I mean, FFS, the very first day I saw that tag in use -- despite being in total sympathy with people trying to point out the huge, virulent flaws in modern masculinity -- I thought, "Wow, this is sure gonna get misused."

But I didn't hate it, nor you for spreading that kind of tactic, until I saw it mutate into #NotAllVegans, just to shut down some poor kid trying to fight stereotypes of _their_ group.

No. Fuck that. Bad meme. No more of this bullshit.

I mean, fight the good fight, do what you can against the patriarchy, but please don't summon demons, goetic nor memetic, to do your dirty work for you.

The whole thing struck me as a scurrilous, "do you still beat your wife" kind of strategy from day one, a nasty and cynical logical trap that punishes people just for joining the discourse -- a discourse ABOUT THEM, so what the fuck, people?!

I should've been louder about this sooner and I'm very sorry.

And if you're one of those baby activists who can't yet even separate criticism of your tactics from criticism of your cause... my desire to talk this out with you is even LOWER than zero.

I'm fucking tired of the purism and self-justifying strategies of "my team," as if just pursuing the "right" ideology relentlessly and exclusively were somehow equivalent to virtue. Ask any Taoist: it ain't.

Granted, I'm biased, a fence-straddlin little chimera here...

@zebratron2084 Pretty much, I feel the 'not all whatevers' is implied and doesn't actually need to be said, and it's only when it goes get said (outside of sarcasm) that I start to get concerned.

@zebratron2084 *Hugs softly*