• ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca
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    2 hours ago

    I agree with you, but it’s just as incorrect to point at the near 50% support he got in the 2016 elections from the voting public and draw conclusions regarding the popularity of misogyny based on that number alone too.

    • GreenBeard@lemmy.ca
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      1 hour ago

      Is it? There’s a lot of indicators suggesting it’s pretty close to accurate, that’s just one of many. Especially among young men, the abject hatred of women is soaring, and that attitude didn’t come from nowhere.

      • ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca
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        1 hour ago

        That attitude is being pushed by social media influencers, who are in turn (proven to be) on the payroll of the folks who want to return to a feudal misogynistic society. It’s not an organic belief.

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          11 minutes ago

          It’s not an organic belief.

          Does it matter if it’s an organic belief? By that logic I could say that believing in God isn’t an organic belief, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a church on every corner in some towns.

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          12 minutes ago

          Whether it’s organic or not is immaterial. We can’t turn off the propaganda fire-hose, and once people identify with it, deprogramming people from it becomes a generational effort. It’s a bit like the gender wage gap, knowing what the systemic factors are that cause it doesn’t mean it’s not real, that’s just identifying the root of the problem.