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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
It's boilerplate Marxist gender feminism, topped with a racist and misandrist bow.
There's every reason for people who feel Marxism and gender feminism are terrible ideas to attack those ideas.
It's also legitimate to ask why the Huffington Post is promoting radicalism of this sort. Either they're too dumb to recognize that this stuff just fuels the far right, or they're happy enough to contribute to the toxic polarization of political dialog in the interests of page-hits. Either way, it's not a good look.
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This is all true. But again, there are ideological publications everywhere. It seems like the ultra-liberal ones are kept to a higher standard than the ultra-conservative ones.
At the risk of repeating myself, I find the reaction to this more concerning than the article itself. There's almost a visceral anger towards what should be a throw-away article to the point where the reaction is completely out of proportion. It's like jailing someone for jaywalking.
The thing that concerns me the most about this reaction is that it is essentially the same mind-set that is pushing racism, ultra-nationalism and hyper-conservatism into legitimate political discourse all over the world. Look no further than the recent US Presidential election for evidence of this. It's also no coincidence that Breitbart and Infowars are so influential on the Trump administration. I haven't read all the responses here but it wouldn't surprise me if someone threw in a "safe space", "triggered" or "snow flake" reference. These blatant over reactions do exactly what you complained about
: it inspires others to do the same and builds on itself.