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I think at this point we can agree to disagree on TAA. Riding the bus earlier I was thinking of asking you 'Do you like Bill Burr?' and I realized that if you happened to dislike ol' Billy red tits there were many reasons to feel that way which correlate directly with my criticism of TAA. If you can respect the reasons I have to dislike TJ I'm fine respecting that you just like the guy because he makes your day brighter. I can't argue with that because goddammit there has to be some subjective sunlight in this toxic fucking world.

I guess the big question on my mind is: Do you think the young women who are fixated on making video games the best platform to broadcast their ideology represent feminism as a whole? I'm not being facetious, I'm genuinely asking: Is there such a thing as a mature, considerate and positive feminist in your world?

The reason I ask is to clarify what is a feminist to you, and what is a feminist to me.

I think being a feminist is something you earn, because I respect the term as something mature, something necessarily female that nonetheless goes beyond gender. I think what I consider a feminist should be the standard that women follow because it represents good, introspective and assertive qualities that go above and beyond masculine or feminine ideals and indicate that someone is thoughtful and ready to criticize basic ills that western society as a whole takes for granted. I source this from my sisters mostly.

Going further, do you accept that Muhammad, who was a 50 year old fucker of children (in my Pro-Islamic POV), nonetheless said enough good that Muslims as a majority would rather employ those 'good' writings than abuse the 'bad'?

I want to thank you for indulging me with Essay format because I genuinely find point form hard to read.

Furthermore, based mostly on what Manco just posted (I trust Manco as an intelligent character), are you willing to accept that the academic, introspective side of feminism goes well beyond the obtruse characters you've encountered on and off the internet? That is, do you think your personal bias may have been shaped in regards to people who were themselves biased?

I disagree with the idea that Feminism is about some kind of auto-perpetuating victim complex. I think it's about examining what women can do to influence culture in a deliberate way as completely as men do, while still gestating a culture that is independent from Male-dominated systems of criticism.

At no point did I think you were alluding to me being a pig, Nepsotic. That might surprise you, or it might not, but my reasoning was that I don't really consider myself a Feminist anyway. I see women as equals, but acting like I have some grasp on how they feel about Feminism is poppycock: when you get down to the reasons people have behind backing an ideology you will inevitably find something totally alien to your understanding that doesn't collude with your perspective in the first place. I simultaneously believe it's very positive as a tool or empowerment and woefully misunderstood as an excuse to whinge about one's own study habits.

Anyway, I need sleep again. I'm liking this conversation and Nepsotic more and more though, without implying some kind of meaningless Pyrrhic victory, because I think you're employing your perspective more and more effectively and I can respect that.