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[seasleepy]

<bang. head. on. keyboard.> I really should know better than to try to argue on Digg about anything relating to male privilege. (Especially when they're attempting to use that privilege to reinforce negative stereotypes about themselves. Way to be entirely idiotic, wannabe frat boys!!)

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[velda.livejournal.com]

ive learned to try as hard as possible not to comment on digg. Kind of odd to say, but i miss /.

These days i can only handle digg when its cut down to just technology and science.

Im curious as to what they are doing to reinforce their own bad stereotypes tho.

[seasleepy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I've had this sort of "AAAUGH" reaction enough times already. I really need to learn to just ignore the comments on there. /. drives me batty at times (pretty much whenever "women in CS/IT/science/etc" comes up), but at least there the moderators tend to be reasonably sane.

Here's a link (http://digg.com/educational/Pitzer_Masculinists_No_name_change_Will_re_apply_for_funds) to the thread. Basically this guy decided all the clubs on campus were too earnest for him and he didn't have any to hang out with and that his interests as a heterosexual male weren't being represented on campus (...seriously), and so he decided to start a Masculinist Club to drink beer and talk about sports. And he is shocked, shocked that a) people are a bit upset with him and b) the university doesn't want to fund his club.

[velda.livejournal.com]

hah, lame.

I dont know if im surprised no one else on digg had the vision to see your point, or if im just resolved that anyone with that much common sense doesnt bother to read the comments on the post or the post itself.

[ascian.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I spent about two minutes in that thread and made a wholly relieving discovery; masculinism annoys the shit out of me exactly as much as, and in exactly the same way as, feminism. I was really worried it was in some way unconsciously connected to my having a dick, but it looks like it's just the modus operandi that I find infuriating.

Note that there are many feminists I <3, and that I believe rational, empathetic, and responsible feminism and masculinism can/do exist, but the movements as a whole can go get fucked as far as I'm concerned. Too intolerant, too illogical, too smug. Give me humanism (which I'd like to get a head-start on calling sentientism before the UFOs land) or give me death.