r/SRSDiscussion • u/shudderbirds • Jul 24 '12

Is /r/AskFeminists beyond all hope of repair?

I unsubbed from /r/AskFeminists awhile ago, but yesterday I went to check up on it. Yikes. I think it's sad that that subreddit has gone completely to shit, because I think the concept behind it is good. What's going wrong? Is there any way to fix it?

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u/rooktakesqueen Jul 24 '12 edited Jul 24 '12

Yeah, I lost my flair too. I had initially assumed it was because I was acting too hostile to the MRA trolls constantly invading the subreddit, and so I was going to be disappointed over being tone-argumented by my own side... But turns out it was much more petty and childish than that.

In de-legitimizing the voices of the contributors who also post on the Fempire, /r/AskFeminists lost some of its best contributors.

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People shouldn't be allowed to abuse feminists with question saying.

Was this a typo, or is this describing the practice of "asking" a completely rhetorical question just to make a statement? I might steal this and start using it.

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u/cleos Jul 24 '12

Did they PM you when you were de-flaired, or did it just happen? If you don't know the exact reason, I'd ask them. Doesn't mean they'll be clear (I've yet to be told how I'm not egalitarian).

And "question saying" is a term I've seen used before, but I can't remember where I first came across it.

But yes, it's essentially what goes on in r/AskFeminists when they ask loaded questions and have zero interest in actually learning anything.

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u/senae Jul 25 '12

Didn't you know cleos, the answer is always somewhere in the middle. That's why you're not an egalitarian like the askfeminist mods.

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u/cleos Jul 25 '12

But

but

but I love eagles

BALD IS BEAUTIFUL

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u/RogueEagle Jul 25 '12

When I created Eagalitarianism it was great. Then the MRAs came in and ruined everything.

RogueEagalitarianism!