It’s not that people are insulting me. So what? No, what bothers me is that they think “male vagina” is an insult, as well as calling me a pussy, questioning if I am male, telling me to go put on a strap on and fuck whatever I fuck, telling me I have no self-respect because I’m a male feminist, and then liking and retweeting those tweets over and over and over again.
In other words, attacking me is not really the issue (though going straight to ad hominems should be disgraceful, no?), it’s the depths of misogyny and sexism made evident by their actions. I asked one (evidently) woman calling herself an anti-feminist in her username to consider the way women are treated, and she responds with “I am treated like a fucking princess because I don’t date democrats.” So we can add selfishness, along with a revealing reverence for monarchy (American conservatives, monarchists?!? No!) and strange political confusion, inasmuch as I’m not a Democrat/democrat. My heroes have always shot at monarchists!
Keep fighting the good fight, friend. Someday the world’s women will know what you’ve done for them with your brave Twitter posting. I know you’re not doing it for the fame, but they’ll probably erect a statue in your honor. “He was not a pussy,” it will read. “However, we liked him more as a friend.”
And you can’t do a good nuanced discourse in 140-character bursts.
But you do realize you’ll get it from both sides – there are those who in all sincerity will question if a male can ever be a true feminist or if he just is positioning himself to be on women’s good side.
Yes, the format makes it much easier to insult than to lecture, which puts the OP at a disadvantage. One has to be pithy while guiding the blind masses toward the light of understanding. Or just make a shitload of tweets until they finally get it.
I do admire your conviction, OurLordPeace. I myself am discouraged, from time to time, at the tepid response to my own Facebook status teachings, and even the wisdom I impart to this board through my many carefully researched and informative posts.
Like all social networks, the experience is defined by who you associate with on them. Blaming Twitter for the people you follow being douches is like blaming the phone after you call an asshole friend.
