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mk  ·  3485 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas

That's not my personal experience with feminists.

It is a fallacy to apply a definition over evidence, but that's not what I am suggesting. I am suggesting that in order to speak of a group in a meaningful way, you need to define that group in some manner. It is also fallacy to generalize your own experience as a definition, especially when it runs counter to that of others. I can imagine that you have had a certain kind of experience with feminists, but your experience is different than my own.

To me, it's not surprising. Every 'ism' that is widely practiced and espoused is muti-faceted and has contradictory elements. It's human nature.