ZK, you can keep trying to convince yourself that you’re a feminist who is an expert on sexism and misogyny, but you’re not. The things you’ve written here show that you don’t even have a basic understanding of it.
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So now you’ve changed your technique from merely misrepresenting my position to misrepresenting my position (I never said I was an “expert”) and saying “The things you’ve written here show that you don’t even have a basic understanding of it” without any explanation for why what I’ve written shows that. You’ve run out of arguments, all of yours having been soundly defeated by me, point by point, and so now you’re just saying, “you clearly don’t understand” with no supporting evidence. Is it not clear to you that you’re flailing wildly and whiffing completely? Most likely the only reason you think you’ve won every argument against Harvey/pri is that you are unable to see when you lose. I didn’t want to make this about winning and losing. I was trying to help you. But your condescension, your misrepresentation of my positions, and your stubbornness make pointing out your inconsistency, your irrationality, and your lack of reasonable arguments irresistible.
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No, a male “expert” on feminism will not understand sexism and misogyny even as well as an “average” woman would. That’s like claiming that a white “expert” on racism would know more about racism than an average black person, or that a tall person who’s an “expert” on the lives of little people would understand the discrimination and experiences better than (or even the same as) an actual little person. That’s purely delusional thinking.
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I didn’t say “average.” You did. You consistently misrepresent my position and then argue against that made-up position. Why do you do that? Do you feel your arguments can’t stand up to what I’m actually saying?
You said that I couldn’t understand sexism and misogyny as well as you simply because you’re a woman and I’m a man. Meaning any woman understands misogyny better than every man. I don’t think very many people would agree with you on that.
I’m not even sure that CA renter from October 31 would agree with it:
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I see sexism and misogyny when other people don’t because they are blinded by the systemic nature of it. It is so accepted, and so much a part of our culture and society, that they don’t even notice it.
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So, if all these people are blinded by the systemic nature of misogyny, then how would the women who are among those blinded by it understand misogyny more than a man who studies it?
