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    Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
    Yeah, that's a general problem, not one that only men who are accused of rape have. Remember how that American girl who was accused of murder in Italy was guilty for almost everyone because of her "cold eyes"? The courts haven't found sufficient evidence and people largely still consider her guilty, what happened to "innocent until proven guilty" in that case? The reverse where people assume that a woman is making up a rape charge because they like the guy or dislike the woman also happens quite often.
    I did not say that women do not have these problems, I am saying that when men complain about these problems they get ignored and frequently derided.
    And we also can't sleep our way up in companies as often as women can, the world is really unfair.
    Have you ever heard stories of women actually being sexually assaulted, groped, have men beat them at home etc.?
    I'm pretty sure these problems for women are quite numerous while you can probably count the incidents where a woman shouts "he groped me" for no good reason on one hand. Maybe the reason it colours your thinking is in your own head. I've accidentally touched plenty of women in areas one might consider inappropriate while dancing or moving about and not once have I been accused of anything. I also live next to a kindergarten and not once has anyone sent the police here.

    The problem is that the men often come across as though they think they actually have more or bigger problems than the women do, which is simply not the case. Of course there are some injustices against men
    The weight of the problems I described isn't the number, it is the severity of the result and the fact that there is no defense. What do you do if you get that 1 in a million insane person who falsely cries rape? With one word and a headline your life comes crashing down around you.
    Then comes the issue of divorce and custody where women are highly favoured, one session in court and we are stripped of all our money, belongings and even children. But when we express any worry about these things it is always responded with "someone else has it worse" which soothes our fears as well as "women might have a 1 in 4 chance of getting raped but there are starving kids in africa" soothes the fears of women.
    And Osama protested in the streets but became sad when America didn't listen, I assume that makes his little outbursts okay.
    Oh I know, can't compare that, because words ain't bombs, but it's still just a lazy excuse. There are plenty of people who go through hardships or aren't heard and don't turn into bitter, angry people. I also like how I contribute to the problem now.
    Why is it whenever I explain causation people assume I condone the outcome? Of course its not ok, but it is absurd to say the USA had nothing to do with the man he became. Extremism rarely starts out extreme, France, Russia and China all saw legitimate discontent exacerbated by a percieved ridicule and denial of relevance by the opposition. Real or not that ridicule and denial repeatedly pushed these historical resistance movments further and further into extremism and I am saying it will here.

    I'm saying be the better man. Exhibit the lesson I am slowly trying to learn and understand you arent going to gain any converts by answering legitimate complaints through pointing at the craziest members and saying the entire group is like that, you're just going to reinforce their convictions and drive them further into the fringe.

    Wait, what? I don't think Aurini is a nazi, I've just actually listened to some of his thoughts and think he is a complete fool who tries to be a cool philosopher. If you're rating him simply on the way he looks then you shouldn't blame me for watching only 4 minutes in which I didn't just dislike the swearwords but the entire tone of the message and the incredibly annoying and distracting popups of his stupid logo that he uses because he is too afraid to show his face while he has apparently no problem with showing pictures of the people he derides and discredits in his videos.


    Maybe, in the Aurini interview it seems to flash up every time he breathes out, as though it's automatically linked to his microphone input. That he does not realize how annoying, distracting and silly this "format" is in the respective video does not make him look like a great thinker to me, it's part of the overall impression.
    Implying you think he is a nazi was not my intention, it is my impression that the man is slowly pushing his way further towards the political right.

    Sargon of Akkad is has the air of the preacher who aims his diatribe at the choir. My impression is that his videos are made less to combat his opponants but to reinforce his side's convictions and this is depressingly common among... well... everything. As you have shown no matter how much truth he might say it will not be heard by anyone who dont already share his opinion.
    And yes it has occured to me that the reason I listen to him is because he says what I want to hear: "yeah, you're right, these people say that because I like games I am a horrible sexist, they are indeed full of crap" went through my mind a couple of times.
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