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applegrove

(118,677 posts)
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:05 PM Dec 2017

Alt-right women are upset that alt-right men are treating them terribly

RACHEL LEAH at Salon

https://www.salon.com/2017/12/04/alt-right-women-are-upset-that-alt-right-men-are-treating-them-terribly/

"SNIP..........

By the end of the thread, McCarthy made it clear that these trolls are part of the "alt-right." "The problem I'm stating here is not that 'there are trolls on the internet' but that people who proclaim to be on our side are trying to tear down women in our in-group," she wrote.

Another self-described "conservative woman" also had a problem with her movement's underlying culture. In a video titled, "Why I'm Not Married," Lauren Southern responded to the backlash she received for pushing "traditional family values" and trying to tear down feminism — while not turning into a baby-making machine, herself.

"I am not trying to sell the idea that myself, as a 22-year-old, needs to be married right now for the sake of traditionalism and not being a degenerate," Southern said in a YouTube video. "What is also just completely shocking to me is the utter lack of understanding of nuance."

Southern said that women should be able to choose their own life path and not be attacked for it, which sounds like what women have been shouting for a few decades now.


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Alt-right women are upset that alt-right men are treating them terribly (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2017 OP
"Ethno Nationalist" is a synonym for what? irisblue Dec 2017 #1
this line sums it all up mercuryblues Dec 2017 #2
She Doesn't Want to Be Treated the Way She Wants to Treat Others Leith Dec 2017 #3
d'oh Achilleaze Dec 2017 #4
Wow, reading that article almost made my brain split in two. crosinski Dec 2017 #5
What the f#$% did they expect? CanonRay Dec 2017 #6

irisblue

(32,980 posts)
1. "Ethno Nationalist" is a synonym for what?
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:18 PM
Dec 2017

From the article.SNIP..."Women in the Alt Right are constantly harassed by low status anonymous trolls trying to put us in our place.
Women of all ages, who do or don't have children, are harassed for various 'reasons'.
The ultimate goal seems to be to bully us off the internet." SNIP
She really does not understand patriarchy & that the "low status" are going to come after her online.
SNIP...
The problem I'm stating here is not that 'there are trolls on the internet' but that people who proclaim to be on our side are trying to tear down women in our in-group. If you can't see why this is dysfunctional, I can't help you. SNIP
Wow, just wow.

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
2. this line sums it all up
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:24 PM
Dec 2017

They want racism, without the sexism. I love the, I want to decide my own path, but hate femiminism.

These women must be a hoot at baby showers.

crosinski

(411 posts)
5. Wow, reading that article almost made my brain split in two.
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:47 PM
Dec 2017

It was trying to understand the thought process of being a racist, and yet still expecting to be treated fairly yourself that did me in. Gaaah ... I still have a headache ...

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