fashioned misogyny:
The Men’s Rights subreddit, such a reliable generator of self-righteous poop.
@crumb
You know I don’t even think nwo cares about straight white cis dudes either, he seems to be more concerned about women and children sexually arousing him or any of his other weird issues with random groups.
I forgot his love of self flagellation seems more important than actually doing stuff about perceived persecution as well….
Well, shit, that answers the question.
I’m sure 0.000007% of men on Earth are greatly comforted to have you on their side.
NWO — dude, that’s how logic works. You state your premises, and your conclusion — you can argue about whether the MRM is only for MRM members for example, but you can’t just declare the math itself invalid. Not without redoing the math and proving that it is, in fact, invalid (which would require negating one of the premises in this case).
In other words, Cliff presented a logical argument, and you went all Spot That Fallacy!!
Ad hominem – attacking the arguer instead of the argument.
Poisoning the well – a type of ad hominem where adverse information about a target is presented with the intention of discrediting everything that the target person says
And since this is you and we’ve all heard your “woman is god” shit a few dozen times, at least —
Thought-terminating cliché – a commonly used phrase, sometimes passing as folk wisdom, used to quell cognitive dissonance, conceal lack of thought-entertainment, move onto other topics etc. but in any case, end the debate with a cliche—not a point.
Argument from repetition (argumentum ad nauseam) – signifies that it has been discussed extensively until nobody cares to discuss it anymore
I like the response to NWO on the Atlanticwire: “Literally nothing in this post is true.”
That’s pretty much the perfect response to everything he posts,.
It must really burn him and other MRAs that Man Boobz got a mention in the article and comments.
Reddit is “anti-woman” in the same sense that tomato fields are “anti-potato”.
Wait, first we (well, with Tom’s help) broke Mikey, and now NWO-bot is breaking down too?
Yes, Steele, Reddit does a great job of letting women know they don’t belong and don’t matter.
I do, in point of fact, believe that much of Reddit’s alleged frustration with women is a response to female privilege.
Yeah, I didn’t realize that Reddit was meant only for men, Steele. You are bad at analogies.
“I do, in point of fact, believe that much of Reddit’s alleged frustration with women is a response to female privilege.”
Oh great, Steele is a Mr. Al bot today (last people I discussed reddit’s “female privilege” with was Mr. Al)
Down with vile potato privilege!
Vile potato privilege: having eyes, getting to have sex with any tomato any time.
I just want to make it clear that the Reddit farmer did not plant any potatoes in his field on purpose, OK? Those potatoes should know where they’re not wanted.
@Cliff Pervocracy
I beseech thee and beg audience of the great goddess, Holly! While most assuredly no one dares questions your superior intellect, however, 0.000007% of the 3.5 billion men equals 24,500 men on the planet women have so graciously created. Yet you stated, “There are perhaps two thousand MRAs in existence, tops.”
I must assume you gave this simple mathematical task to an inferior male to perform as women have invented and perfected all the arts and sciences. I will now flog myself for daring to speak without being direcly commanded. May the wisdom of your greatness and the devine feminine in all women enlighten men to accept the leadership of the goddess within all women. Amen.
Potatoes are misandrist.
Really?!! I swear, this is my shocked face!
So now reddit is meant for men? And you changed your tune so fast from “they are not anti women!!” to “well they are just frustrated by female privilege!” that I don’t know how anyone could take you seriously.
@ Argenti
Actually, now that you mention it, has anyone ever seen Mikey and Mr Al in the same room?
Potatoes and tomatoes aren’t even the same species, men and women are though. I don’t even know where that analogy was going. XD
What exactly is the “female privilege” that frustrates the Redditors so?
Expecting Mikey to make sense is misandry.
@cassandra
I have thought of that before but I thought it was too conspiracy-ish……
The strange obsession certainly would make sense and the almost poe nature…..
Vile potato privilege: no one chooses potatoes to throw at failing performers. Instead, they throw tomatoes, which make a more satisfying mess. This is known as Tomato Disposability.