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In reply to the discussion: #NOTALLMEN: How Not to Derail Discussions of Women's Issues [View all]Shandris
(3,447 posts)If a man were to tell me he 'hates women', would I think he means all women? Or would I think he meant a select group?
If a man came up to me and told me that 'women are just gold-diggers', would I think he meant some women, but not all? Or would I think he was a misogynist who was actively telling me the truth about how he felt? If a man said 'Muslims just want to kill people', would I think he meant a small group of Muslims? Or would I think that he was the kind of person prone to attacking innocent people simply because they share a religion with certain other individuals? Furthermore, if a Muslim were to walk up at that very moment and get irate, would I tell them to shut up because they were distracting from an important conversation about Muslims?
I can't answer those questions for anyone but myself, but I'd be thinking 'Misogynist, misogynist, Muslim-hater, and hell no'.