A Boring Dystopia

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Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

“as a rule, men are subhuman scum more dangerous to me than wild carnivorous animals”

Lol. No one said that. But the fact that you hear that when women say they feel threatened is very telling of who you are as a person. I hope your wife finds freedom eventually.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Even if 99% of men were not abusers, the 1% that are also tend to hide their malice and pretend to be decent until alone and the woman is vulnerable. So as women interact with hundreds or thousands of men over their lifetimes they will come across these abusers or know someone who was abused and that the system blames victims and the fear is not just about percentage chance of a horrible outcome, but that society continues the abuse.

A bear is a known factor, dangerous but never in a deceptive way and society doesn't tend to blame victims of animal attacks.

Also the percentage of abusers is way higher than 1%. Everyone knows multiple rape and abuse victims, but few people know someone who was mauled by a bear. That is the context for this question.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's clear you are choosing not to understand the difference between what you said and what the question said. I can't save you from your willful ignorance.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".

The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man") instead of the opponent's proposition. Straw man arguments have been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly regarding highly charged emotional subjects.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Well, judging by your levelheadedness here, she obviously has nothing to worry about. /s