thatsalamenceguy:

I get it but I also get why OP is bothered - because if you just ignore toxic people, they’ll end up taking over. Letting evil happen makes you as bad as the evil people. If people just let the toxic social justice warriors take over, they’ll completely make a JOKE out of the movement and no one will take it seriously (like third wave feminism). 

let me get this straight

overzealous feminists who, by and large, just blog about their zeal, are “toxic people” who are going to make the (apparently unnecessary anyway?) feminist movement not be taken seriously

but the alarmingly common dudes on the street who generally regard women as eye candy are not toxic and in no danger of making anything not be taken seriously

do i have this right, is this the thing being said

the OP even admits the world is full of assholes but somehow implicitly concludes that raging against assholes is a bad thing

i am aware there are people who genuinely believe, let’s say, all PIV to be rape. i am also aware there are people who genuinely believe the trails left behind by jet engines to be full of mind-controlling chemicals designed by the government. i’ve encountered roughly the same number of people from both groups.

and i don’t pay much attention to any of them, because it’s pretty fucking obvious that everything they’re saying is ludicrous and no one will ever care

in fact, the only people i’ve seen who act like e.g. the “PIV is rape” mantra is something to take seriously, let alone who are aware of it in the first place, are people like you and the OP who decry all of feminism because it has some loonies in it

do you know the best way to ensure feminism isn’t taken seriously? make a big fucking hoopla about why no one should take feminism seriously

i really don’t understand how you can claim to be so worried that these other people might “make a joke out of the movement” when that’s 90% of what your tumblr is already doing

and unlike the conspiracy theorists, you are a reasonable person, and thus far more likely to be listened to and rallied around

so please understand that from where i’m standing, the best way to get feminism taken more seriously is to shut you down

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