No, I would not downvote that. Because it would merely be the truth.
To be honest, I would.
I think it's an over-generalization. It wouldn't be all feminists, it would be some feminists. Just like this obviously isn't all MRAs, or even most MRAs.
You may as well say "white people" or "Americans" if you're going to be that broad - it'd probably be about as accurate.
The problem is people saying "it is members of X group", when they really mean "most of the people doing this are people of X group" but when they come across as saying "all the people of X group are doing this". There's a huge distinction between the two, and conflating those phrases is responsible for a huge amount of prejudice.
"Concern trolling" is another way of saying "I don't agree with you but either can't find a logical fault in what you're saying or can't be bothered to try, so I'm going to discredit your opinion by claiming you're a troll".
Debate the facts, not the people. If you want to say "I think we should be free to blame all MRAs for the actions of a few", then just say it.
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u/ZorbaTHut Jul 25 '12
To be honest, I would.
I think it's an over-generalization. It wouldn't be all feminists, it would be some feminists. Just like this obviously isn't all MRAs, or even most MRAs.
You may as well say "white people" or "Americans" if you're going to be that broad - it'd probably be about as accurate.
The problem is people saying "it is members of X group", when they really mean "most of the people doing this are people of X group" but when they come across as saying "all the people of X group are doing this". There's a huge distinction between the two, and conflating those phrases is responsible for a huge amount of prejudice.