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wildeyed

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11. It's interesting how racism and misogyny are so interconnected.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Mar 28, 2017, 02:04 PM

Mar 2017

Black men are predators and women are things to be controlled. The violence that results is such a tragedy.

They are using the same line of reasoning in NC with the crazy bathroom bill. They argue that women need to be protected from trans predators, despite zero evidence that they exist. If there is violence in bathrooms, it is usually straight men assaulting trans people.

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Harris wanted to "make white women rethink interracial relationships" [View all] Recursion Mar 2017 OP

Yep. sheshe2 Mar 2017 #1

Testosterone poisoning - WTF w/ men being angry about not getting a woman?!? Just like that Dylan bettyellen Mar 2017 #3

I was just thinking the same thing. One more asshole who thinks he's owed women's bodies Squinch Mar 2017 #5

Big on the alt right, Spencer etc also lunasun Mar 2017 #2

I share your anger. brer cat Mar 2017 #4

It's not a new script, either Recursion Mar 2017 #6

We either provoke it brer cat Mar 2017 #7

Women aren't livestock Ellen Forradalom Mar 2017 #8

He's angry because he isn't getting any. murielm99 Mar 2017 #9

The Victim Timothy Caughman's Twitter Page is Worth Checking out JI7 Mar 2017 #10

The wildflower post broke my heart a little bit. wildeyed Mar 2017 #12

It's interesting how racism and misogyny are so interconnected. wildeyed Mar 2017 #11

This crime is so illogical even for a white supremacist. kwassa Mar 2017 #13