This is not my personal opinion, I know Gen Z men who voted for Harris. But the voter demographics really speak for themselves, and maybe now people will look at the radicalization of young men as a serious (but solvable) issue.

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    I looked at your image. Let’s say the drug war affects men more than women by imprisoning them. I’ll give you that one. Unfortunately, most men don’t care about this issue. In fact they would probably approve.

    Here’s a related one: prison rape. It’s a serious problem that affects more men than women. Unfortunately, men don’t care about this issue either. If we talked about it we’d lose the election even worse.

    Another male exclusive problem: online radicalization… the infamous alt-right pipeline. This odious trend has reduced male college attendance and made my fellow American men even stupider than they otherwise would be.

    Another exclusively male problem: dating culture disparity. Men are expected to pay for dates despite nearly equivalent earning potential.

    Why didn’t you mention any of that? Instead you’re focused on the one in a million women who are now trans men who are giving birth (???)

    • Flying Squid
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      114 hours ago

      Why didn’t you mention any of that?

      Because men in prison, in numbers exponentially more than women, is a much bigger problem. One that you don’t seem to care about.

      Also, you still haven’t told me if trans men are men, so I guess you don’t think they are. Especially when you said “women who are now trans men” as if they weren’t always men.

      So this is some weird TERF crap. I’m not interested in that sort of bigotry.

      • @yeahiknow3
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        114 hours ago

        Because men in prison, in numbers exponentially more than women, is a much bigger problem.

        I agree, but other men disagree. They don’t care or consider that a problem at all. Have you met men?

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        114 hours ago

        Women who are now trans men weren’t always trans men, were they? Maybe they thought of themselves as women for a long time before changing their mind.

        What a bizarre argument to have in a thread showcasing your lack of understanding for the kind of things men actually care about and politics in general.

          • @yeahiknow3
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            114 hours ago

            You win. Men have lots of exclusively male problems because, uhh (checks notes), I refused to play your Shibboleth game about trans people.

            • Flying Squid
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              113 hours ago

              Don’t turn this around on me. You said something that is some bigoted TERF shit about trans people:

              Women who are now trans men weren’t always trans men, were they? Maybe they thought of themselves as women for a long time before changing their mind.

              Would you say this about gay men and women too? I doubt it.

              You’ve made it very clear you don’t think trans men are men, so I’m not sure why you’re avoiding it now.

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                111 hours ago

                I wouldn’t say that about sexual orientation because unlike gender, sexual orientation can’t be changed, as far as I know.

                Philosophically there are two schools of thought. Either gender is arbitrary (1), or gender is not arbitrary (2). If the former, then people’s gender is entirely determined by their preferences, and it can change. If the latter, then there are factors outside of one’s preferences that determine their gender, which cannot change based on personal reflection.

                Most people believe that gender can change (position 1). Ergo, my phrasing. Trans men are men. (And gender can change based on your preferences). I’ll freely admit I phrased my reply in a way intended to confuse and annoy you.

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                A minute ago you were defending men’s rights. Now you want to have a philosophical discussion about the nature of gender? I’m happy to have that conversation, and I doubt we ultimately disagree, but why? What possible bearing does it have on our disagreement over whether “nobody cares about men’s issues?” When in fact as far as I can tell our entire society is organized to help young men succeed.

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                  112 hours ago

                  You can keep lying about what I was saying, but the fact that you can’t say the simple words, “trans men are men,” has laid your bigotry out for all to see.

                  And lying about what I was saying will not get me to deviate from said bigotry. Not when there are trans people I care about.

                  Trans men are men.

                  Trans women are women.

                  No amount of lying or queerphobia on your part changes those things.

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                    No offense but you’ve lost track of this conversation, and I don’t like playing word games. I feel like you’re pivoting to trans rights (???) despite the fact that we almost certainly agree.