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In reply to the discussion: Misogynist Trolls Have An Agenda, And It’s Not Lulz [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)This is the mid-beginning of an age where friends insult, injure and humiliate each other -as signs of affection-. Likewise, it's an era of "Me", where "I got mine so fuq you" is the growing standard. The Internet provides an outlet for everything and anything, and no topic or subject is taboo. Note the recently-growing trend of "Trayvoning", where someone puts on a hoodie, grabs iced tea and skittles, and pretends to play dead, to be photographed and put on the internet for "the lulz". It is not meant to protest anything; it's a fad. A child's murder is now a passing fad. -That- is the growing environment in the world today, and it's rapidly becoming normalized, if it isn't already.
The raising a hand was meant as an example, less to be taken literally and more taken euphemistically.
I'm not saying there aren't genuine "Mens Rights" loonies out there who genuinely believe women are inferior or should be treated as if they were, but I'd bet the vast bulk of the "Lulz" folks are not those people.