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[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think the real point here is that this is the thing you have chosen tofocusing on. You have had so little unfairness in your life that you feel the need to fixate on men being minorly teased.

If you really want fairness, maybe you should focus on the things that are massively unfair first.

Or do you only want fairness for white men?

[-] paultimate14@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Lol you have no idea what I focus on. You're just reaching for a personal attack. Also it's weird that you specify "white" men when I purposefully have not, because as far as I can tell there's no racial component to the word "mansplaining". Are you assuming that I'm white for some reason? I'm not sure if I'm white or not - kinda depends on who you ask.

Bigoted thinking is bigoted thinking, and I call it out when I see it. It's fundamentally flawed. It's bad science and bad statistics and leads to incorrect conclusions. It's the same kind of thinking that eventually leads to bigger things. You cannot in good faith argue for fairness while allowing unfairness based on some arbitrary scale. You seem awfully comfortable turning a blind eye to prejudice when it doesn't impact you.

You're engaging in stereotypes, and stereotypes are harmful. Even positive ones, like the idea that Asians are good at math or women are nurturing.

The inequality people have suffered from bigotry throughout human history is horrible, but that does not justify bigotry against people who resemble old bigots.

You can say "minority teased", but the modern word is "micro aggression".

It's pretty damning that most of the arguments you're using here to justify the word are the same ones racist use to justify using the 'N' word, or any other bugot uses to justify their bigoted language.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

So what do you focus on then?

I mean, in addition to microaggressions against the least impact among us.

[-] paultimate14@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I focus on bigoted thinking.

Who are you to judge which groups are the most or least impacted by anything?

If someone supports trans rights but hates black people I'll call them a bigot. If you support women's rights but hate men I'll call you a bigot. This isn't a quantitative evaluation. Bigotry is bigotry. It costs you nothing to stop using sexist language, whether that's sexist against women or men.

this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2025
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