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> That is my rapist. Having his face pop up on my news feed unexpectedly in any context has the capacity to ruin my day. Seeing him praised in the press is giving me a panic attack.

This is classic SJW (Social Justice Warrior) / Tumblr language. Many within this community genuinely believe a man is raping a woman literally by only looking at her. No, this is not a joke.

For some representative examples of how insane those within this movement are, there are plenty of examples posted on reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/tumblrinaction

I don't doubt this girl genuinely believes she was raped, but I'm quite confident her definition of rape is vastly different than the mainstream definition.



Your language is classic ad hominem and guilt by association. You're not making a reasonable argument at all, you're saying that because you dislike group X, and person A "sounds like" group X, they're untrustworthy. For all of the problems the SJW community has, each post like yours makes them seem more justified.


I don't entirely disagree, I am making a prejudgement, but if you read carefully, you'll see I said "quite confident" rather than "certain".

> You're not making a reasonable argument at all, you're saying that because you dislike group X, and person A "sounds like" group X, they're untrustworthy.

The "reasonableness" of this type of logic varies depending on which "group" you're talking about. Sometimes stereotypes exist for a reason, and some stereotypes are more consistently correct than others.

> For all of the problems the SJW community has, each post like yours makes them seem more justified.

Really? So if someone like me happens to "not like them as a group", it justifies their nonsense assertions such as looking at a woman is rape, or all men should die?

Sorry, I simply cannot take people like this seriously.


What a terrible thing to say. What she wrote sounds like classic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I have PTSD myself and this is exactly the kind of thing that triggers it.

As for the Cards against Humanity game, let that be "exhibit A".


I agree that what mistermann said is wrong. But I find your claim that Cards Against Humanity are any kind of evidence appalling. Does that extend to the whole team? Are all of them potential rapists because they enjoy making those cards? What about the buyers?

Humor is humor, nothing more.


>Humor is humor, nothing more.

What an utterly false, utterly stupid thing to say. If you think humor is removed at all from misogyny and racism you are willfully blind.


Do you care whether he factually raped her or not though? Does objective reality matter more than someone's feelings about their possibly incorrect interpretation of it?


'Objective reality' is not that black-and-white. She clearly regretted the incident and was emotionally hurt, probably because of the way she was treated afterward. She has not forgotten or forgiven(herself?) for the act even years afterward.

But to call 'rape', the actual incident has to be non-consensual. Later regrets don't make the cut.


Twitter/tumblr social justice warriors are a small, loud, and uniquely disturbed group who are only relevant in a discussion of how small, loud groups tend to be taken as representative of majorities.


They're quite an influential group, case in point: Suey Park.


Last I checked, she hasn't converted any of the thunder into lightning.


If she is one, and she imagined the rape, I would consider that relevant.




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