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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Some nerds get upset that the gender of their favourite superhero is changed and social media swells with a chorus of condemnation of misogyny.
A fanatical young man sets off a bomb that blows dozens of girls and young women to pieces, while an organization notorious for enslaving and raping women takes credit, and we hear nothing about misogyny.
I can't begin to get my head around the reasons why.
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I can't wrap my head around why you think an Ariana Grande concert was a gender-exclusive event. "Only girls listen to ____" is something I expect to hear from my lovely but culturally obtuse grandfather.
There were plenty of young men at this concert, and they have been unfortunately included among the victims. "Attack on an Ariana Grande concert" doesn't ring out as "I hate women" to most people in the same obvious way that "My fave superhero can't be a woman" does, but it's not like ISIS has ever hid their views either. There's no sudden realisation of "OMG, ISIS are a bunch of MISOGYNISTS??" like... yeah... amongst other things. It really just seems like someone looking for something to be upset about and push their personal agenda, which is extremely sad in the wake of a tragedy.