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Comment author: Clarity 04 February 2016 01:43:51PM *  1 point [-]

Why is the manosphere so maligned? It seems it's easier to ban men's rights activists than a whole lot worse people in society. Julien Blanc was banned from Australia for, from what I can see, basically amounts to BDSM and RooshV is widely accused of wanting to legalise rape and has recently been banned from Australia on that basis. I did a bit of snooping and found RooshV's article is specifically about how to stop rape and legalising rape of private property to specifically counter false rape accusations. It's a bad policy, but so is the libel. I'm really curios about why the 'manosphere' is so much more maligned than other social movements, and why anti-men's movements have so much traction?

Comment author: LessWrong 04 February 2016 05:06:22PM -2 points [-]

My thoughts are as always: internet drama, ABSOLUTELY NO (not mis-)communication between anyone, and slippery slopes. I'd add confirmation bias in and put it in the oven although the cake won't taste good.