Things that make you go, "Hmmm"
By Rod Van Mechelen, November 2014 - Olympia, WA
In this column I pose questions and raise issues. The purpose is to put a slightly different spin on each item, provoke thinking or give you ideas for how to respond to things. Think of them as "sound bite arguments."
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Bad parenting does not guarantee failure, but it seldom produces success.
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Feminism is a political movement that uses women to promote a progressive agenda.
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White Knight: A man who is sexist but pays loud lip services to feminism to generalize responsibility for his sexism onto all other men.
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Feminists label any expression of male interest in women as "harassment," and that's sexist.
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Slate Magazine's Dee Lockett looked at the "street harassment" video and interpreted men even noticing women ("gawked at me ever so slightly") as harassment. To feminists, men are so far beneath women that we are to avert our eyes for fear of offending their sexist sensibilities.
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Feminists claim anti-feminists hate or are afraid of strong women to silence us, yet many of us prefer the company of strong women.
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I'm a Ron Paul Republican and I hope that the Republican sweep will not lead to more war.
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The idea behind cryptocurrencies is great, but every transaction is recorded while gold and silver never tell.
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Do we really want an establishment Republican like Jeb Bush, who will just perpetuate the same policies as establishment Democrats?
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Feminist Dogma: All men are pigs but only conservative women are sows.
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Progressive MRA Dogma: The war on men is not political.
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Are most of "harassing" behaviors an expression of male powerlessness?
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Is it sexist, as feminists claim, for men to celebrate female sexuality?
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After progressives chased conservatives like Ronald Reagan out of the Democratic Party, they followed him and are called Neocons.
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Sometimes you need to take a wrong turn to find the right path.
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Native Americans discovered Christopher Columbus in 1492, Chinese explorers in 1421, Muslim sailors in 1178, Leif Erikson in 1000, Bjarni Herjólfsson in 986, Hui Shen in 499,...
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Monolithic dome homes are fireproof, tornado proof, flood proof, earthquake resistant, energy efficient, airy yet warm and inviting, and rated to last 500 years.
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On the topic of Turkish President Erdogan's claim that Muslim sailors discovered America, I watched as RT moderators deleted on-topic comments but allowed spam.
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If being an elder makes you wise, then all stupid people have to do is wait to until they get old.
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Out of the mouths of babes come unvarnished truth but those in power value conformity of thought more than truth or real diversity.
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Proof feminism is a hate movement: feminists, who endlessly criticize men, engage in projection to accuse those who criticize them of hate.
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Why do so many mainstream publications carry liars like Amanda Marcotte?
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What I say to women with tattoos: Not interested.
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What feminists really want: discrimination against men.
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Feminists want us to believe that for every rape victim there is one unique rapist, but a single rapist often rapes multiple victims.
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The 2014 G20 Summit in Brisbane agreed to add 100 million women to the workforce by 2025, which will lower wages; good for corporations, not families.
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Feminism is the radical notion that if you say anything good about or in support of men then you must hate women.
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Feminists invent rationale to justify turning male experiences into pathology.
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More than men who love women, feminists hate women who love men the most.
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Thanks to feminism, many female teachers get away with rape while male students accused of rape are penalized even if proven innocent.
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Feminists say, "the personal is political," and later added, "but not for men," because they don't want Mens Rights Activists and antifeminists to get political.
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How I apologize for sexism: Bite me!
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Excuse me while I get in touch with my inner sexist, but am I the only one who thinks that libertarian and pro-fairness women are hot?
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"Our rights come from our humanity, not from the government." -- Judge Andrew Napolitano
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