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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And the slave racket keeps churning out more broken people while you squabble with me to try to be right about something.

Is you arguing with me going to do anything to save any abuse victims? Any of the male ones who are clearly the only ones you give a fuck about? Hmm?

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Oh damn, you got me. Yep. I only care about male victims

He deserves support, and understanding, and resources. Same with his father. Same with all victims of abuse.

edit I do want to thank pinkdrunkelephants@lemmy.cafe for being a shining, sterling example of exactly the kind of toxic people who creep up when you dare to talk about male victims though, and how they always try to twist the argument away from male victims.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The only male victim who I PERSONALLY know (not just know OF) who has spoken out about had his own family OPENLY mock him on Facebook, Several from our mutual text group make jokes about it until he left, I snapped at them and called them pieces of shit, kicked them all and disbanded the group.

Most people simply believed he was lying.

Some knew he wasn't and mocked him for "letting himself get beaten by a woman"

And every time I hear about people like this, I wish they never have to find out just how bigoted and wrong they are. Because the only way they'll ever believe it is if it happens to them.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm sorry that he had such a shitty, miserable family. I hope hes doing okay now and hes found the people who give him the support he deserves

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Actually yes, that's literally exactly where you say you don't actually give a fuck about female victims of abuse. Because you came into this thread with a chip on your shoulder about women, and the second you saw someone talk about female victims of abuse, you pounced.

Because your dumb ass thinks talking about abuse happening to one group invalidates that of the other. Because to you, attention, sympathy and concern are a limited zero-sum source to squabble over.

And you bat not a fucking eye when MRA trash goes into women's abuse threads and cries that men get abused too, and get rebuked the way you try and fail to rebuke me.

Because you are biased in favor of men at the expense of women.

You're the problem. Literally you

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago