Re:Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis (Book)
by s1artibartfast on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:51AM
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A similar thought I find helpful to internalize is that "hurt people hurt other people". That is to say, any victims are themselves assholes and abusive.
It is important to remember that fair justice should be extended to all people, independence of their individual moral or sympathetic valence.
It cuts both ways. Despicable people deserve a fair treatment, and victims themselves must be held accountable for their actions.
There can be people who are extremely misogynistic - but they can also have completely valid concerns and grievances that make them feel that way. "They might be idiots at best, but they might have decent reasons why they got there." Just ask any dad who has lost his children, wife, and property to an actually-false claim of domestic abuse. Ignoring those grievances, under the hope of trying to avoid giving them any respect, I believe risks actually increasing the number of misogynists because it doesn't address the underlying hurt that many of them may be experiencing, or the cause that will keep repeating itself.