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In reply to the discussion: Is this blog post intolerant of the transgendered? [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)That DU/GD is more meta than meta was. Purity tests, trying to one up each other over who has it worse, etc and so on.
We are all in a bad way in some form of other, all victims of a system that caters to the few at a cost to the many. The world is filled with injustices regardless of race/religion/gender/etc. Bring up an issue that impacts one group (say men and the courts and custody/etc) and suddenly you are bombarded with others have it worse and you have nothing to complain about (say the same about others and how people elsewhere have it worse though and you get an earful....)
All face some sort of issues and working together to solve them and recognizing that our issues are just as important as those of others is a worthy goal. Sadly around du it seems to have become more of a race filled with accusations from hating one gender, having privilege so you can't have any problems worth discussing, etc and so on - followed up by alerting and trying to hide dissenting views (if you don't agree fully you are a hater).