So you're telling me that because one boy was playing with toys the way lots of kids play with toys you hate all men? What a fuck you are.
Conveniently, the person taking that screenshot left out such tags as "#I will never answer this question seriously ever again" and "#sarcasm".
(evidence!)
UP, this is not the first time (or second, or third...) that I've pointed out that you were reacting to a joke as though it was serious. Maybe keep that in mind next time you think you've found a damning quote on tumblr?
Oh, the "they were just kidding" defense.
Somehow I get the feeling that wouldn't be accepted if the genders were reversed...
Congratulations, you are wrong.
She was, in fact, just kidding. This is clear from the phrasing and made obvious in the tags. Therefore, treating it as an opinion seriously held is dumb.
Y'know how I didn't say "plus she is a woman and so as an oppressed minority she is always right"? That's because gender is entirely irrelevant to this discussion. If someone running an MRA blog made a post with a sarcastic reply to someone accusing them of hating women, I would also say it's dumb to treat a joke as if it was their actual opinion. Because it is.
Would other people think the "just kidding" defence only applies to one of those cases? Probably! People believe all sorts of weird things. But I individually am willing to defend the right to make sarcastic comments no matter what your gender or ideological affiliation.
