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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 6868247" data-attributes="member: 23751">I took one look at the heading with white terrorists in it and the tone of the first few paragraphs and clicked close.&nbsp; Had the hyperbole and attacks against all men not been in there, I would have read the whole thing.&nbsp; That sort of language drives away a lot of people who would otherwise be interested.It's not wrong or even bad to be defensive when attacked.&nbsp; Her attack on &quot;all men&quot; warrants a defense of &quot;not all men.&quot;&nbsp; It doesn't make her wrong for speaking out, but any distraction caused by men being defensive can be traced back to her generalized attack.She can use strong language to get her point across without attacking people who are innocent.&nbsp; There would be a lot less distraction and a lot more support if she had done that.Human nature is human nature.&nbsp; We defend ourselves when attacked.&nbsp; The best way to avoid that is not to attack people.&nbsp; She was attacked and so she is defending herself.&nbsp; However, she in her response is attacking innocent men and so they are defending themselves.&nbsp; Yes, it's a distraction, but it's not one that is going to go away so long as she keeps attacking the wrong people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 6868247, member: 23751"] I took one look at the heading with white terrorists in it and the tone of the first few paragraphs and clicked close. Had the hyperbole and attacks against all men not been in there, I would have read the whole thing. That sort of language drives away a lot of people who would otherwise be interested. It's not wrong or even bad to be defensive when attacked. Her attack on "all men" warrants a defense of "not all men." It doesn't make her wrong for speaking out, but any distraction caused by men being defensive can be traced back to her generalized attack. She can use strong language to get her point across without attacking people who are innocent. There would be a lot less distraction and a lot more support if she had done that. Human nature is human nature. We defend ourselves when attacked. The best way to avoid that is not to attack people. She was attacked and so she is defending herself. However, she in her response is attacking innocent men and so they are defending themselves. Yes, it's a distraction, but it's not one that is going to go away so long as she keeps attacking the wrong people. [/QUOTE]

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