Conversation Between Star-Lord and twocows
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April 8th, 2014 11:12 AMStar-LordThen I'll give it a look when I'm not swamped in essay writing (Honestly why I'm on this website sometimes is just to procrastinate...) I wholeheartedly agree about that being the basis of an argument. It's sort of the whole point of debate and discourse. I mean... the way I was openly trolling the forum may sort of give the wrong impression but I do put high regard to how communication and sharing ideas can help improve your own mindset. If it wasn't for opening my mind and talking to people who had different experiences/opinions than my own I wouldn't be the man that I am today, and truth be told I rather like who I am lol.
A part of it is emotional, because I find a lot of MRA issues tend to grate on my nerves and seems very near-sighted in the long run. But I think what you're saying is well-sounded and has good intentions. I'll think on it a bit, maybe even talk to you on something on it a bit later. Thanks for responding to my message. -
April 8th, 2014 11:04 AMtwocowsI do, but I do hope you'll at least look at the article I linked. It doesn't really have anything to do with MRA or feminism other than it illustrates what I'm trying to say about reaching out to people. For me, an argument is almost always about trying to come to an understanding. I want the other person to understand my reasons for believing what I do, and I want to understand their reasons, and then I try to reconcile them where possible and agree to disagree where not possible.
I get that it's easy to get emotional about a topic you care a lot about, and if that's the case, I'm not going to ask you to argue with me on a topic if you think it's not going to accomplish anything but ill will. I just think that, generally speaking, people don't feel strongly about things unless they have at least a few good reasons that would make sense to a reasonable, well-meaning person, and there's a lot of strong feelings on both sides of this debate, to be sure. For my part, I think I do misunderstand at least a decent amount of what the "other side" is advocating here (I don't exactly get a lot of exposure to this issue outside of the communities I'm a part of, unfortunately). I do try to acknowledge when I've made bad assumptions and concede when I'm obviously wrong on something. -
April 8th, 2014 9:51 AMStar-LordWhile I do appreciate the time you've taken to respond to me, I personally do not respond to MRAs on feminism because I find the conversation very taxing and that ultimately it's sort of a waste of my time. Do you still identify as a MRA? Because if so, well I won't. I guess it's just a courtesy to tell you. If you don't... then I'll definitely look at it.

