Saturday, November 24, 2007
Scum Mainfesto:A diatribe of hate and evil, and it felt familiar
I have just read about a quarter of the Scum Manifesto. And already I have figured out a few things. One being that you can't argue with people like that. And this is rather watershed moment for me, because one of my most fondly held lies is just that. That one can talk sainly and objectively about something to anyone. That it is possible to disagree with anyone, without getting your knickers in a twist. Well I have to say my knickers are severely twisted. My teeth clenched as read the vile and pus ridden spew, of a person whose sole aim in life was the eradication of my sex. I was mentally stammering as I tried to think of something ,anything, that could convince a person of such hatred they were wrong. And I couldn't think of anything. It was an overwhelming wave of raw fury filled bile that I couldn't even begin to say what I wanted to say. It was nauseating to say the least, the English language doesn't cover the most. Another thing was I recognised parts of it. Now admittedly I hope no one holds all these beliefs, but there was one or two I recognised. The one that stood out was the pervading myth that men are just crippled woman, that our emotional reactions are not different but rather less then a womans. Well they are not, men have emotions too. Admittedly we show them differently, and they have different concentrations and buttons, but they are still there, different, and unique. Admittedly there is a continuum, some men are emotionally more like woman , and some woman more like men. But just because its a gradient, doesn't mean there isn't any difference. This scum Manifesto, is unmitigated sexist evil. But like antisemitism, we must not only watch for the big Mien "Kempf's, but also, the little jokes the little dehumanising acts. That is also a gradient. And it can be equally sinister.
Labels:
antisemitism,
controversy,
Hitler,
men,
scum,
scum manifesto,
woman
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