Moviebob, several times, has tried to verbally attack traditionalists, and traditional lifestyles, such as hunting. He has, several times, tried to stand up for untraditional lifestyles. He has acted as if attacks against traditionalism are perfectly reasonable, and attacks against untraditionalists are not reasonable. That simply is not equal.
To my knowledge, when someone points out the flaws of anti-traditionalists, such as pointing out that Gloria Steinem lied when she claimed that 3/4 of all women are raped by the age of 20, or how Andrea Dworkin said that the very act of a man putting his penis in a woman is a crime against women http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin Or Julie Bindel's writing's of how she hates men, he acts as if they are attacking feminism as a whole. As if attacks against unreasonable, bigoted feminists, somehow constitute an attack against feminists in general or women's suffrage. In reality, a criticism of anti-traditionalists is not necessarily a criticism of untraditionalists.
At the same time, he either acts as if attacks against traditionalists are only perfectly reasonable attacks against specific members of traditionalist society, which is inconsistent, or, worse, he acts as if anti-traditionalist bigotry is perfectly acceptable.
As far as I can tell, he simply does not treat traditionalists and anti-traditionalists equally. He seems to be an anti-traditional person, rather than a truly open minded person who stands up for diversity. I apologize if that is inaccurate, but to my knowledge he still has not apologized for his earlier remarks about hunters. He just seems to be an anti-traditional bigot to me.
The worse part, however, is that this just seems to be part of an overall trend within the game journalism community. Let us take a look at Duke Nukem for example: Several people have claimed he is mysogynistic. Let me ask you this: if he was gay, and the twins/sex symbols he hung out with were men, would you feel differently? Would you still feel his actions were wrong? And if the answer is no, then that means you don't find the core nature of his actions wrong- you just find it wrong that heterosexuals do it.
Next, let's take a look at Lara Croft and Tifa Lockheart. Again, if a videogame was made with strong, intelligent, independent, attractive men with unrealistically big penises, specifically for gay gamers, would you say that is evil, sexist or morally wrong? And if the answer is no, they why does a game with strong, intelligent, independent, attractive women with unrealistically big boobs bother you?
The problem with the argument "Because women have been oppressed for millenia" is that it attempts to solve oppression by treating people differently rather than treating them the same. You are essentially attempting to solve mysogyny by either outlawing heterosexuality or at least demanding that heterosexuality be heavily subdued. Monosexuality- both heterosexuality and homosexuality- are based on gender specific traits. If a man only cares about gender neutral traits, such as how intelligent, strong, or tough someone is, then he is Bisexual, not homosexual or heterosexual. Perceiving the very act of being attracted to gender specific traits, such as boobs, as mysogynistic, is bigoted against heterosexual men.
Lastly, I feel it's important to remember that you should just treat everyone the same- and as such, bigoty against heterosexual men and traditionalists in general should be given equal importance to bigotry against untraditional lifestyles, and treated with an equal amount of disdain.
To my knowledge, when someone points out the flaws of anti-traditionalists, such as pointing out that Gloria Steinem lied when she claimed that 3/4 of all women are raped by the age of 20, or how Andrea Dworkin said that the very act of a man putting his penis in a woman is a crime against women http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin Or Julie Bindel's writing's of how she hates men, he acts as if they are attacking feminism as a whole. As if attacks against unreasonable, bigoted feminists, somehow constitute an attack against feminists in general or women's suffrage. In reality, a criticism of anti-traditionalists is not necessarily a criticism of untraditionalists.
At the same time, he either acts as if attacks against traditionalists are only perfectly reasonable attacks against specific members of traditionalist society, which is inconsistent, or, worse, he acts as if anti-traditionalist bigotry is perfectly acceptable.
As far as I can tell, he simply does not treat traditionalists and anti-traditionalists equally. He seems to be an anti-traditional person, rather than a truly open minded person who stands up for diversity. I apologize if that is inaccurate, but to my knowledge he still has not apologized for his earlier remarks about hunters. He just seems to be an anti-traditional bigot to me.
The worse part, however, is that this just seems to be part of an overall trend within the game journalism community. Let us take a look at Duke Nukem for example: Several people have claimed he is mysogynistic. Let me ask you this: if he was gay, and the twins/sex symbols he hung out with were men, would you feel differently? Would you still feel his actions were wrong? And if the answer is no, then that means you don't find the core nature of his actions wrong- you just find it wrong that heterosexuals do it.
Next, let's take a look at Lara Croft and Tifa Lockheart. Again, if a videogame was made with strong, intelligent, independent, attractive men with unrealistically big penises, specifically for gay gamers, would you say that is evil, sexist or morally wrong? And if the answer is no, they why does a game with strong, intelligent, independent, attractive women with unrealistically big boobs bother you?
The problem with the argument "Because women have been oppressed for millenia" is that it attempts to solve oppression by treating people differently rather than treating them the same. You are essentially attempting to solve mysogyny by either outlawing heterosexuality or at least demanding that heterosexuality be heavily subdued. Monosexuality- both heterosexuality and homosexuality- are based on gender specific traits. If a man only cares about gender neutral traits, such as how intelligent, strong, or tough someone is, then he is Bisexual, not homosexual or heterosexual. Perceiving the very act of being attracted to gender specific traits, such as boobs, as mysogynistic, is bigoted against heterosexual men.
Lastly, I feel it's important to remember that you should just treat everyone the same- and as such, bigoty against heterosexual men and traditionalists in general should be given equal importance to bigotry against untraditional lifestyles, and treated with an equal amount of disdain.