Re:In India, Cows Are Sacred, Women Are Dispensable
by arbus on Friday April 26, 2013 @11:10AM
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Words have different meaning to different people. The Feminism label carries a political context that Egalitarianism label does not and not every Egalitarian is automatically a feminist as you claim.
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Re:In India, Cows Are Sacred, Women Are Dispensable
by EliRivers on Friday April 26, 2013 @11:44AM
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"not every Egalitarian is automatically a feminist as you claim."
Using the definition I gave (which is quite literally the dictionary definition), they are. I acknowledge that many people (in the US) seem to use the word "feminist" to mean "filthy godless pinko commie liberal baby-killing anti-American" (where "liberal" has already been redefined) or some other such politically charged interpretation. That's a fantastic trick pulled by the anti-women (amongst other things) crowd who do wonders with redefining language on a daily basis.