Society/Culture Violence in Society; Who is to blame?

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I was being complementary, I'm an unabashed fan of his work, it's enormously amusing. That he takes himself so seriously makes it even funnier.
In the unlikely event that you are have bothered to think about this, she's not the woman he was before the breakdown though. The only reason I noticed is because I have trammed my mind to observe such changes. To the general public, there would be no difference between pre and post breakdown.
 
Better get used to them then, because sexist sh*t like this is the reason why they're here to stay and are only going to get bigger.

Modern day feminism = anti men

Feminist couldn't give a sh*t about men's issues but we're meant to bend over backwards for women's issues of course. Righto :rolleyes:

And when did men start giving a * about men's issues? It's only recently that men have actually started to give a s**t about depression, suicide and men's cancers.
 

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Mens rights still dont. They hate women much more than they care for men.
ROFL and then by that logic feminists care much more for the hatred of men than women's rights.
And when did men start giving a **** about men's issues? It's only recently that men have actually started to give a s**t about depression, suicide and men's cancers.
What relevance does this have?
 
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An another link between formal political culture and misogyny is made.

This is the type of stuff you'd hear from posters in this thread if they had the courage to say what they really think.

Story here.

Young Liberals at one of the country's most elite universities have posted racist, crude and misogynist comments on social media, describing women as ''sluts'', Muslims as ''degenerates'' and saying all feminists are ugly.

Only days after two Liberal candidates were forced to quit ahead of November's state election over a series of derogatory posts on Facebook and Twitter, the party has been rocked again by offensive behaviour in its ranks.

In a series of screenshots of Facebook messages leaked to Fairfax Media, the Melbourne University Liberal Club members attack feminist and alumni Germaine Greer, take aim at homosexuality, and repeatedly demean women.

Club treasurer Stefan Eracleous describes Ms Greer as a ''lying f---ing c-m guzzling **** … and a union member''.

''She doesn't believe in God. No kids not married … what do you [e]xpect from a melb uni educated former socialist c---,'' he wrote.

He also refers to London as ''the gay capital of the world'' and appears to hit out at Muslims, telling a friend: ''Just be careful of those mussrats. A lot of them are [a] bunch of Third World degenerate c---s.''

The club's vice-president, Charlie Cartney, said in a Facebook message in January that a venue was ''definitely worth a visit'' because it had a Mexican restaurant and an upstairs bar with ''lots of sluts'', saying in another post: ''Get some sluts for me.''

Other members of the group referred to former prime minister Julia Gillard as a ''twat'' and said ''Tara Moss should only be on TV if she is in a bikini''.

The posts are another embarrassing blow for the Liberals - surfacing days after party chiefs warned MPs and candidates to act appropriately on social media - and have fuelled Labor's claims of a broader cultural problem within Liberal ranks.

The Young Liberals and university Liberal clubs often are seen as a starting point for people interested in politics, with Melbourne University alumni including state treasurer Michael O'Brien, federal senator Scott Ryan and federal Higgins MP Kelly O'Dwyer.

The Melbourne University Liberal Club's Facebook page also shows members campaigning for the state election with candidates and MPs, including Attorney-General Robert Clark and backbenchers Clem Newton-Brown and Neil Angus.

Club president Michael Sabljak said he was not aware of the comments until The Sunday Agecontacted him because they were not on an official Melbourne University Liberal forum, but denied the club had a homophobic, sexist or misogynistic culture.

Mr Eracleous refused to provide any comment despite being contacted by The Sunday Age a number of times. Mr Cartney said he was not prepared to provide a response without evidence. Despite being given the relevant material, he still had not commented.

The revelations follow the resignation of two Liberal candidates for the state election in recent days over offensive social media posts. Bendigo West candidate Jack Lyons quit last week after it was revealed he wrote dozens of offensive Facebook posts, including racist comments about people from China and Africa.

Former Young Liberals president Aaron Lane, who had been endorsed as the party's candidate for Western Region in the upper house, resigned the previous week after he was exposed for tweeting a barrage of crude comments which included the derogatory term ''******''.

Dr Lauren Rosewarne, a senior lecturer at Melbourne University's school of social and political sciences, said it was impossible for the Liberal Party to control its message in the era of social media.

''Social media is a very, very tricky game for people who haven't been trained in media and communications,'' Dr Rosewarne said.

She said nothing was private on social media and if candidates or clubs aligned with the party went ''off message or rogue'', the party was responsible for reining them in.

''It's really damaging to the political party brand.''

State director Damien Mantach declined to comment.
 
This whole code business reminds of the hankie code in the old days.
hankysmall1.jpg

There really doesn't seem to be too many degrees of difference between this whole men's rights business and homosexuality.
I didn't know this, learn something every day.;) Silly me, I took people at face value.
 
ROFL and then by that logic feminists care much more for the hatred of men than women's rights.

What relevance does this have?

Read the post that I quoted. It's very relevant
 
I didn't know this, learn something every day.;) Silly me, I took people at face value.
As far as I know it's not used anymore. AIDS pretty much knocked that sort of thing on the head, and the advent of the internet has ensured all fetishes are pretty much catered for anyway.
 

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This whole code business reminds of the hankie code in the old days.
hankysmall1.jpg

There really doesn't seem to be too many degrees of difference between this whole men's rights business and homosexuality.

I feel like there weren't many people who were genuinely 'orange'
it seems like a deciison you'd make when you were horny & excited but when push comes to shove you might regret it.
 

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You think people really aren't voicing their opinions in this thread?
I would like to know where I have supported rape or denied that it occurs. Or some form of evidence that I think white men are "oppressed" beyond the suppression of male views on both feminism and men rights.

The Young Liberals are disgusting. Born to rule *******s. There are your genuine mysoginsts. I have as little time for the right as I do for the left.
 
An another link between formal political culture and misogyny is made.

This is the type of stuff you'd hear from posters in this thread if they had the courage to say what they really think.

Story here.
It's the fact social media is tricky, not that the Liberal party attracts sexist bigots.
 
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yep, found that too.
Guess that doesn't fit the "double standard" story as well though.

While it may be true that she was actually arrested for DUI, I don't think that necessarily detracts from the 'double standard' argument. The support that she was getting was based on the assumption that she was charged for beating her partner with a golf club - support that a man would likely not have received if the genders were reversed.

I don't agree with most of what the 'men's rights crowd' (for want of a better term) in this thread have been arguing, but I think there is definitely a double standard in instances like this.
 
While it may be true that she was actually arrested for DUI, I don't think that necessarily detracts from the 'double standard' argument. The support that she was getting was based on the assumption that she was charged for beating her partner with a golf club - support that a man would likely not have received if the genders were reversed.

I don't agree with most of what the 'men's rights crowd' (for want of a better term) in this thread have been arguing, but I think there is definitely a double standard in instances like this.

She was also getting support based on her looks
I am sure if it were say a woman who looks similar to Rosie O'Donnell, the responses would have been different. In any case, there were 6 comments. I wouldn't get too much out of that.
 
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